Recent content by MissMincePie&Brandy

I do use a physio on my WB. I know the horse is fit, sound and healthy and he is in a lot of varied work. He has twice yearly physio, along with twice yearly saddle checks, etc. The physio does find tight spots and by doing specific exercises or massages to release these I am convinced it does...

Perhaps you could find someone looking for a dressage schoolmaster to loan, who is willing to keep him at your yard or very close by? As you say he is still fit and still competing at AM dressage, I'd imagine you'd be inundated with responses. One of mine developed cushings in his later...

Yes, of course they would. You are the paying customer and a horse is an animal. Healthy animals of all breeds are PTS every day for all sorts of reasons. Unless it's an endangered species, no vet would refuse to do it.

A fit and healthy 17 year old who is doing advanced medium, is very desirable to a lot of people. That is the sort who many of the 'housewife' types I know are looking for - something slightly more mature who's been there and done it, for doing the midweek dressage on at places like Patchetts...

Yes, it is. They've kept my debit card details from last year. I've phoned the bank and issued a dispute and had the card blocked. Is it legal to keep, and take money from peoples debit cards if they have not set up direct debits? All of my direct debits are listed in my bank account, so...

I have just looked through their website and it seems they've changed their terms since I registered. I was unaware that I was entering into a forever contract :( I don't have the email they sent me a year ago, which they say you need to be able to cancel your account, and both my Paypal...

Last year I subscribed to HorseHero. It's OK, but to be honest I went onto the website a couple of times, but that was it. I don't want another years subscription. They have just taken £17.25 out of my bank account. I do not have any direct debits set up with them. (I have double checked...

I also hate it when people don't warm their horses up or down properly. There are people at our yard who lunge in the evening, having their horses trotting and cantering round, with their heartbeats raised. Then just stop, bring the horse in, put it in its stable and go home for the night...

There must be more threads on this forum all about how useless Hunter wellies are, compared to any other threads moaning about the same subject! It's true though - dont bother with Hunters unless you want continously wet feet. However, there is a way to beat the Hunter blues - here is what I...

No:1087579 It seems legit.

I've just received a letter from The Pony Sanctuary (swep.org.uk), which isn't a charity I was aware of tbh, but anyway, the letter tells me that I have already been selected to receive a small cash sum, and by filling in the claim coupon, I will be entered into The Pony Sanctuary £10,000...

I haven't read all of the replies, but from your question I know how you feel, because my husband recently learnt to ride, and I sent him to a very good local riding school. He has watched me ride and compete my horses for years and was surprised and disheartened at how 'difficult' it was at...

If it was me, I'd stock fence her paddock to keep the chickens out. I know of quite a few horses who really go for dogs in fields, and yet, on the yard and when being ridden they are fine with the dogs around them. It seems that when the horses are left to their own devices on their own...

I have a Pointer (who were originally bred for hunting alongside their master on horseback!) If I go on my own, I only have one totally off road route, round the woods at the back of our yard. Sometimes my OH comes running with the dog and I meet him on the horse, and we go further afield...

I just write their names, neatly at the front near the chest festening straps with black marker pen. If I had a very dark rug, I'd probably use a tip-pex pen. I have to go over the names about once a year as they fade.