Recent content by harrihjc

My boyfriend always calls my horse stupid (he does have a point there) but deep down I think he's quite fond of Flash He'd never admit it tho

Usually I'd go to the yard and ride in the floodlit school straight after work, but since Flash can only walk out because of his injury I have no idea how I'm going to cope this winter. Work, yard and home are all 30 mins apart, and I work typically 8.00 -5.30, and can't leave during lunch time...

My plans for 2009 were: ridden non-native coloured at Kent County novice dressage start jumping again and attempt a BN Sadly Flash went lame in March after being kicked and then managed consecutive injuries to keep him out of work ever since The lengths that pony will go to to get out of...

I wouldn't consider riding out when it's dark, I worry enough in complete daylight. I don't know how i'm going to get through this winter as my horse is only supposed to be walking out while 'recovering' from an injury, it's dark when i start work and dark when I finish!

Don't write him off yet, 2 weeks isn't very long, think positive and keep fingers crossed. I know how you feel, my 7yr old has been lame for 6 months now

my yard owner deals with the farrier, but for the vet I either have to ask for a end of the day appointment, beg to work from 'home', or take holiday.

It can be very scary, glad you and horsey are OK. I used to keep mine right next to an airport and Flash used to love watching the planes fly over his head in the field (strange horse), but when you're out hacking it can scare the life out of you!

It is heartbreaking Glad your boy is getting on OK. Flash was only ever hopping lame after a flexion test, the rest of the time it was only very slight, more something you could feel than see. He's now just 'not right'. I really don't enjoy hacking much and once the clocks change it will be...

it's horrible having to just wait and hope and feeling like you can't do anything, it's been dragging on so long

It's kind of complicated to explain! Nerve blocks showed that the pain was inside his joint so he's had steroids and hyaluronic acid injected into the joint, and has been on a course of cartrophen injections. An Xray showed slight bone remodelling of the sesamoid. That's all we know really...

sorry to hear this, RIP Josie

After a month of being pumped full of everything the vet could think of to medicate his fetlock joint injury (nobody has a clue how or when he did it) Flash still isn't completely sound. He's got a month of short walks ahead of him but the vet doesn't think he'll ever stand up to dressage or...

I think it's a great idea, but sadly due to his amazing ability for gaining scars and blemishes my silly coloured pony is lame and can't take part

ah OK... it was in the section i have to fill in rather than the vet bit and it confused me. Am a little concerned because I'm claiming for a fetlock injury and whilst this injury has never been picked up before and I have no idea how he did it, he has had unexplained lameness before (which we...

The advert was actually worded as 'safe, sensible, not dangerous allrounder' the advert actually said that?? Maybe it's just me, but describing a horse as 'not dangerous' strikes me as a little strange..? I had a loan horse that I would have considered safe and sensible, until 6 months after I...