Recent content by harrietmina

Such a shame. I think his good progress has just coincided with the good grass and his new bit rather than the balancer being particularly effective. Its not doing him any harm for sure so I guess I have no choice but to keep tapping away at the 200 days worth that I have of it :') I'm pretty...

I haven't thought about that! its been about a month and he is almost through the worst of the malting...fingers crossed it is, as i can't think of any reason for it to go bald when its not being rubbed. Would a bit of zinc and caster oil/sudocrem or something help it along or should i leave it...

Exactly, the flakiness made me think dermatitis but its only in one small patch plus i wash his numnahs a lot and its never been aggravated by a particular rug. plus its only recently looked like this..before that it was literally a lump under his fur, no flakiness etc! Its smooth, raised but...

The first time the vet saw it she didn't seem to think it was a sarcoid. She said it could be a fly bite (it was smaller then and its only gone bald in the past few weeks) but didn't seem to have any specific ideas and said as it doesn't bother him the best thing would be to leave it. It was a...

My youngster has a little lump (around the size of a 1p piece) on his back...about two or three inches to the left of his spine, beneath where his saddle sits. He has had this for around 6 months and it doesn't bother him...but it bothers me! I mentioned it to the vet when it first came up, and...

glad to hear a unanimous no for topspec! while it was great to have him weighed I felt they tried to group all horses into one single category..of course my slim arab is not going to have the same voluptuous rump as the cob they weighed before us! I've also left the bag of their cool&condition...

So I'm desperately trying to build up topline/general condition on my anglo arab, who I've had for 6 months after he came to me looking pretty horrendous. He doesn't hold weight too well (although our grazing is poor over winter) and his hips/bum are atrocious. I put him on 365 balancer about a...

yes hes a ground dawdler too!! even going to his field/coming in for dinner he'll be lagging behind. I'm constantly clucking him forwards which sometimes works but then he'll start dawdling again, I've tried a few correction techniques but nothing has worked very effectively. The only time he...

I have absolutely no idea what the pain could be though. His hooves are in good condition and he is regularly seen by a great farrier. He did used to refuse to have his feet picked up but now he's super at it and it doesnt bother him. He's not been lame in the time that I've had him, no swelling...

Quite possibly. I find he doesn't yet know HOW to respond to my seat, he was unsure of leg/seat aids for steering etc but he is improving with those quickly. He does drop out of canter in the school after a few seconds which could actually be due to my seat giving him mixed signals so I will...

I think I can pretty much rule out a physical problem...he has always been like this in the 6/7 months I've had him and the behaviour is not chronic- if it was physical I would expect his behaviour to get worse as the exercise increases. His fitness is improving and I'm hoping thats the root of...

I had the saddle refitted a month or so ago and I always check the fit myself because I'm a complete worrier but there are no pressure points. Interesting story though so it might be worth me getting another saddler in for a second opinion. I'd be over the moon if that sorted it out! I would...

Exactly, thats where I have my confusion. His breeding does not suggest lazy but he acts it when we hack out. I did consider a physical problem, maybe that explains why he is better in the school as the ground is better? I've only had him 6 months or so, and he came from a really shoddy dealer...

My 5 year old anglo arab is having a few problems in regards to laziness. He is usually fine hacking out with other horses (alone is the problem, extreme napping/spinning/mini rears) but sometimes he walks SO slowly and he does occasionally nap even in company. We went for a long hack yesterday-...

Yippee! Exactly, I am so excited to have 10 whole weeks of just me and my boy (and family, i do keep forgetting them!!) with no uni stress. If only I could postpone joining the real adult world a little longer