Recent content by Esme2015

Oh I think about this too, although I hope I never have to write one! Older mare: Superb skewbald schoolmistress who can teach complete novices to ride, always tries her heart out and will step up for an experienced rider. Can be sometimes lazy and needs to feel confidence from her rider to...

If your gut feeling is telling you to go for it then do it!! Are you talking about putting the horse in working livery? I have to say that the only.way I really bonded with my horse was to have one on one time with her, everyone I know who has done working livery has stopped after a short while...

Hi there I started learning to ride at a large equestrian centre in late 2007/early 2008. A year later I loaned one of the riding school ponies for a few months before diving in and buying my first horse as a 40th pressie to myself in that same year. It had always been a childhood dream of...

Interesting topic! I have one very grumpy old bag whose outwardly affectionate moments I would count on one hand...the biggest being when she reared and went over backwards with me on her, my friend caught her and told me afterwards that she was shaking like a leaf, she had realised she had...

Completely off topic, but this really made me laugh...especially the barefoot comment! It just reminds me of a few people I know....:D Sorry to hijack your post OP. Sounds like a horrendous situation, I am unable to comment as I have no knowledge of this type of thing.

Firstly, this post is to get opinions on whether I should move my youngster to somewhere with an onsite school so thank you for your comment about that. Secondly, where do I say I can't handle her? I said I wasn't walking her out on the roads YET because I am nervous of doing so, that's quite...

Thank you. I feel so much better after reading all these responses. I have a lovely young friend who can help me to do things with the youngster in the field, when she is a bit older, and hopefully we can get to the stage where we can lead her to the school up the road.

You sound in such a similar situation to me! Shame we aren't nearer, we could help each other! My youngster definitely went through that stage that you describe, last summer at around 20-22 months. She is now a lot quieter, hence why I felt we could take her on the roads, but because I know I...

Thank you all for your replies - they have been hugely helpful. They back up what I have been thinking. I want to feel settled somewhere for a bit longer and I do feel I am lucky to have the field (although I pay through the nose for what it is, but livery is a premium around our area). If I...

My normally angelic, bombproof cob x exploded four years ago - she was trying to tell me for weeks previously that something was wrong, I believed what everyone else told me (because I was a novice horse owner), that she was being naughty - she suddenly started napping downhill away from the...

Hi all I would value the opinion of people who have had two year olds before and are experienced with very young horses. I have my mare and her two year old daughter in a small private yard, just us and one other person. We have been there for a year and my OH and I have done a lot of...

Thank you all for your advice, that's why I love this site!!! :-)

Hi there, this will seem like a stupid question but as this is the first full winter of having my own small yard, I've not had to worry about this before. I've got a large round bale of haylage, it's quite dry haylage but the top got wet in today's rain as its stored outside. We put two massive...

I think that must be it too, she's always spooky coming into season. It's such a pain, I love her to bits but she's SOOO crabby. Thing is the supplement kept this kind of behaviour at bay last year, well, reduced it, but it doesn't seem to be working so much at the moment :-( which is why I'm...

Hi all, I have a very grumpy mare who can be very hormonal. Since Feb 2016, I have been giving her EasyMare Gold, which is also a calmer, which actually seems to have worked - she can feel like she will explode in March and April, and it seemed to take her through this very well. I should...