Recent content by LadyGascoyne

You can fetch yourself a Figgy! Better than that; FIVE Figgies 😊

Well, if you look up my kitten thread... what I'd end up doing is catching kittens, claiming that they will be outdoor barn dwellers who are not allowed in the house, failing miserably and several months on would have five cats sleeping in my bed.

One of mine was similar with an abscess. I do empathise, it's horrible! I kept her in and hand walked because she became a nightmare to catch. I advertised for an experienced freelancer to help with a horse on box rest, and had someone with me every time I handled the horse. Hats on every time...

Mim has always been a dream. That's not to say she hasn't been babyish or there weren't occasional wobbles but they were all completely understandable and attributable to a genuinely confusing scenario. Like a herd of alpacas cantering over, or a massive wedding tent being pitched next to her...

"They seek him here, they seek him there Those Frenchies seek him everywhere Is he in heaven or is he in hell? That demned elusive Pimpernel." I suggest... Where's Percy?

Lady Gascoyne was like but 100 times more dramatic on every hack. But great at shows, excellent over xc and accurate with SJ poles. Spookiest phase was dressage and even then it was artistically placed pot plants rather that white boards than were considered untrustworthy. Nothing wrong with...

Thinking of you Mrs J.

Sending all my best wishes your way. Fingers crossed Bertie rallies @Mrs. Glittery Jingle Balls

New husband?

I consider my husband's industry to be high paying. His firm is in corporate/ finance / m&a consulting etc. He's is in tech consulting himself but within that sphere, and although he is not a partner, he earns well for his level and has a good career trajectory. Partner pay is over £700k per...

Ok, so it's likely that the vet will be very careful about transmissible diseases like EHV etc if the horse is at a stud. I'd expect them to be testing for everything like that, and asking for copies of results. If you haven't spoken to the vet then you're only relying on the yard manager for...

I imagine expectations would vary by industry, role, age, region. What is high pay to someone working a city job in London would probably look very different to someone working a science job in Cambridge, to a farming job in Cumbria.

I'm assuming a vet must be involved in order to have ruled out strangles. There really isn't enough information in your post but here are some questions which would provide more to go on: Is your horse in the UK? How long has the horse had the symptoms? When did the weight loss start? How...

Can you walk out in hand with a friend? My husband and I used to walk our young horses out one horse at a time but together, so two people walking one horse. Then I used to hop on and he'd keep walking next to the horse until the horse seemed confident enough to hack alone or to go out with...

Is it possible that you're getting worried about the traffic too? If the whole thing is becoming tense then I might have a confident pro hack him out and see what they think. If it is the horse alone, and it was my horse, I'd turn away over winter and pick up in spring when there is more...