Recent content by loopeepee

Hey April :) Sorry to hear about mare - the eruption sounds horrific. I would 100% try manuka honey - it really is amazing. Slather the stuff on everyday and it will work wonders. The same thing happened to my friends horse, and it helped no end. Also lots of walking - whether in hand...

Your knee sounds horrible - you poor soul Hopefully this new operation with really help. Re your horses. I can take one of your hands ... my stables are seriously lacking ponies at the moment!

He sounds like an arse TBH, and I comend you for continuing with him, I wouldn't! I had one like that, I had him for about a month. He was the superstar horse when away from home - we did a couple of hunter trials which he was in the placings for, and had a group SJ lesson, which he was perfect...

ALOT! Infact all Sullivan's IRAP treatment was covered by insurance, and we only paid for the excess. I can't remember exactly the cost of his treatment, but it was over 5k, from the initial consultations, treatments, IRAP, follow ups etc.

No, it doesn't hurt. It pulls a bit - but doesn't hurt. Take an apple with you - a nice green, crunchy one, which has been in the fridge, you never experience anything quite so satisfying again!

Yes, he's fab. I love him! Ride's beautifully, and is a bloody good laugh as well.

1) has lots of fiddly amounts, like 300g and 80g, wouldn't be for me. 2) sounds good 3) probably what i would choose - just checked and it's D&H, which is ironically what I have always fed mine.

I havn't ridden and lead in a while - but when I did I would ride the 'worse' horse, if that makes sense. So I would ride my naughty mare, who I wouldn't quite trust not to stop dead and spin round, and then lead another schoolmaster, who knew his job inside out. I'd lead him in a bridle and...

I can't be dealing with most vices anymore. For me riding is meant to be fun and enjoyable, and that gets taken away if your horse/pony starts messing around. I've had a nappy rearer, who would do these wierd camel hop's on her back legs. Pain in the ar5e. I had a rearer who went over...

About 10m! We have stables outside the house. However, when sister had her event/sj pony it was about a minute up the road

There has been a fireworks/bonfire party at the yard I used to keep my horses at. We checked on the horses part way through the night and they didn't seem phased in the slightest. Most were just dozzing away in fact. We didn't leave any extra lights on, through I think maybe the radio was on...

This thread has made me smile - although you are worried about the (possible) underweightness of your horse, everyone has given such lovely advice

Hate seeing headcollars dangling on the ground, with the rope still tied up - whilst people are out riding. People tying horses up round their necks. Leaving crud around the yard - like shavings from hooves, hoof pickings, buckets and brushes. Using my stuff and not putting it back, get your...

I have loads of rugs . . . and I don't even have a horse anymore. Thermatex, fly sheets, exercise blankets, turnouts.

Does he have any other marks on him? My old black pony was get random white patches all over her - but mainly her muzzel and around her eyes, especially so in the summer. It was vitiligo, which is basically a lack of skin pigmentation. I only thought about this after seeing my friend, who has...