Recent content by sparkeyhorse02

I have deep littered this year, I saved up and bought bales of duo bed in bulk. I have rubber matting down at the front so they have a deep littered bed and banks at the back and a thin layer brought forward. It's working Ok for my 3 boys but my mare is extremely wet so I'm basically mucking her...

I used to work at a landau yard and one of the horses landed heel first and it always sounded like he had loose shoes. The farrier said it was just his way of movement. I'm having a guess that due to her feet being neglected could her tendons have stretched due to over grown feet?

I use normal vegetable oil and can notice the difference, gives the coat a beautiful shine and my older one doesn't seem as stiff once he's had a couple of feeds with it in.

Whoops, don't think i was too clear, I only start lunging mine from 3.5 - 4 yrs old as that's when i start breaking them. By a young horse I personally mean 2 years old and younger :)

I passed my BHS Stage 2 earlier this year and it was the first exam I had to be assessed on my lunging skills! Eeek. So taking from what I learnt from that and my personal opinion I think lunging is fantastic for breaking a young horse in, it get's them used to the feel of tack, it's a good...

Just to throw my two-penneth in, I watched a show last year which was the Festival of Champions in Lancashire and there was a renowned welsh D stallion that was always placed overall supreme or at least reserve for the last 4 or 5 years and in the in hand welsh d class the judge actually pulled...

I have a creative father but not a very motivated one! I looked at this website http://homemadehorsejumps.weebly.com thought her ideas were really good...

I have heard my fair share of inappropriate unnecessary comments from judges to young children but I just wanted to mention at a show last year I watched the novelty class which was bonniest/prettiest pony. There were 4 in the class and the judge made every effort to tell each child why he...

They all look like they're on speed! I hate at the end how that guy drags it out of the line up when he's placed first. How would he like it if I tied rope round his little fat neck and yanked him forwards!! No need for all the build up and getting them tense. They do look stunning when they...

My peeve is 'leg in each corner'. Well. Really? My horses legs are all along one side. Haha this made me chuckle!!

Unfortunately I don't have access to grazing in winter so mine are in a lot longer than I'd like, I feed haylege (would prefer to feed hay but I have more than 4 and it works out cheaper) If he's only in at night you could mix his night hay net with some straw as this won't promote weight...

My welshy had awful front feet they were quite badly splayed and suffered major cracks and broke easily. I had him shod as he was really foot sore as well. I changed my farrier as wasn't happy, new farrier is a life saver he's really worked hard on doing what he can to improve his feet. I turn...

I have 4 in total and can only say it's because I'm extremely lucky to have an acre of my own land. I couldn't keep 4 on a livery yard. I do tell people though that i compromise by having lovely horses on my own land with the fact I live in a caravan and can't go clothes shopping as much as I...

I agree with this :)

I don't think there is any issue with adults riding ponies as long as it's within reason, it depends on height and weight. I am 5'10 and weigh 9 stone, I have a 13.2hh welsh C. Without seeing me on him I can tell by people's reactions they think I'm too big but I think he's a fantastic size and...