Recent content by Jinx94

Young lady has massive withers and no real girth groove. Saddle fits and I'm not on yet so there's no guarantee that it WILL slip, but she's quite sensitive and can overreact so it's something that I'm keen to avoid. As much as anything, it's for my peace of mind. I'm not bothered about...

I'm keeping my goals really basic: Get on my mare - getting fed up with this getting derailed, especially by simple things! Though the extra time has definitely done her a lot of good. Hack the spotty one on the roads (semi!) confidently - we used to go for miles, but our last on road hack was...

I brought Arya back in in July. For anyone that hasn't seen our other threads, at the end of last year she was diagnosed with severe trigeminal-mediated headshaking and the vet and I decided that if we couldn't get her comfortable, she'd be pts. We were given a 5% chance of spontaneous recovery...

I can see Birker2020 linked the thread about my then 4yo. We went to see Veronica last year and she was fantastic, very thorough and very open to/keen to hear the information that I had. We did a few different diagnostics, including a neurological work up and a CT myelogram. My vets had already...

I've barely ridden for ages, but I do value knowing my horses and having a relationship with them. The thought of riding many horses once sort of makes me sad 😂 my personal opinion is that you would miss out on so many learning opportunities and I love that feeling when after so much hard work...

I really struggle with poor circulation to my feet, so my toes go numb very quickly. In terms of warmth and moisture wicking, my Grubbs were by far the best but they just didn't last. Le Chameaus last me well (apart from the new pair I put a bloody great hole in by stepping on a nail!! 🤬) but...

I know this one is a bit morbid, but a friend if mine was in an awful situation a little while back where her loan horse had a freak accident in the field. It was a horrific ordeal for both of them, made worse by the fact that she couldn't get hold of the owner to make the final decision and...

I was a trainee YM at a fairly well known competition yard and when I took the job was offered 19k, seemed like a good idea at the time. I was 25. Eventually managed to get the pay bumped up but still was on not much more than apprentice money for the hours, plus paying rent (on site), plus the...

Yeah.. I may have set the smoke detector off a couple times while making toast... if I'm cooking, Z hides 🙈 The really funny one was a pheasant feeder in one corner of the track around the paddocks. Hackles all the way up plus growling/barking/darting around from a good 20m+ away!

I totally lost my mojo and haven't achieved any goals that I've set for the last 1.5-2 years. So my current goals are basic - I want to sit on my 5yo and hack the pony before Christmas. That's it. Anything else will be a bonus! Imo there are times to stretch yourself and times to be gentle. The...

We got up early today to go over to the local hills and watch the sun rise. Timed it almost perfectly 👌 .....aaand left my phone in the car 🤦‍♀️ Ah well, lesson learned for the next grand plan! 😂 Loving everyones pictures!

Is it definitely on the oesophagus? I worked with a horse that had a lump on his trachea - it was just where one of the cartilage rings had formed a bit weirdly. Never caused him any trouble 😊

That's the one! In all honesty if I hadn't turned her away elsewhere, she wouldn't have made it to Christmas. It was awful seeing her like that. That's a really interesting idea about the nerve. We did a head and neck CT myelogram which we had expected to show anything like that, but things can...

Most of the time she wants to live in my skin 😂😂❤

This time last year, my 4yo started headshaking. She had a tonne of investigations, I maxed out my insurance and spent an additional 1.5k - as I had to pay up front and claim back from my insurers, that was all I had. We decided not to proceed with PENS therapy for her as the specialist...