Recent content by dorsetladette

Sorry just seen this! As you said to me - rest if you can!

Thank you for asking. It's not to bad a long as I keep the Ibuprofen topped up. Sitting still is worse than moving about. I just need to rest it I think. And maybe stop lifting 25 litre containers above waist height 😜 . The joys of having youngsters that want to play with or in everything means...

would it not be better to have a freelancer come out with you for a session and then leave you with homework between visits.

This is how I do things too. My 'pony pot' gets the same paid into it every month so it builds up over the summer when not spending on hay and bedding quite so much. This covers any competing or training I want to do in the summer. We have also downsized dramatically about 2 years ago from a 3...

/\ This!!! A few kids on the internet are going to have a terrible time in their late teens/early 20's which will likely ruin their adult lives due to pushy parents making a quick buck out of them. There are a few celebrity's kids that are living the same scenario, just with a bit more cash in...

Managed to do the animals without getting wet at both ends of the day today!!! Heavy rain overnight has made sure the mud won't dehydrate though. I've also managed to twang a muscle in my upper back lifting water containers last night. I've been using 25litre containers out of the horsebox...

I do, but mainly as a treat after work (or if the weather is particularly awful/cold in their treat balls with their nuts. It's a badminton country mix which is actually for the sheep but is OK for the horses too.

Just returning to boast!! Managed to do all jobs this evening with out getting rained on!! Covered in mud still but it didn't rain!!! Quick pale ale on the way home in celebration!

Do it! We all need to be kind to ourselves sometimes. It does make a bigger job at the weekend but it's less regular lifting than daily mucking out.

I agree! Mine are out 24/7 with a big shelter filled with straw bedding. The straw is disgusting round the door ways and part way back (cleared and topped up at the weekends), but their legs and feet are (reasonably) clean and dry most of the time. My fields are probably the driest locally as...

Well done you - hope you enjoyed the wine! Yes - Robin will be involved in everything. He will steal tools out the back of the van, push through tiny gaps his round tummy really shouldn't fit, get his nose in the way, untie lead ropes, just generally be in the way. He'll then not be caught...

Good luck!! Leave the poultice on for the farrier to take off. His tools are way sharper than anything you or I have ever owned! so he will have it off in seconds - plus it's one less foot to clean up for him. Have the stuff ready to stick the poultice straight back on while the foot is still...

Sorry I need to correct myself! The sponsor promo post was a couple posts earlier to the 'everything needs vits and mins' post, but within the same 24hr window.

I try to avoid her but she's so local to us that her posts get shared everywhere on local FB pages. The bit that gets me the most is the fact she puts out this idea that she does it all her self as a 'home producer' type yet she's sponsored by every Tom, Dick and Harry - oh yeah and mummy does...

Did that sweeping statement come from the one and only SV by any chance? While she was promoting her new/current sponsors who sell balancers?