Recent content by Ponytrecca

Suggest you have a consultation with a Society of Equine Behaviour Consultant. They are qualified and insured and should be able to diagnose the root cause of the problem and suggest a retraining programme if appropriate. Good luck.

It all depends how you chose to view life. Maybe she needed to spend more time developing people skills but it was simpler to develop horse ones...maybe she will come back to horses one day when she's older...

Develop your people skills as best you can so that you can keep a widely ranging group of people and yourself happy. A friend of mind has a business where she has a rule that none of her staff are allowed to talk about each other! I wonder if you could impose that on liveries?!:)

Lots of good advice there, but do get a saddle fitter to check your saddle before the physio and assuming your vet hasn't found anything. Also remember cobs often have fat tongues so bear it in mind when selecting a bit. You may find it useful to have lessons and assessment from an equine...

Expect you will all think I am crazy, but I am a bit of an ecowarrior and want a horse exerciser, and was looking at treadmills...when I saw the 'Athens horse treadmill' a kind of Amish thing that can power equipment/batteries etc.. It is loads cheaper than a conventional treadmill and...

Hi, have you considered using a qualified equine behaviour consultant? Look on the Society of Equine Behaviour Consultant's website to find someone near to you. Fundamental to the diagnosis will be to analyse the difference between any tension signs your horse demonstrates, and confident...

Hi, have you considered using a qualified equine behaviour consultant? Look on the Society of Equine Behaviour Consultant's website to find someone near to you. Fundamental to the diagnosis will be to analyse the difference between any tension signs your horse demonstrates, and confident...

Lol, not all vets are bad! Why not ask who the local top people use? Most performance yards would consider the vet an essential part of the team, together with nutritionists, physios, trainers, behaviour consultants etc and gaining a trusting relationship with everyone is important. I have...

I have a little yard at home and a small acreage and find winter exercising hard to manage as I really suffer badly with the cold. I am considering looking for a secondhand treadmill which seems to be a space saving, under cover solution. Am I mad? Does anyone have any advice, please?

Hello, would suggest you get your vet to do a full check over, ulcers are a differential but so are lots of other things. Expect they will suggest bloods and check the feet. Good luck.