Recent content by Lauren90

Thanks all. I'll try and get 4/5 feet mesh just to be safe. Hopefully that should cover it. Dogatemysalad- I believe that you should require a license to breed all animals and make it illegal to buy pups who have not come from a licensed home. So Many breed for the money not the breed or love...

Thanks webble, will the mesh need to be a certain height? Im hoping it is as informal as you mention, I would be devastated if I got turned down knowing that I could offer a fab home and the poor thing is still going to be stuck in the kennels for a while.

Hello all, My partner and I have placed a reserve on a puppy at the RSPCA shelter. As part of checking if we and our home is suitable they will carry out a home inspection, does anyone have any first hand experience of what this entails or inspect on behalf of the RSPCA. Our garden has high...

Hi Jessie, poppy isn't usually fed in summer but she is currently on hi first lite. Instead of changing to fast fibre I'm considering leaving her on that and just adding the linseed and pro hoof.... I guess it's a case of trial and error for all. I've also heard that magnesium oxide is brilliant...

She has coffin joint damage too. Had she of just had navicular or coffin it may have been manageable but with the two together I think retirement is the best option for her. She has navicular and coffin joint damage in both fore. Given that, as much as I'd live her to have a long ridden life I...

I have borrowed some boots for bring in and turnout to help with the ground but she's barefoot in the field. She is 18 now, ID X TB but doesn't have your typical TB feet..

Hello, my mare has now been retired due to navicular and coffin joint issues. Yesterday I removed her shoes (or the carrier did) and she is now barefoot. She was extremely sore yesterday and barely walking but now she is less sore in her field but still very hesitant on concrete ground...

Very strange for a vet to advise you to wait rather than come out and check. The words were unless there is heat or swelling or she gets worse then give her time off, which obviously was going to be the case when she's lame! I thought the foot but no heat, swelling, bruising, pulsing, entry/exit...

I did wonder why there was no need for me to follow anything up, seems very strange. That's one of the concerns I had is that it could affect other areas if she over compensates. She's probably 2/3 10ths lame but lame is lame regardless. I'm goig to call the vet today. It was in fact them who...

Physio said time would heal and there wasn't a time they could give to how long it takes. How long is a piece of string.... I asked if she needed to be treated again with him or if there was anything I could do but no's all round. He was very much a believer in the muscle healing itself, as we...

Hi all My mare suddenly came lame one day. After giving her 2 weeks off and checking for abscess/ laminitis( which it wasn't) I had the physio/chiro out who confirmed subscapularis muscle (much better than the pulled tendon I had in my head). However it's now been 4 weeks (5 this Friday) and...

Barney&buzz that sounds like poppy! Poppy is 15h2, quie compact (not the typical long back of a mare) and very powerful in her hind. It's interesting to hear what they're all up to.

Thanks! The mare was called black dynamite, she was bred for raccong but ive struggled to find info about her. I can see from your picture they all seem to have inherited his very powerful bum and hind. Poppy (stable name) is very lively but she can produce some great work, very excitable when...

Hi, I'm looking for any info or pics of my mares (one more time) siblings. She's out of Enniskeane prince, born April 1995. Would be interesting in hearing on the tales and stories of them or any info on the prince himself! :)

It appears to have grown to long almost hay like rather than grass. Plus I understand that cutting it down to around 4-7cm can help rejuvenate and encourage fresh growth? The paddock only has one gate right in the middle and currently one water trough so i'l have to split down the middle and...