Recent content by Nancykitt

Very good point! So perhaps it's well within their means to build stables, but there's other expensive stuff going on that is diverting those funds, And the best solution is to say they need to raise money so that the child can have her dream yard! Someone said that they have recently acquired...

You could well be right here. But there's two points that come to mind... One is that I'm pretty sure that anyone raising money through GFM or similar has to be completely open and transparent about the purpose of the fundraising (or they can find themselves in fraud-related trouble.) I only...

We had lovely saddles (with Flair) made for our horses years ago and they served us very well for years of hacking and hunting - BUT they needed adjusting, usually at least twice a year, especially as Snoopy and AJ changed shape so much. When we moved to the Highlands we quickly got to a stage...

My eyes rolled so far back I almost needed medical assistance to re-locate them. I've noticed today that they've announced they're now at a new temporary address, with a note to their supporting brands - "To any brands - please don’t send anything to our old address. We’re not expecting...

Nothing's wrong with it, it's just that it's a term I've not heard for a very long time. When we were in Lancs our horses had 'loose boxes' but neither I nor anyone else ever referred to them as anything but 'stables'. This took me way back to my days at the riding school where lots of horses...

Very true, even though those three horses are generating mind-blowing amounts of much around the haybell - and trying to clear it in rain and gales is particularly unpleasant! The poor lads are moulting but it's too cold and wet to take the rugs off them altogether; even taking the rugs off for...

Today I have hit the 'Totally had enough' wall. It's been gale force winds and torrential rain/hail for the best part of a fortnight up here. It feels like we are stuck in the depths of winter. I'm so tired of having to get wrapped up in thermals and waterproofs just to go out and feed the...

Yep - lice! Definitely. Have seen quite a few cases around recently. The 'previous history' point is actually very important here. With a known sweet itch sufferer, you'd be looking out for symptoms. In a horse with no previous history of sweet itch, I'd be looking for something else first...

Ah yes, I’d forgotten about the fireworks thing! She was indeed devoid of any common sense. If the scriptwriters go out of their way to get an agricultural adviser so that storylines are plausible, I don’t know why they don’t do the same for horsey stuff. Actually, all they’d need to do is to...

Honestly, it was only meant as a fun post - after all, it's essentially a soap... If people have got midges in their neck of the woods then fine - I wouldn't say I'm envious of you but it's deep winter here on the north west coast and my boys still have winter rugs on!. But if midges are in the...

I think the main thing that gets me is the regularity with which they call out the vet. Obviously, we all know that there's no substitute for proper veterinary advice at times but when two parents - and experienced horsewoman and a farrier - have to call out the vet in order to confirm that a...

Those who listen to the Archers may well have been cringeing at last night's episode, where Alice - supposedly a very experienced horsewoman - calls in the vet because the mare she is riding seems 'a little irritable'. The vet suggests sweet itch. Alice says 'isn't it a bit early'? but is told...

I must have missed the thing about the gaming...this is so incredibly worrying. I'm seeing the negative impact of online gaming on so many children in so many schools. Quite apart from the fact that this stuff is designed to be addictive (and is very successful in that respect), online gaming...

This is the sort of thread where our views are so massively influenced by our own experiences - whatever they may be - that it can often be difficult to see a consensus even when there is one. I grew to hate the 'Natural Horsemanship' marketing but I'm sure that some people were happy with the...

Yep, I can see the advert now...Experienced hunter, anyone's ride, loves hacking out. Happy to live in or out.