Recent content by goldenchestnut

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    Showing donkys.

    respectedpony,driver. I always wanted a donkey too so when i saw Olaf on the World Horse Welfare site i had to get him. He was just 10months at the time he's 18 months now. I driver ponies so will break him to drive when he's old enough.For now he's just going in the Local Agricultural show...
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    Showing donkys.

    Hi, does anybody have a donkey that they show? Going to show mine for the first time and wondering about show prep. Thanks.
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    Ear Bonnets - what am I doing wrong?

    This, what are they supposed to be for?
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    what to do with old rescue pony, tack suggestions?

    Leave the poor animal alone, Let it be a companion or just be groomed and loved.
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    Every year i do it, every year i say '' i'll not do that again'

    Oh yes!!!!! 5 beasties and one is a black shetland (newbie) when does it stop?
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    Every year i do it, every year i say '' i'll not do that again'

    You know what it is, lol . Groom a heavily moulting horse wearing a fleece. Arghhhhhhhhhh.
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    Dumbest thing a supposedly clued-up horse person has told you?

    Read through all of this and can't believe how stuck up some people are about other peoples beliefs and ways of doing things. Alot of the posts are about things novices say and do, so what . They are novices and get things wrong. The people who have been around horses for many years have...
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    Dumbest thing a supposedly clued-up horse person has told you?

    Absolutely agree with this.
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    Ex-Irish driving horse .. what do you know about them?

    I can assure you that driven horses do not have their mouths yanked about, a drivers hands are very light and quiet.
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    Lice.

    The donkey has lice!!!!! So i am treating him and all the ponies, washing rugs and brush's etc. The question is where do the b***ers come from? None of them mix with other horses. Thanks in advance.
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    Field hay feeders - what worked best this winter?

    Upside down wooden pallets have worked really well for me the last couple of winters.
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    Should we buy another one?

    Would like to know if OP is still reading and what she is thinking of doing now that she has had so much good advice.
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    Should we buy another one?

    OP, i quickly realised that my confidence and ability wasn't what i thought it was when i bought my horse. I loved him and thought things will get better with time. I had lessons and took things slowly spending lots of time doing ground work. Until the day i had an awful accident out on the...
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    Shetland Ponies and electric fencing.....

    Have had no problems with my shetland but the donkey is in a class of his own.
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    Make it stop!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    How do i do Adblock?
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