Recent content by HelenBack

Has anybody used Trusted Housesitters or similar for care of their dogs while on holiday? I’m considering options at the moment and just looking for honest reviews/ recommendations.

I wish I lived a little bit closer to you as this is exactly what I’m looking for for my guy, and I wouldn’t be concerned by what you’ve said about your horse. Rather annoyingly you’re in the reasonably close but just too far to be viable on a daily basis category, as I live 40-45 minutes from...

Thanks. They’ve got their thickest ones with a tenner off at the moment and they look nice so I think I’m going to give them a go. Black all the way for me though!

I’m jumping on this thread as I’m looking for winter tights or breeches too. I don’t mind which but I do want warm and fleecy as I get a really cold bum and thighs. The Horzehoods ones are strong contenders - they’ve got some nice looking new designs at the moment and I already have a pair of...

I saw an article on the Your Horse facebook page about it so I think it must be true. I think it’s a great move as I’m very chatty with my horse while training and it takes a lot of concentration to be quiet in a competition! I really hope BD and BE follow suit.

It's not the same but my horse has got a DDFT injury and when it first happened he would go lame and then appear to be sound again very quickly. Not as extreme as what you're describing though as he was never all that lame on it, possibly 3-4/10 max when it was at its worst, and it was probably...

Following as also interested in this. Could those of you recommending the Trizone boots give an indication of size please? Mine seems to be on the border between medium and large.

Thank you for all the suggestions. I was busy all day yesterday so have only just seen the replies this morning. There's loads to look at here though so I'm going to go through them all and hopefully will find something that looks like it will do the job :)

My guy is usually turned out without a fly rug as he just seems to get sweaty in them. The flies seem to be particularly bad this year though and I can’t always get to him in the morning to douse him in fly spray. Any recommendations for a non-sweaty one? He is quite broad across the chest so...

Thanks, he’s already in a 3 ring happy tongue with a curb strap and still strong. I think the problem is that he can set against the happy tongue as it’s unjointed. I want to try and find a jointed one but with tongue relief as he doesn’t like tongue pressure. That doesn’t seem to exist though...

Can anybody explain to me the difference between the Bombers Williams and 2.5 ring bits please? I’m looking for something to help with brakes while doing fast and exciting work. Ideally I’d like a 3 ring gag but they don’t have those with any of the mouthpieces my horse likes. So I’m trying to...

Ah, sorry to hear that, I just saw dressage breeches and assumed you wanted white so thought of mine. Lots of things fall down on me too, including most Le Mieux breeches. It’s really annoying. Some of the Le Mieux ones are a decent thickness though so might be worth a try if you haven’t...

They are technically tights but I’ve gone for the Horzehoods white ones in the heavier material and am finally happy with my choice. They’re really comfortable and the material is thick enough that it holds everything in quite nicely. I went for white with a grey seat but they also do all white...

Both my horse and my friend's pony became very reactive on Top Spec balancer. It was actually just the light one they were on but they both calmed down again as soon as they came off it. Neither are feed reactive in general. I think Top Spec is a bit known for sending some horses loopy. If you...

Just to say then that my horse isn't a racehorse - he's a Connemara! And he didn't have it every time he did heavy exercise either. He does like to be contrary and do the opposite to what all the books say though! Actually my local vet very much dismissed it and was more thinking of things like...