Recent content by Jinx94

Can confirm, akhal tekes are rather wonderful 🥰 conformation wise though, there is MASSIVE variation in the breed. I'd love to own one. Arabs and anything baroque are pretty high on my list too. Would love another spotty. I think a noriker would be great!

@BBP2, thank you so much for starting this thread. I've spent a ridiculous amount of time over the last couple of days trying to track mine down and I've found him. He's got his own Instagram and is absolutely adored by his owner. I can finally stop with the what ifs - he's happy, healthy and...

My dad used to train dogs. He was also a dog walker and so got to see the progress (or lack of) beyond the sessions with owners. He found that most owners could be sorted into one of two groups: Those that want to learn Those that don't The former would put the effort in, pay attention to what...

You sent me down the rabbit hole of trying to find B'stard (apparently he was... interesting as a yearling 🤪 then the name stuck). I remember there being a fb post about him shortly after he sold, but I can't find it for the life of me. Nor any other posts under his stable name, or his...

I fell in love with a youngster at the stud I worked at. He was an absolute sweetheart, a little cheeky but so cuddly and loving. He was really level headed and took everything in his stride - I had the joy of lightly backing him. The only drawback (in my eyes) was that one of his forelegs was...

Completely agree. Our suggestions would probably have caused the charity to be vilified, leading to a drop in donations which would result in them being unable to carry out more charitable work. We thought that pts of the ones we viewed to have poor quality of life, getting someone in to back...

Redwing are a fairly well known rescue and I would expect that the majority of donations they receive are not from people within the equine industry. Small animals are kept alive with tricky conditions and people without an understanding of horses expect that horses can be treated in the same...

We had a uni visit to Oxhill shortly before their indoor school was started. It was needed so that they could then break/produce rescues which could then be rehomed as ridden equines. Oxhill could only rehome non-ridden beforehand due to the lack of facilities. It was a wonderful place, but...

This sounds a bit like a 'how long is a piece of string' scenario. My approach would be to closely watch her as you're building up the distance and keep an eye on how she recovers afterwards. My friends had jack russells of varying ages and would walk a lot around their property. My friend...

Hey all! The vet has said that unless results come back as cancerous, or it starts to affect Archie, they're not going to touch it. They haven't discussed a possible diagnosis with my parents yet. This may be because they're waiting for the results or it could be due to the language barrier but...

Sorry for the delay folks! The vet pushed the appointment back to tomorrow as they want to biopsy/aspirate/do something with it. Dad said it translated as 'poke' - they live in Spain over the colder months. My parents' Spanish is pretty good, but there's definitely a bit of a barrier still when...

I did try to reassure dad that we don't need to jump straight to cancer, but I'm not sure how well it worked.

We'd be very happy with either of those! It's gutting that our dogs don't live forever. We know that Archie probably doesn't have many years left, but facing the reality is so tough. I'm very worried about how my dad will be when Archie passes. I know he'll have my mum, but he tends to grieve...

Hi all, this is my parents' dog, Archie. Dad's taking him to the vets tomorrow to get his swollen gums checked, but I wanted to see if anyone has come across similar. Dad spotted it last night and is pretty hot on noticing any changes as Archie is his pride and joy, and is around 12 years old...

Yes, OP, my above suggestion was made assuming that he's fit and that your schooling has a focus on getting him forwards. It's amazing how much more oomph horses can get from improved fitness and a change up in their schooling.