Recent content by Muddy unicorn

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    Child equestrian influencers

    I don’t think it’s fair to call a young child ‘pretentious’ - she’s too young to have any say and she’s had her entire life monetised on social media so presumably in a weird way it’s all completely normal to her. The people who should be being called out are her parents and the many companies...
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    Rug brand for very fine youngster

    Our two year old is currently 5’9” rug size - he managed to trash his shires tempest turnout so got him an emergency replacement but it’s absolutely massive on him - he’s very fine and he looks like he’s wearing his dad’s clothes. He can’t go down a size as the length is fine it’s just hanging...
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    Suitable dogs for older people

    My old lady dog will be a poodle - either miniature or toy, haven’t decided yet!
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    Strange allergic reaction

    My boy had this a couple of years ago - we never found out what it was - the vet’s best guess was an insect bite. It cleared up after a couple of days and hasn’t been a problem since.
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    Horsebox cab advice please

    Thanks - I’ve spoken to a friendly mechanic who said steer clear.. so I’m getting the one that’s miles away vetted by a local mechanic so I’ll only make the trek if he gives me the ok
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    Horsebox cab advice please

    I’m looking for a 7.5 tonne lorry with a decent payload and is comfy enough to stay away in for a couple of days. Everyone’s told me only to go for a tilt cab, however the only one I’ve found with the right payload etc and a tilt cab is miles and miles away. I’m also looking at a slightly...
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    Equine Asthma

    As far as I can remember there is a slight risk but it’s much less than with oral steroids. For our boy the risk of leaving his asthma uncontrolled was worse than the risk of laminitis.
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    Equine Asthma

    When my daughter’s gelding was diagnosed with asthma we did a thorough deep clean of his stable, removing all cobwebs/dust etc. We also put in a new window at the side of his stable (he was on the corner) to improve air flow. Ventipulmin did absolutely nothing for him but inhaled steroids via...
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    How do you manage one good doer, one skinny young horse in same field?

    We have an oldie, a youngster and a middle aged fatty in the same field - last summer I muzzled fatty and brought him into a bare corral at night but then he ended up with faecal water syndrome from not having enough fibre in his diet. At the moment the grass in their field is too short for the...
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    Mud Daddy 12L

    Also not impressed with the mud daddy - the marketing is strong, the pressure is not .. However I saw a fellow dog walker use a very impressive hot water washer thingy the other day - it was made by karcher and apparently if you google karcher dog wash you’ll find it (it’s not actually marketed...
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    Secondhand 7.5 dealer recommendations please

    I’m looking for a used 7.5 lorry to take my daughter and two horses out eventing this summer. We have a two horse trailer but due to a massive change in my circumstances I’ll need to take the dogs with me as well and dealing with dogs/tack/weather with everything in the car boot will be more...
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    My new pony

    Why would anyone feel the need to be picky about a horse’s conformation on a proud ‘meet my new pony’ post 🙄. OP he looks lovely and I hope you have lots of fun with him.
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    Anyone going to the National Equine show next week?

    Just had a look at the website and some of the speakers are rather odd choices - they seem to have gone down the ‘influencer’ route and are giving people with very little experience and no proper qualifications a platform.
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    Atypical Myopathy ASAP pls

    Whereabouts in the country are you OP? We didn’t start getting seedlings popping up until April last year so February seems horribly early. I really hope your friend’s horse pulls through.
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    Just marking myself safe from Winter 2023/2024

    Not much better east of the Pennines 😩 one of my fields is half under water and places that haven’t flooded in living memory are sodden.
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