Recent content by mjm5020

What about Edinburgh Equestrian Centre? The hacking's superb, all off-road. There are various arenas and XC etc. Would have thought you'd get there in 20-25 mins from Corstorphine.

My boy had choke recently. Gave me the fright of my life. Symptoms match, including the pathetic noise he was making. He was on a sparse field (too fat) and gorged his haylage when I was tacking up. Luckily others at yard recognised what was wrong. We massaged his windpipe and it cleared with...

I had it a couple of years ago. Reckon it was RSI related due to computer mouse use. At its worst I couldn't open a door. I also had a horse on box rest at the time. I saw a physio who gave me a strap and advice about how to lift things to minimise problems. I started using my mouse with my...

He's out with many others and ad lib haylage is the livery deal. I have no choice/say. Like I said, stabling is my only way to curtail his eating but my working life makes that difficult. He's definitely a middleweight and quite tough. Honestly, he was fatter last year but I don't want to...

Hi. Just looking for some opinions on this... My cob (ID X) is living out, with ad lib haylage and doing extremely well on it. Do you think I would be cruel to reduce his rug to a rainsheet so he uses his calories keeping warm? He's got a chaser clip and a real teddy bear coat. He is...