Recent content by Pheme

It depends on the length of the horse's coat, I showed a bay horse who had very long coat hairs, and she was shiniest if bathed two or three days before the show, then spotcleaned and stain-removered to keep stains off because it took that long for her to produce enough coat oils to re-cover her...

I have, one winter I had 23(not all mine) all together in a bit under seventy acres. Provided you have the room for every horse to have personal space, don't let them get tight for food, and no bullying personalities in the group (a herd boss is ok, a bully who hounds and targets the horses it...

I don't dislike any breeds, I have met bad examples of any breed and there are breeds I wouldn't own myself, but that's mostly because my situation and living arrangements makes it impractical to have a that breed of dog, provided it possesses the typical behaviour and characteristics of it's breed.

YES! THIS! My RI tells me that if your single joint is nutcrackering your horse, you are *almost* always pulling down and back against the bars and have your hands lower than the level the bit is, so you don't have the straight elbow to bit line we all want to keep for good communication. Hands...

Sounds fine to me. I'd vary the type and intensity of schooling a lot though because you are doing three schooling sessions a week. There is a lot of walk-trot, bend and softening exercises you can do to keep improving him during his schooling sessions while dropping the cardio intensity if you...

Part bred Arabs, Arab-Welsh, Arab-Connemara, Arab-Morgan, and the classic Anglo Arab :)

I try to buy locally, but the only saddlery we have locally now is a big warehouse chain brand, which doesn't stock high quality gear. It's arrival has driven all the other saddleries into the ground, so now I'm forced to shop online mostly. I can buy brushes and some rugs at the saddlery, but...

Neither of mine would cope on their own, so no, they couldn't go to one-horse homes.

I don't think it's very professional to ride without a hat, if it's your livelihood, why wouldn't you do all you could to protect your ability to continue doing it? I liked that in the newest Horse and Pony (I'm in NZ) all the pics of Matthias Rath on Totilas he had a hat on. People say they're...

If it's really cold, I take up a bucket of super hot water with a teatowel in it. Then, wearing thick rubber gloves, rub all over with the teatowel very quickly so he doesn't get totally wet to the skin, rinsing when the teatowel loses it's hotness. You'll be suprised how much grease and dust...

I just have one. I'll get another when I have more land but atm I'm renting and have a quarter acre section which means I have to dedicate a lot of time specifically to keeping my dog exercised and since the breed of dog I want next has an even higher exercise requirement, it's not fair to get...

Lift you hands higher that the bit so he can't brace and poke his head up against your hand. Usually people like to anchor highheaded horse down by dropping the hands and pulling back which only makes them brace up harder. If he's learned this his muscles will be trained to brace up and get...

My dog sleeps outside in her kennel, but she still wakes us up with a big old bark if she's not had her breakfast by eight :) She'll do a bark, you get a couple of minutes to pop your shoes on, then if she can't hear you coming, she'll do another bark, then wait...

I have a yellow dog and blue furniture and she sheds like you wouldn't believe all year round, no way would she be on the furniture! I spend far too much time vacuuming already(well, any time spent vacuuming is too much, really, such a time-suck!)

It's all about proportions rather than weight for me, in the saddle I'm riding in I have to see a hands width of room front and back at least, if that size of saddle won't fit on the pony then I don't ride the pony. I could ride in smaller saddles and just take up more room, but that's no good...