Recent content by Pearlsacarolsinger

I'm sorry to hear that it is laminitis. Our grass has been growing most unseasonably recently, so it's probably not as shocking as it would normally be at this time of the year. Fingers crossed that she feels much better soon.

It looks as if it's going to be warm while it's raining over the next couple of weeks. Ime it depends more on the temperature and the direction of the wind than the amount of rain. If she has been fine living out for the last 2 yrs, I would expect her to be fine this time. Why do you think it...

I do like the pods idea for the waiting room. We took 2 Labs into the local surgery on Monday (reactive brown one and her emotional support dog). We were exactly on time but needed to wait to see our chosen vet. The waiting area is split into spaces for cats and dogs separately. There was a...

Yes, there's a reason I won't use them.

I did that when we had 2 horses on Prascend. I made life a lot easier than having to mess about ordering online.

Then I would certainly find another practice to take my business to

That sounds ridiculous! I'd be looking for a new vet tbh

I 2nd the idea of putting mud control mats down but do please make sure that your electric fence is effective; I used to know a lovely ID mare who injured herself badly on a trailer in the field on a livery yard.

What a lucky girl she is!

We used to have 4 at livery, we fed them on small bale hay bought from YO. The 2 who were stabled next to each other were usually fed from the same bale. One morning I got there to find one of them had colic and a full ration of untouched hay. She had eaten her straw bed. Her neighbour and...

I don't think it's at all tricky and I certainly wouldn't be muzzling my dog at home. Your dog was under control on your private land. The other dog was loose, not responding to commands and mist definitely not under control. If I were the other dog's owner, I would want antibiotics but I...

Shoes! Human not horse.

If your horse can't, for whatever reason, graze round the clock, you need to ensure that the horse has adequate time to 'graze' the forage replacement.

I would suspect an allergic reaction. Am I correct that he is a brown Lab (sorry if I'm on the wrong Sterling)? They are terribly prone to allergies.

I would prefer not to use them.