Recent content by Rose Folly

You are a star and I hope it works out well for you. I also hope your original two were chosen by someone. I campaign actively for there to be a fairly crippling licence required for breeding - with teeth. Swingeing fines for breaking the law, and confiscation of all horses held by person. It...

Thanks so much DD265. Got the general idea now. Am so glad I asked.

Thanks so much Dibbin - that's a good start, as we agreed that the 360 must be a heavyweight

What a mission. Well done - and lucky, lucky mare. It is so good to read a story like this

I have always known my turnout rugs (all Mark Todds) as 'rain' (L/W); M/W; H/W; but my new livery and I became totally confused tonight. She has inherited a horse with enough rugs to satisfy Dolly Parton, and in the dark we were trying to work out, for example, what weight a 360 is. A simple...

Re the greasy heel / mud fever side of things, entirely agree with Tnavas. Except that I would add Polytar shampoo to that chemist's possibles list (just because it's what I use for my girl who has sallenders/mallenders (flexural dermatitis. Re the feeding issues, all I can say is 'simple is...

You must be joking. Time was when if your horse left a pile some householder would shoot out with a spade "for the roses". I really think the world is going mad!

Hope she wasn't bred from deliberately?

As others. Ours have been kept out (admittedly with access to a barn if they want) for the last 20 years. Feed them well and rug them well and they will be fine. Try to change the rug weight as weather dictates. Ours each have 1 x L/W, 1-2 x M/Ws and 1 x H/W. The mediums and heavy have...

Explorer Ordnance Survey Maps. Brilliant. For a fee you can get them laminated too to carry with you.

Wasn't consulted. Was put on the back of my first pony on my 4th birthday 65 years ago and that was that.

Don't touch her with a bargepole! Get proper advice from BHS or a solicitor if you are concerned. She could have thought of all this before eshe sold you the mare. what a load of cobblers....

I think your plan sounds sensible. We do roughly the same with just under five acres and 2 horses + two Shetlands (who only graze by day and go home elsewhere at night). the field (in our case a difficult E-shape and hilly\0 is divided into three Don't know if this is relevant, but if your...

How long is a piece of string? Depends on the child, the horse/pony, child's experience, where you live. I grew up in deepest Northumberland, rode alone from 9 years old, hacked the TBs to the smithy alone at 10, hunted alone at 12. All that was many years ago. Down here in Somerset my livery...

I just wanted to tell you how much I admire you. You've done something many people would not be brave enough to do, you look like you've got an extremely nice horse, and I hope you have many happy years of hacking together. I'm not the person to tell you about schooling; I came of a hunting...