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    Horsebox options

    you wont be able to put 2 horses in a 3.5T unfortunately... you'll need a 4.5T. I've got a 3.5T with living... sofa converts to a bed and can also sleep one over the cab. Also got hob and sink. It's great for weekends away at TREC events and staying dry at normal events in the great british...
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    Has anyone made any hay?

    i'm still feeding hay in the field as my grass isn't coming through yet... no rain since March (South west)
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    Camping in 3.5 van

    I sleep in my 3.5T at TREC weekend events... it's already got a sink / hob and I bought a folding bed from Amazon. Lets camp in their trailers and use a portable BBQ / gas ring thing.
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    Recommendations for grippy riding tights?

    CountryDale are fab!!
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    Out 24/7

    mine are still coming in at night but not till 8pm and then back out by 6.30am. I'm still waiting for the grass to get going a bit more... it's been really dry but still cold with frosts overnight (West Somerset). I don't really mind the mucking out... it's the steaming / soaking hay (one...
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    Mini Shetland in back garden

    Is this an early April Fool..... no definetly not!! Horses and ponies are herd animals so you can't just have one and you need an acre minimum really to allow for good pasture management and field rotation. Your garden wouldn't be enough for a large dog to exercise properly, never mind a pony!
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    Keeping entire dogs and bitches in the same house?

    my entire GSD chewed his way through a wooden door and ripped a load of carpet up trying to get to my in season GSD girl... luckily we got home before he'd got through the next door. He had to go and live with a relative until her season finished and she was spayed the following year...
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    Cost of hay (on a livery yard)

    my friend is at livery and has to have hay from them... I pay £45 for a large 6 string bale, they charge her £70 for the same size bale..... :mad:
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    Undescended testicle in prospective horse

    mine had the op before I bought him as a 3 year old. never caused him any problems and he's fab!
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    Boggle- USA bound!

    it's a beautiful headcollar so you shouldn't feel strange using it. Can you have an Atlas name plate put on the other side?
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    Boggle- USA bound!

    I'm so very sorry for your loss. I had to have my horse of a lifetime PTS at 13 with cushings and although I have another horse now, and it was 10 years ago, I can still sob my heart out if i think about him too much. there's nothing wrong with taking time for yourself and re evaluating what...
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    Best bed for old working dogs?

    look at K9 beds... deep memory foam and can be sofa / bolster end or plain. My 2 gsd's love them so i've bought 4. good quality with removable covers and prompt servise.
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    Who competes with no facilities?

    I do riding club dressage and will be doing BD next year. Also compete at TREC. only have my field to ride in and no school. I go to a monthly club lesson at a local arena. cant school at all in the field in the winter so I use my hacking to school, leg yielding etc. I was a bit worried when I...
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    Have any of your past rainbow horses left you with anything to remind you of them??

    My darling Frodo and horse of a lifetime... PTS at 13 with cushings. 14 stitches to the left side of my face next to my eye.... didnt like some planks and put me in the jump wing! Would ive anything to have him back. 😭
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    Mounting from trailer

    I had a metal set of steps and chained the to my trailer so they didnt get nicked
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