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Hello there, my young 2 year old colt got frightened in the field the other week and to my horror I found him dragging his hind offside leg out to one side one day, the vet came and looked pretty horrified too but told me it was a dislocated patella and gave me some anti inflam for 5 days, as he...

Hello there, my young 2 year old colt got frightened in the field the other week and to my horror I found him dragging his hind offside leg out to one side one day, the vet came and looked pretty horrified too but told me it was a dislocated patella and gave me some anti inflam for 5 days, as he...

You guys have boosted my confidence in where to go here so much, I really am grateful for all of you taking the time and care to reply :) just been up to say goodnight and sat in his field for 20 mins, will spend more time each day, he definitely responds well to being ignored :) the nodding...

That's a good point, his hooves are not in the best condition to be honest up close, I'm not sure if he was ok being led off the trailer because he was ok or terrified to be honest, but he definitely does seem to expect to be grabbed, I know he definitely has not been handled a lot because he...

This is very encouraging, partly knowing he will come along and partly knowing I really can trust my instincts, I like to think I have a good connection with equines in general, I've been around them since I could walk though have had a few years of non ownership - I've always had a way of...

Wonderful replies, thank you all, next year we will have stables, so frustrated that I can't do this with him now but hey ho I'll just have to get creative :) glad that join up is not right, I had but feeling this wouldn't suit him the only time I've use join up is to rehab horses with bad...

I should add, I did think about keeping him in an even smaller paddock area for a few days but because he's used to such huge roaming space he seemed very stressed even in a small areas 4 times the size that I thought of, he constantly shakes his head at the electric fence in frustration x

I wish I could, no option of a stable for him sadly though, he's got a relatively small section of his paddock fenced off with electric but even the I'm walking miles just trying to follow him in the hope to get near, there's nowhere inside I can put him at all :(

Hi there, so tonto as he is currently known arrived yesterday and I turns out is even less handled than I knew previously, he is a beautiful 2yr cremello colt, currently a very leggy fine bred 13.2 (looks a hell of a lot larger to me but I can't get near him to measure) he unloaded ok but hasn't...

Thank you all so much for the ideas and names. The boy arrived yesterday, unloaded ok but petrified of everything, has only been touched by a human since June and even then only twice and free running I over 100 acres since, the first thing he did was walk through the electric fence and down...

Hello all! Hope you're enjoying summer! Today I'm about to burst as a new addition arrives down here with me, my little boy has a 7hh pony called Banjo and today I will have a 'me' size one ;) ATM he's only 2 and will make over 14.2hh I intend to work with him clicker training for a year before...

Do you have a breast bar or just have him completely loose? I thought that but some said not a good idea. He's literally the size of a German Shepard. I think he'll be ok loose too x

Hi there Can anyone point me in the direction of someone who might make me a mini pony side partition and breach bar for my trailer? Am in need of something ASAP as only have an empty trailer at the moment and need to travel next week I know it is a relatively simple and cheap job by all...

Hi there The trailer we just picked up has no partition and no breast bar, am likely only to be travelling one at a time so would like to go for a full breast bar especially as the trailer is only rear unloading it will mean I can make storage in the front section, any ideas where I can get...

Sorry have been off line thanks to BT :mad: thank you all so so so much for your posts, that's all I needed to hear then :) the horse trailer is being re painted next week and made all lovely ready for him to have as a bedroom ;) have purchased some rubber flooring, the floor is aluminium so...