Recent content by KateRF

I haven't - I might try that! Thank you :)

Ditto - I'm just glad I put it on facebook, or I'd probably just have merrily done it myself and ended up with a broken arm or worse. I would have bought him anyway as he's perfect in every other way, but it would have been nice to know!

Thank you! We had a similar experience in that we were told he was perfect to clip, so I posted on Facebook (I was friends with the old owner) that i needed someone to clip his legs and did anyone know someone that could do it. She then sent me a message saying it 'might not be a good idea' and...

I forgot to mention that he was exercised by the grooms at Newmarket when he was there for an unrelated issue and when he displayed this behaviour, they asked the lameness specialists to have a look. They couldn't find any soundness issues or painful areas and assumed it was a deeply embedded...

He doesn't do it on the lunge. I've never free schooled him as we aren't allowed in the indoor and the fence of the outdoor is too low - I've tried once and he was straight out and eating the grass on the other side.

That's right - he went to Newmarket for another issue and when we mentioned his previous feather mites, they clipped his legs under sedation and tested to make sure he didn't have them anymore. The first time we clipped him at home after we bought him he had a few scabs, but by the second time...

I'll have a go at that then - thank you! Billy has an itchy spot inside the top of his back legs that he absolutely loves me clipping as it gives him a good scratch - unfortunately there's barely anything there to clip! If only he was itchy down the rest of his legs haha.

We've spoken to one of his previous owners (not the person we bought him off, but one that had him about 6 years ago) and apparently he had feather mites, but she treated them regularly and he was fine to clip back then. The person we bought him off had always had issues with his legs...

We'd rather he was clipped as he's apparently had mud fever in the past and I want to keep on top of that.

Hi all, My pony has been exhibiting some strange behaviour over the last few months and I was wondering if anyone else had experienced it or knows what might be causing it. In canter, he keeps changing legs, often going disunited. If I let him go around the school, he does it consistently in...

Hi all, My coblet is an absolute nightmare having his legs clipped. He's an angel for his body, he goes to sleep and we can do all over and his face without a headcollar - but as soon as the clippers pass his shoulders he goes ballistic. At the minute we have him sedated by the vet every 3...