Recent content by nich4

It is a little. I've loaned before but either shares with friends or full loan and always kept everything up to date - saddle, back teeth etc but I've no idea whether that's the case here I don't know anything about saddle fitting so I really couldn't say but it's quite old and well used one...

Thank you, I'm hoping to when the nights start to get lighter but as I ride after work in the week we can't go out so I'm taking advantage of weekends at the moment to go out with him and he's really quite forward out on a hack

Thank you, this is what I had been taught - to ask with the leg then back up if needed. I wonder if they are concerned about him becoming to responsive to be used in the school but I will carry on as I am for now.

Thank you, I have tried to start off with him doing all the things I have been taught previously (at a different yard) about getting the horse forward from behind and using transitions and have found poles really help loosen him up. I guess I will continue unless i'm told to stop using it. Yes...

I ride him at the moment 4 times a week - generally twice in the school and two hacks out.

I’ve started loaning a horse who is on working livery at a riding school (owned by them) and he can be quite lazy when I'm schooling him on my own (bit more forward in a group lesson) particularly on the 'bad' rein. I get a grunt when I have to use a sharp leg aid and not much of a positive...

Hi, i'm just starting to bring my horse back into work after a (minor) tendon injury. We've been hacking only and building up the trot and canter work but i'm very restricted as to how far we can hack on weekdays and there are no hills. On weekdays i'm just about managing to squeeze a short half...

Thank you :) I'm usually sceptical of anything without some science behind it but something is working for him (and me!) it might be complete coincidence but I don't care :D I'm just happy I can get back to enjoying him.

*UPDATE* Thank you for all the advice. I've now had him on Boswellia as well as his joint supp for a few weeks and there's a very marked difference. He's not dragging his hind feet anywhere near as much, his bed in the morning isn't as messy (apparently a sign he's shuffling around and not...

thank you :) I had a dabble with straightness training with a previous loan horse on the advice of a physio. Which exercises would you recommend for him?

Thanks SEL this sounds like a really good idea as long as he's happy on the school surface. Do you long line her or just walk her on lunge line around the outside of school? I'd like to try this as we're still coming across some spots of muddy ground out hacking so I'd like to have something...

Thank you, yes I'm hoping that follow up injections will help him. Just trying to get hold of the X-rays from his previous treatment to show my vet. 'I'm keeping everything crossed as I've only had him a couple of months and we haven't really done anything yet :-/

That's an interesting idea thank you I have never heard of doing this. I may try it as he's really not picking them up. Physio said his very messy bed in mornings is a sign he's just dragging/shuffling them as he moves around the stable.

Thanks for all the advice. I had a few people at the yard say that his napping might be him testing me/being lazy. I didn't feel this was the case at all although I've only had him 2 mths he's such a good boy I felt it was pain related. Put him on lunge to see how he was without my weight on his...

Ah ok thank you I will look into this. He is currently on suppleaze 4:10:10 and did have his hocks injected prior to him coming to me. I was reading about the possible benefits of some herbs. Is this used as an anti inflammatory?