Recent content by Talladega

I only wear my rings out and to work. I caught one in a small branch when I was much younger and while there was no damage other than some bruising, it scared the crap out of me. The only jewelry I wear when riding is a chain around my neck that I know will break if it gets caught. I just had...

Oh no, not meant to be the answer. The US has states like North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, etc that have huge areas with very little population. The answer in the UK (and usually in the US) is euthanasia for the affected ones and preventing it's spread by requiring Coggins testing. My...

I am in the States and we have EIA, however it is under control. It has been isolated to a few states, some of which have ranches set up to take those horses that test positive whose owners want to pay the expense to keep them in permanent quarantine. We have laws requiring that horses...

Broken foot, broken finger, cracked ribs, cracked shin bone, and a couple mild concussions. Nothing really bad, but all hurt quite a bit at the time.

He is lovely! Ditto not wanting him to step on my feet though.

Since they are all appys, do they have any Impressive bloodlines in them? If so, HYPP might be a possible cause.

I could not get those to work, but I did get the ones that were submitted for the classes to work. On the homepage click on the picture of the horse for class one (or whatever) and it pulls up the class and the videos for each ride.

My TB had a nasty abscess last year that the farrier had to open up. Once there was no more pus/blood on the dressings, I left it off for a few days but avoided turnout for a couple more just to be safe.

Both of mine winter out, one naked and one with a light weight waterproof rug. Both seem very happy with the situation, I just make sure they get loads of hay if it gets really cold.