Recent content by Sophstar

Well that sucks as I've already paid £1200 of treatment for my clydie's breathing (not insured) and he got prescribed the EquiHaler to see if it made any difference. It's easy to use but by day 5, he was hacked off at it and it became a precarious struggle not to spray it and see £ signs...

My clydesdale this year appears to be suffering with sweet itch for the first time ever as we have moved to a yard near to a lake so the flies are worse than normal. I've ordered a full fly rug for him but his mane is very rapidly disintegrating in chunks from brutal scratching on the trees...

I'm on a DIY yard where the owner is now in a care home so we are very much DIY! Mine is out in a herd of 6 currently on 12 acres and it's a do what suits your horse management. There's only a couple that are now coming in regularly overnight and when my shift suits, mine will stand in for a few...

Just curious really... My situation is the end of a long term relationship. Just having the normal routine of seeing the horse twice a day has kept me sane but I ultimately switch off from current life dramas and actually enjoy my time when I'm with my clydie. Made even more exciting by the...

I have decent off road hacking from my yard however you have to spend about 20 mins on the road to get there. My clydie is only 3 but I have been walking him out on the road from 2 yrs old and letting him get used to the sights and sounds of a busy road. If something is scary he's allowed to go...

Took out a 0% interest credit card that only had to have the minimum paid back for 24 months. The money that i would paid back each month normally, i saved and bought my clydie. Credit card is now being paid back chunk by chunk!

My clydie was naked all winter even in -9 and came out of winter looking a tad skinny because he kept having the occasional growth spurt . The grass is so good on our grazing he has filled out to a good weight in the spring flush whereas nearly every other horse in the field is overweight...

I've just done my clydie for lice. Test patch of deosect then doused him in it all over. The lice were all dead within a day or two and I'll redo him again next week to make sure we get rid of any new eggs. I also soaked all his brushes and sprayed down the areas of his stable where he had had a...

Having inspected my clydie like a monkey, I've come to realise he has lice. He has been itchy but is malting his yak like coat so I put it down to that. He's been naked most of the winter so had a very thick coat. He isn't infested with them as I can't see that many when i've checked him, with...

My youngster is living out 24/7 and the remaining members of the herd stay in their stable either through the day or overnight. Each to their own, i intend him staying out all winter unless he drops weight that I can't rectify with feeding. I've been introducing his stable to him by putting his...

I've only had my youngster a week so creating fond memories daily! Yesterday he was turned out with the herd for the first time (which apparently was super exciting) but he made me smile when he came to call for an evening check and looked ridiculously pleased to see me. My cob would be doing...

Most of the time, I leave my horses to eat bucket feed in peace (there's nothing more annoying than someone faffing whilst you're trying to enjoy dinner right!!?) HOWEVER bad manners around food are a pet hate of mine and they are taught from the get go they get food when I say so. My youngster...

I've just purchased a 2 1/2 year old Clydesdale and I plan to keep him living out 24/7 over winter. He looks like a typical gangly youngster, not skinny but can comfortably feel ribs. The herd get an extra 9 acres of grazing between January and March that's been rested all year on top of their...

I had had horses and worked with them way before I met my partner and I made it very clear they came first! His hobbies are indoors (gaming) and I would never say 'you can't do this or that'. I have just bought another horse after losing my last one nearly two years ago and I think he was as...

I've literally just had a new horse delivered today and I'm due to start my training in a couple of weeks so it will have to be do able! Mines only 2 so there won't be the necessity of riding yet, just lots of handling and basics and over winter and dark nights even less. I'm on a DIY yard and...