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A saddle fitter introduced me to the idea that carpet felt makes a good shim. It doesn't move if you place it under the saddle and on top of a numnah. My boy needs a rear riser. I bought a metre of carpet felt and cut my own rear shims. You can layer them up and experiment with what you...

Really sorry. I know you were expecting bad news, but it's still very sad to have to PTS a much loved horse.

Thank you. That's really useful info on the painting. I'll look into that.

Yes - and potentially sprayed with liquid horse poo!

This summer I want to do up the inside of my stables as they are not looking good. It's a sort of American barn set up which we created out of some old outbuildings. The internal walls are made of very thick marine ply on to strong studwork. The fronts and partitions are standard wooden slats...

I'm sorry to hear about all your troubles with Boggle. He's a lovely horse. It's just a thought, but could the hard ground where you are be making the pain in his feet worse? Forgive me if I am wrong but the ground looks hard/rocky. Would padded hoofboots give him some comfort? In England, I...

I've been giving them Baileys stud balancer all winter but reducing it to almost nothing now.

How do you feed the mineral supplement?

That's useful to know! Perhaps I'll just put one in her stable and then she will only have limited access to it.

It seems wrong that the feed companies are allowed to do this. Over-feeding protein can cause all sorts of problems. How are we supposed to know if they all claim to have expert nutritionists working for them??

Thanks for replying. My grazing is rye grass that I have oversown with other species and the haylage is a mix so hopefully they get everything they need.

Thanks for replying. That's good to know. When I worked at a stud in Sweden, the youngstock were in fields all summer with nothing else and were fine. It's easy to get sucked in to the feed companies' hard sell. They seem adamant that youngstock need extra protein as they are growing.

I have two yearlings: one Welsh section b and one Connie x TB. Both are out on pasture 20 hours a day (they come in for a sleep and some handling during the day). There's just about enough grass now but they also get a top up of meadow haylage when they come in. Would you feed them anything...

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She is really beautiful!