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We had a lovely weekend, the relief I felt at just everything being dry and somehow so much easier was palpable. Back to howling wind and piddling rain this morning!

I’ve been debating one for my older boy as he has melanomas in his sheath which seem to attract the flies - we had a couple of bouts of fly strike last year which was really, really upsetting. Hoping for a better year this year but I’d try one if it could help him.

It’s raining again here 😭 went for a run and got totally drenched!

I’m so sorry, thinking of you x

Mine’s in overnight aged 24 and has hock arthritis. He’s much happier that way, has a really big stable that he can walk about in and an enormous straw bed and always lies flat out for a snooze. He stays in this routine all year - I tried overnight turnout during the summer and he hated it! So I...

We had a beautiful day here until late afternoon and then it hasn’t stopped raining since 😭 the road is already flooded again.

You have my sympathies - my 24 year old was put back 3 times in one day last week before we all gave up!!

The sun is out here today and I schooled without a coat this morning! It may only be for a day but it definitely lifted my spirits (less said about the quality of the schooling session the better though, bloody spring grass 🤣)

Oh this is so me (and I have two geldings!) my heart belongs to the grumpy git who is in no way cuddly. I was very suspicious of the one who licked me the first day he arrived 🤣

I’ll join in - totally and utterly fed up. Boys are plastered in mud, standing water everywhere, have barely ridden as it’s always raining and/or blowing a gale 😭 to top it off, one of mine has just pratted around, skidded in the bloody mud and pulled a shoe off. By my reckoning we’ve had nearly...

I solved this by buying a Shetland….😉

I have two - one is as bold as brass, always has been. Couldn’t give a fig about solo hacking etc. However he has crippling separation anxiety so can never be turned out alone, and is also terrified of the sound of beaters when the shoot is happening. The other is a great soft lump who prefers...

I am so sorry, I loved hearing about your exploits and how he grew older but never wiser! My thoughts are with you x

The guardian masks are really spendy (I have to grit my teeth when I buy a replacement) but they have genuinely made a difference. I also second the eye removal point - I know it’s a horrible thought but I have seen this done for chronic cases that cant be got under control and it seems to be...

Mine has equine recurrent uveitis. Are you using a guardian mask or similar? That’s made the world of difference for my horse, have only had one or two flares in 6+ years. Others on our yard have it too (one rides in an evisor, I’ve always got away with just turn out in the guardian mask). Helps...