Recent content by paddi22

you might be able to use these kind of mats, would be cheaper than mud mats,

don't worry about people bad mouthing the yard. people tend to be able to spot trouble makers who bitch about yards they have left, and you often find they have a known history of it, so people don't take them seriously. happy liveries will naturally get the word out that it's a happy yard now...

do you have contracts? if not, bring them and make sure they cover the issues you are having. then when people break them kick them out. honestly, once the worst few are gone you will find everyone else steps in line. can you afford to hire a yard manager for a while? someone experienced and...

red horse do a good filler as well.

the only negative I heard was from my physio saying the uneven surface isn't great for horses that have some physical issues. we were chatting about it once and she said I'd never been able to use it on one of the horses that had tendon issues

1ve a 25 x 18 and its fine for inhand work, long lining and backing, but im only able to really ride the more advanced dressage horses as its too tough for unbalanced horses to trot in, anything over 14hh is too big for trotting in. can canter them on lunge but not onboard there isn't a hope of...

stop jumping and take the pressure off yourself, you don't need to jump. go back to ground poles and canter grids of ground poles, until you are bored and wanted to raise one up slightly. go at your own pace and don't try and push through the fear, because in doing that you tense and panic and...

I find some horses keep associations with certain areas where stressful stuff happens. but generally they are reacting to feeling a physical change in the rider, theres a good chance you tensed up without knowing as you got to that area and the horse picked up on it.

I had a horse this happened to a few times in a row and it was the wound cleaning itself out, vet said it can even by tiny stuff like dust off their gloves. access burst, kept it clean and it healed fine

cheapest way to make shiny is adding Tesco vegetable oil, it is rapeseed. costs very little for four litres and all mine looks really shiny on it

not too soon at all, would save her the stress of change in final weeks.

if I was in your position I'd pts. what an awful scenario for you. but the horse I got ended up in charity after being sold through dealer even though unsound and in pain. he was lucky, most horses aren't. to secure the safest future for one like yours I'd pts.

I have a similar one. the vet when I first went for scan said he was probably only going to be a happy hacker. I took him barefoot, minded him like mad, only riding on good surfaces etc and mainly flatwork, and touch wood he has stayed sounds for last 5 years and is moving up the levels in...

I used frozen for my last mare, and it took 2 gos to get her impregnated. in hindsight, I hadn't checked the sperm quality in the straws, the stallion owner said it would take three straws when she was upon with him to be done. it didn't work. so I changed repro vet and she kind. of demanded 6...

I retrain racers and hot horses, and what I do is bring them all on endurance rides at first. it gets them used to open ground/grass and generally the pace is a relaxing walk if you are just a leisure rider on them. the crowd at the endurance rides around here are so polite so horses get used to...