Recent content by doriangrey

Yes I think they are useful if they are small-holed and big enough to be able to hang them so they can pick from the bottom of the net, feed with head down and not get a foot caught (no use for shod horses obviously). I always put some loose hay at the bottom initially so they don't get all...

Maybe the haylage is too acidic for him and he is trying to compensate (I feed haylage to mine who are bedded on straw and they don't eat their straw bed but the haylage is a dry type)? If you are worried about it being dirty put a straw net up for him to pick at or clean straw near his haylage...

Done 2, no colic for your comparison.

FFS is it so hard to be considerate to each other? I'm going to take the original post at face value, so what if the 'old gent' had come across a car that had broken down, walkers or someone pushing a pushchair or walking with toddlers? You drive for the road conditions and if you are going to...

Having a 'bombproof' horse is no excuse for not riding responsibly in traffic, and if you are texting/playing angry birds/chatting to your mate on your mobile/whatever and riding on the buckle you are not riding responsibly. Ignorant and discourteous to other road users.

:D :D Tea all over my netbook screen!!

Sorry Doormouse, I'm glad things are working out for you because as I said you were put in a very difficult position. I just hate it when threads turn into ugly, personal nit-picking because someone has a different view is all.

Wow ... just wow. Is that stupidity in general or just stupidity because they don't have the same opinion? Doormouse, you were in a seemingly impossible position which has very happily been resolved to everyone's advantage by some lovely people, I totally see your dilemma. I don't think it's...

And yet none of us know that it was used in this way.

If he's cold he will use up the excess fat to become warm which is the point or am I missing something here? He will have a rain sheet to protect him from wet and that'll take off the wind-chill. As far as I'm reading it, the horse is more at risk from worse problems in future if this isn't...

Isn't this about metabolizing fat in response to a lower skin temperature? How would that work on a horse with a full coat? Nobody has said the horse will be turned out without protection especially in bad weather, so yes I would do it on the advice of a vet rather than set the horse up for...

I disagree, you can't have it both ways. ETA: Excellent post from Mrs B.

Signed. Thanks for taking the initiative :)

That's pretty good PR. He gets an apology for causing the horse to come over backwards (whatever the reason).

So is it really a class for horses that can't compete in classes where breed/type dictates solid colour? I don't know a lot about showing but can't a Welsh look coloured because of the Sabino gene although they aren't registered/approved with too much white? Can you have coloured show hunters...