Recent content by dorsetladette

Sole use - I think the space (head space at least) will benefit you more.

Thinking of you today. XX

My little lad was supposed to make 13.2. At 4 (just) he is about 12.3 (hoping for 13hh when finished off), but he is wide. He weigh tapes 360-370kg at the moment. I'm 5ft3 and weigh 62kg with another 4kg to loose to be comfortable riding him. I'm just doing short sessions with him. And...

We did this when picking up a mini shetland. OP we had our breast bar lowered - well had additional brackets added to lower them. Then we used the original brackets with string through to tie haynets and ponies up.

That makes sense. I've just had my companion/loaner's jabs re done as they had lapsed while away. When I rang for his 3rd jab I thought he would need it before the end of march but I wasn't able to book it until the first week in April at the earliest. I'm usually good with dates but it through...

Brown boots for natives traditionally. But agree you won't see many, I like my brown boots as they are a little different so noticeable in a big class.

Yes lots! the horses are getting ratty about them, I'm getting ratty about them. I've increased the protein in my diet quite substantially just by not been able to keep my mouth shut!! 🤣 Even in the drizzle last night the horses were plagued by them. I missed my opportunity while it was dry...

My babies were out 24/7 with adlib hay. I did give a youngstock balancer (and a youngstock mix for a while), but mostly because the bigger/younger one had a pretty tough time in the few months before he arrived which took him a long time to get over, so wanted to make sure he had everything he...

Sounds exactly like me a few years back. Life is still pretty full on but mentally I'm dealing with things better now. I'm peri-menopausal so take a supplement to help with that and a multi vitamin too. Can you put ponies on grass livery? maybe get a sharer? I know this takes more energy to...

Another little hack out on robin on Sunday hopefully. If not then at least a ride round the field so he is 'ridden' Long reining over raised poles and some lunging for Ben as I've put his entries in for royal welsh so we are both on a fitness drive to get round that main ring without clasping...

Where are your leisure batteries to run the 12v? is the consumer unit not there? Does it have a wardrobe? is there void under that? could be in there.

We had a tying rail in the stream. the laminitic ponies (parents took on a lot as section A's are often over fed) would be tied to it with a net of soaked hay. Worked wonders - free cold hosing! We also lifted beds during the day and the cold concrete would help draw heat out of the feet. (no...

That's the scary thing isn't it. I'm on a few different FB pages relating to enrichment and the likes. A 'student' studying animal welfare started dictating that it was 'against the law' to keep horses on less than 1.5 acres. They were absolutely adamant that ALL equines needed at least 1.5...

do any of them come back next time with slimmer horses?

It never occurred to me that people were using all the 'professionals' without covering the basic's first! There is a massive gap in education when it comes to horse ownership. I think this is the biggest thing with avoiding bigger issues which cause us to have 'broken' horses - having the...