Recent content by SJB7

ah i feel for you all, my cob like electric fencing has since he was a baby, likes to stand with his nose on it and get shocks it seems, we have to replace about 4 of the coil gateways a year as he walks thru them pushing until they ping of the connectors but by this time it is no longer...

I recomend it totally at first i was sceptical, but i have it for my 4yr old, had it whilst i was backing him as a 3yr old its amazing to see the changes as they happen my dad thought it was a waste of money then one day he turned up and saw my gelding during treatment and instantly went wow it...

We have to shut the top doors on our stables as mine and another liverys horses are known for getting out and trying to get out over the bottom doors and its safer for them to be shut it, the top doors has bars in so they can see out and get air in still though but got piece of mind when its...

if infected bad then to be honest antibiotics are best, but can also try at same time aromese aroma heel, worked a treat on my coloured hw cob hes prone to in winter had it really bad 2 years ago that bad had to be stabled to do initial treatment which was aweful for him and me,then i found...

me and my parents run a yard, we charge £15 per week for grass livery we check them daily, maintain fencing, we also do the water daily and they can use the arena whenever they want, we have a separte little area we call the coral between the field and the yard just between 2 gates but big enuf...

ive never tried iodine for it dont think i dare proberbly get my head kicked in with my cob he didnt like it hibiscrubing or touching really, I feed think mud to my traditional cob he has previously had mud fever rather bad about 2yrs ago to and this seems to have stopped him getting it i feed...

My cob has this problem during the summer it is an every 7day wash as it is that bad, i had the vet check there wasnt anything sinister and they just advised that its natural for some horses and to try and leave it as long as possible but when really bad clean it, he has white legs so is very...

My 5yr old mare is on box rest, shes never been stabled before and has now been confined to box for 2 weeks so far due to torn suspensory ligament in hind leg, it was aweful at first i could have cried she reacted very badly to it but to be honest we had caged her up after shes always been free...

I insure both mine for vet fees definately worth it, my old mare wasnt covered and it cost a fortune when she got sesmoiditus took 6month treatment before she was ok, so now i make a point of having it covered, so glad a have my 4yr old gelding had for 2 years only thing had to make a claim for...