Recent content by Lynsey&Smartie

My JRT has lens luxation when she was about 4 years old. She was in very obvious pain one morning and the vets referred me straight to a specialist who we drove to immediately. The specialist said that the lens had luxated and fallen forwards as you mention above and the pressure in her eye was...

I think it really all depends on the temperament of the horse and how much you really want to keep him, I backed a 4 year old TBxWB a few months after having a baby and have managed to bring him on to doing well in ridden hunter classes this season as a 5 year old with no facilities other than a...

This is absolutely true, things do change so fast with babies. When I had my baby I had 4 horses at home and I remember saying to my mum whilst trying to muck out and stop the baby crying that if I could just walk away from all of the horses right now I would. I did manage to sell one the...

Ah she is lovely, you can't beat a nice grey mare. Lucky you and lucky her.

Lovely horse, well done.

I turned last year's 4 year old away for about 3 months over the worst of the weather as I was finding he was becoming sharp and spooky when hacking which wasn't his normal personality as I wasn't able to get enough work into him when my field was too wet to ride in. He came back into work about...

Ah, I have tears in my eyes reading this, I can only imagine how you feel. Yay for Buzz and massive congratulations to both of you.

I had my 14hh pony cremated individually which cost £650, we got his ashes back in a wicker basket and took them to his favourite place on earth the beach and scattered them in the sea. I was pleased we did as I felt we had sent him off properly, he was very special to me and my family. The...

I ordered a fly rug from the sale the week before last and it was with me the next day, very impressed!

Well done! He has really changed between those two photos of March and now, looks much stronger.

It would seem a shame to PTS if he is currently sound and happy, yes bad things can happen to horses when they are sold but there are also lots of lovely purchasers who will love the horse as much as you do. I would offer to give him to the loaner who is more reliable and if she didn't want him...

We bought a wreck of a house with a couple of acres at auction. We weren't really in a position to do it at the time but the location was perfect so we remortgaged our existing house and sold a rental property as well as obtaining a mortgage on the new house which was pretty difficult as most...

I would say 3 too unless it is taking you too far away friends and family? We managed to buy a wreck with some land a few years ago and removate it, it is not perfect as I would like more land and the hacking is rubbish but it is very close to both of our parents (great for babysitting) and...

Premium Bonds are a good idea, I'm paying out over £180 per month for my 3 (and about £100 for the 3 dogs!) but have never trusted myself not to spend the money if I put it in a savings account. I am the world's worst at money burning a hole in my pocket but if I bought Premium Bonds that would...

Oh poor you although it sounds like it could have been much worse. Hope your recovery goes well and that you enjoy putting the weight back on (sounds great - lots of cake!!)