Recent content by Mollysue

For the record, I will not be smacking her... When I turned her out this morning she tried to go for the grass but I kept a contact and as soon as I felt her going for the grass I pushed my hand on to her chin and ta dah, she kept walking and didn't put her head down again till we got to the...

She is usually a good girl despite being a cob mare. She knows when to take the pee and I'm fully aware that's what she is doing at the moment. But when a 550kg animal wants to eat and you are 62kg there's only one winner lol I don't think a change in routine has helped as we are now bringing in...

It's the neck locking that's the problem and she's so quick getting her head down lol I know brute force isn't the answer cos she knows she's stronger than me and telling her off is a big no no, she'd just kick off if I used a stick. I'll go back to the rope halter and give her a try with that...

Thank you for the suggestions, I'll give them a try. She's always been a ****** to bring in but since I started using the bridle a few months ago she's been fab. It's just this last week she's resorted back to her old way.

Hi I'm having an issue leading my mare in from her paddock. We have to walk up a grass track and as soon as we walk on the grass she sticks her head down to eat grass!!! This is getting so bad I now have to bring her in in a bridle. But even with the bridle on she sticks her head down and...

Hi Firstly I hope your pony is ok. My mare has colitis which she had before I bought her. However she is extremely healthy and she shows very little signs as I now manage her condition by her diet. When I first got her she constantly had severe diarrhoea due to a low fibre diet, been given an...

Hey no problem...I've never been a super confident rider either and I was mortified when I came off. It is very easy for other riders to judge but until it happens to you, you don't realise how hard it is. Your confidence won't come back over night, I won't lie to you but it will come back and...

The same thing happened to me 18 moths ago thanks to a badly fitted saddle, not purchased by me I hasten to add. My confidence took a real hammering and I didn't ride for 4 moths I was so scared. I eventually got an instructor but still had the "what ifs" going round in my head. I moved yards...

Aww so sorry for you loss xx

I can totally empathise with your confidence issues. My mare bucked me off in canter in September last year due to an incorrectly fitted saddle during a lesson. I kept her at a riding school on working livery. I moved to DIY not longer after it happened and got a freelance instructor and it is...

Well I've had a bit of a miracle happen this morning, I couldn't believe it!! One of the other liveries has said if I can turn my mare out she will bring her in for me if I can put her gelding out at the weekends! I'm gonna juggle my hours at work abit so I can put her out at 7 when someone else...

Thank you for the replies and good advice. They have given me something to think about. When I 1st moved, I moved with a friend and her pony, and she put her out in the morning but she has now left. I have asked a few people but they have said no they don't want the responsibility. I even...

Hi I need some advice please. I have a 6 yr old cob mare, who I purchased from my local riding school. I used to have lessons on her then the owner said she was going to sell her so I deided to buy her. I kept her at the school on working livery where she was used 3 hrs a day 6 days a...

I've started taking my crop with me to the field. I did have to use it a couple of times but she seems to now realise that if if she doesn't get a wriggle on she gets a smack.

She's been at it again today. She would not budge. I tried talking to her, walking her in a circle (which she was having none of). She just stood there looking at me with a cheeky glint in her eye. In the end I had to walk off as I was starting to get mad. I got someone to bring my friends mare...