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    Grass Sickness or Colic - Has anyone experienced this!

    Hi, I am wondering if you have considered stomach ulcers. I have recently seen a few horses behaving in a similar fashion and this has been the cause. I have been told that it is to do with the increased production of acid in the stomach in anticipation of the feed. One young tb had to go and...
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    Complete Nightmare!

    I think your boy has actually had a huge amount of luck lately. He has clearly come to a very caring owner, which is the very best thing an older gentleman can hope for. Sometimes these things do happen in close proximity to each other. It is so distressing to find your horse injured. Just...
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    Farewell Billy x x x x x

    Oh how sad, but there are times when this is the very best option. He sounds very special- gotta love those naughty interesting characters.
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    Oh! No! Laminitis Attack

    Is it posible that it is not due to grass but may be related to some other stress e.g. farrier etc? With these laminitis prone beasties other things may set it off. Best of luck and well done catching it so early.
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    is it ever to old to geld a horse?

    We had a beautiful palomino quarter horse who was gelded at the age of 14 after falling into an unfortunate home. He had frequently worked as a stallion, but after the death of his owner was sold to an inexperienced home. We bought him shortly after he was gelded- didn't fix what ever...
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    Teeth???

    Thanks for the welcome Cl-aire Any info on what can go wrong with a youngsters teeth to cause this? There does not seem to be any heat and I am fairly sure it is not a wound of any sort. Can youngsters, like young humans, have teeth that grow in the wrong direction? Will pursue...
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    Teeth???

    Our QH filly, just 2, who was a bit of rescue job, has developed in the past few days a large ( about 2 cm) lump under her left jaw bone. It is hard to touch and tender. But, thankfully, has not affected her eating at all! She has come on so well weight wise and socially in the few months we...
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    Help!!!! Freestyle dressage to music test tomorrow

    Haven't used any thing quite as clever as your software sounds. But have used a lovely little program called Wavepad to do the music. Found it via google with a free trial and it seems very intuitive. Could your problem getting the music on to cd be to do with the file type? I had this issue...
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    Monty's first morning with new mum!

    Thank you for sharing Monty's progress with us. It has been an uplifting journey. It is so good to hear about him firstly surviving. And now enjoying such simple pleasures as a feed and a roll. Wow! Very best of luck to you both- well deserved! Please keep us posted on his, no doubt...
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    First time with a trailer - what a disaster!!!!

    Reversing a trailer used to be a complete mystery to me for more years than I care to admit. A chance comment by some one turned on the light globe. I was told to think of it as a wheel barrow. Now we all know how to manouvere one of those! If you want the nose of the wheel barrow(=back of...
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    Hugs for m mate andher pony!! Had a bit of a tumble!

    Suggest bunch of carrots and a soft neck pillow. We had a some what similar experience when my daughters very green but delightful horse espied her first llama ata local show! Daughter had just mounted, not even properly on really. Horse absolutely bug eyed. Went quickly into reverse, as...
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    Anti Rub Vests

    I have found the most important aspect of using bibs is not so much what they are made of, rather the most important aspect is to keep them clean and changed regularly. So one on the horse, one in the wash. Attention to this seems to minimise rubbing. I guess it goes with out saying that...
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    Weird facial lumps

    Sounds like they could be warts. Usually it is younger horses who tend to suffer with warts, but my daughters 22 year old pony managed to get them on his lips and chin. They will go away in time.
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    Breaking a horse aged 7

    My daughter took, on earlier this year, an 8 yr old that had just been broken, maybe 15 rides all up. She had had minimal handling, in fact when we commented to her breeder that she was hard to catch her response was that one should just catch them by the tail as they went by- NOT the...
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    Laminitus - help needed please!!

    Hi, We have travelled this road, it is not an easy one. Long fibres seem to be essential, possibly due to the action of the gut. No sugars at all! We used a few sun flower seeds as a little treat. Our poor laminitic pony did not respond to changes in diet, shoeing, padding or ordinary pain...
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