Recent content by misswoods

Hi all, I'm well aware that many of you are not vets and am not seeking veterinary advice, as I've had plenty of it already, I'm simply looking for advice as to what YOU would do. Please no nasty comments, as this is already difficult enough. I have a 23 year old arab x TB mare who has...

Hi all, I'm well aware that many of you are not vets and am not seeking veterinary advice, as I've had plenty of it already, I'm simply looking for advice as to what YOU would do. Please no nasty comments, as this is already difficult enough. I have a 23 year old arab x TB mare who has...

I am pretty definite that I had said that I had ridden this route several times before and she never had an issue. Her saddle fits fine and she wasn't in any pain and I had put up with her nothing for as long as I could have I could have. Gently in the beginning, speaking to her and calmly...

Aside from MagicMelon, thankyou all for your advice, I really appreciate it and I've been using different tactics to deal with her napping. I didn't need to be made to feel worse than I already did thankyou. I could not disagree more with your statement, horses do not think the same as humans...

Thankyou very much for all of advice and help. She's quite often like this but I feel it was more because she just wanted to go home and knew that turning left would make the hack longer and not be going home sooner. I don't think she was in any pain, she was just being a queen as usual. I'll...

Thankyou both. Hopefully next time I'll have a few more ideas to deal with her. Thankyou very much, I really appreciate all the advice

Thankyou very much. If the swelling hasn't gone down I'll take some aloe Vera down tomorrow. She's quite often nappy but she's never spun or been as silly as she was today. She was pretty adamant she didn't want to go left even though we've done it countless times before. Sadly I can't hack out...

I have just been hacking on my TB mare, who decided to be an all round drama queen and was rude all the way. Part way through the ride I asked her to turn to turn left. To which she swished her tail and backed up. I kicked her forwards and this continued until she began reversing more...

Thank you so much everyone, it's been really interesting reading what everyone uses and does to help. I will start with modifying her feed and then see about getting a vet out to check for Cushings. Thank you!

Hi all, I have a 16.1hh 12yo TB mare. She was out on minimal work during winter and as a result lost a bit of weight and has come out slightly below average than what I would have liked! I've tried so much to get her to put weight back on but it just doesn't seem to be working. She still...

I tried this out today and it took her a bit of time but definitely saw a change, thank you so much to both!

Thank you so much, videos have proved to be very interesting, will let you know how it goes!

I have a 12 year old ex racehorse thoroughbred mare, who is fairly green in the school, and has done very little jumping. I'm currently working on her fitness, after losing a lot of condition during winter, and now want to progress onto introducing her onto jumping. What are the best ways to do...

Hiya, I'm an 18 year old student living in Kent. I have a 12 year old ex racehorse mare, named Mimble, who is a little madam, but I adore her none the less. I'm living at home with my parents and our array of many animals including a parrot and snake! I have 2 border collies, one of which...