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Grass livery is expensive where we are in the south east, but finding it is even harder ! luckily i moved my two to a great place where its solely grass livery, no facilities, the school is a mown area in a 10 acre feild,,,,, but we do have a max of 2 horses per 5 acre field, each field has a...

8 months to find my other horse of a lifetme, 8 long months of boring my husband to death starting every day with " what about this one ?" spending hours endlessly looking , trying, e mailing, long hours of phone calls , travelling hundreds of miles, been lied to, misled, by private sellers and...

feel your pain ! been there got the t shirt, whats meant to start off as an exciting and fun thing becomes a time consuming questionable logistical nightmare, after stupidly buying with my heart and not my head i ended up with a greener than green youngster that had me off a bit to often and...

Such a difficult situation to be in but only you can do what is right for you and your horse, Everyone makes different decisions based on their circumstances and only you know what is best. Last year i retired my old girl after intermittent lameness, Vet suggested i could have her fetlock joint...

looking back i wonder sometimes how we made it through our horsey days. I learnt to ride on friends ponies before having lessons at a riding school in kent. We used to share tack among the ponies, only the liveries or " big " horses had their own, a saddle cloth was a tea towel, and if a horse...

think you forgot a few things, they should always be placed right on the edge of a blind bend, and have overhanging hedgerows with prickly branches, the latch keeper should be just big enough to hold your stirrup as you go through, cows in the feilds on either side are most welcome too, one that...

been there got the tshirt, been through heartache, dispair, been lied too, and even questioned getting another horse.... I did finally find the right one after almost a year of searching....with very little compromise on my list and she is wonderful in every way, i look at her now and feel...

hampshire assisted diy 220 a month for 1 stable and field pay extra for everything else 24/7 turn out when you want it, pooh picking 5.00 a day for 2 horses out all time, bring in / out 2.50 a time pay for own bedding and hay and feed. Lovley school but hacking means unavoidable busy roadwork...

thinking about it when i was young many moon ago the horses at the stables i went to more or less had non human names like sunny, star, pinky,skittles, andromeda , ladybird, tella, mulligan, elfin, shandy, moffat, i changed the names of 1 of mine from mary to tinka , holly is hazel on her...

could you not try different bedding ? the wood pellets might be better for you, at yard im on everyone uses different bedding for what suits their horse, there's lots of different pellet type bedding out there- happy searching !

really feel for you op i have been there after scarey expereince with a youngster i was offered a horse to share who i knew was a saint but the thought of getting on him reduced me to tears ! I felt that my own retired horse was the only one i could ever trust . i had relentless battles with...

i bought my share horse 8 weeks after sharing her, i knew her faults and i would of got her anyways, i did have her vetted after i got her and discovered she had a grade 2/3 heart murmur but it wouldn't of stopped me buying her anyways. Just meant i could change what i was doing to suit her...

check facebook for a few interesting groups horse dealers, good and bad. chat, sales horse/tack Horse Dealers- The good the bad and the ugly i spent a long time looking for the right one. i saw a few at dealers yards and of the 3 i saw i would of only brought from 1 of them. I have previously...

one of my mares loves nothing more than when she is in season to have her udders scratched and cleaned, she actually comes along side you and stops to lean her her big bum by your shoulder indicating exactly what she wants ! she has this glazed look on her face and loves you getting the little...

Im very lucky my wonderful husband likes to help me out when he can although never been around horses untill i got my first horse 6 years ago and more recently another wonderful horse he had never been around horses before, now he can muck out, do haynets, pooh picks, fills up water buckets...