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    Do you battle on with your horse, regardless of his talent?

    I have battled for 6 years on a horse who had talent but most of the time chose not to use it. I would say i am an above average rider and I knew after 2 years of not getting very far I should sell him if i wanted to get anywhere but I adore this particular horse and felt so much responsibility...
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    Teaching RDA

    I have volunteered on and off for 10 years and my mum is an instructor. I have found a great and outgoing personality and the ability to encourage and inspire the riders is sometimes more important than technical riding knowledge, especially with the riders with learning diffficulties. I have...
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    Riding Club area qualifiers?

    Our club is small and sometimes we struggle to make up a team of 4! However we always enjoy it and do reasonably well. This year my horse was lame so i had to take mum's pony at last minute, he had to do the novice as that is what we had entered and was the smallest, heaviest horse, not really...
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    How did you find your one in a million horse?

    I bought him 18months ago unbroken, the first horse i went to see. I told myself if he wasn't right he would be sold at a profit, lucky for both of us he is turning into my absolute perfect horse. Now at 5 is a bit of a star who is quiet enough to live at my parents house and sharp enough to...
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    Hackers - happy or otherwise...?

    I love hacking out and so does my horse but we also compete at affil. level dressage and eventing. I bought him as an unbroken 4yo with competition in mind but really wanted something that was an enjoyable hack as well. He is nearly 5 1/2 now and strong enough to go for a trip in the the...
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    Breaking in - your experiences

    I have broken in quite a few horses, all using more traditional methods but with careful thought to learning theory. All of the horses have taken different amounts of time depending on the individual and how much time i have had to spend with the horse. All of those i still know have have been...
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    bio mesh on severed tendon

    My horse did this a few years ago. Didn't use biomesh and i have no experience of it so i can't comment on that i' afraid. However after 4 months box rest a Robert Jones splint and a year off he did make a full recovery and has been eventing since. He has quite a bit of scarring now but he...
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    Yafforth today (and a bit of advice please!)

    I'm hoping being so close to home will help with the ditch, and lots of ditch schooling first!!!
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    Yafforth today (and a bit of advice please!)

    I took my 5 yo to his 2nd ODE today at Yafforth unaff, did the 90cm novice. The dressage went really well and he got 27 and was 2nd after dressage which was great. We had the first down in the show jumping but that was my fault and he then jumped a great round. I was pleased because that is a...
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    Head Shaking

    Thanks for all the replys, they really are appreciated. With all this rain he has been fine so i think it is looking like a pollen related problem. I have got a lot more options to try now when the sun comes out!.
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    Head Shaking

    Thanks for the reply. I have spoken to my vet about the laminitis risk. He said this steriod would be out of the system within 12 hours therefore would present a very low risk. It is not a management plan just a means of diagnosis. ie if it helps then we can rule out a whole lot of causes and...
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    Head Shaking

    My horse has just began head shaking, it seems fairly inconsistant at the moment with him having a bad day then having a week when he is fine. Other night he was really upset in stable and kept us up all night. He was wiping his nose on the door, really agitated then holding his nose under the...
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    Broken incisor tooth

    Thanks for the replies, always appreciated Just a quick update, the vet came and tidied it all up, he hasn't damaged the root so all being well it should grow back. He is now having the flap of gum washed out and antibiotics, should be ok to ride in a week or so. P.S. I did have a chat to...
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    Broken incisor tooth

    Haven't been on here for a while but i was wondering if anyone had any advice. I brought my 5yo in tonight and he appears to have broken two top incisors. From what i can see he has both roots still attached with one of them still having the tooth attached but obviously very loose, think the...
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    Taking a 4 year old schooling for the first time

    My 4yo is about another month off going xc schooling. He has already been schooling over show jumps at about 85cm and jumped fillers water tray etc, has been hacking about with a few canters and been out in trailer to lessons. He is going to his first dressage comp in a couple of weeks. But i...
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