Recent content by superted1989

How fabulous for both you and Ned

So sorry for your loss. I've recently lost my 20 year old cob very suddenly. Fine one day, was shod and went for a leisurely hack. Brought in for the night, totally fine at 10.30pm. By 5.30am the following morning, his back end was almost paralysed, if he tried to move, he fell. He had...

Plenty of people want to work with horses but can't afford to! It's tough, demanding work and, after 8 or 9 hours a day, you end up having no time or energy for your own horse. There are jobs out there paying minimum wage, fixed hours and non-demanding giving people time to enjoy horses as a...

In an ideal world, that's the age I would buy as I like veteran showing! In the real world, my budget is currently only stretching to 2 year old colts

In the past, I have always preferred the bullet from our knackerman (who was fabulous) as I witnessed a horrific lethal injection failure, many, many years ago. However, when Markie had to go suddenly a few weeks ago, I chose the injection as our knackerman has retired, I don't know the 'new'...

Very sorry for your loss

Everybody deals with grief differently. I lost my big lad yesterday, totally unplanned and I am completely devastated. At the moment I am randomly bursting into tears but my overwhelming emotion is pure anger, bizarre. When I lost Ted, 2 years ago, it was planned and I did a lot of grieving...

Thank you for your kind words. He had damaged something in his neck and was showing signs of neurological damage (in the simplest of terms, a broken neck :(). He didn't respond to the treatment as it was expected and I'm a firm believer in quality of life over quantity. I'm going to miss the...

My lovely, big lad was PTS this morning. Last Monday evening, he went into his stable fit as a butcher's dog, on Tuesday morning his back end was crippled, severe ataxia. Vet initially though some form of neck fracture, but still did the barrage of blood tests to rule everything else out...

Thank you Just after posting, my friend found the result, we'd been looking in the wrong place! Shame she wasn't top ten, stunning cob and a really pleasant and helpful lady :)

We took a Shetland to Newbury show with YO and came across the most stunning traditional. He had a spectacular mane and tail and just oozed WOW! We'd really love to show Markie on the mainland next year, so, toodled over to see if the lady getting him ready would pass on any tips. Even though...

I have picked option 2. Been in the situation where my old Ted wasn't enjoying 'work' so he retired and became a large, pampered pet (he loved it!). He told me when the time was right for him to go. Markie is 20, he will also retire when the time's right. I can't afford more than 1 horse at...

I have this saddle; http://www.silhouette-saddles.co.uk/GP.html Mine is a HW traditional, saddle fits him perfectly and makes him feel much less 'wide'!

If it's any consolation, my cob gets the vapours whenever there's a 'flush' in the grass. Things that he has to walk past, several times a day, hide cob eating monsters that either make him dash forwards at a rate of knots (usually straight through me), or, he plants, then does a perfect...

Sometimes, companies do advertise things they haven't got in stock, or, items with an incorrect price in error. Their checkouts should stop you being able to complete the transaction though. Not long ago, my brother ordered a bathroom suite from a huge online company, the price was amazing...