Recent content by Merrymoles

Ours live out and have fared really well over winter, despite the easterlies and the mud. The easterlies have made the insides of their shelters wet and at one point the mud was so bad elsewhere that we had to lay a track of mud mats to be able to get the barrow in with hay and out with poo...

Totally awful for you and you have my deepest sympathy. Neither of the two I lost were that young but they weren't old either and it a dreadful thing. As others have said, it will pass and, if you are meant to have one, it will find you in due course. Sending a virtual hug.

We've had a hard freeze and all the troughs are frozen but everything on the yard lives out, bar one, and all have coped very well with the cold. However, it is now tipping down with rain so tomorrow will be very tricky if it freezes!

I don't think there is - we have a pony on paracetamol on the yard I'm on and every so often an appeal goes out to the whole yard to buy some if he's running low so that's how we circumvent the limit. It is a ridiculous rule really, in that our local town has at least four shops within 100m...

TBxWB aged 21 going on three! Lives out all year and is currently fat, furry and feral. Still ridden when I get time and have my brave pants on but generally prefers just being a horse!

I don't come in here very often MrsJ but have finally had some downtime and caught up. Lordy, you've been through it! I am glad things are looking more positive and wish you all the very best for an easier 2026.

My last horse would barely tolerate leg contact and carrying a whip just sent him into meltdown so I got out of the habit of carrying one and haven't ridden my current horse with one at all. It did cross my mind recently that it would be useful to flick flies away but not to the point where I...

Gosh I remember him arriving! Happy Dave day!

In the north east rather than the south but we have had no rain ether and our grass is burnt off too. However, we are lucky enough to be allowed to manage our grazing as we see fit and are ours are not getting hay. Instead, we have rested half the field since winter and used the other half...

A lot depends on the people you end up with. We're on a DIY yard and most people have friends they work with. Personally, I share a field with a good friend and we both work and we have a routine where I do weekday mornings as am self employed so don't have to commute or be anywhere by a set...

Horses are tougher than they look! Having switched from a cob with about ten inches of bone to a spindly legged TBxWB, I have been paranoid that I'll break him but I haven't managed it yet and I'm pretty sure that if he does break, it'll be him that does it!

My horse produced copious amounts of similar when we were on a different yard. I had the vet out who told me that generally if it doesn't smell bad, it's not too serious. He had no treatment, other than me rinsing his hay which was pretty dusty. Since we moved yards and he is living out, he has...

Saw this and also came on here to see if everyone knew. He was a legend and his exploits kept us all entertained on here for so long, even before he became a social media star. I have never laughed so much as I did at one of his updates when it was particularly wet. He wanted for nothing and...

I'm in a similar position as the OP - have moved yards to one that has field shelters and a number of horses who live out. My horse is always stressed out for the first fortnight of coming in for winter - think sweated up and weaving so much that he wears through rubber matting. So while I am...

In terms of roundings, it's whatever works for you! None of us know your horse, But he looks lovely and having fun and so do you! Go for it!