Recent content by Livingthedreampony

I'm curious what other peoples youngsters are doing and how much have you done with them so far. I have a 2 and a half year old Section D who I bought as a 8 month old foal. She's been out walking the lanes in hand, been to a local show last summer, worn a saddle and bridle and my very slight...

Thank you everyone, some really useful tips here. She has a good seat and canters confidently around the field and is pretty competent jumping, though they have mainly been show jumps. My main worry is that as its our first outing and I won't be riding so she'll be alone really. I would really...

i'm taking my ten year old daughter to her first meet, its a childrens meet and I've never been hunting before. Does anyone have experience of a childrens meet? I really want her to have a good experience - how did yours or your childs first outing go?

My daughter has a young pony that absolutely loves jumping. When jumping courses he's so fast between jumps that steering can be difficult but slowing him down is hard! Any ideas of schooling exercises to try and steady him abit? He's in a straight happy mouth bit.

Mine get a feet picked out and a quick brush before riding, when you say you hoof oil daily, do you mean the hoof walls or the soles or both? thanks

I really hope your pony gets better soon, good luck, as an outsider looking in, I agree that I would suspect teeth, I too would be trying to add something to the water just for a bit of energy like applejuice or really sloppy soaked sugar beet until you can get the dentist or vet out. I was...

Thanks for all your advice, I've adjusted the recipe. They are they only ones on eBay if you search magnesium horse treats! Thanks again : )

Thanks for all the positive replies, I use 40g of magnesium oxide, I love them and he gets his magnesium every day now, even when I'm in a rush. But because they are homemade I can adjust the recipe if needed, I also put Brewers yeast in for my horse, which he never would have touched before...

I feed my spooky horse magnesium and it helps a lot, especially during the summer, my problem was trying to get him to each it, he's a good doer and I found that I had to use a lot of hard feed to get him to eat it, or grate veggies, which also seemed a lot of work everyday and very messy. My...