Recent content by TomH

Thank you all for your kind words of encouragement. I have shown this thread to my wife and it has definitely helped her. I will let you know how she gets on.

Wise words, thank you

My wife is having a lesson tomorrow on her horse, they are both happy hackers. She hasn't had a lesson for about 18 months and is really really nervous about it! I'm not sure what I can say to her to make her feel better. I know she will be fine, and the instructor is lovely, but she is...

Hope you can shed some light. My OTTB has been finding it more and more difficult to bend to the right. I also noticed the other day when I was lunging him that when on the right rein, his tracks from his hind feet are not lining with with his tracks from his front feet. In other words, he is...

Thank you, glad it's not just me. Anyone else have any other suggestions?

I am working with a lovely little mare at the moment that hasn't had the greatest start to her education. She is only 5, but has been broken in by someone who doesn't have a clue what they are doing, and has been far too busy with their hands for the horse to trust the contact. She has learnt...

They are notes about my horses which I would like access to

Would it seem a bit strange if I rang up and asked for my notes? I really don't want to tell them why I want them.

Highly unlikely that notes are made from a telephone conversation, or unlikely that I would be able to access my notes?

Thank you. Do I have the right to access my notes?

I was wondering if anyone knew if vets keep a record of telephone conversations? I phoned my vets back in May for some advice but the vet never came out as the issue resolved itself. Would they have a record of this?

Thanks I thought so. Have heard good things about the suber pads, can these be used under barefoot saddles?

I'm riding a clients horse at the moment who has a treeless saddle, it's a good make I think it's a barefoot. It has the proper pad to go with it and horse seems to like it. However, if I move my bum over slightly one way or the other I can ever so slightly feel the horses spine through the...

I stuck my cob on top spec lite balancer the other day, took him out on a hack today and he was like a completely different pony! ....Although I'm not complaining too much, it was actually quite fun! Has as anyone else had their horse go a bit loopy from this balancer? I also want to start...

For anyone who rides treeless, I wonder if you could take some time and answer some of my questions please? - Why did you change to treeless? - Which treeless saddle did you choose and why? - Did you get someone to fit it, or did you do it yourself? - Have you noticed a change in your...