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    Anybody else's ponies shivering?!

    mine is naked :D but was warm and tucked up in the stable!
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    Slight heart murmur in 19month cob..normal?

    little coblet has had the works today... feet trimmed for the first ever time, then vets came to do his jabs and teeth. vet listened to his heart and said he's got a very very slight murmur on the left side.. everything sounds normal on the right. She said she was almost certain it's nothing...
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    Old horses - are people getting unrealistic?

    we had a 33yr old horse at our yard, he wasn't being ridden because he was too old and didnt have much condition but that little horse was looked after 100% and he never suffered, he was eventually put down because he suffered a broken leg. we still have a 30yr old (could be older I'm not to...
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    soooo do we have any locals........

    im south of durham :)
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    loose droppings? flour?

    Its not as if he gallops round like crazy when hes out, he just stands there munching, as do the others so I cant see a problem in them all going out even if its just for a few hours but it all falls on deaf ears :(
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    loose droppings? flour?

    Hes normally out from 7am til 3ish but because of the snow im not allowed to turn him out. I have been putting hin out whilst I mucked out but just on his own. Unfortunately I only have access to haylage.
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    loose droppings? flour?

    I dont think id dare ask for a lend of a sweeping brush never mind pink powder haha. Hopefully itll all be out of his system shortly :)
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    loose droppings? flour?

    Thanks. Is it easy to get? Were slightly snowed in so everything has to be within walking distance haha. Got plenty flour in though!
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    loose droppings? flour?

    Hes on haylage
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    people who work 12hr shifts and do DIY livery??

    The other girl at the yard has offered to give me a hand. Theres only really my day shifts I need a hand with so hopefully got it sorted for now! I just wish there wasnt so much bitching involved with livery yards!
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    loose droppings? flour?

    Little coblet has come down with a case of the runs! Droppings are quite loose, bit like a cowpat but can still just see the shape so not entirely watery! Not sure what has caused it, hes had a few apples which he would normally never get and hes hardly been turned out since Thursday. He...
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    people who work 12hr shifts and do DIY livery??

    I turned him out on his own this morning whilst I mucked. Popped some hay in the field and he just stood munching away. To be honest I think he would be ok on his own waiting for the others to join him, he only gets worked up when there used to be horses in the field next door and he kept...
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    people who work 12hr shifts and do DIY livery??

    theres 5 of us on the yard, 3 of them dont really speak but the other girl is really nice. can ask her if i see her but the yard is that bitchy i try to go down when no one else is there!
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    people who work 12hr shifts and do DIY livery??

    How do you all manage? ive just started doing 12hr shifts (got a new job!) and a woman at the yard has been giving me a hand but shes made no secret of the fact that she wont be doing it for much longer! (even though i help with hers on my days off!) at the moment, i work 7-7 days and...
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    Tips for surviving a livery yard....

    If the yard is anything like mine... Smile sweetly when they go on about how you 'can't ride' because no one has ever seen you ride due to moving onto the yard with a broken hand then selling mr bone breaking horse and buying a yearling! Lock everything away! People WILL use it, then deny...
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