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Very sorry to hear that you are in this situation but it certainly sounds like you have made the right decision. I had my two oldies pts together in mid October and found making the decision and then calling the vet the hardest part. Like you, they were kept at home and yes, I could have...

Some years ago I decided to put rain sheets on my two three year olds - they had never worn rugs before. They had lived with my herd of horses since they were six months old. One of the mares took massive exception to one of the youngsters wearing a rug and chased him round and round the field...

Sadly I remember all of these. Frisk wormer granules were bright blue as were the bottles of colic drench.

For me 'set fair' means to have the stable properly prepared for the horse to come in. Bed laid, clean bedding added, banks turned and blocked up (I don't use banks now) and swept back from the door.

So sorry to hear this and I really feel for you. Over the years I have lost three horses all at 3 years old but for different reasons (2 were homebreds that I had to make the call to PTS and and the third was one I had bought as a foal and found dead in the field). Losing a youngster seems so...

I personally would not use Pramox on a foal (or even on my adult horses) but tended to use Panacur and then Equest when they got to 6 months

Very glad to hear that Bertie looks to have turned the corner (keeping everything crossed for you that he continues to improve). Hoping that you also get news on Jess.

To be honest I have fed Heygates, Mole Valley, Pegasus, High Light and local feed merchant's own brand feed (depends what is cheapest) for years and not noticed any difference between them and the branded feeds. I did however feed Bailey's Ease & Excel to my horse with Cushings as I did want to...

Many years ago I was boiling the linseed in a pan on the hob and also had friends over for dinner. One of them was mighty relieved when I explained that the stinky, gloopy mess was not the dinner !

One of mine was a little similar but without the arthritis complication. A few summers ago he would come out of his stable (rubber matted with bedding) in the later afternoon sound but when bringing in from the field the following morning he would be definitely lame. No obvious heat or lumps...

Sorry to hear this and keeping everything crossed for you both.

I did the same thing and couldn't agree more never mind the comments her sycophants were posting. I couldn't get to the end of her rant as it was making my blood boil. For those that haven't had the misfortune to come across her she is saying that BB and Uti were put down as 'they needed the...

My heading towards liver chestnut had a green headcollar and the bright chestnut has a royal blue headcollar.

I had a horse who started to get a bit worried in traffic (his field was a fair way from the nearest road so he didn't see traffic). I ended up moving him to a new yard where the field was right next to a busy road. After a week or so he was so used to traffic that it didn't worry him when out...

Not Dorset but as a perspective. Last month my supplier was charging £60 for a large rectangular bale. I ordered a couple more bales last week and was told that they had gone up to £75 a bale. They were delivered today and definitely look a bit smaller than the previous ones.