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That's why I use it. Pony gets so anxious in new places that steering round in walk and trot is all I want to ask of him.

Isn’t intro for the horse to have a relatively gentle introduction to dressage also? There’s always the option to go H/C, OP, if in...

Yes. No different to doing leg field for prelim / nov or working piris for med / am.

Nova went to his first BS show yesterday, I haven’t really had much time or head space for a few weeks for family reasons but it was...

Might not have felt like the best test but he does take a good photo- all 4 feet airborne!

I also started with a sunshine hack last night with Enormosaurus. It was our second solo hack and she was so much more relaxed than the...

Pet plan champs for Rooni on weds and Thurs. PSG was tense (no first halt, I messed up a walk half piri and then biffed the last 4). 64%...

We went to BD Nationals for Elem Petplans yesterday. We had an amazing lesson on Monday and then he had physio so expected him to feel...

Yes, I budget every month for everything I spend money on. The short answer is because I have other financial commitments that I can’t...

I would go to great lengths to get a horse comfortable barefoot but it's not always an option for people, and not always an option for a...

Lots of people do this, it’s very common.

My skin hates the world and everything in it, I broke apart my new haylage bale the other day in short sleeves and had a rash within the...

Each to their own, I don’t think one makes you better than the other since nothing we do with horses is natural. As long as your...

Rooni is on leftover haylage. He drags it about and it’s no different to straw tbh. He’s very dry however which does help.

Insurance? Can make what you want out of it really and most roles offer flexi working / condensed hours option. Lots of benefits, annual...