Recent content by Pidgeon

Same as others have said. Shorten your stirrups, one hole at a time, stand up in your stirrups whilst remaining straight, more difficult than you think as the natural way is to lean forward. Once your calf muscles have got used to that, hike the stirrups up another hole. Rising twice instead of...

Stan has always hated his nails being clipped and it's been a constant battle. I then got this, and it's been amazing! Not stress and I can just grind a bit off at a time, or more if needed and he's happy with it being done. Definite game changer.

No problem, they worked well on my sister's horse who point blank refused them too.

Am lucky that Pidge drops his out regularly, and in particular if he has sand on his sheath as I have to get rid of it for him, so take the opportunity when he drops it to pop any bean out. Done regular, so never get large beans out, but definitely needs doing. Years ago girl who stabled her...

Pidge has been on Pergolide for 10 years now, and on two a day for about 9 years. Yes he could do with more weight on him, but he's coming up for 28years old so looks pretty good considering

Have you tried making a hole in a piece of fruit or veg, using the old fashioned hoof pick s its the right size, and then pushing the tablet in? Alternatively you can get gel capsules to put the tablet in, then they can't taste it.

Buy items like shampoo etc when on offer, and stock pile to last until they come back on offer. Freeze fresh veg, saves it going off before can use it all. Buy bars of soap as last much longer than liquid soap.

Get the silver reflective insulation to pop behind your radiators to reflect heat back in the house rather than absorbed through the outer wall. I buy my meat from butchers as although it seems more expensive, it is actually cheaper as you get more meat once cooked as IME the supermarket meat...

Try the Danilon as it may help, the night before and again on the morning. Pidge had this as has hind leg hypertension, and it helped. However, he is now coming up for 28, and has had his back shoes off for a year as he was finding it too uncomfortable to be shod behind. Vet suggested mild dose...

First off I'm so sorry to hear this. It's coming up for 3 years since we lost my sister's horse Sunny, and he'd been with Pidge for nearly 17 years, and they were not just pair bonded, but soul mates. We let Pidge see him, and it broke my heart twice over, once for losing Sunny, and then for...

This, we have used the insulating foam, and then lots of bubble wrap, kept in place with cable ties. Several tap covers on top of each other help too

4 months is more than enough time for him to settle. He sounds like he's never had another horse put him in his place, hence his behaviour. When I first had Pidge, he was picked on by the herd leader. Every day he would have a fresh cut or bite. When vet came to give him his second jab, he had a...

Thanks everyone for your experiences, very much appreciated. I've got a call in with my normal vet next week to have a chat about this. I love the bones of Pig and I would hate to do anything to cause him pain or to have him trip or anything when out hacking him.

Ok, so Pidge is 27y7m old and still in light work. He's pretty stoic and deals with pain well, for eg, I XC schooled round Eland Lodge and a hoof abscess burst whilst we went round. Not lame and just thought he'd caught his leg on the brush fence. So, bearing in mind how he is, how do I know...

Worth trying a senior conditiong mash, such as spillers? Also Dodson and Horrell do a cushcare condition feed, which soaks to a mash and has been great keeping the weight on my boy who is 3/4 TB