Recent content by chaps89

I think my two retired ponies cost around £500 a month to run, haven't split them out from the cats (they shared account) in a while, but that includes prescription meds and the cost of vaccinations, muck heap removal etc spread out over the year. I've been lucky over the years to loan and share...

One of the best welshies I ever knew was from Horeb lines. I'd never heard of them before looking his breeding up but if he was a good example of their breeding then I'm very jealous!

I don't know if they still exist but Saxon and Masta rugs always used to be like miniskirts. I may be wrong, but when I think of pony rugs I think round barrels on legs, so more likely to be deeper fitting? (Appreciate some ponies like a Welsh b or BRP would be petite little things so might blow...

My old boy is 26. He had a laminitis induced colic in October, so I'll be extra vigilant coming into Spring but otherwise he's tough as old boots (*touches wood frantically) I genuinely don't know what I'll do when he's gone. I didn't really want him, he was on loan and I didn't intend on...

I've known youngster being clipped when they're a bit lousey (licey?!)

On the shelter front, could you put some of the big 6 string Heston's of straw in an X shape as a windbreak? Or could you do some wooden posts (either in the ground or concreted into buckets) with terram wrap or similar as a windbreak, might that be an alternative to a full shelter? I have a...

https://www.facebook.com/share/1HbJFhrdFJ/ A slightly more light hearted one here

I did something similar in my twenties. Went 1 day a week to a local dealers, mucked out a couple in the morning then rode whatever needed riding, occasionally got a lesson or taken out for a schooling trip or beach trip in the lorry. Had a whale of a time!

I hope you've favourited so you can provide updates. 'Lucky', presumably only if the shoe was one removed by the farrier and not by the horse out in the field 😉

I feel for her as it sounds like she's actually really tried with him, despite being naive to start with, and wouldn't be passing him on if her circumstances hadn't changed. In the right home he'd probably be ok, but the chances of that right home coming forward are so slim and PTS would not be...

Thanks for explaining all. I forget other people go out with others and so horses wouldn't be left unattended as such, I'm so used to going on my own 😂

https://www.facebook.com/share/1G4or4gsAi/ I'm confused by this one. Obviously it's great that facilities are being provided for horse riders but I'm not sure how it gets used? I wouldn't want to leave a horse in it unattended, nice for tacking up in securely perhaps but seems a bit OTT for...

13 year old mare, mostly retired apart from the odd occasion I pull her out for a walk around the village. 26 year old gelding, has been an overgrown pet all the time I've had him (maybe about 7 years?) on half a prascend and 1 Bute daily. Both low maintenance but fully adored

So apparently I've been on the forum longer than I realised, I remember his arrival. He sure has landed on his hooves with you AA. I might go back to the beginning and slowly work my way back through this thread as it's a cracker. I also have an in season mare, with an equally unimpressed...

It took Stanley a looooooong time to accept cuddles. I can get about 10-30 seconds at a time now, I call it a win 😂