Recent content by shaylux

I'm not sure how this could be considered helpful, considering I was seeking advice - no, I certainly didn't enjoy losing over £7k on something that was meant to lift my daughters spirits after a few down years. I've bought and sold horses many times over the years, granted not for a year or two...

Hello all, thanks for the large number of replies! I'll try to respond to some of your questions. Today I spoke with the vet who from the 2nd vetting, who was really very helpful in explaining what he'd assessed. Again, I'm still waiting for the report which the buyer is in the process of...

I definitely need to get hold of the full vets report first, but as I understood he had at least suggested that it was an underlying long term problem, hence the worrying that this had been missed the first time round. I think once I have another vetting I'll be able to balance the chances that...

I think that this may have been the case for when we went to see him, though it didn't click with me until afterwards that she mentioned hunting him regularly. In the first month or so his feed was cut right back and he was turned out overnight after a while, though this did little for my...

I don't think that the horse is in himself a nightmare at all, as I said I've seen him progress and ridden him and he is lovely when told firmly what he can and can't do, with the potential to be even lovelier; he just isn't what he was when we went to view him, nor as described in his original...

Thanks for your replies. I wasn't at the first vetting nor the second but my yard manager was there. In response to having his blood tested, I discussed this with people at the yard and really don't think there's much chance he was drugged - his nature in the stable remained much as it is...

Hello – I’m not a regular poster on here in any way, but I did come to ask for some advice on buying my daughter a horse late last year, and have lurked somewhat since then. I’m currently at absolute loss as to what to do and really needing some suggestions/advice; I’ve made this post long to...

In regards to where I am, Devon, not too far from Exeter in the countryside, although I still have our horse box sitting around and am willing to travel a good distance to find the right horse when needed. Thanks, I'll check horseworld out - I'm starting to think that buying a companion for a...

Thank you all for your replies! I do think when we get around to buying, I'll also find some sort of companion somewhere. This could also be the 'trial' horse, and be bought first, though I'm not sure if the commitment to a companion is the same as a full riding horse. I think I'll seek out...

Apologies beforehand for a rather huge post! Although I’m a confessed lurker, I thought that this would be the perfect place to seek some advice, as we don’t know anyone else in the area. After a break from owning horses, I now seem to have fallen back in, headfirst. The last two years...