Recent content by Hatsslave

I got my first horse at the age of 46. I bought a mare although loads of people said"don't buy a mare for gods sake". We didn't really get on for the first month but now she's my best friend. Yes she's hormonal, stubborn, opinionated, grumpy, bloody minded but she makes me laugh out loud...

So sorry to read of your accident, mental scars take a hell of a lot longer to heal than physical ones. Maybe when you're feeling better physically you could try NLP, I lost every shred of confidence with my boy so attended some sessions, I was very sceptical at first but it has really helped to...

Mine is a complete trollop, squealing, winking and squirting and offering herself to anything with a pulse. Yesterday backed up to 2 Shetland boys and stood peering at them over her shoulder, she scared them to death! She's already in season now. To ride she's sharper and a bit shouty but not...

We give ready mash blue to our 20 yr old tb through winter and he's great on it. Everything else we tried made him explode but this really suits him.

Hiya, a lot of my problems were just that, mine! As I said it was a steep learning curve for me and at times I felt completely out of my depth and I wondered if things would ever get better. Had a few times where I had skin burned off my hands when she bolted and snatched the lead rein out of my...

I was in a similar situation, I had my mare when I was 46 and she was my first horse. I agree it's a very steep learning curve and I underestimated everything, she was extremely bolshy and barged me everywhere to the point where I was nervous handling her. That was over 2 years ago and I think...