Recent content by Polonaise

Not always the cheapest but Seals Fodder Room at Swanwick have the best selection and customer service I've ever come across. They deliver as well.

Potentially looking for a new saddle fitter. We're in Amber Valley. Looking for someone for regular saddle checks and flocking adjustments rather then someone selling new saddles. Must have a decent eye for how the horse moves in the saddle. I also have a youngster ready for backing that is...

Hi, firstly sorry for your situation. The MRI findings are very typical findings in competition horses with foot lameness. Traditional management (remedial shoes, joint injections careful work etc) can certainly make them more comfortable for a while and slow the progression but are unlikely to...

My gelding (yes he's been rig tested) doesn't just mount the mares (if you know what I mean). He tends to get the message that the older mare isn't really up to it despite all her flirting but him and the younger one (she's still 20) go at it whether she's in season or not if she's in the mood...

Is this really happening? I can understand not paying out for tests done without vet recommendation/a good reason to do them but not paying out for negative diagnostics?!? If you already know the answer what's the point in doing the test? And if the animal recovers before a definitive diagnosis...

Yes it's definitely possible, but expensive and will consume you're entire life. Working as a vet and finding time for your own horses is challenging, you end up having to prioritize one or the other, you can't give them both the attention they need. Make sure you spend time shadowing a vet and...

Pergolide is a banded substance unfortunately so you'd be running the risk of them developing a test for it.

Does anyone know where I can buy the little padded tins that some clipper blades are supplied in. They fit nicely in my clipper case making me less likely to lose or damage them. Unfortunately UK clippers decided to throw mine away then offered to sell me a new one which has annoyed me to the...

Write to the manager explaining what happened. Unless the vet attended and was then cancelled, in which case you would be charged a call out but no exam, then no charge should have been made. Probably an admin error.

Hey! (mock outrage) there's 2 vets, a registered veterinary nurse and veterinary receptionist riding in the RRR16 vimeo link above ;)

Whatever you find easiest to be honest. Initally I told people that my mare was in my parents field as not worth paying livery when she wasn't in work! Rockley has tracks and balanced minerals etc that are hard to replicate at home particularly when you first start out, it takes a lot of the...

I sympathise, my boy took a long time to learn to go forwards enough in his canter to jump well, also had to train him to gallop from scratch. A lot of it has been schooling to teach him to engage behind but also making it fun and also being quick to correct him if he does slow down without...

Depends on the horse. Took the shoes off my sound one very cautiously at the end of the event season in case anything went wrong. He walked sound down the stone drive that day and every day until spring when a bit of dietary refinement was needed he's not got the prettiest feet in the world but...

I really struggled with mine for a long time, had to add in things that weren't good for them to get them to eat. Now they wolf down what ever I give them. I made several changes including moving to my own place but the most significant one was making the feeds up with warm water. Currently...

There is a contradiction here. Fusion of the joint is caused by advanced joint disease, the end result may well be soundness but the process of getting there involves a lot of inflammatory response, something that traditional treatments are designed to counteract. By giving...