Recent content by spike123

it worked wonders for my old boy with stifle arthritis. Kept him comfortable. I'd use it again. Apparently it's not allowed to be prescribed in the UK without good reason ie horse won't eat the equioxx paste.

we have a couple with a pair of large boisterous young gsd. Brother and sister. Owners intend to breed the bitch to another dog but have no intention of neutering the male. Good luck with that one. Same dogs have draqged the male owner across grass in their attempts to chase a small dog. Have...

her physio said to me recently we are literally getting to know horse anatomy so well with her and past horses life experiences of injuries. Its always been the best way to go slow and steady whatever the injury You hear so many go backwards as they've rehabbed far too quickly.,

My vets said it's a pretty rare injury and one that can take 6 to 12 mths upwards to mend. We've just started to walk her in hand now just 5 mins so far but I plan to increase it slowly 2 minutes every 4 days or so and see how we go with that. There's no rush for her to have to return to work as...

Does anyone have experience of injury to this? Horse not human of course. I have a mare who last year injured her check ligament and had restricted turnout and stemcell to heal the injury. She somehow managed to damage herself in the field. We think she got caught up in her fence because it was...

farriers m&s cream is great for softening and soothing. I use it on my mares mallenders.

just to add in something not mentioned could he actually be marking his territory as in the dogs are his and the other cats are being told they're out of bounds? Already been mentioned about cystitis and uti and feliway/zykelene type calming options. Another thing to note is does he have one...

my old boy went really well in that bit. He was originally in a 3 ring gag on the bottom ring but I swapped to a slotted kimblewick and then a micklem bridle and the hanging cheek for dressage and he loved it. He had scars through his tongue and I think the combination of the micklem and the...

this could have been written by me. My mare started on the new hay about a week ago and had been eating it but suddenly decided she doesn't like it. I tried mixing it with a different type and soaking it and even a little haylage but nope she would eat everything but. It turns out that this year...

what are your hopes for the future with this horse? If you can manage the issues and vet agrees he can physically do the job then yes go ahead but I seriously doubt there won't be issues in the future. I had a horse who had stifle issues. He got kicked and it literally obliterated the ligament...

they might have an informed opinion but it wouldn't be carried by insurers I doubt. Would need to be a vet to certify that a horse wasn't fit to work anymore.

No way is a physio able to be certain that a horse should be retired. Has this horse ever seen the vet. Is the riding school actually official? I personally wouldn't. As the owner of a horse I saw ridden and sound then got home for 3 weeks later to injure a check ligament and then sustain a...

this definitely describes mine too

I have a cocker. She's a rescue ex breeding bitch. She's the most loyal loving dog with me but isn't as keen on men. She is a very good easy to be around dog but can be aggressive around other dogs where food is concerned, I think from her past life. She's gentle, sweet, brilliant with kids...

I can't answer that but what a great question. My thoughts would be that most of the breeds have changed. I had a welsh who was a traditional old style of welsh D. Cob type. These days the D looks far more like the old c types. Arabs have even more dished faces than they ever had before. The...