Recent content by Shavings

saldy no, field is in middle of no way, so needs to be battery of a form

Need a new good strong fence unit local farm place only have small ones that give a tickle to the big bugger any one recommend some one online I can order one? done a quick google and the only place coming up ship out of Germany and it will be 2/3 weeks for it to arrive

He doesn’t wear a rug , thank you for all saying take the rug off but there isn’t one, he wears a rain sheet on the worse days but he runs so hot he gets full clip and by end of December of pulling his rain sheet off company he had a friend but he belted him badly and he has friends next door...

5 years old it’s a coral livestock pack I wish it could run of the mains so it could be harder zap to him Thank you all for the kind replies I’m really not sure what to do I thought I had done everything to keep him in.. he is a real great horse apart from this.. but this is really getting me...

There is 2 runs of tape And he is fully clipped Only goes out for 4/5 hours a day at moment due to his behaviour but was out all day and in at night. I may have to buy a Shetland at this rate. I don’t no what to do I’ve never had this before, and he has been seen doing it he isn’t stressy just...

Hell! Chance is making my life hell he keeps braking out of his field we have our electric up and tested it , it works but he doesn’t care! He is naked so he can fell the zap! im worry the livery yard will start to get fed up, and in all honesty my nerves can’t take this (I stuff with panic...

ok so quick back story on Sunday night/Monday morning chance got out of his field and was spotted by a local gas man on the way to a call out who phoned the police, who in turn got a hold of the yard manager and me! 3 hours later he was found in a not far away field having the time of his life...

so i havnt been on in quiet a wile ill be honest alot has changed and a lot still is changing chance has moved yards and is now at a large livery yard on part livery, this way he always has company when out although they go out in induvial paddocks, but he has neighbours who he is often been...

Thank everyone for the advice I will look in to them all :) I have heard from a couple of the local farmers the island soil is low in magnesium in general and unfortunately that map doesn’t want to recognise us ! so think I will go with the balancer and see, if he continues to go down it will...

Can we talk about horses low in magnesium please I wrote on here a wile along (with in the last month) about Chance being difficult to lead, turns out he appears to be at his worse in wind, which is odd for a horse that’s lived out 2 winters!! many way I have noticed he is sluggish in work...

so chance can got a bit bullish to lead does get speed but clearly knows he is bigger then you and will use it against you all in the add of more food! so can any one recommend a book or some one i can speak to online about some good ground work exercises (no unfortunately i cant get someone...

so tomorrow my birthday, it will be the first birthday in the 3 years of owning chance i would be able to ride him the first year i fell in work broke my elbow! and was in plaster second birthday he wa son box rest for ligament damage and here we are on third, a friend has said she would nanny...

Looking at getting some new stirrups, left leg is fine, right leg well I’ve had 14 ops on it so you can imagine. I have heard alot of people say flex on stirrups are good Any one used then? Yay? Neigh? any other brands/styles you recommend?

So little update vet has been today and she’s 100% sure it’s the washing powder (bad mum here!) so I have been given an iodine wash to blotch on to it, stay in to keep dry, pain killers til Friday And maybe just a few treats you know to help with the healing. I should have known better he is a...

So vets been in touch after looking at the email i have some pain killer to pick up for this evening, she firmly believes its a allergic reaction (we are leaning towards the washing powder) shes on the yard tomorrow to do another horse's jabs so she is going to have a look on him then but thinks...