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I wrote a longer reply and then decided to just write the summary! - Gold standard of sending a horse away to be backed at a good yard...

Well it depends on his experiences so far. If you have already got on, established steering and stopping in all gaits and met most of...

I’m totally with you OP regarding: ‘should my cob find someone she gels with more than me’. Mine is just completely underwhelmed by...

Frozen solid in Wilts. We managed a walk/trot for those most desperate along the track by the field - long grass was soft enough...

Mine did something similar at a show - was a very quickly developing abscess. Agree with TheMule that there will be little a vet could...

Honestly, now that time has passed, I would get another/a good share. Just because you’re rural doesn’t mean that someone on a nearby...

Totally agree with the mechanical horse idea, even if you have to drive a good distance to find one. It would give her the confidence...

In that case I would certainly try a couple of lessons on a mechanical horse - it will give her a similar feeling but without the...

2.5 hours is so far my record! In several acres. The trick for the OP is to never let them stop - they can’t eat, they can’t drink...

We have used: - Horsehage High Fibre and Horsehage Timothy https://www.horsehage.co.uk/horsehage-analysis/ - Mole Valley High Fibre...

What do you do with him when you catch him? Is he now stabled overnight? It is common for a once feral pony to revert to previous...

Both times we had to deal with laminitis we found low sugar haylage (high fibre bagged stuff with analysis available) easier than soaked...

Now that is easier than a sharer!

Super useful thank you! We did a full blood panel and absolutely everything came back as normal so this has been my gut instinct that...

Do you feed alfalfa? Only thing I could trace my TB mare’s lami back to was her losing weight in winter and me trying alfalfa based...