Recent content by tanyaporter

Reading some of the horror stories that go with haynets is enough to put anyone off using them. know I'm starting to think twice. The ones that mess it up in there bed do so not because they have too much but because they paw at the hay as they eat it. We also feed using the big round bales of...

I find E45 cream very very good and not as white and sticky as sudocrem. You can get it from and chemist or supermarket. Wash her legs with diluted hibiscrub and rinse thoroughly. Dry with a towel and apply the cream rubbing it into the hair to get to the skin. Repeat daily when you bring her in...

I have the rule on my yard too that no horse is to be left alone in the field if in a group unless the owner states that it is ok to be left. If the horse is out on single turn out then it's a different story. I always make a point that having it out on single turn out means it will be on its...

Most of the horses I look after have haynets and most are soaked, One has a net and on the floor. A couple of them just trample it all over the bed and leave it if it's not in a net and it can get very expensive.

I would say a tension thing too. Does he do it all the time? Or just when he gets excited ie at a show or when jumping etc? If it is all the time then maybe he's trying to tell you something is not right. Try a process of elimination. ie, lunge him in just a bridle, (does he do it then), then...

We leave ours off of a minimum of 14 days too after it's been fertilised .

Same here. April/May depending on the weather and how wet it is.

How has having your own yard worked for you? -Tecnically it's not my own yard but when we took it on, my boss left me to run it with his backing. Do you enjoy it and make any profit? -I'm loving every minute of it but no profit as of yet. what type of livery/services do you have? -We...

May be a little out the way. I'm near Guildford. http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/templecourtlivery/index.html