Recent content by Midlifecrisis

I’m impressed you ve got photos of eyes before to compare to be honest. Not overly observant I suspect …some days it’s just just head down and get done…others there’s more time and energy to be so.

I love your introduction ..but am struggling with its whimsy when we re almost at the end of a wet wet winter, mud is deep, winds are high, vet regularly visiting the one on box rest , the oldie falling on the road and hurting herself and the other one chucking herself about because the wind is...

It ll depend on the rest of the offer vs what’s available locally.

I’m going out on a limb here and I have my tin hat on..I understand you are enjoying the work being done with no bridle or bit but all I see is a stilted, constrained, hobbley gait no forward, free movement and it really doesn’t appeal to me at all. I’m sure that years ago someone on here (Red...

Honestly..top line and muscle comes through work and horses on just forage develop well. I think I would feed Speedibeet or soaked grass nuts with a balancer, oil/linseed. Oats and boiled barley add good proteins but May fizz him up. There are many folk on here who are very expert with feeds and...

I use food reward..which will not surprise any of the long term HHO ers on here lol. So walk on, friend with feed treat in bucket and I do barge bars up first..doors open. When pony calm with this I close rear then front..takes some time with some. Others I’ve had just stand and don’t have any...

Send an unemotional, factual letter with the time line to partners/head of practice.Do not in that letter mention you want money, what you need to see is their response, give them 7 days to respond. When you have their response you can push for financial compensation. You may find on line...

There are a number of hay soaking threads somewhere….long soaking times only work if the water is regularly changed so that the process of osmosis pulls sugars from hay into water.

When I was in a similar situation the vet school said I had to pay for transport and a whole lot of other stuff so I’m the end I didn’t “donate” even though the situation was a very rare one at the time and I thought the team there would want to get to the bottom of things after death.

As Nicnac suggests I would reduce hard feed or remove completely. The grass is growing and may cause spring like exuberance plus at 6 they can get a bit full of themselves so not a great combination really.

Why not see if Stirling Ifor trailers would hire you a trailer for a month to practise loading and you could test out towing with the yeti??

In my experience if your vet can word things in an optimal fashion the NFU are totally understanding and helpful. Last year my mare had totally inconclusive lameness investigation by my usual vet and spent up my claim money. I self referred to another practice whose report enabled another claim...

Spookily I clicked on your post Scarolina without meaning to but yes my young mare developed a blood clot in her vein after an operation a month ago. Initial scan showed vein blocked and vets said it’s ok as horse can live with brain being drained by other vein. I was told the horses body might...

I bought a just broken 3 year old and she was ridden twice a week over winter in the arena. I’ve never really bought into the idea that they have to be ridden every day once broken. I feel it makes horses who can’t be left unridden for a few days, which can be a pain.

Spring grass and feeling good perhaps.