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    controversial Post people who can’t afford their horse

    I'm too afraid of doing a spreadsheet to list the bills we pay for our too horses. Before I even think of farrier bills @ £90 at time per horse every 6 weeks & feed, hay & bedding I pay out around £6000 per year for the stable & grazing & use of the arena. My wife & daughter went to a table top...
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    controversial Post people who can’t afford their horse

    My wife & I with one daughter have had horses for 25 years, we had ponies before horses so we've had horses around us for around 26 years. At one point we had 3 horses but sold one & he was a wonderful showjumper. So now we have 23 horses who are getting on in years. One is in his 26th year &...
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    Great outcome following Colic Surgery

    The surgery was extremely expensive but I'm almost 70 years old and I can't take money with me when I go so spend some. Our family really loves Wiggy so there's nothing better to spend some money on. He's like he's never been at death's door, he rides & moves like he always has. Worth every penny.
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    Great outcome following Colic Surgery

    Thank you for all our kind replies & I'm sorry & sad for those who didn't get the outcome they were hoping for.
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    Great outcome following Colic Surgery

    I think I posted when one of our horses had colic surgery in September last year. His name is Ludwig @ 'Wiggy'. He is now in his 26th year, we've had him for 21 years & a few years ago I got his medical history from the vet as we were changing insurers. In the years we'd had him he'd had a...
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    i need to hear good things about big horses, 17hh+

    You can see over walls, fences & hedges with ease.
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    soaking hay - vitamin loss

    I don't really soak hay, well not for any longer than 15 minutes. I soak/wet my hay nets to get rid of dust and most hay bales are very dusty so this reduces it going into their lungs. My boys are 22 years & 26 years, they're still ridden which they love & their is nothing wrong with their airways.
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    Cheapest bedding

    I buy chainsaw sawdust from a guy at £15 for a builders bag. I have 2 horses & I use roughly 2 builders bags per month. So £30 per month I think is real value. Who he is & where is his place is remains a secret. ;)👍
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    Horsebox cab advice please

    I don't own a horsebox any more, I was approaching 70yrs and my horses are semi retired so they don't compete at all now. The horse box I had was really great in my eyes. It was a 7.5 ton Tristar & built on a MAN 180 horse power. It had the power to climb hills well. It was actually stalled for...
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    Amount of exercise for a 5 year old.

    If the horse is for you & for the foreseeable future then take your time & be gentle. If you do this then your horse will build up stamina & perform well. There are many pro riders who compete on 4 years olds which I think is terrible yet British Show Jumping put on classes for them to compete...
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    Never Ending Fees

    I didn't say in my earlier post that we've had our old boy since he was 5, so we've had him over 20 years. I had him insured until he was about 19 yrs but then many companies wouldn't insure him or cover was so reduced that it was hardly worth having. His colic surgery was expensive & that's...
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    Anyone never fallen off?

    I must say I've never fallen off, there must be some luck there somewhere. I gave up riding a few years ago, I'm 70 years old now. I have however come of several motorcycles over the years & most of them really hurt me.
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    Never Ending Fees

    Around 6 months ago our 25 year old 16h1" retired showjumper got colic. we walked him around waiting for the vet. |vet came. gave him an injection & he seemed to pick up. Vet left but we needed her back as he deteriorated. We'd had a discussion a couple of years earlier regarding colic & decided...
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    17.2 Hanoverian is he too big to jump?

    I tried to post a link to the 17h2" that I mentioned earlier who's being jumped by a professional but it wouldn't let me. This forum wouldn't allow it.
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    Car stinks of dog.. help!

    Spill a bottle of milk in the back, it'll still stink but of something else :)
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