Congratulations on the purchase of your new addition, really nice looking boy
Not sure whether i'd change his name, the ones you have suggested are nice but i think i'm with Bobbly i wouldn't be able to stop myself from calling him Soup instead of Baxter lol
The difference in pricing on pellets comes down to whether you are purchasing the bedding product or the burning product. The equine bedding is subject to 20% VAT whereas the Fuel/Burning pellets are only subject to 5% VAT, i some somewhere recently that someone had contacted a company selling...
I need a new direction in my life, something challenging but rewarding.
I currently work in an office as a supervisor to a team of engineers and whilst Im good at what I do its totally draining me and I feel no reward/gain, and by that I mean I dont feel like Im doing something worthwhile...
There is a yard local to me that offer the following:
Mon-Fri, Feed AM (haynet if req), Turn out AM, Bring in PM (includes rug changes if req) - If for some reason horses can't go out they will give haynets, skip out and top up waters - £195 per month (stable/grazing & above assistance)
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Personally i would be looking for someone to come to the yard daily to cover the requirements
There are plenty of freelance grooms out there offering this type of service
This might be helpful:
http://www.britishgrooms.org.uk/Freelance-Grooms
You sound like you have a good plan in place with the above
If any pain issues have been ruled out then i think i would go back to the beginning and try a complete restart.
I would think about his actual acceptance of tack, you'd be suprised the amount of young horses who actually haven't truly...
I believe Kelly Marks and Rosie i think it was one of the RA's taught a horse to stop when the rider fell.
They did a session with the horse at a demonstration some years ago, i remember thinking that could be useful.
I've held on once to my mare and that was the first time i fell off her, i...