Recent content by Orangehorse

That looks very reasonable, but I suppose it is regular. I pay £20 for someone to catch and feed two ponies, once a week. I have already put the beds down and prepared the feeds, so all they have to do is fill the water buckets and give them hay and feed. Catch and change the rug on one. But...

Mitty Hardy posts a lot on Facebook. She seems to have a lot of nice horses through her hands and competes regularly in eventing. She has moved a couple of times but is in Ledbury area still I think.

It is so sad for Carl and Charlotte. I'm sure the decision was made in the best interests of both horses, with everything considered. There is no place to comment, really, other than sympathy.

He did exactly the same when he fell last season, seemed to "paddle" and not know whether to go long or put in a short stride and lands on the top of the hurdle. I think I would run him again soon, but with a different jockey.

South East can be horrible, as it catches the Continental weather, snow in winter, etc. Its wetter in the West as the clouds gather water over the oceans and then meet the mountains of Wales and dump the moisture, there are many streams and rivers that quickly fill up and flood, so the Teme and...

\Mine had several skin conditions when he was young including terrible ringworm. And one of those was something like you describe. Lots of little spots that didn't do anything or contain pus. Didn't seem to hurt or affect him in any way and they eventually disappeared never to return. I...

Thank you, so it has worked for others. A good point about the same bed and toys. As far as training, I would insist that we both took the dog to training classes and carried on with training. and also that they were prepared to put it into kennels so I wasn't regarded as the only place...

I remember that Airedales were around when I was a child, but we are talking 60 years ago now, I used to see a few around, but it isn't a breed I have seen for a long time. They are big and powerful, so if they have a terrier temperament and attitude to training, then maybe they have just...

Does anyone do this? My terrier is getting very old and probably won't last much longer, she is 14 and a half and has been a really lovely dog. My daughter lives one and a half miles away and would love to get a dog, particularly her 7 year old son loves to pet my dog and his other...

Yes, if we have a dead cow taken away the vet will sometimes go and have a look, if they aren't sure why it died. OP, that's very sad for your friend, condolences.

I agree with the vet check, then do nothing until February when the days are getting longer and you can get going and do some consistent work.

I think you are right there. Seems to be very wet or very dry. However, so far this autumn it has been reasonably "normal" with showers and then some dry days. All the rain has so far been soaked up by the ground, so it was obviously very, very dry underneath. In old cookery books about...

Isn't it illegal to set off fireworks close to animals?

Yes, I understand that, but she isn't in favour of further reintroductions. Isn't it that the wild wolf population has expanded because the EU gave them protected status?

The head lady in the EU - can't remember how to spell her name - had her pet shetland pony killed by wolves, so isn't a great fan of the reintroduction.