Recent content by soloequestrian

Thanks, those are nice ideas!

I'd like to get my friend a coaching related gift - she has just passed a fairly high level coaching/riding qualification and I want to say congratulations. It would be nice to give her something that will last a long time but is also useful. While she was training I got her a few things like...

So is it literally a silk scarf, a square one, rather than a tube of some kind? Does she use a band or something to keep it tight?

I often just wash my fringe rather than all my hair - very quick to dry and straighten and (hopefully) makes the rest of it look like a deliberate choice... I also use a hat with a removable washable liner and before that used a buff over my hair so the inside of the hat didn't get manky. I...

No, I don't charge any extra, clearly a bit of a soft touch! Useful to know!

Thanks, that helps, I was wondering if I was just being a bit pathetic about it. I know what to do, just don't have the experience to know if I'm getting it right or not!

I have day to day care of two horses other than my own. The care offered is 'full grass livery' i.e. they are out 24/7, come in once for a feed and check over, looked over at least one other time. One of the horses has EMS which I wasn't aware of when he arrived. He has needed to be in a tiny...

Locking patella? Is he young/ poorly muscled? In theory it would get better as he gets stronger.

I think this was touched upon earlier on which brought it to my mind but I haven't reread the whole thread so forgive me if this is a repetition. I was thinking about the idea of training horses to look away before they get a treat. I haven't done that and my mare isn't pushy about treats. I...

I'm interested to know why people want both left and right access? My horse knows a treat is coming after the click and doesn't really mind if it takes a small amount of faff to get said treat out.

Durable looks nice, thanks, but I often use a net that I clip to the feeder - I don't have any way of fitting a net over a bale so can't use those great big ones! The net is held on by bungees that weave through the bars of the feeder so it sinks as they eat the haylage so I need a feeder with...

Did any more information appear about the horse that was euthanased after the collecting ring incident? I'm baffled about what could have happened and wonder if there are lessons to be learned or if it was some totally freak occurrence, for instance it slipped and damaged something vital?

It might help to think of everything going down to the foot - the foot will wear to best support whatever is happening above it. It might be that there is something about the horse's way of going that could be altered by gymnastic exercises or physio or it may be that the horse has less than...

They've never moved the sheep ring but that is one of the things I wonder about the balemate - it's very light. Although for a horse perhaps there is negligible difference between the two - I think they could move the sheep ring if they tried! I don't like the design of the haybells - that they...

Thanks - do you know what features they particularly like?