Recent content by FestiveFuzz

I’ve always paid in full as soon as they’ve passed the vetting and organised for insurance to start the same day.

It does sound like you’re doing quite a lot and perhaps overacted him a bit. I bought a 4yo last summer who was super sweet but very, very green, he also turns 5 next month. We’ve only just taken him to his first arena hire last week, and while he mostly kept his sh!t together while we were out...

I disagree with this, plenty of folks (myself included) would loan a horse with known medical needs if it suited what they are looking for in other ways. I’d guess with your friend’s pony it just wasn’t the right fit for the people viewing, unless fizzy is being used in this case to describe...

I’d seriously hope @Mrs. Jingle isn’t still waiting for her veil given this thread was started in 2019!

Unstable Unicorns has entertained similar aged horse mad girls when I’ve been babysitting - https://amzn.eu/d/9gkXAGv

So sorry to read this, I’ve lost a youngster before and it’s a different sort of heartbreak. Don’t beat yourself up, you did everything you could x

We keep tack in the house in the utility as I’m a bit precious about it. Storage wise we managed to get hold of some big metal warehouse shelving from FB marketplace and then bought these https://www.aldi.co.uk/gardenline-145l-storage-trunk/p/066647065021500 from Aldi recently when they were a...

I can completely relate to this. At one point in the super early days I full on ugly cried, at a fly of all things, during a driving lesson. We’re talking snot and everything! The poor instructor didn’t know what to do with himself!

Oh @Michen this year is really putting you through the wringer 😔 I am so sorry for what you and the crew witnessed on your trip, sending thoughts to you all, especially the family left behind. As others have said, please do look after yourself. I witnessed a dear friend pass in horrific...

We keep the horses at home so whether mini FF likes it or not she has to join us on the yard each day (sometimes husband and I tag team it, but one of the boys currently has mud fever so it’s all hands on deck whilst we tackle that!) With this cold snap I’m wondering how the heck I keep her...

We’re on what is usually well draining sandy soil, but it’s been so wet that for the first time in nearly 4yrs of being here one of ours has mud fever 😩

Lots of great points above. Also be prepared that you’ll spend more time maintaining everything than actually doing anything with your horse (the only sunny days this week I was out on the tractor sorting the summer paddocks before we rest them for winter, and technically it was still damper...

@fresianfoal1999 I hope you don’t mind me saying, but I wonder whether you might get more (or at least more what you’re looking for) from this thread if you perhaps shared your approach with your youngster, what you’ve done so far and what roadblocks you’re encountering etc. In the nicest way...

Ah ok, personally as long as they step out of my space so I can put their feed down and don’t mug me for it I’m not too fussed what face they’re pulling (in fact off the top of my head I couldn’t tell you what face my boys pulled tonight, or any other night for that matter!) I’m sure your...

Prior to her wearing the rug what did you do to prepare her? With mine I will do all manner of faffing on and around them with the rug and will only proceed to put it on properly when I’m confident they’re comfortable and there’s no reaction to the faffing. It sounds like you have two issues...