@maya2008
His is bad enough that he coughs every other stride in trot at the moment - although he doesn't ride differently, he's still forward going and keen as usual.
How long has your cough taken to recover from? Days/weeks/months? Please not months 🤦♀️ we've got so much planned this season...
@MiJodsR2BlinkinTite
Thanks that's really helpful. Did your pony's cough just start out of the blue?
Our pony is 15 and we've had him almost a year without a hint of a cough. Same bedding, same batch of hay, same amount of turnout - nothings changed. Can he just suddenly 'get asthma'?
I'm...
Daughters Welsh B been coughing. Dry cough, no nasal discharge, no temperature. Still has plenty of energy and is otherwise the picture of health, just coughing!
Already on shavings and soaked hay, minimum 7 hours turnout a day.
Vet came, thinks it's viral. Lungs clear, no noises on...
My retired NF doesn’t go out on grass full stop between 1st March and 1st November without a muzzle. It’s fine for him but he also stays on the same acre or so all year round so there’s never huge amounts of grass out there anyway. He’s out at night and in during the day in summer but we might...
My old ISH mare would NOT go through/over a ditch. Nope, never, nada. You could have beaten her black and blue (obviously I never did) and she still wouldn’t have gone. We tried groundwork, following another horse, everything but nope. Ditches just weren’t a thing, shame as she’d jump everything...
I've put a full set back on my 24yo forester because even walking to and from the field he was uncomfortable. He's back to his old bouncy self with a new lease of life - go for it if that's what he needs :)
I think this is quite a grey area. Most freelance groom insurance will only pay out if the groom is negligent I.e if the groom didn't shut the stable door properly and the horse escaped and injured itself. However if the groom was bringing the horse in, and the horse spooked and galloped off...
I think I'm probably local to you, are you in Hampshire by any chance?! Totally agree with all you said if it is that particular yard as i used to work there!
I was in a similar situation nearly 4 years ago - husband left after having an affair with a much younger colleague. I was a stay at home mum with a 3 year old child, and a 23 year old mare on grass retirement livery
When he left, he left me with absolutely nothing, my parents had to step in...
agreed - when I take on a new client I ask exactly what's expected and then follow up with a visit to check out the setup i.e yes I can turn out and muck out 5 horses in an hour, but not if the fields are half a mile away or the muck heap is a 10 minute walk.
and only after that will i quote -...