Recent content by Marigold4

My horse did the running backwards at speed a few months ago. It was very scary as I couldn't think of what to do to stop him. It has really knocked my confidence in hacking him on his own. Just thankful that we didn't end up in a ditch or a fence. It seemed v dangerous as his brain was...

I have donated. I've watched her in the Mary Wanless videos since she was much younger and always thought she was a lovely rider.

I don't know much about top level dressage, but she seems to be a really lovely rider? Whatever the ins and outs of how much the horse is worth, I hope she gets to keep him.

Me too. It's terrible round where I live. They release thousands of caged birds late summer and then people pay a fortune to shoot the poor things. I don't ride in December and January because it's impossible to know where they will be and can't risk 20 guns suddenly going off, although, TBF...

That is terribly sad. As you say, life is very cruel sometimes. I'm really sorry this happened to you.

Is your horse on antibiotics? When my horse had an infected hock joint from an injury, she had IV antibiotics in hospital and then antibiotics in her feed for weeks.

Years ago I had a companion pony who did this. She went up and over in her stable for no reason. The vet decided she had a pituitary gland tumour or a full-blown brain tumour. She also had seizures when she would fall down and look very confused. He was concerned for our safety as he felt she...

Homebred connie x WB can now officially join the thread! She's been out to shows and loads and travels well. Very fluffy at the moment. She's currently just over 14.2. Hoping for 15 hh. She'll go to more inhand shows in the spring then lightly backed in late summer. My chief concern is her...

My horse acted just like that and had a strangularting lipoma, we think. She had mildish colic attacks, lay down as though dead then up again, then a lot of pain. All over 3 days. She was 22 years old.

I found a feral kitten and the children insisted we keep it. It bit and scratched everyone. We looked after her for 16 long years.

Goals for last year Goal 1 do some Prelim dressage tests on my anxious little horse. We did it, with mixed results, but pleased we achieved cantering in an indoor school and made a reasonably good job of it with a range of marks in the 60s. Goal 2 get youngster out to shows. We went to 5...

Agree - worm count is not enough. Blood test for encysted red worm and tape worm urgently.

We think alike! This too is my plan: weekly lessons and milestones. I think I need some goals otherwise I might be tempted to just give up! I'm hoping to move shortly to a place with a school so that will help enormously.

I'm sorry to hear this. Horses are such a commitment, aren't they? It's so difficult to get a break from them. It's really hard to know what to do for the best as he has this issue and needs corrective farriery. I'm really not sure what I would do in your shoes. It's a really tricky one as if...

No, this was a riding club one. Perhaps Xmas has put all dressage judges in a bad mood!