Recent content by scruffyponies

I have been running a Hyundai Santa Fe for a while now and would confidently recommend it. 2011, 220k on the clock and a pleasure to own and drive. Huge load space / 7 seats. Good on fuel. Tows 2.5 tonnes and makes it feel easy. Cost £2k (absolute bargain!) 3 years ago.

<< Totally unflappable (would happily ride him during a firework display) pony spotted a small rocking horse by a neighbours gate... we went past sideways snorting like a dragon. He wasn't happy until I had persuaded him eventually to get close enough to sniff it.

Please keep your guesses to yourself. If you aim to be hurtful, shame on you. For the record, the newest 2 were added by adult children against my wishes and advice.

Totally off topic but I recently became aware of the practice of 'mulesing' sheep. Now very careful where my merino comes from. I was also told last week of a breeder of Arabian horses in Italy who uses some kind of metal contraption to bind the head of foals to ensure a pronounced dish (and...

There were people involved, trying to separate. She did not tried to bite them, despite them trying to force her jaw, throttle and punch her. (FWIW, I think they made it worse, but wouldn't anyone try the same.) She doesn't bother about humans taking high value things away from her, or giving...

Edit to add that she greets any delivery people nicely if she's out when they arrive, as well as visiting friends and neighbours. No concerns on that front.

Thanks for this SK. This helps me to rationally deconstruct. They are all bitches. The two involved are neutered. Newest (10mth, involved) isn't yet. What were the circumstances? When puppy (7mth), we think small spaniel found a rat, raising excitement and triggering bite/shake redirection...

Only this week (post incident) we were approached by a high velocity off-lead JRT on our walk. My husband had to pick up our hostile but harmless Cavachon, who was growling and gnashing, lest she provoke it, but the Presa just sniffed noses and we went on our way. This is what's so...

Both spayed, although the most recent addition (10mth joined in, but not instigator) has not, and came out of season around a week ago.

I haven't responded to each of you, but wanted to say that I am reading all comments and very much appreciate the experience and common sense in this group. I have been a member long enough to be apprehensive about posting something so personal and emotionally charged, but I need to hear it...

I was away for a week. I came home and all of the dogs rushed to the door. Terrible management and our fault. We didn't see it coming. What I would give to go back to that moment. It was, and I have been in touch. I have been given a list of local behaviour people. If she went back and...

I have a Presa Canario (F,2.5,32kg, born in rescue) which has attacked older resident bitch (F,8,40kg), resulting in significant damage to head and ear. Two brief spats between same pair over the past year(ish), resulted in minimal damage to either, and they returned to sharing a sofa/bed and...

I have had about 10 ponies for 30 years and never had hard standing. One field has a shelter, the others are natural shelter only. Most of them are un-rugged. They take the benefit of the natural shelter (hedges and banks) regularly, according to wind direction, but only ever use the field...

OP, if you are genuine (as others have said, this reads like an uneducated fiction, rather than usual behaviour), please get some experienced help. It is highly likely that the situation is quickly, quietly and safely solvable by a couple of people who know what they're doing. At risk of...

We managed to dry out 200 bales outdoors which had been 'borrowed' for a local festival. Granted it was summer, but the principle's the same... stack on pallets, use a spacer of some kind (fence posts work) on top, then a tarp, and weight the tarp carefully so it can't blow off. Because ours...