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I mentioned up thread about a horse who was hit by a car. Sorry to be graphic but that horse ran a fair distance with one of its legs partially severed. I would imagine adrenaline played a part in that and the same could be true for GD. I do remember Devon Loch, in fact seeing the photos of GD...

I expect many of us will know stories about horses running on when they are catastrophically injured. I've got one, about a horse that was hit by a car. The difference between the one in my story, and what happened yesterday, is that the one in my story was not whipped to go faster, to win...

I had a pony who could be very difficult with needles, more so when the person with the needle was also anxious about it. He met his end in an emergency (it was colic). It was a vet he didn't know, so I would have expected trouble but he was so unwell I don't think he even registered her...

I only use fb on an old desktop computer and I can cut out a lot of the rubbish by going to the menu and clicking on 'Feeds'. Then it will show me things I have chosen to be interested in. The occasional ad still creeps in, but it's not as bad as the main feed.

This bit was meant to be a quote too, not sure what I did there: Uh, yeah, that seems to be a thing. One of the kids at my yard (she's like 11ish) was very carefully setting up her phone to take a video of her galloping her pony around the arena, screaming like a banshee, pretending the (saint...

Last time I went on holiday I did a 2 hour ride and I hadn't ridden for years. So afterwards I went for a long walk, and I was all right the next day. I think if I'd sat down all afternoon I'd have been unable to move the next day. But keeping moving helped my abused legs to recover!

I remember the Magic Porridge Pot 😄 I have a wash bag, a big one I got on ebay. Mostly I use it to wash the liners from the guinea pigs' house but it's been used for horse stuff too. It's quite good at keeping hair & hay from being loose in the machine.

I used a similar sounding shampoo to the one described by Highmileagecob, the one I had was called Seleen. It's a small bottle but you dilute it down and it makes enough to treat the legs several times. My pony was also difficult but once he'd had time to think about it he realised how soothing...

There is a pony here who absolutely prefers not to be headcollared. He will have it on his head when necessary but he'd rather not thank you very much. I have been caring for him for 15+ years and he has been quite obvious about his likes & dislikes. For instance, at one time he wore a grazing...

It was colic that my pony had. He was wild with pain, could not stand still. He was either running round the yard or thrashing about on the floor. It wasn't our regular vet who attended, it was someone who hadn't seen him colic before, so she didn't know how much worse this was to his usual...

I used to do a lot of riding on a beach and we were very careful about where we did any fast work. The sand had to be hard packed, if we strayed into a soft patch we'd slow down right away to avoid any wrenched legs. Now I am hacking out on the moor we have been a bit constrained by how...

When the old pony here colicked 18 months ago the vet said the exact same thing to me, that he was not a candidate for surgery so if the drugs didn't work it would be the end for him. Fortunately he too recovered and is still here now.

Our regular vet is not one to shy away from saying we have reached the end. I value this very much as I would much rather have the brutal truth than false hopes.

This is true but it is also true that they will be training us too. I have a pony here who has taught me how he'd like things to be. He's been here 15+ years now and has got me very well trained 😄

I'd guess it's Torrington also, if it's in Devon. If it's Cornwall, well by reputation it could be any one of them.