Recent content by hollylouise

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Hello All, So I accidentally rescued a horse in Bulgaria of all places while on holiday. The owner was beating the poor thing with a shovel. I have put him into vet care and he has come on leaps and bounds (he had larvae under his skin, scars, bruises and bumps not to mention he was so thin...

Hello All, I very much appreciate everyone's help and input, its been invaluable. I have a stick with plastic bags attached to it which makes lots of noise to get her going a bit. And everytime she stops I turn her in circles which are harder to do than going straight. But she is certainly a...

Hey guys. Thanks so much for the replies. I know its not her diet as our other pony lives in the exact same conditions, and does not have the problem. I know what you mean ester, this is what I would traditonally do, but I can't use any form of device that has contact. So I'm a bit stuck...

Hello All, I have been asked to train up a newforest pony (14.1hh) who is INCREDIBLY lazy and overweight. I am not permitted to use a whip and must use natural techniques and use a monty robert dually headcollar. She is extremely lazy, and refuses to move, puts her head down when I trot...

Hello All, I rescued a horse that was in a very bad way in Bulgaria, had been hit and had maggots all over his skin and it was pretty awful. Anyway, i managed to give enough money to the owner to take him. He has been doing very well with my friends place over there and has recovered very...

Hello All! Anyone going to the Tetworth Hunter Trial on the 9th that has a spare space for a 14.1hh pony? I am located in Swavesey, Let me know how much, Thanks, Holly

no one going?!!

Hello All, Considering Milton show...anyone else going? Anyway, I have no transport, and if I must, I will rent a box, but if anyone is going, and coming from Cambridge way (A14 way) and you have space in your horse box, would love to come with. I am 24 and my pony is 6 and a 14.1...

Yep I just seem to get dreamers! Spudlet, I disagree, as I couldn't afford a horse when I was a student and I was a sharer, so they definately are out there. I mean I am now in a position to afford a horse now, and money is not the incentive, its just I would like someone to help exercise...

Hello All. If anyone can help me that would be great! I have been looking for a sharer for my horse who is a 16.2hh Irish Sports horse. He is a handful and needs an experienced rider, not that he is malicious, he is very calm in walk and trot (very forward in canter) and will jump just about...

Hi Everybody, I hope someone can advise me on this. I have owned my horse for 5 months now and everything has been fine (well he's a bit strong and he has gone for schooling at my yard for a month to try and reschool him a little more as I have been travelling with work). Anyway he is a...

Yeah I have done LOADS of lunging, and at the start he was really fizzy, but he now listens to me and he's amazing on the lunge, I dont use a lunge whip as he freaks out, he slows when I ask him, stops when I say WHOA. and Trots and canters just simply when I ask him to. I may get him...

Because I have seen many reschooling people being rough, and I just dont want to take that chance and someone doing that to him. He was ridden by men who were I think very heavy handed. He jumped 3 feet for me yesterday when we were out in a hack no probs! Its just the schooling aspect he hates...

He is fab, absolute gentle man, he will stand for ages being groomed and will pick up his feel (well he used to kick out and I persisted and now he wont cow kick anymore). He has never kicked me or bitten me. He loads like a dream and he is a happy horse from the ground. My 4 year old brushes...