Recent content by nessie19

What a great response, thank you so much! :)

I know some of them do protest, and maybe mine is doing that a bit. She's started turning her back on people in the stable when they approach with her headcollar - I think she thinks it's her fly mask and she just wants nothing to do with it.

Yeah, sorry, I should have clarified. If she puts her head up then I tend to stroke her neck and talk to her until she puts it back down again, but then I'll change what I was doing and not put the mane conditioner/fly gel on. Thank you! I won't be putting a fly mask on this week at all to...

Hello! My mare is a bit funny about having her ears touched, but only in certain situations. I was wondering if anyone could give me some tips. She's totally fine to put a bridle or headcollar on. I can also run my hands over her ears if there's nothing else in my hands. If I have a fly...

This sounds a lot like a problem I had with my mare! She found trotting around the school very boring too, so I had to learn to engage her brain. I've been adding in poles as part of my flatwork - trot poles, canter poles, a chute to halt between. It got her a lot more motivated and she paid...

I've bought the book, it's excellent! I have a great instructor who comes in every 2 weeks and we do cover jumping. It's just good to have a big cache of ideas for between sessions, or when our sessions are focussed on flatwork.

Thank you, I'll add that to my list for next month - I had to buy ALL THE RUGS this month!

That's really helpful, thank you! We're not quite at flying changes yet - she's really stiff on the right rein so I'm working to soften her up and get her to be comfortable with counter canter first. But now that I think about it, some canter poles across the centre of the school would be a...

Thanks, is that this one? https://www.amazon.co.uk/101-Jumping-Exercises-Horse-Rider/dp/0715324055

I should really reply to this and follow up. We moved about a month ago and what a difference it's made. Firstly, she's picked up a bit of weight and a lot of condition and she looks incredible. Her feed is much higher quality and plentiful - I can barely lift the haynets that they prepare...

Hello everyone, I have a fantastic horse who only learned to jump about 18 months ago - she's rising 8 this year. She's a big girl at 16hh and she's got the most wonderful jump. Show jumping is definitely her thing although we're doing some dressage and will try some eventing soon (I've only...

Thank you so much to everyone for your responses! I do have her passport as well as a bill of sale (which I drew up myself and insisted they signed!). I've given notice and we'll be moving soon :) :)

I found a lovely yard today, very professionally run, lovely stables and with a very clear contract. It's a bit gut-wrenching that I have to move her from working livery to full livery (DIY isn't an option for me) but that's just horse ownership, I guess.

I was hoping the contract would include those terms. The yard makes a big deal about being BHS approved, and BHS says that you need to define working livery expectations in the contract, so I was surprised not to see anything in there.

Oh that's awful, poor horse :(