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My daughter feeds her cats using an automatic feeder, and one of the unforeseen advantages is that the cats do not see the human as a source of food, so you don't get the pestering and well rehearsed pity-me eyes from a cat that would like a bit more food, or different food to the one on offer...

I have found that there are as many different ways to manage and work with horses as there are to parenting. Some are obviously wrong, but many are just different. As you get older, you work out what works for you and ignore the rest. I love this cartoon! Personally, I am the one on the right ;-)

Done. A well designed questionnaire and thought provoking.

A good update! If you don't already, I would keep a diary. It helps to write things down for the record of events, it also helps you get things into perspective and see how far you have come!

Lovely update! I am always happy to see an update on this thread. Atlas looks fantastic! Very smart little horse. I bet you can't wait to get cracking now. And wow, Pepper and that adorable puppy and magnificent countryside. All looking amazing.

As someone who has her own ponies kept DIY and rides daily, and who has 3 daughters (now aged 22, 24 & 26) who all had riding lessons when young and could have ridden if they wanted to, I have found out that does not a horsey family make! Not one of them have the "pony mad" gene, not one :(...

The very first post!

I am a pony patter and a happy hacker! Probably can't get much worse than that

Thank you all for responding. New Year got in the way! All good points.

As per title. I have a pony that has had a slight cough for a few months. Field-kept so minimum hay, a haynet to nibble on when brought in for handling and riding and he isn't a greedy pony and will very often just eat for 5 minutes then stop, or a slice of hay put out on the ground in the field...

I bought a cyclist poncho from Decathlon about a decade ago for about £10 and it just pops over whatever I am wearing and works a treat.

Sweet itch or known lami will be a definite no from me because of the way I like to manage mine and neither of these two issues fit in with a field-kept pony with limited access to stabling.

Rub a mix of butter and sugar into your hands! Works a treat. Best not to do it while you are baking :rolleyes: Cooks always used to have the softest hands

Lovely positive post. happy Christmas to you too 🎄🎄🎄

When I kept the ponies on a sheep farm I think I had the perfect set up. A warmup "ride" across a couple of fields to get where I was going to school, perhaps 15 minutes of schooling, then a fitness hack by walk/trot/canter up a long and not insignificant hill, followed by the "cooling down"...