Recent content by Jambarissa

Way back I had a couple of acres and a field shelter. It was perfect. Been on DIY for very many years now. I dream of my own place but do wonder if it'd be so great. I'd like to keep my horses exactly as I want to but might struggle for help. There's a house near me of the 'set in 1/3...

If there's too much wall to rasp you need nippers not a knife. A shinto rasp takes a lot off easily if you can't manage nippers. Bonsai clippers are excellent for flappy bits of frog.

Do you have rubber on there? Swapped mine for the carpet stuff with the cross grip bars and it was so much lighter. Sorry, not your question I know but might be easier/cheaper.

I prefer forage based feeding wherever possible. Do they eat well? Hay or haylage? Even on an 'as fed' basis haylage has more protein, on a dry matter basis it can have 30% more so worth considering. Some grass pellets are high protein too, I think simple systems Red bag might be close to 20%...

I am doing this every day during turnout atm 😂 What's with the tiger? Hope they were showing a zoo. Have you seen horse boarding? Similar. I think I should have bought my husband a board instead of a horse!

How is your core strength? I think canter is far more about holding everything together than trot. Do you have a mechanical horse near you? I found this really beneficial for trying to find a way to be level guven my very unlevel body, just set him going and the instructor could prod me as needed.

I try not to move if at all possible, it's stressful for the horse and everything comes with a compromise, he might not adjust well to the change, you might hate it too. Whilst what you describe sounds grim from a human perspective it doesn't necessarily mean the horses welfare is compromised...

You can just stay on a low dose forever, or cycle on and off. I've an interest in this area so have been following both the research and real life stories on reddit/mumsnet. Its very hard to maintain a rapid weight loss. They have had their food desire turned off then its suddenly back on, it...

I'm in Manchester. DIY at a reasonable yard about £30 a week. Full livery jobs fee £15 a day. Our communal haylage is £12 a week but I think that is cheap.

I've kept pretty much everything from every horse then gradually given it away as I realise it won't fit new horse. If I was giving up horses I'd sell anything valuable or easy then give away the rest. I have a piece of tail hair from each horse. Some have been in an envelope for 20 years...

Price rise has just happened here. Small bales £7 from £5.50, large rounds £55 from £45. Plus warnings that there's availability issues so don't order online. I ordered enough in before Christmas to do me until end Feb, I wonder if I'll be able to buy at all by then. My yard has huge supply...

I lose track of ages but I think Small cob is 10 Daft draft is 8 Big cob is 17 All in good health, little cob has a range of issues in the summer which I think are reflected by 'grass/sugar sensitivity' and I've (mainly) figured out how to manage them.

Not heard of him, thank you. I'm currently on free trial of Joe Midgley who seems to have decent videos but a lot look very familiar so I must have had access at some point.

My draft is claiming his rugs shrank in the wash too. Hmmmmm. I do like big horse shop on my chunky cobs. Oddly nothing fits the draft well, I've tried them all. He's deep as hell and wide at the belly but not the top, kind of pear shaped . I have to use draft rugs with necks to stop them...

I did loads of NH back in the 90s when it was all books and courses. Served me very well over the years when I had 'challenging' horses. Now I have 3 good horses without obvious issues but actually I'm realising not that much connection because I've never really had to spend time working with...