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How old is the horse. What work would you ideally like him to be doing? Unless he is a competition horse maybe a really good physio or ask the vet to medicate the back and see if it helps before spening a fortune or giving up?

You have just had a major spooky ride on an ID so want another? I breed warm bloods for show jumping but every single one is ridden out by the young girls working on the yard some of whom are not that experineced. We have found the warmbloods much easier to handle. break, ride and everything...

I would not rule out a warm blood - (basically an ID x IS a warmblood!). Having bred ID x for years and then switched to continental warmbloods I never want another horse with one single drop of ID blood in it!! The last horse I bought for myself was (and is) a cob x warmblood and at the age...

I buy hay/straw from my neighbour - an arable farmer. It s short now because all the cattle etc ar still in their barns. He is also worried about this year's straw - the crops are not yet sown so will not have so long to grow. Everyone, pray for a warm and sunny spring, plenty of showers to keep...

I employ staff - they are paid PAYE and are on a Pension Scheme and have paid holidays. They are covered by my Employers Liability insurance. I also employ Freelance Staff - they invoice me monthly for the hours they work. They do not get paidholidays/pension etc. That is down to them to fill...

I am afraid I am down south so I have no knowledge of good rehab yards in the NE. I would ask the treating vet for reccomendations.

What breed is your yearling? With spring grass coming through fast does it need anything extra? I have bred sport horses for many years and they live on grass and hay/haylage.

Wherabouts is the horse - maybe will help choose a sitable yard. Defo ask treating vet for recommendations.

If you are in a position to do so I would remove him to a specialist rehab yard with all the facilities to give him the best chance of a full recovery. Then continue to 'discuss' liabilities with yard.

I advertise for staff on Facebook. Replies are always on messenger - noone will actually ring and/or send CV. Fix an interview and they may/may not turn up. BUT they are so stupid they do not realise and apply again. It is lovely to say that as you failed to turn up for the last appointment I...

Even my great dane left foot marks!!

Flowerofthefen, that is why catembi & I do not turn out - at least we do not have to wait to dry deep mud out and then harrow & roll in the 15 minute window of it being dry enough and not too dry!

Walked across two of my turnout fields on Friday. They have not had a horse on them since October and from a distance look like lovely green frassy fields. However, in reality they are paddy fields and if anything was turned out they would be mud heaps. A dry week and they will be perfect so we...

Problem then is if you say 12 months +/- 7 days someone will miss by 8 days and say well it is only one day over the limit so that should be OK too?

Get vet in to sedate horse. Then over time practice getting feet picked up and into the position that the farrier will require. Hopefully over several trims it will be possible to gradually give less and less sedation. Remember it is not your farrier's job to train your horse and nor should you...