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At riding club level I'd use whichever she is most comfortable in and have fun. A saddle shaped numnah would be best.

My farrier has dealt with my horses for 35yrs. I have shod and barefoot and he is the reason my old boy is still going strong despite a...

I do find myself rather offended by this statement. I would be OK with it if you had said 'some vets' or 'a vet I have experienced did'...

This is unfortunately just humans being humans. Putting their own emotions and needs ahead of that of the horse. Wanting their way to...

I couldn't do it. I lost a big horse to laminitis (secondary to a horrible abscess). The vet did vaguely mention clogs, which my...

Egos get in the way

Vet recommended similar to IHW for Ben when we were going through the process of breaking him to ride. I bought the esomeprazole tablets...

I used it short term. The problem is it's expensive and only available in small amounts.

Next door to one of my friends, they put a stable on their driveway (not a big driveway or house) and rented grazing from my friends.

That's how they identify the different uses. An unrugged horse is a horse grazing which is OK on agri land, a rugged (hayed and fed a...

My comment was meant to be lighthearted. But I can't think of many examples where a rug on a horse isn't for its welfare.

Horses going through houses to get in and out was not that uncommon. My friend lived in a 19th C urban area, their ponies came through...

Although I’m not on ag land, my horse does have a smart new le Mieux rug this year which is precisely mud brown colour. Might be useful.

My friend had a pony stables in the garden a big lawn and chickens, her Welsh sec A used to stay occasionally before shows etc. I've...