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My 17 year old pony has had his tetanus and flu (combined) injection and a large lump has formed where he was injected (two days after the injection). He is quite lethargic and did go off his hay but he’s eating again now. I gave him two sachets of Bute this morning and it has made no...

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Thankyou for your reply! Yes I think doing that might make the move easier for them both. They’ve been on the same yard for two years so I’m hoping they realise that they know each other already ��

I have a submissive gelding and a very dominant mare that need to go in a field together (no others in with them). The gelding, although very quiet and the type who keeps himself to himself, won’t turn out on his own- hence putting them together. The mare has always been at the top of the...

Thankyou for all of your replies. The only reason I was looking for a 4yo was because I wanted something ready to start as I'm currently without a horse to ride and wouldn't want to buy a 3yo and start it before it was ready ��

Thankyou, we spent 2.5k on my first horse who had been there and done everything. Due to the amount of work he'd done he got arthritis in his hocks at 15 and now at 17 he's got it in his knees and is barely ridable so yeah I can relate to that! Fingers crossed that buying a 4yo will mean that...

Thankyou for the reply. I don't want to be buying something that's done a bit but isn't completely broken. Made that mistake with my last pony and it took nearly two years to get her right so don't want to be going down that route again aha. So I'd rather buy something that's not quite ready to...

That's interesting, nice to know that not everyone pays the earth for a nice pony!!

Sorry this is a 'how long is a piece of string' sort of question 😂 And I completely understand you can pay anything from £1000 to £10,000 for a Section D, maybe even more. I'm looking at buying a 4yo Welsh Section D, probably not till the beginning of next year. Must be a gelding and...

Thankyou for replying and telling me about your depression. I first started feeling depressed shortly after giving up one of my ponies - she was 13.1hh and I'm 5ft8 so I kept riding her until I had completely outgrown her. I didn't realise how much that must've had an affect on me until you said...

That's a good idea, thankyou I will look into it and give it a go :) xx

Thankyou for your reply.... most over my family have got depression- my mum, grandparents, aunties and cousins have all got it... it seems to be a thing in my family but it means I'm not short of support in my family. But the few friends I have told always just ask me 'why?' So I've given up...

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Thankyou so much for your reply, I really appreciate you being so open about your depression, I can completely relate to it. I think rather than saying I'm going to have a complete breaking from riding, I'll just ride if and when I want to. And if I don't want to ride then I won't, then...

Thankyou for replying, I think that's what I'm going to do. I guess there's no point in riding while I'm not enjoying it and I'm sure the horses will enjoy the time off to be pampered! X