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The area around Silkstone/Cawthorne/ Bretton is full of nice villages with good Primary Schools and is very horsey, so you would be able to find livery quite easily, if necessary.

I must admit that i hadnt looked poperly at the photo before my first reply. That is a lot of grass! I wouldn't worry about the fact that he has been back out at grass for a few days, presumably he had been out before this started. I would bring him back into box rest for a while longer...

I'm so sorry that you and he are in this position. You have done extremely well to get his laminitis under control so quickly but if he were mine, I would want to be assured that he will be able to be turned out on grass in a reasonable length of time, for a reasonable length of time, with...

Horses on individual turnout often are more anxious than those kept in a herd. If you wanted to out them together but are worried about behaviour around food there are plenty of ways round that; bring them both into a stable to eat, put one into a small pen to eat, tie the gelding up while...

OP would need to hand back the deposit, perhaps with a bit of compensation' and explain that there has been a change in circumstances, just as she would if the pony had sustained a severe injury. I think the decision on what to do depends on why you bought the pony in the 1st place. If you...

I'm sorry for your loss.

Great news!

As its not your land, I wouldn't do anything expensive but mud control mats have been a life-saver here. And you can take them with you if you leave the yard.

Cats are not normally scavengers, preferring to catch and eat their own prey, rather than cleaning up after others. If your forage is kept on pallets, unfortunately you are creating a haven for the rats. Can you get someone to bring a terrier or ferrets in to move the rats on?

Ours have been out 24/7 for the last 5 yrs! This winter it was touch and go though, they had to be rugged for weeks while the wind was coming from the east. All our shelter shields them from the prevailing westerly winds, but was no use to them throughout January. The summer grass has started...

I know someone who put her 2 yr old filly through a 45 minute trailer ride to the vet hospital because there was a 1% chance that colic surgery would be successful and the insurance company insisted. Needless to say the poor horse didn't recover. But the owner got the insurance payment. I...

It's really difficult, isn't it? Many years ago we had a series of 'hiccups' with our vet practice that we had used for a long time (equine and small animals) at about the same time as the best/most experienced horse vet resigned his partnership and left the practice to work for a charity. We...

Oh how gorgeous!

I would change my vet! I have had a vet tell me that she would not advise colic surgery for a large Draft horse. I wouldn't have agreed to it if she had but fortunately the horse pulled through at home with the vet's treatment. But I don't insure because I don't want to involve a 3rd party in...

I have to say this thread seems to me to contain several examples where the owner could and should have over-ruled the vet suggestions and pts. If you are paying the bill, the ultimate responsibility is yours and, in the UK, we are very fortunate that we are not dependent on a vet for equine...