Recent content by curlytop

thanks for the advice. finally got her in, on my own, in under an hour this morning...phew...my fault for not practising in advance but i was rather anxious as id promised her to be somewhere at a certain time, and the person who was helping was getting very impatient. i went back to basics with...

many thanks, i will try everything! she is totally unflappable so doesnt move away from spooky things, she just stands still. she hasnt eaten much since yesterday except little bits of grass in the yard so hopefully today will be better, there is hay and nuts in the trailer. i need to resolve it...

hi i sold a native broodmare and i promised to deliver her but i just cant get her loaded. we are experienced with ponies and have usually had no problems as they follow a bucket but i need to load her asap. she hasnt been in a trailer since we bought her 4 yrs ago as a weanling, and with...

i decided to pop a soft roller on him v loosely tonight. being a native, he has never worn a rug before. to cut a long story short, he leapt a mile and fell over and cut his face poor thing. a complete shock for him. but we finished with him wearing the roller undone from both sides. he was...

is it possible to break in an older horse. i have a stallion who is 15. hes been here a year and was unhandled since a 2 yr old. we have bonded really well. he is very good to handle and is not dominant in anyway. is it possible to break a pony in at this age? i know mares can be difficult...

thankfully he is looking alot better, he did about 5 poos overnight so is in a little paddock next to the house now. he looks a little hesitant when walking so not quite right but yesterday i thought he was gona die, so im very relieved. we lost a pregnant mare 3 weeks ago to redworm so...

our welsh mountain pony came down with colic today. we found him in he paddock rolling and he wouldnt get up for an hour and looked really ill. by the time the vet arrived he managed to get up and walk up to the yard. he had diahorrea/sloppy poo down his tail. vet gave him an injection and...

its all my fault for not worming last month with eqvalan as usual, but she had huge amounts so may have been too late. she has always looked a bit wormy which is why i did a worm count, but after a clear test thought maybe the pregnancy was making her lose condition. i knew that tapeworm doesnt...

iv just lost a very special mare and her unborn foal to red worm infestation. she was wormed 3 times last year with pyratape p last then had a faecal worm count done in june by westgate labs which was negetive. her pm showed cause of death was a severe small red worm infestation. im...

thanx, at least its not just us then. he is better if he is asked to walk over poles so maybe we need to keep his mind more occupied and take it really slowly. i dont think its a tantrum. he shoots forward and sideways (if still attached to lunge line) with his body completely hunched up, and...

we are having a slight hitch whilst training our welsh a to go off the lead rein. he is a gelding, 6 years, owned for 4 years. he is very quiet and gentle mannered. he has done lots of lead rein rides with children aged 2-12, including lead-rein dressage, sj and is very good in traffic. now we...