Recent content by chazza44

Oops! Hope you're ok. Their bellies often do get the better of them hehe

I just had one of the most stressful and worst days of my life. not horse related and nothing has died but still horrible (not going to talk about it). I'm going down to see my horse later as find him the best therapy and wonder if anyone had any hilarious stories of things their horse have...

Income protection and insurance is a good idea for all of us would rather take that £40 on the chin each month than go through the stress of court and potentially creating a lot of stress for someone else for my own financial gain. It's a dangerous sport which no one forces us to do.

The ones along the lines of 'I'm 14 can trot, and want to go to shows but am bored of lessons so can someone teach me on their horse please? Oh and I've got no money and you will have to pick me up. Ones get me a bit. If you can't be bothered to learn in a RS horse why should anyone let you...

Do you feel that it is just your riding mojo or are you feeling a bit down in general? Sometimes stopping enjoying things that we used to love can be a sign of generally feeling a bit low. Probably can't be much help with the horses issue but I do hope you feel better about things soon x

SI is not an absolute disaster so long as you are commited to managing it properly. I got a new pony with reasonably bad SI but I covered him up with SI blankets and found some good products and you wouldn't really know. It's a faff but with good management you can have a happy horse. SI is a...

Metanium nappy ointment. Clean and dry leg and then slather it on before turnout. Keep legs clean and keep putting it on everyday. It suffocates the bugs that cause the dermatitis and on about day 3 or 4 the scabs should lift off and then just keep covering the pink skin left behind until...

I personally don't like seeing people without hats on or even lunging horses as have seen first hand how devastating head injuries can be (so why not try to prevent them). However, if people are informed and they are aware of the risks so be it. Remember a famous drugs minster being sacked...

I know this is probably theoretical advice but to put a professional though an investigation or complaint when the full facts aren't known is really unfair. It's incredibly stressful, can affect your performance at work and creates a lot of extra paperwork. it is not absolutely clear what...

I would be very careful here. You are quite rightly concerned but reporting the vet seems unfair. You do not know if this individual HAS actually spoken to the vet and not just helped her self or if the vet has not been made fully aware of the situation or told he drugs are for a small animal...

This irritates me a lot. On the flip side have seen a lot of people wanting horses who say things along the lines of 'must be a weight carrier, saint but not really got much money'.... When I was selling a horse I got so fed up with this as thought if you don't have much money why are you buying...

I can sympathise. I have done the horseback combat course and it was amazing. The NLP is great, they get you to play movies of what's scaring you in your mind and rewind it and then replace it with movies of things that are great about riding. It sounds odd but coupled with the achievement of...

Some people just aren't that chatty and to be honest if I'd never spoken to someone and then they came up to me asking what my problem was if probably not want to interact with them again.

This is a good example of when to go. Injury recent and still developing. An injury that is a few weeks old can reasonably be seen elsewhere. I think this thread perhaps highlights a need for greater understanding of what's available, what's appropriate and how to access services...

*GP banging head against wall* call 111 they will tell you where to go that is appropriate for you.