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I had my ponies shoes taken off a few years back on the advice of my farrier. He had suffered a mild lami attack and sadly his feet had literally started to crumble away. It was horrifying! He was a bit footy for maybye a month or so but I still rode him out hacking twice a week on grass and...

Thank you for all your replies everyone I have had a look at trent park, LEC and Frith Manor and they all look like good options so I am going to get in touch for futher details. Thank you Unbalanced and Miss Chaos for suggesting them. Snowsadude- Thank you for your kind offer but DIY...

Thank you Miss Chaos, just had a look at Trent Park, the working livery is in my budget but wow it is huge isin't it? I've popped a search into google and I'm going to have a look at the websites that come up and give them a ring (people are very coy about mentioning prices on their sites I...

Well I am very much a happy hacker and would love somewhere with good hacking. I think Surrey may be too far out though sadly. I don't drive so somewhere that is going to be a massive slog to get there and back from just won't be practical! Thank you for posting though, it's much appreciated.

Hi all I am relocating to London next month and dearly want to take my pony with me. He is on full livery at a yard in County Durham at the moment so he's going to be travelling quite a way! I will be living in Camden which is about as central as you can get! I'm looking for a yard outside...

A handful of Dengie hi fi lite morning and night and daily turnout in a rather sparse field. In the winter he gets half a mug Baileys lo cal balancer morning and night as well. Also gets approx 6lbs of Equilage on a nightime, little bugger has COPD and coughs on even the most soaked of hay...

It sounds ridiculous but you will just know when you find the right horse. I have had my boy nearly 13 years now. I wasen't even looking to buy a pony when I met him. I was just going for lessons at my local riding school, but after 1 hour spent riding him I knew that I had to buy him come hell...

Yard has an outdoor arena but we aren't allowed to use it for turn out (God I'm making my yard sound dreadful aren't I?) At the minute my boys breathing is that bad vet doesn't want him ridden at all. Even walking quickly makes him wheeze. He has told me to leave him for a fortnight and then...

MrsMozart-I have been having a look about for grass turnout for the summer as I know he is better off out that in due to his COPD. I am in a difficult situation though as I work the silliest hours known to mankind and can't get to yard every day. Therefore I need somewhere that I can trust to...

Or is it just me? Basically I have a 21 year old NF type gelding and I seem to spend all my bloody time stressing and worrying about him. He has COPD and has had lami twice in the past (gets fat at the sight of grass), he also has osteochondrosis in his L shoulder which flares up from time...

Hi all Wow thankyou all for your replies, all very helpful and much appreciated. I'm going to try a very small holed haynet for now and hopefully that will extend his eating time. The stable girls will probably want to murder me though as all the others are fed from the floor, they probably...

Hi all Following on from my question about rugging my pony (thanks for the replies everyone) I have another dilemma and could really use some feedback. Basically my pony is now at a full livery yard after being cared for at a private yard by my friend for several years. I have no option at...

Yes he is a typical native type good doer. He is of the 'muzzle and restricted grazing in summer to prevent laminitis' type. At the moment he is in fairly good condition and seems pretty happy in himself. I'm probably worrying over nothing, I'm just suddenly very aware of my lack of knowledge...

Hi all I could really do with a bit of advice regarding my 20 year old NF type gelding. Basically up until this year my friend had the care of him and now he has come back to me to look after. I'm by no means an expert in horse care and I'm getting really anxious about doing the right thing...

My lami prone NF has moved to a new yard recently and ALL their grazing is looking exceptionally lush and long at the moment. He has his grazing muzzle on at all times when turned out at the minute. The last attack he had was in the September (4 years ago) The risk is most definately still...