Recent content by Janehen

As already posted lots and lots of patience and consistent work. I believe draw reins are a "quick fix" when what you want to do is help the horse work out what it is being asked to do which is work it's hind quarters, relax and stretch across its back and work into a soft contact. When I...

Oh yes, my girls been at it for weeks, snorting and spooking at everything. Others on the yard have also got "spring" in their steps. Oddly today though she was as quiet as a mouse and even went and stuck her head in a wheelie bin and squeezed her generous frame between two trailers. Just when I...

Hi, I have bought the GFS XCH Halfinger saddle for my impossible to fit Irish Draft mare in August last year and absolutely love it. She had been injured and we brought her back into full time work in August as a XXW fitting and I have just recently gone down a gullet size to the XW. Previously...

Wish there was one that guaranteed to work....I have used Topspec Calmer recently on my stressy mare following extended box rest and it did take the edge off enough to hand walk her safely (she thought lions were lurking behind every bush!). I had to mix it with apple juice in her feed as she...