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When I picked my two Sec A's up from the rescue last autumn, they recommended to travel them loose, with no partition. I blocked the gap under the breast bar by hanging a big piece of ply off it, with a bale of hay fixed in the nose of the trailer behind it so they couldn't push into it. They...

Honestly, it's nothing to do with the headcollar. He's just kicked up his heels and is loving the fresh grass, plus he's a teenager. Once you get hold of him he'll be as he was - except he may have turned into a horse that has realised he can leg it, so I'd want to nip that in the bud. What you...

Awful here in North Wilts ATM on still mornings and evenings. I have never known them so bad. Literally having to squint to keep them out of my eyes, and often failing. Breathing them in! And I'm covered in bites too.

Faces tend to heal very well and quickly. hopefully in a few weeks you'll hardly notice. My old lad used to regularly scrape and cut his face at certain times of the year, violently rubbing on stuff because he was itchy.

Mine is roughly 20 x 20 but opens off the yard which is an odd shape but probably adds another 15 x 12, plus 3 open stables. I can also open my arena which adjoins, adding another 20 x 40, so they can have a really good tear round if they need to. have 2 x 14.2s and 2 sectionAs on it full...

We dealt with a tiny terrier last week which was brought into the vets DOA after being attacked by a large dog, running loose, with no owner in sight. Police involved but hold out little/no hope of tracing an owner. The owners of the tiny dog are naturally devastated, as is the dog walker who...

Have a look at the Hoof Geek website https://hoofgeek.com/ The free blogs are a great source of free info. OP, those feet look essentially healthy and I think you have a good foundation already in place. The heels can come back some, and the quarters (sides) need to tighten up, both of which...

They don't tend to grow much over the winter but as everyone says, it depends on the horse and how its kept. One of my little rescue Welsh ponies hasn't had her hinds touched in 6 months (because she kicks if you go anywhere near them) but they look absolutely fine, I think I've only trimmed her...

Talcum powder or leather balm.

I've been preparing mine since I got her 2 1/2 yrs ago. She's done: Leading on a loose rope in all directions. Moving front end away, hind end away, she can side pass, back up. Lots of despooking with flappy things, umbrellas, ropes round legs, walking over different objects and surfaces...

Let's hope they are!! :oops:

Her ladyship is 5 in a couple of weeks. She’ll be lightly backed this summer. She’s off to her very first Actual Competition next weekend, an In Hand class at a Winter League Trec😃. Last weekend she went to a liberty clinic and was a very good girl and did me proud. We’ve come a long way in...

It's a real headache when the system goes down. Our place is a corporate but not CVS - we have outages now and then, a couple of time they've been across the whole group. EVERYTHING is on the computer, so without access we can't see clinical records or accounts, or the diary - in essence we are...

I use a balancer anyway, but added in extra Vit E about 8 weeks ago after reading some posts on here. Mine have very, very limited grazing over winter. I've seen a real difference with my young mare in that I've been struggling to be on top of her mud fever for months and seen it almost...

What sort of weird? Asking because one of mine has also grown a weird sole on both fronts - It's like a false sole but it's hard like true sole, it seems to have developed into a broad ridge/pad all around the rim, inside the wall. The WLs are tight, but it looks like they aren't because I trim...