Recent content by Celticecho

Thank you all. It’s good to hear a range of experiences. It is May before I am due so they can just get used to living out! I suppose it depends very much on how the baby is too. I’m planning to just strap her to me and carry on but that may well be wishful thinking! My mum will be...

For those of you who have had a baby, how long did you need to take off before getting back to looking after your horses? I know everyone is different but I am trying to make a plan and I really have no idea! I have two horses of my own and do freelance grooming which I am planning to carry...

Thank you all for being very helpful. I understand them not paying out of any issues with the hoof itself but definitely going to try to fight them not paying out for the coronet band where the main site of the injury actually is. Poor horse is bored out of his mind already and this is only his...

The exact wording of the exclusion is ‘ all loses arising directly or indirectly from or attributable to the front feet.’ Really should have tried to get the exclusion lifted before but hindsight is a wonderful thing! I am insured with equicover. For all previous claims they have...

My horse came in from the field last night with a very nasty cut through his coronet band and done onto the hoof wall. It was very deep and impossible to make sure it was fully clean so I called the vet right away. Vet came out and treated. Back out this morning to redress and he will be back...

Hi all. I was hoping some of you could offer me some advice. I am planning to do my UKCC level 1 this year. Something I have been planning to do for years but have never got round to it. There is a course starting my area in February so it seems like the perfect time to get started. I was...