Recent content by LittleD

Hi, do you think horses are better cooler than warmer please? My horse is a Shire x Hanovarian, good doer, well covered 17.2HH and around 700kg, unclipped but not a very thick coat, when the weather was very cold (-12) I put on her light to medium stable rug and turned her out in a med...

I'd love to put rock salt/grit etc around but yard owner won't allow this - something to do with it not being within the law and they could get prosecuted - offered to buy the stuff and do the job myself - you'd have thought I was asking to practice witchcraft in the menage, so it's back to...

Hi is anyone else struggling with the ice? So far the horses have been in for 10 days - the firelds and roads are covered in ice, I've been able to walk around to the indoor school with my mare to have a run around, but now the whole yard is like glass so no one is risking the walk - any...

Hi are there any Farriers on H&H willing to give us some advice pkease?

Hi there, last year my mare had a check ligament injury that, after lots of box rest, healed and since then the farrier has, on the vets recommendation, put pads in her front shoes to raise here heels, now, at about this time of the year, every year, her hooves are terrible, shes on Farriers...

Thanks for the reply, I've seen my mare get all "seasony" with the gelding in the adjoining fields at times but these pair are practically joined at the hip

Hello all, a new mare has arrived at the yard and my mare and she are almost inseparable, they only met on Sunday and now if I bring my mare in the other one follows and whinnies as we leave her in the field, also my mare is displaying as she would if this were a male horse tail up and squirting...

thanks for the replies, we have been building our exercise up, starting with 10mins walk and building up to around 20-30 mins over a month and lately throwing a little trot in down the long side of the school but this is our first hack out because we've only recently had some decent weather and...

Hi Everyone, my horse is coming back into work after some months box rest - she has been out in the field for a month since being given the ok to get her back into her old routine and vet suggested walking on such as tarmac to strengthen her legs, she has always had shoes on as she get foot sore...

Hello all, I previously posted WHEN IT THAWS as I needed some advice re: first time turnout after box rest due to check ligament injury and then all the snow - thanks for the replies! I am now able turn out in a small paddock area and build up to full turnout, my question this time is what sort...

When the snows gone and we have turnout again, what's the best way to go about this please? Given the ok after a check ligament injury just before snow came and was out in a small paddock for a couple of hours a day for about 10 days, then it snowed, now been on enforced box rest since the ice...

Thank you all for the replies, I feel a BIT better about all this now. Other than the paddock I set up, which is now icy, I only have the indoor school to ride in so this is our SAFE place! He doesn't like being left in there on his own and it's not much fun anyway - no better than the stable...

Hello, I could use a little advice here please, 3 months ago my horse came in lame with a check ligament injury, box rest was recomended with bute and then a scan a week later to assess the severity of the injury. After another few weeks rest with walking in hand, Vet decided he was now 99.9%...