Recent content by Suechoccy

Be wary of traffic cones - I was on holiday last year when I got a call "Your horse is wearing a traffic cone on his leg". He'd done a sliding stop and slid his hoof into the open end of an old traffic cone in the field and his foot slid down and then made a hole through the side of the cone. I...

well done you for getting through that and coming-out the other side with drive and determination to get back on track. xxx

Ifor Williams 505 replacement panels can be bought from Ifor Williams trailer dealers, either for you to fit yourself (if you are competent to dismantle the insides of the trailer, the bolts, and fiddle it in and out. (It's not as straightforward as it looks like it ought to be). My OH and I...

Have you read Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll? Alice drinks a potion called DrinkMe and it shrinks her down so she can squeeze through a door just high enough for a mouse. Later on she eats a cake called EatMe which makes me grow back to full height again. I've often thought it would be...

When I had a Shetland, I used to ride my 16hh gelding and lead the Shetland. Both were piebald. Mother to child "Aww look at the big horse with his baby."

walking everywhere at the moment and mainly on roads and tracks because the "grassy" ground has deep cracks and craters in it and dried out ruts from the lack of rain. Mine is barefoot. I sometimes boot him. Depends on his hoof growth and recency of trim.

I use Hoof Boutique. Send them photos and measurements (their website tells you what photos are needed) and details about your horse and what activities you do. They can hire boots for you to try, they can supply fitting kits so that you can try out a range of different sizes, and they...

Barnwell Trailers at Oundle. (They are an Ifor Williams dealer. Any Ifor Williams trailer dealer should be able to source the panels). Here's a tip. When bottom rotted out on rear left corner of a side panel, OH and I spent hours and hours working out how to dismantle the trailer to get the...

Summer Olympic challenge in drought years only: How quickly can you put 15 x 25 litre empty water containers into a box trailer, hitch to your car, fill containers with the hose at home, then drive 1.5 miles to the horse's field (no mains water there but a variety of waterbutts which are...

Yes I would, no doubts whatsoever. A tall hedge and good stout fencing will give you privacy, and while the hedge is growing your horses have fantastic amusement in their "television" next door in watching the campers too so they'll be used to cars, children, flappy blowing tents, footballs...

Happy birthday Harley. He looks amazing. Credit to your care and love and his good genes! And that you've had him for 24 years, that's lovely. I have one who will be 29 in September whom I've had for 22 years.

1st AZ jab 10am, by 7pm I suddenly felt exhausted, went to bed, cold shiver tremors and horrendous joint pains all night till 5am. Next day temperature and joints fine but felt wiped-out, fine by evening and since. 2nd AZ jab 10am, no reaction that day but following day was noticeably irritable...

The good owners check the horses twice a today, regularly move the tether pegs to new areas so their horse has new grass and fresh water is provided (sometimes the owners arrive with water twice a day and the horse drinks its fill and the owner then takes the bucket home to prevent the bucket...

If you're on facebook, try a few of the local area horse groups - Epping Forest Riders Association is a good one to join and then you can advertise yourself as a potential sharer and see what offers you might get.

If you're living in Isle of Dogs, I'd look at keeping your car or an electric bike and making most of getting yourself a part-time share at one of the yards in Epping Forest. Riding in the forest is lovely. There's several yards, some on the Sewardstone Road (Enfield side), some Loughton way...