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Fingers crossed he improves. Do you have black walnut in your area could he have eaten or been exposed to that?,

Sorry to hear this Michen. Do they know what the cause of the problem is? BTW you are a fantastic horse owner ignore the comments about your work situation. It is an expensive hobby and many may find themselves in situations where they are having to work away from home or not be able to be...

I love connies but ended up with new forests due to the price difference. However new forests are not so much the poor man's connemara any more the prices for those have gone up a lot since I got Homey in 2002. I had to pay what I considered a small fortune for Bertie. I was expecting to get a...

I have a saddle fitter coming to see my 13.2 NF on Thursday and I am looking at Ideal GP for him second hand. They do not have adjustable trees nor changeable gullets so they can only be adjustable using flocking.

What are you using to treat the liver issue. Bert's has been on Hepalyte prescribed by the vet. A natural product and it has got his liver enzymes from 147 to almost back to normal within 6 weeks. His behaviour is transformed I think when they have a liver problem it can make them feel quite...

Not wanting to trot under saddle and extreme napping and side bitting. Scoped clear for ulcers. Blood tests and raised liver enzymes. Treatment was Hepalyte for two months plus very gentle ground work exercise. Liver enzymes back to normal and no longer napping or side bitting under saddle.

What about Cushings is that something that could happen and the medication would be covered for at least a year?

I don't think it is a good time of year for selling children's ponies as most people look for them before the school holidays to allow enough time for them to settle in before pony club camp or the summer holidays start and will have found them by now. Sounds like a great pony though. Have you...

Bert doesn't have ulcers he scoped clear and turned out his problem was liver disease. However I had got him Blue Chip Ulcer Cool balancer as it sounded quite good when I thought he might have them. He is not having the balancer at the moment as he is on Hepalyte for his liver and as he...

He started off with bucking under the saddle into canter. Then he was getting more and more nappy refusing to go forward under saddle. On the lunge he was ok but then starting bucking in canter and then he became difficult on the lunge coming into the middle backing up. He reared once. He became...

I would suggest if he is sound blood test him. I was having an issue with my pony and it turned out it was his liver causing his behaviour. It presented very similar to ulcers. He scoped clear for ulcers and blood tested him and his liver enzymes were raised 147 should be 49 or less. We have...

Yes I am in that area Berks/South Bucks.

I am looking at second hand saddles. I was lucky with Homey he had his adjustable saddle company for 15 years and was quite content with it. Had it checked every 6 months. Never had any issues with his back. So I got one made to measure for Bert as Homey's 16.5 was too long for Bert. I did use...

Bertie 13.2 NF is the only good doer in a field of 16.2 plus veterans. However they don't live out and don't put out hay. He wears his flexible filly grazing muzzle. It is not ideal but being a small adult on a native and most full livery yards being adults with big horses is it hard to find...

Interesting @Peregrine Falcon pony was also a New Forest too.