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Hi I am having exactly the same issue with my 23 year old, looks fit as a flea in every way apart from becoming very spooky and anxious coming in and going out. Vet due tomorrow, I will update tomorrow eve x

I have three friends over 65, one who is 65 and has two replacement hips. The other two are 72, one had a replacement shoulder last year and a replacement elbow in April, she had her first ride since her op last week. The only thing she needs help with is lifting the saddle up onto her horse! A...

My friend has just taken on a 22 year old horse as a safe hacking companion so she can ride out with her daughter, via this place. A BHS Welfare officer came out and did the home check.... Stunning horse, from a much loved home sadly health issues meant the owner had to give him up. Seems...

Hiya how much did that surface cost? I am possibly moving to my own place, it has a barn with a large pen in front and gates to the two paddocks, at the moment this pen area is earth, weeds and scrubby grass so I am wondering what I could put down to make a hard standing area, that I would be...

Everyone on my yard now wears either a BP or an air jacket. I personally have a race safe, but I am thinking of getting a hit air due to the neck protection. I have arthritis in my neck, due to a bad fall in the past. What prompted us all to get something was after another livery broke her back...

Hiya try Safe Mix, it's made by Arden. It's a mixture of wood chip and fine shavings. Very little dust smells divine and costs on average £5.50 a bag. If you have a countrywide store near you they also do a their own version of Easy Bed. Bales are smaller and again are around the £5.50 mark. The...

Hiya I hope you manage to find some answers on Tuesday, I would be very interested to hear what your vet says. My vet did suggest that I video on my phone when J has his next attack. As half of the problem is that a vet has yet to see him at his worst. The last time we were lucky because he was...

Hiya I have had something similar with mine.... I have a 22 year old Dales gelding, his symptoms, he looks like he has just run the grand national , hyperventilating, sweaty, restless, wild eyed. First attack immediate thought was colic. Emergency vet called, by the time he arrived J was fine...

Last summer I was on a beach in Pembrokeshire, when a small coach turned up with about 20 young males all around 18 years of age, coach was from London area. Apparently they gphad come to learn to surf. So lots of bravado and shouting etc, climbed into their wetsuits, did the on beach tuition...

I have been having a problem with my 22 yr old horse. We have only one hacking route at the moment due to all the foul weather, it's road work and access to and from the yard is via a very steep road (1 in 6) we have done this route hundreds of times. Adjacent to the steepest bit there is a...

I am in Warwickshire so we had the horrendous storm too. Unfortunately I have an 11hh unrugged mare, who once wet views any passing human ( namely me with head collar to come in) as a large human shaped towel.....

Just also wanted say hello to you AA like others have previously said, you are an inspiration to us all. I so love the way you write and I am another who has been crying both tears of joy and tears of pain on your behalf. I do so hope that you eventually find time to write a book. You have a...

I am on DIY, I want to be on DIY, I want to see my two twice a day I want to look after them. I do not do DIY to be a pain or because it's a cheap option. I respect the yard and the land because it is my YO home. I treat the place with the respect I would expect someone to treat my own home. I...

Google Orbit bitless bridle it's a side pull nose band that will fit onto your existing bridle so vastly reduces the cost...

I have two that are chatty. The rest of the yard all admit that my gelding would never let himself be forgotten about, cos he yells hopefully at anyone passing his box especially first thing in the morning.. The wee mare has the deepest whinny I have ever heard, all the more funny cos she is...