Recent content by Mrsjenks

I havnt got one yet pmsl

thanks, we called and told her no thanks to the horse we saw yesterday. total shame about archie, the vetting turned up some things that would have not made him suitable to buy. back to the drawing board it is ! draft horses - ish, and tb x seem to be the ones that are catching my eye all the...

oh, im sorry, I thought I was on the 'new riders and owners' section. maybe you never read the sticky at the head of this section, here have another read " If you are an existing forum member who is kind enough to offer advice to any newcomer, please remember that everyone had to start somewhere...

thanks for that Frankie, its good to know what the prices are in our area and a heads up on the livery, part of the appeal is the fact its 2 miles from home and we have the Cleveland hills to use. im looking for that sort of price range, 15.3 to 16.3 horse suitable for a 'novice', to be used...

!!! pearlsasinger, I found this quite condacending ! for your information, during my riding lessons I have only ever hacked out on farmtracks etc, the place where I would be taking my horse is surrounded by hills, I would eventually take it onto the road once I knew the horse better, I think I...

thanks for the advice guys, we've called her and thanked her for the time but said we will not be taking it any further. I already had it in my head that this was a big alarm bell but just needed some extra guidance. thanks again :)

amymay, I rode her in the school, then took her onto the road (I made sure owner had her on lead rope) the horse had no shoes on. I may be wrong but surely taking a horse onto tarmac where cars are whizzing past at 60mph and lots of stones about could make the horse lame or do some damage...

thank you, that's all I needed to hear. our vet suggested we ask her if she would fund the cost of having the horses legs x-rayed to prove there is is nothing wrong, seeing as she was the one refusing the test- her reply was no, it would have to be our cost, and again repeated that that it was...

no just a 2 star, when oh called her she said well she might pass she might fail, its a £1200 horse. alarm bells ringing

i appreciate a lot of people do not agree with the flexion test, however, we have been to have a look at another horse today, rode lovely, lovely in every other way. she said she was happy to have a health check done everything else looked at but said she would not allow a flexion test to be...

Thanks for that, he's 18, his owners getting her own vet to check him over so we havnt wrote him off yet

Well he passed the vetting with some issues which we were expecting, mild arthritis in one hock, he also said he was slightly lame In the off fore leg after the flexion tests, he's also a bit light in weight and seems very tucked in and maybe could be teeth issues but he's eating fine and has...

archie gets his vetting tomorrow, fingers crossed all goes well, should I be asking the vet any questions as we will be there when its done. tia

Hi, we are hopefully getting our horse next week, he's going to need schooling and bringing back to fitness due to little use by his current owner, he's got a tendency to pace a bit, we are new to horse ownership so maybe we could help each other out, he's 18 but seems to be doing very well and...

Thanks for the advice, he is getting vetted on Monday and if all goes well we will be buying him, I have a riding instructor sorted, livery is sorted ,insurance sorted, my oh works offshore so financially we are in a very good place, I don't work so have all the time in the world to give him, my...