Recent content by honetpot

Depending on how much you could try silver nitrate, its still used in human wounds for over granulation. Sticks or gel. https://www.medicinenet.com/silver_nitrate/article.htm

I would pay for the whole month. Your unwritten contract is for a month. I have been at livery where you pay per day, but thats not usual.

I also put passport present and get who ever collects to sign it, with cows I also ask them to check the ear tags and any other checks before they load. The last one I sold by bank transfer it took nearly two hours to go in to my bank account, I will not allow anything to leave before its gone...

When I see someone trying to catch a horse the most common mistake is approaching from the front, I walk towards them looking as if I am going to walk past them and do not look at them. When almost up to them I go to their shoulder and give them a rub, perhaps half a carrot, and put the rope...

My three in June Highland colt was gelded last week, he still looks a bit like a cut and shut if you look hard, but most people wouldn't notice. He has outgrown his cob sized headcollar, and the only one I could find to fit was full sized last used on a 16hand IDX, but his head looks proportion...

With youngsters I think they all eventually get to the point where their brain can not cope with changes in their body or what the rider is asking them, and the ones that started out as compliant are often the least predictable. I always go back a step and if they are growing a lot leave off any...

There is a general dismay about the standards of horse welfare mainly due to ignorance and the decreasing lack of riding schools. I will admit I have not looked at the website for a long time but its used to have no printable guides for horse care, and what information there was was text dense...

I was a member for thirty plus years, mainly because at the time I thought it supported horse welfare and promoted a standand in riding. When I looked in to how it was run and how the money was spent I realised it was more like a professional organisation for equine professionals and their needs...

I would say the college can not disclaim resposibility, that would make it an unfair contract as they are charging for a service, care of the horse. If you are insured I would let insurance companies deal with it. The problem will be proving they were negligent, but it may cover your costs ...

You can usually spot a 'timewaster' on FB they as lots of questions, get annoyed quickly, and I am never that bothered about selling, so I just say thank you for your interest and no longer respond. I have set responses to rude or just annoying people, I refuse to waste any energy on them. I...

I half stable walls no grill in my stables, and I have never seen any evidence of anything having a go at anything next door, not saying it never happens but its rare. Agression is usually based on being defensive, and fighting over food, so I would work out why this is happening, and what is...

Our village does a food swap about twice a month, open to all, I like it because it reduces some of the stigma. I give money to the food bank so they can buy what they are short of or just pay the rent. With bills going up I think families who would have never needed help are in a Catch 22...

In H&S terms the YO have a duty to their staff, even if they are self employed and the rest of their customers, so there would be a risk assesment about handling, and afraid if the horse owner was not prepared to try and adress these issues they would be asked to leave. There so many people...

I call them a tractor on four legs. I buy Highland colts, and I think the problem is they look like a wonky donkey at two, so they get stuffed with food and you end up with a stuffy four year old. They need to be taught manners when they are small, and avoid confrontation , so they end up doing...

My first set of shoes that I paid for was about £10 in 1974, cold shod, a second hand set was £5. I got married and got my first horse on loan in 1979, everything was made to measure for him, I think the saddle was £120, and I still have his handsewn bridle, bit and just about everything else...