Recent content by nikolethompson

Has anyone any recent experience here? I am going tomorrow to have a look I am going to write numbers down of any I am interested in and go to the office and check passports, and am also taking someone very experienced to give them the once over ... yes I know this is a huge risk! I...

Hi Landcruiser :) that's ok, I know everyone was just trying to make me see sense. I have spent two days crying and really upset. my YO has recommended I leave him in the field where it's safer until he goes back to his owner. she's being a total b!t(h!! but everyone on the yard can see how...

Just a quick update; I have today messaged the owner telling her everything that's been happening, explaining how much I love him and how much I have been trying. I told her that I was getting a trainer in to help us and she's basically said he's never been bad and it's all my fault! I have...

thank you so much for your advice, last night I went up and managed to get him to the stable, for those wondering how he was back out after my husband brought him in the night before, the yard manager put him out for me in the morning as I really don't like leaving him in all day. I gave...

she just keeps saying 'oh he can be like that' but when I took him, and all the times I visited him he was just sad all the time. He had been stuck in for so long he was just sad. he's really come to life now and is cheeky and has such a character. I wouldn't sleep at night sending him back to a...

He is very loveable! I came to this forum for help as my yard is so quiet there isn't anyone there really after hours. I have enlisted a trustworthy instructor to come out a few times a week to give us a hand :)

yes this is definitely what I want to do. I don't want to give up on him. he's not a nasty horse he's just stubborn and tries it on. He has cow kicked twice and reared once. When I said bolting, he only moves a few paces and has never gotten out of my grip. I need help changing my mindset. I...

Hi yeah he comes towards me and just puts his head in my boobs for a cuddle. He's not nasty at all he's just stubborn! he's never kicked me or hurt me, I know he has the potential to as all horses do. When he pulls in the field I haven't let him go, he just tries it but we get there in the end...

I would really like some advice in the first instance before I just give up and hand him back. It's the last thing I want to do! But I also do not want him to get worse, so any advice to help me try to solve any of my issues would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Landcruiser, yes I am a genuine poster. And how else do you gain experience without dealing with this? I have owned horses for 15 years but he is very very stubborn. Usually my previous horses have adapted well and I haven't come across behaviour like this before

Hi all :) I have a horse on LWVTB and I have completely fallen for him we have some issues that I need help ironing out, it's becoming unmanageable! he is a 6 yo (just turned 6) cob gelding His owner has had him from 5 months old but hasn't really done much with him, for example...

thanks :) he's just very edgy at the moment and as I'm bringing him back into work he needs to be ridden at least 5 times a week. I am going riding him tonight but if I'm honest I'm a bit nervous as I'm hoping he wont bolt to the field!! he can be nappy in the arena, cant wait to get to the gate...

So I have just got a new horse and i turned him out for the first time last night, (first time he has been turned out in 12 months as his previous owner didn't turn him out as he was bullied in the field) he was amazing and trotted off to the other horses perfectly. we visited him in the field...

Hi :) he's 14'2 and a piebald cob xx hes so so so so SO gorgeous xxx I will of course have a riding hat, but cannot find a body protector to fit me! fortunately it is quite a soft sand paddock. x