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I wish it was just that but it is clearly anxiety with him. Perhaps he would be different if all three came in at night but they live out 24/7. We make sure that he isn't left every time we bring the 3 in but because he thinks he may be left he dungs and rolls immediately. Then if we want to...

Thanks for your suggestions. He rolls whatever stable he is left in, and no he isn't always the one left, and sometimes we don't leave him, he just comes in to eg. wait for the farrier, with the others, but because he thinks he is going to be left he dungs and rolls. He is left with his...

Has anyone ever known a horse that expresses his anxiety by getting down and rolling in the stable. 5 months after we bought him our 7 year old Gelderlander started to do this when put in his stable to keep him safe while his two companions were out being ridden. They live out 24/7, but use...

Our horses are due to move into a field that has had horses in it, but I have identified a great deal of St. John's Wort growing there. Should I be worried?

It is hard to say without knowing your mare but it sounds as though she has been through it and is probably never going to be ridden by you with confidence that nothing is wrong/is about to go wrong. My own view is that animals don't know death but they do know suffering, and endless box rest...

Thanks for your interest. It is battery powered and I prefer that as it sits a lot while I am collecting manure, plus I feel it would be quieter?

The one I am looking at is a Sherpa and it is £700. It says it moves at 0-4km/h. A reviewer has said it is no good for horse manure because it has to be forked out - I can see that this might be the case because when it is tipped it is perpendicular to the ground whereas you have to tip a...

I am thinking of buying a power wheelbarrow to help with my VERY long push to the muck heap. I have telephoned to ask the makers if they work in mud but they were a bit cagey in their answer, just said that the barrow has a big robust wheel. I just wondered if anyone had tried one in the mud?