Recent content by Country Cob

I never did either but I knew this horse when he was with previous owner, and he has changed a lot. He was very easy and mannerly to handle and ride, as indeed he was with other horses. Now he is a complete sod, due to no consistency he has learned to push his luck and usually gets his way as...

Thank you everyone. This horse was in with a dominant horse who wasn't afraid to give him a good telling off but it made no difference. The dominant one could have kicked him into next week and he would come straight back and carry on pestering. Drove him mad. Unfortunately he is gone now and...

Hello everyone :) I was wondering what you all make of this horse's behaviour... My friend keeps her young (7 yrs) cob gelding with my boys. He has always been a bit bolshy but recently has really been bothering mine. He pesters and pesters them, constantly moves and chases them around...

Hi All, My field Is full of docks. The blasted things are sprouting up everywhere, and I have tried in vein to dig them out, but cannot keep up with the rate they are growing. The previous owners did nothing with the field except mow it occasionally. The whole field is basically one big...

OWLIE185 I have spoken to council about this and as long as I don't feed them on the field then that is fine as technically you are allowed to graze horses on Agri land. I have put my stables in the garden as this is covered by permitted development (I did write to the council to make sure)...

Hi All, I was wondering if any of you lovely folks who are clued up on planning permission could help. I have just moved house and my new field is on clay. I want to put down a sort of hard standing area so when the great british weather is not so great, they have somewhere they can have...

Thanks paddy555, that makes sense. Lots of people told me tests didn't pick up encysted redworm and that by only counting I was putting my horses at risk. I am dead against worming for the sake of it, but was worried esp as one of the horses getting in with mine does have worm problem that...

Thanks equi. I am really not keen on pumping any chemicals into my horses at all but seeing as tests unreliable and the other horses getting in with mine I feel I should. I know Eqvalan Duo has both Ivermectin and Praziquantel in but as you said more dangerous but better than the Equest...

I have always used worm counts for my horses and then wormed with Equest paramox in early Jan (not keen on the paramox anymore) but a friend told me the other day that the counts don't pick up some of the really nasty worms? Another friend said that she worms regularly no matter what the egg...

Bit of a long shot, but need some advice and I know a few saddlers do come on here. :)

Thank you for all your replies, you lovely helpful people :) I feel a lot better knowing what to expect! Looks like I will be trying to find a non soggy portion of field to ride in :P Fingers crossed we can find her a nice new saddle :) Thanks you all for your advice x

Thank you everyone for all the advice!! Seems like I was defo right about the last saddler who came out and it wasn't just me being fussy. I do not really have transport so can't even hire an arena and the fields are too slippery to ride in at the moment. Seeing as the horse has been out for...

Thank you, cremedemonthe, how do I send a private message, I am new here and haven't got that far yet... :)

Bit of a dumb question I know, but never had it done before. So after having a saddler out before who just put a saddle (which was swiftly returned) on my horses back, without watching me ride and said it fitted, I have found another saddler with a good rep and just wondered in terms of...

Done :)