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Weve only just moved her literally last week, this is only a short term problem once the hay is gone it wont effect her I just need advice on what I can give to her that would help x

Ive recently moved my horse (22 yr old HW mare) to a 20 acre grass livery field. The problem is in the winter the farmer dumps a big square bale of hay in the field and replaces it when its all eaten etc but it takes them along time due to the amount of grass theres 6horses in total on the land...

Well if we sent fin back we lost our deposit its just pure luck they had bella that was suitable so they agreed to transfer it x

Hia if you look up cattybrook horses on facebook try there or helen watson she is lovely ive not been there for along time. We original had a horse called finlay on lwvtb he was suitable so swapped him for bella who weve had for 1 year now and has been perfect. Helen is lovely and after problems...

what do they all do? I find feeding so complicated I dont know how much to feed and what!

I dont know to be honest, Im not very clued up she does respond to the leg walk trot extra but sometimes she stops and just wont move forward unless the other horse moves forwards or the person on the floor moves forward i want to be able to ride her on my own

Ive been trying to find something to put weight on my cob shes 19 and the winter has been hard on her I was feeding her speedi beat alfa a oil pony nuts and chaff I have not bought Spillers senior conditioning mix to feed instead of the alfa a oil is all that ok to feed together? Thanks

No she was a gypsy horse going to be sent to the knackers yard, someone said she was too good and broke her in to sell her and thats us :) shes not been driven.

Weve got a 5 yr old mare on trial she was broken last November shes a 16hh cob x trotter and apart from her ground manners she is really lovely. the only problem we have is we were told not to use a whip on her as apparently she goes mad and we wont win the fight! so how do you get a horse to go...

Shes recently had to have a tooth out, and the vet checked the rest their fine, She doesnt have adlib hay but does get some shes in a herd so its difficult to feed just her hay she gets fed hay when shes brought in from the field and she gets given hay which is shared between the horses in the...

Were there for a while but we arrive catch groom ride and then feed, I dont think we can feed before we ride and shes lost the weight now were cantering her we used to just walk and trott a bit but now canter alot and its very hilly where we are. Ive looked at getting Spillers senior but she...

I have a 16hh heavyweight cob, shes 18 possibly bit older. Shes ridden nearly everyday hacking on hilly terrain, she lives out 247. She does have access to hay and we feed her a scoop of speedi beat and scoop of alfa a oil but shes slowly started looking a bit ribby. I want to add pony nuts and...

We didnt make it my friends car broke down on the motorway! :( we may be going up tomorrow is it a vetting you have with Price or just a visit? x

Good luck were going in the morning to look at another horse Flora to join Bella! x

H yes she did kind of, she was at a school on so we got her without meeting her first but turns out she's been spot on! Our first horse was finlay who was lovely but just a bit forward for us :-( prince looks like a handsome chap I think you pay more through cattybrook but it was important for...