Recent content by Lisa G

Ok, here's an update, a degree of resolution to the problem, and a HUGE cautionary tale to anybody who puts themselves in the same situation as I did.... On Wednesday morning, I began telephoning various animal welfare agencies and explaining the situation. Unbelievably, the answers were...

OK, here's a quick update. I went to my vet this afternoon, the vet is coming out tomorrow and will check the are over. The've advised me to call the RSPCA and report the horse as abandoned. I then went to her foster parents house this evening, to see if there was any way of resolving this...

Thank you, everbody, for all the replies. Some are, perhaps, looking a bit too far into the future, though. This mare is elderly and is showing some lameness, but she's not necessarily at the PTS stage yet, just at the end of her working life and in need of a gentle retirement and some TLC...

I lost my lovely Jasper a fortnight ago, he was also 32 and I've had him since he was 6. I felt like I was the only person in the world hurting so much. I'm so very, very sorry you lost your mare. I also buried Jasper under a tree, and placed a huge upright boulder on the spot, and I...

Thanks for all the quick replies! I have sent her a message telling her that I'll be charging her on a daily basis from now on for horse care, that got no response either, I'm also not sure about the legalities of changing what was a verbal contract and charging her, even though she has...

I apologise if this is in the wrong place, but I'm new here and desperately need some advise!:o I am very fortunate in that I own a smallholding with ten acres of grazing for my four horses. Several weeks ago, a young lady I know, who was in equestrian college with my daughter, approached...