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Yes I probably was - hence my question in how would others deal with it? I did do something about it, and yes it has to be much quicker in future! He was only clipped on his neck, chest and legs… and like i said I may have been brushing with the body brush just too enthusiastically ...

just going to chime in here as its my daughter who posted originally at the top :) I have also written on the Intelligent horsemanship site to glean any ideas there too. This is what I wrote to them, horse bit me hard on the arm last week when I was grooming - and MAYBE I was just being too...

Mainly seems to be on the underside of his body.

Hi everyone, so my horse has suddenly (in the last few days) become very nippy when being groomed, and generally just seems a bit fed up with ears pinned back a lot of the time when he's tied up to get ready for a ride. He seems bothered at being touched/groomed much and is constantly got his...

Just curious as to how long any of your new horses took to really settle in to their new place. What things did they do when they first came that showed they were settling in and how have they changed?

ok thats helpful.

on talking to a lot of people it is NO surprise that this may not be his passport. One vet said she regularly goes to Ireland and she has told me of a story where there was a room Full of passports and they could be matched up with a horse LOL ! so…. I am not freaking out about it&#8230...

Im in the UK. Our horse we bought in the UK has an Irish passport. I am unfamiliar with what a passport no./ chip no. is ( because when I last had a horse it was before passports were mandatory ) Is the identification number the same as the chip number? When we did a health check ( not a...

I think calm and condition it beet based and has linseed in it and pro bionics..? is that a cereal? I dont feed anything else.

thanks for the blog :) He is on 24/7 turnout with a little calm and condition every day - and ad-lib hay.. I may look into a balancer?

thanks - that is really helpful. I think I will take him for a short walk down the road and see how he is going today.

We decided with the farrier that the horse's feet look ok to take back shoes off - partly so we can possibly integrate him in field with horses with no worries of injuries with back feet flying :) and partly we like the idea of going natural.. Now we have them off but shoes on the front. I...

This is happened twice now. We have had him about 8 weeks, he is an Irish breed and a lovely nature - we hacked him up to previous yard he was at for a couple of weeks ( 20 mins trot and walk), and when we took him up first time he was a bit anxious - probably to see his buddies that he had...

thanks everyone - great ideas - have yet to try polos but food or lack of it for picking his feet out sorts that issue - so maybe a polo will do for this issue when he does stand. Turning in circles does tend to wind him up more but may still use that or the backing up- thanks!

We have a good teachable boy. I do like a horse to stand quietly at a mounting block - he's OK but not completely where I would like him to be with it. I have taken to on grooming times, taken him just with his rugs on and have him stand at block, pat him, make a fuss if he's being a saint, then...