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I found the books 'Driving a harness horse' and 'Breaking a horse to harness' by Sally Walrond, brilliant for teaching a riding pony to drive. I had absolutely no experience of this but have now taught 2 to drive safely and its much easier than I thought originally. The books were available on...

Hi, I started a thread about this subject re my cob, approx 2 weeks ago. Check out "locking stifle,experiences please". If you can find it you will benefit as I have, from the advice given. Since I posted the vet has been and has noticed that although I felt that confirmation was pretty good, my...

Thanks so much to all who have replied, thanks for taking the time and for your positivity. It is much appreciated. It appears from your experiences that time is a great healer, if I can just be patient and careful with work and training. In hand work on hills and trotting poles are very doable...

Hi all, just looking for some advice.. I have a cob pony(traditional type) rising 5 years who is a cracker to do anything with, lovely temperament. The problem is she has started to stifle lock, after being stabled. The first 2 vets I approached had never experienced this (I live in ireland). I...

Before you do it get plenty of practice in and concentrate just as much on how you drive generally as you do on the hitching and reversing part. This, also I did my test recently in Ireland and there is no S shaped trailer reversing in the test in ireland. Instead you reverse around a...

I bred my current connemara riding gelding as I owned his mother. He was handled extensively from birth. I was lucky as the mare seemed to appreciate my 'involvement' and showed no aggression towards us on the day of foaling or ar any time after. So the foal got 'imprinted' with all the sights...

Hi, a previous post mentioned aloe Vera, I have used this on a 4 yr old connemara who was itchy since he was a yearling. The aloe Vera I used was also bought for me as a detox and I just didnt like the taste. So i decided to syringe 60 ml per day into the ponys mouth. He stopped scratching...

Hi, I have done this with a riding pony. As I had no experience I bought a book on ebay called "Driving a harness horse by Sally walrond". Although you can only really learn by doing, this book gave me the knowledge to know what I was doing, and was a really useful asset. I ended up with a very...

Yes, I have shown donkeys in the past in Ireland, I think it is important to have all of the old coat removed. This can be a very slow process in donkeys who are often just totally bare for the month of August only. You can help this by regular worming and grooming long before the show. I have...

Hi all, i am new to the forum, looking forward to adding my tuppence worth instead of just lurking. Living in Ireland, i am a riding club newbie.