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    Saddle conundrum - 16.5 inch HM Flexee or Ghost Piccolo??

    There is a Ghost Piccolo for not much more than that on Vinted which does at least offer some degree of buyer protection
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    Saddle conundrum - 16.5 inch HM Flexee or Ghost Piccolo??

    I only buy off Facebook if I know the person, I know that one of my friends definitely knows the person or I can go and pick it up myself. It¡s full of scammers!
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    World Horse Welfare request

    Our local has numerous available as companions only but none that could/ are ridden. I have a friend that has a horse from them and happily rides it (and he does the job of gentle happy hacker very easily) but they were horrified when they found at as was rehomed as a companion and they...
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    Horses wintering out

    She’s in good condition, she's acclimatized to it, she has forage and shelter….. she will be absolutely fine.
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    Uveitis/good doer 24/7 turnout

    I have a filly with uveitis who lives out. To be fair, we have removed the affected eye, but I am careful to manage her as if the other eye was affected too. She has her UV mask on during the day but I would not be comfortable leaving it on 24/7, especially with mud sticking to the mesh...
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    Poorly pony suggestions

    I also didn’t have a happy outcome from a similar sudden onset of those symptoms. For mine it was most likely a tumor somewhere, but we didn’t run further diagnostics. I gave the the best grass I had, tried to get her to eat anything she thought was worth eating but unfortunately she...
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    New horse cribbing

    Was he treated for ulcers before? Because I would be very suspicious of him having them and would want him scoped at least
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    They’re home!

    The foals were not ‘excited’, they were stressed. And everything will be fine, until it’s not fine. My OH (an equine vet) put down a foal last week who had flipped itself over a fence whilst its mother was taken out. You don’t want to know the details of what it had done, but it happened in a...
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    Selling a 3 year old - best to sell backed or not started at all?

    In that case, advertise her in the Spring and if she finds a home, great. If not, get her backed and try again.
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    Selling a 3 year old - best to sell backed or not started at all?

    You will get a split of opinions on here. Base line is, she's worth more if she can be viewed under saddle
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    They’re home!

    As above, please don’t take unweaned mares away from their foals.
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    Anyone have a 'life hack' for this issue?

    Have you tried a manger bucket hung on one of the open doors so his head is in a more neutral position when he eats?
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    Vet requesting payment in advance?!

    It’s also just the reality of being able to provide a mobile OOH service without running at a loss
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    BE new 60cm class.

    There is no dressage phase, it is arena eventing. And you don’t have to be a BE member unless you want to go to the championships
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    Can you layer up with 2 rug liners under turnout?

    No, I don’t think it would work with the logistics of how they attach
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