Recent content by dorsetladette

No your right. It covers the surgery but excluded livery costs. The way it reads it covers the care and recovery after surgery, but if your horse doesn't require surgery but is hospitalised it doesn't cover any of it. Like I said it's very little money, but, accompanied with my other...

I've popped back to this thread several times this morning. I really hope she's OK - she sounds like such a little sweetheart.

Bless her! How is she this morning.

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Lots of events are advertising for help/volunteers at the moment. Local riding clubs usually cry out for help on or before event days. Eventing always looking for stewards, fence judges etc. Bigger shows too. It does depend what you are looking for experience in, but the above should get you...

Fair point. My equitrek trailer was on the drivers side actually - I never thought about it. Although previous trailers also either rear unload or passenger side unload. You don't need the turning space inside either that way do you.

I can't see in my head how it would work in a 3.5t as the weight needs to be on the drivers side but I wouldn't want the ramp that side.

condition scoring? I prefer the 1-9 scoring system rather than the 0-5. Being a couple of points below ideal is often more of a wake up call than being the number below ideal (or above for that matter). Do you feed a topline conditioning feed or linseed or anything for weight gain? if you do...

I think lunging is a good tool to have in your tool kit for various reasons. The principles are an important part of groundwork IMHO. Can you have the professional back to help teach you to lunge your horse. Every horse is different and learning the body language that works for your horse is...

The rider position too. The top picture shows a gentle, comfortable seat. The second I'm not sure she's even 'seating on her bottom' 😳 as my dad would say. (IMHO obviously) Thank you @TheMule for the explanation and photos. It's very obvious which horse is happier in its work too.

I dont/cant (dont want to) imagine how you'd train that movement.

So reading between the lines she's sent a horse away on grass livery/companion loan (to be confirmed) over winter who was already poor by her own admission and then not checked on it once even though it was only 10 mins down the road. On top of it being lean going into winter it's suffered...

Riding style and a personality that both me and my horse get on with. I like people who can think out side the box to achieve the end result. Also someone happy to hop on and ride the movement/transition/etc if what they are seeing from the ground is not what they are expecting from the...

I did it from home with both my youngsters. Reg I had the help of a fantastic freelancer. It worked for us and most of it was done out hacking. We had an honest and open conversation about what I wanted to achieve and what she could offer. I was given strict homework between sessions (2 a week)...

I popped back to this thread to see if I was in the minority in not seeing the wonderful riding that others have seen. It's the hands that upset me the most. This is better articulated than anything I could write!! but I totally agree.