Recent content by jenh166

Not regretted it in the same way as you, but did sell a pony last autumn, partly because he was a bit small for me and partly because I'd taught him everything I know and wanted him to go and have fun doing what he loved - and once he'd gone I realised just how super he really was and that it...

A lot of the time it is just the natural action of the horse, and like you said is desirable in some circumstances e.g. first ridden ponies. What's more important is whether your horse has always done this (probabably just their natural way of going) , or is it a recent change (which means it...

Hmmm, well that's promising! Thanks x

I need to sell my albion kontact lite saddle (the single flap one that William Fox-Pitt helped design) as it doesn't fit my new horse :( I've had it 2 years (it was already 1yr old when I bought it but harldy used) and it's been used a few times a week, and been well looked after, always with...

My grey horse has taken it upon himself to use his poo as a pillow...every day he has huge stains on his bum, tummy, neck, and sometimes face. He's wearing a lined sheet at night, and manages to get stains underneath it some nights! He's stabled on straw at night, out in the day, not actually...

WEAR A HAT!!! I fell off the safest horse I know over a tiny fence, and was concussed for a week WITH a hat on, god knows what state my head would be in if I hadn't had one on. We sent hat off to maufacturers to scan and see if it was dented on the inside and lo and behold it was - that could...

go for it - polo ponies are often really easy to look after - used to being tied up for hours and shouldn't be a kicker or anything. may well be forward going on hacks esp on grass!

If anyone is interested, vet said small bony lump is an old splint (I have only had horse for a few weeks so was unsure of what was 'normal' for him), and that the swelling just built up in that region due to a bit of old scar tissue acting as a focus. Hock cut healing well, so he's on the mend...

I personally probably wouldn't buy a horse with melanomas, but having said that I'm a sucker for greys (and have owned 2), and know that most of them will end up with them in old age. But, somehow its different if they develop them in your care to taking on a horse that has been diagnosed. They...

Not that I know of, surgery with wide excision is best option, and better to take it off before it gets too big. I think you can laser some of them instead..? In any case, its not a general anaesthetic, they will just sedate him and use local anaesthetic. Having said that, loads of horses live...

£40 a week during winter - but that's full grass livery (i.e includes hay, daily grooming, mucking out his field shelter, feet picked out, rugs changed 2xday), less during summer. No facilities on site, but individual or grouped paddocks depending on preference, twice daily feed and check, poo...

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£8000? I know people will pay good money for a decent hunter.

£35 and they're about 5 miles away.

My loan horse is rarely checked by owner - she is however my mum's friend and knows where he is. She is happy for me to do anything with him within reason as long as i let her know asap if anything happened to him. She never saw me ride him! - i dealt with previous loaners and picked him up...