Recent content by moosea

Old fashioned way was to cut the centre out of a large sponge, cover with silk and position hole over withers.

If it had been Dave the builder and his staffe cross down the local council estate he would probably be in prison.

Short answer is Sit on your backside, and practice collecting and extending the pace, slowly asking for less forwards movement. It takes a skilled rider and a mentally and physically strong horse who has been schooled correctly, by a soft and competent rider No whips involved.

Just in response to a few points. I feel that my BHS qualifications gave me a good start for being an instructor. It taught me to plan my lessons, the importance of a introduction to horse and rider and that has stayed with me. Ok, sometimes the lesson plan gets thrown out once we start! ...

Can't you just be straight with her? Next time you see the horse just say something along the lines of "Wow your horse really looks poor. She's had a tough winter, lost all her muscle. It's even causing the saddle to rub. How has the vet advised you to get that back? Must be uncomfortable for...

I think if you ca. Then you should try to train your horse to lunge. Lunging can be really useful to horse and rider. For example if the rider is injured or ill if the horse has an injury ie. Bite or other wound on the back or saddle area. If the horse needs to be kept fit and the owner is...

I want a coach/ instructor who.... Puts horse welfare first Turns up to start on time Does not use their mobile phone during a session Can improve my riding Is capable of explaining to me how and why Who fills the time I have paid for. I know the last one is a little flexible, but when I...

Could you use hoof boots? Then they can be taken off for an hour while she stands on concrete so the foot can air and does not get dirty?

All of these say an owner that cares deeply for thier horse and would like the horse to go to a great home. Although I do interpret it as fussy owner who might be crazy!

The justification for using parliamentary time? Becuse the hunting act is obviously insufficient to prevent deliberate fox hunting. If trail hunting ( or all hunting with hounds) is banned there will be financial recompense in the long term through less resources going to policing and...

Out of interest, how many times have you reported them to the police or governing bodies? Just for info. Well perhaps its time that more thourogh tests cam in for firearm licencing? After all it must be a danger to the public if there are people out there shooting at foxes who can't hit them...

The hunting community has done this to themselves. I said long ago on a different thread that if the killing didn't stop that trail hunting would be finished. And on and on it went .... pets killed, hounds killed, hounds rioting, hound killing fox, hounds killing fox while the hunt looked...

No, I wouldn't. I don't eat dead animals- but those that do have the power to change these things by not buying those products. Perhaps you should aquaint your self with the fact that we are no longer living in the 1800's where it was acceptable to kill a living creature for sport. Bye bye...

No, not because ' all farmers are rich and deserve to have stuff nicked' But because a tractor won't squeal when they are stripping it down. It won't blleed when they drain its fuel, it's not a living , breathing creature that feels pain. OOOhhh has anyone got ' vague insults that imply...

Who says? What about the pets torn to shreds in front of their owners by out of control hunt dogs? That abuse dosen't matter I suppose? If being torn to bits is so fast and such a painless death then why can't we have dog fighting back and keep hunting banned? Dog fighting, Im sure, would...