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Just caught up on this thread. What a rollercoaster. Thinking of you today, Michen.

Just seen on the BBC that it was the sound of builders moving concrete nearby that spooked the horses initially... absolutely awful, my heart was in mouth reading the reports, really hope none of the injuries sustained by humans or horses were too serious :(

Yep got loads by me too. We’re also close to the canal, I wondered if this was causing it, but sounds like they’re bad everywhere due to how wet it’s been. Just ordered mine a new fly rug as current one was a cheapo one with belly flap and they’re clearly bothering her. I’m getting new bites...

It’s drying up 🥳 the foot, not the ground 🤬 have messaged farrier and waiting for him to get back to me to book in… hopefully early next week?! 🙏 Also, it struck me yesterday that B has lost her caramel blonde highlights. Is it just because there’s been no sun? I’m sure I’ve read that sun...

Oh good it’s hammering it down again, after a couple of days of dry weather I was worried my mud was getting dehydrated 🙃 I had a nightmare about rain last night, this is the level of subconscious trauma this weather is causing 😂 dreamt I was on a different yard and my stables were flooding...

I'm desperate to turn mine out properly, I've asked YO when I can move them to another field. Hoping this weekend or next weekend, then she can go out as it won't be so boggy! I did search one barefoot group on fb and found some info but again, lots of conflicting (strong) opinions, not based...

:eek: not the barefoot groups on fb 😂 I think I unfollowed them all after getting fed up of the militant attitudes. Maybe things have mellowed over the last few years though... I'll go have a look! Really feel your pain. I left mine with run of her stable, the yard and the track up to the field...

This morning's poultice change didn't go very well, B was very fidgety and wrenched my shoulder hopping about on her other hind as I was holding the bad one up. It got me to musing... she's always been fidgety when having her feet handled. Is this NPA related - I have seen on Progressive Equine...

I called the vet out first with horse's current hoof injury - really just needed the farrier to check it and a poultice. In my defense, there was no heat in the hoof, and every time I touched near her stifle she kicked out, so I thought she'd done some sort of stifle injury as she'd been...

Get in touch with the RDA at Shrewley - they have the mechanical horse "Charley", and also a big ID type weight-carrier my friend (6'3" bloke) had a lesson on recently. Worth an ask! They do evening lessons on a Monday night (or used to anyway) which might work for you around work.

That’s interesting @ycbm - I have a book on hoof trimming and (from memory) it says when that happens it shows the toe needs to come back, and to bevel to the white line on a short trim cycle. What (if anything) would/did you do, trim-wise, in this case? I’m sure my old horse had this at some...

Solidarity ✊ it’s so crap isn’t it! I kept her in yesterday morning while I took her boots home to wash and dry, but didn’t dare let the others onto the track to be close by her as they’ve been eating the boundary fence 🤬 which now has a couple of holes in it. I think I know which the culprit...

Oh my god I am losing the will to live 😂 Current arrangement is she’s out on a track with grass and hedgerow, separate from the others as their field is just too deep to turn her out in. She’s booted all round, boots over hoof dressings on the 2 bad feet. Plastic bags over dressings and under...

I use straw pellets under miscanthus - I love shavings beds, but want to get my muck heap removed for free by someone local and don’t want to wait a year for it to rot down. The horses do eat the pellets if they can see them. Mine also had a go at eating the miscanthus but soon changed her mind 😂

Well, everything is on hold now until these sole bruises/abscesses are sorted..! After that my first step will be to get graduated 3D pads on, and see what we've got. I'm not ruling anything out though - if I need to dig further, I will, and will bear that in mind.