Recent content by dorsetladette

It's sounds like very low grade 'napping' think naughty kids pony making a bee line for the gate at every opportunity. He's just being more subtle about it. Outside leg and ride him forward into his bridle before he starts to nap. As he's only currently 'drifting' I think you solve this pretty...

https://www.farrier-reg.gov.uk/find-a-farrier/search/?tx_llcatalog_pi%5Bfilters%5D%5Blast_name%5D=joyner&tx_llcatalog_pi%5Bfilters%5D%5Blocation%5D%5Blocation%5D=hampshire&tx_llcatalog_pi%5Bfilters%5D%5Batf%5D%5B%5D=all#c4368-filters @meleeka try this guy. He's recently qualified and still...

I'm planning on a sit on Reggie tomorrow and hopefully again Sunday if I have a man on the ground available. He's remembered all the buttons from the ground so far (and a few extra's for added bonus!) I was going to take Robin out on the forest for an adventure (first of the year) but the road...

THIS!!! I have 3 'at home' so to speak. One is realistically a companion, but all 3 have the winter off as I don't have the time or facilities (or energy) to keep them all going in winter. My rising 5 year old was back and hacked last summer and when the clocks changed his saddle went away...

Its very rewarding when it's your own work.

I've accidentally taught Reggie to stand every time I say 'good boy' I say it a lot to him and usually after he's reacted to an aid correctly. So it goes 'walk on' - he moves off - 'good boy' - we stop dead! Going up to trot is a little more dramatic - I ran into his bottom yesterday evening...

It's beginning to feel alot like spring time! Well the weather didn't get the memo this afternoon but Reggie and I cracked on regardless. Excuse the abandoned trailer in our schooling paddock it's been to muddy to move it since forever ago. Anyway we have saddler, teeth and jabs all booked for...

How old are you? Personal question I know but peri menopause killed my confidence and it wasn't until I had it pointed out to me on HHO. ETA - cross posted with DM

It was on the village recreation ground - i did mention it in passing to a couple of the mums I know with kids on the team. They were more concerned with whether I went back to collect Reggie's gift, so I never took it any further. Some people shouldn't live in the countryside.

I had a dirty old man shout that up the road at me and my freelancer last summer because Reg had left a pile in the road. The horrifying thing was that the guy was attending an under 12s (or similar) football tournament at the time.

Oh Yes! Moortown also breed (or did breed) new forest ponies who are all tested (stallions and breeding mares at least) so they have an understanding at least of what's entailed. I'd like to think it's something that is on their radar at least with all their breeding stock.

Moortown stud in the new forest breed some nice coloureds.

Did you manage to speak to the vet?

I'm probably not the right person to ask as I've found most of your comments confrontational on this thread. I don't believe there are 'sides' in this conversation, just people willing to share experiences and other who wish to only criticise. I may have made assumptions based on comments...

What they shouldn't be doing is name calling and being repeatedly rude to other members. I think the one thing we all have in common on this forum is our love of horses. Someone of us want to learn and to continually 'do better' by our horses. That when the questions are asked. If someone says...