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I suspect it is more to do with herd hierarchy and where they feel safest and I am not clever enough to be able to work that one out!! My 15.2 TB mare was inconsistently bossy with her little herd of 3 and I never quite worked out where she sat - all I know is she would trot like a demented...

Just butting in to ask you if you can get yourself to a pool somewhere? It makes a huge difference for the water to take a lot of the body's weight while you start to get everything going - gravity makes it hard on solid ground while you are hurting so much.

I think there is a seasonal element to this, too. This time of year anything with a likely food source tends to be yellow (except for my winter heathers which I planted especially for the early bees). Later in the year the things they love - delphiniums, aconites, lavender etc tend to be blue.

There was a time in our history of 9 GSDs when we were introducing a 6-week male pup to a household with a very matriarchal bitch. He was given the hard stare and put in his place for several days to the extent that he practically asked her permission to get out of his bed. Then one day she...

It is illegal to have dogs out of control in a public place - not sure how forestry tracks equate to this but if open to the public.......? I would certainly report to the local dog warden and get their view on this. We are all tempted to let things go as nothing serious happened but next...

I need 3 - TB, ID and then a combination of the two.

What a cutie! Are we having a competition for the name or has it been decided yet?? ;) ;) ;) ;)

Lovely afternoon in the garden yesterday - back to lashing wind and rain this morniing - from the East which is not so usual here. So sick of this winter now.

Can I strongly recommend a Reiki practitioner - a good one so do some research first. When you have tested for everything practical I don't think there is any shame in consideriing "other" reasons and I do believe "there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our...

Definitely on your person somehow - not in a saddle bag in case the horse takes off without you!!!

There was another at Fontwell yesterday, too. I would like some practical measures at least tried to see if it makes a difference. For a start a total whip ban - if you can ride you don't need a whip. Then jockeys not allowed to start flapping arms and legs to urge a horse on until after the...

Such happy news to cheer us all up.

Found one behind my garden wall clock a couple of years back - they can squeeze into the tiniest of spaces.

Does your farrier come to the yard at any other times other than to "do" your two? Just wondered if it were possible to have any "non-treatment" interractions - so farrier makes a big fuss of Fin, gives treats, walks away. Sometimes this works to scramble the connections in the brain which...

Missed the fact that you are already renting - bummer!!!