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    Ulcers - your stories/pictures?

    I'm doing a presentation for one of my 4th year modules at the end of the month and was wondering if any of you lovely people could help me out a bit. The presentation will be only to the other people in the module (8 approx) and the lecturer. I'm basically looking for your ulcer stories, a...
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    BLESS-15hh Black Cob Mare-Sold on Loan

    http://www.preloved.co.uk/fuseaction-adverts.showadvert/index-1034357399/a45de8f8.html
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    Horse dies at Dunfries show

    It was Stephen Lahoar's Cara Mia such a talented loss :(
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    Some advice please

    I'm a bit of a lurker on here but looking for some advice.. Chanelle has now been on 10 weeks box rest... Started because of the snow, she got cast, after she got cast she started to look pottery lame, like lami but with no other symptoms. We treated as lami and she has been getting...
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    Food for lab puppy

    What would you reccomend for a 6 month old lab pup that looks "skinny"? I always thought she was thin (she's the runt) but after having friends over for xmas they all commented on how skinny she is! I cant remember what food she's on, ill double check tomorrow. What would you recommend?
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    A serious question ref Hovis' friday diary

    I would definitely buy it! Pretty much the only reason i come on here is to read it!
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    Half Moon Ranch?

    I did!! I recently dug them all out for a carboot sale but ended up reading them all again :)
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    getting to grips jumping a new horse

    I completely understand where you are coming from! Since Chanelle has been injured i went from jumping anything including 1m bsja tracks but i now panic about a xpole barely off the ground! Last night i did my first ever gate (about 90cm) since riding again but it took alot! Stick at it...
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    What next for 3 year old

    As i said We have lots of experienced help and have been following their advice from day one with no problems. It is not the aids of lunging she doesn't understand, she understands that completely, it is the circling, we normally lunge in squares. Thanks for the replies
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    What next for 3 year old

    We have lots of experienced help and have been following their advice from day one with no problems. As far as lunging is concerned she understands the aids for walk and trot but we have only done a handful of times. Although every time we have done it she understands. They are as stuck as...
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    What next for 3 year old

    Thanks for the replies... she is perfect on the lead rein and does exactly what is asked of her. We are working on the lunging thing but she doesn't quite get the concept of it at the moment, also we have been working her in the yard and on the track not in the school and she isn't 100% happy...
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    What next for 3 year old

    This is the third time i have written this so apologize if it is somewhere else i cant find it! We've been backing Bodi for about a month now, started very slowly by leaning over etc, now i can happily get on from the ground no fuss and walk around however this is all on the lead rein...
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    What breed for disabled boy? And also, rescues?!

    We had 2 labs and were as you described ... active while walking but happy to lie about all day, we've just recently got a cocker and she is much more active and needs walked alot more than the labs! I would definately recommend a lab
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    oldest labradors? anyone else with oldies? question...

    Sorry to hear about pilot :( We had our old lab Rosie pts last friday, she was 15 this year and she had just had enough, sparkle had gone from her eyes and she just wasn't as bright anymore, it was so so awful but for the best :(
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