Recent content by sheryl.pochin

but then if people are like that about thouroughbreds because they are "mass produced" then why are Welsh Section A's and show ponies not in that bracket too? They are mass produced too. I had a fantastic TB mare. To begin with we did not know her background because we got her off a dealer, the...

My Mini Shetland is out all year round too. Well the winter just gone he was in a barn with some young showjumpers keeping them company. He did not have any rugs on this time either and he looks very well, maybe a little too well:rolleyes:. He loves being out and gets a bit ratty if hes in a...

You would probably find a native saddle will fit better, but they are expensive :confused: or why don't u try a felt pad for the time being while you are looking for the perfect saddle as they have no tree so don't pinch. I know it feels like riding bareback but at least u can put stirrups on it :D

Where I am I was trying to find a pony for loan for my son. There were a lot of them out there but all the owners wanted them to stay at the current yard and there is no way that I would be happy having someone breathing down my neck all the time. I am now looking into buying a pony for him as...

my mums Mini Shetland did not drop totally until he was 3!!! I think he wasnted to keep his :D

You may joke, but we used to hoover our driving horses. They used to live out all year round so we did not clip them and we used to do funerals and weddings etc in the winter, so we used an industial strength hoover and the horses loved it ( it gave them a good massage!)

Well, I would have done and said exactly the same as you did. This is the problem when you have people who don't know what they should be doing owning horses. It should be her asking for forgiveness, not giving it out. If it would make you feel better, then talk to he but ask the YO to be with...

The way that I would do it is ask her to stop doing it, tell everyone else to tell her to stop and if she still don't stop call the RSPCA and tell them that someone keeps feeding your pony without your knowedge and that you are concerned that your pony could get Lami. A person in uniform might...

I don't use shop bought fly repellents, I just make my own. There are 2 types that I use, 1 is vinegar......they hate vinegar!! and the other id citronella. If you mix them with water they work really well. Another thing is mixing garlic into the feed, it makes the blood taste funny so biting...

That is so annoying!!!!! . We had that happen at a yard that I worked at. We had all the livery horses out in the field in the winter, they all had rugs on and the headcollars were on the gates, there must have been at least 16 horses out there. When we went to get them in there were no...

I have had a few ponies that have been a challenge when I was younger. I stuck to it and they turned out to be fantastic ponies. Unfortunatley people want a horse/pony and go for young ones when the person has no clue on what they are doing they then totally ruin a perfectly good animal through...