Recent content by unicornystar

there is nothing in the grass at the moment so he probably is very hungry or at least feeling hungry! I would handle him well away from any food, why allow a problem if it can be avoided. He sounds food possessive and no he shouldn't kick but sometimes hunger takes over lol That would be like...

That is SO TRUE!!! I have recently had to purchase a QuitKick as someone who is quite needy with four legs knows his kicking of the stable door can be heard!!!

Companion - need to check when you go out on main horse, if companion is happy to be alone, in which case, two minis works well!! Sourcing forage etc is an easy one, access to get it to somewhere dry without ripping up any fields is useful too. Physio, there is more than one....not an...

just back from this weekend and all I would say on hook up is get there as early as you can and ignore reserved places (rant rant!!!) if there are cones bloomin move them!! it's not on. There is usually someone hanging around with luck with a clipboard, you can park on hardstanding at front or...

me and a friend went last year, it was great fun!! We are there this year and due to medical reasons my friend has her own horse to jump and mine lol!! so it's my holiday!! only tips I can give are:- allow yourself plenty of time to warm up, settle your horse - the atmosphere there seems...

I havent had time to read all the posts but WHOOOA!! Mine tied up about 10 days ago, was put on box rest following emergency treatment. We are on day 12 today and he has moved back to old yard with sedalin to travel and still on box rest. He cannot go out until the weather warms up. 2nd...

I am so sorry to hear this, what a worrying time and totally feel for you. Is there anyway you can keep him out 24/7 nice and mobile and moving this will help his gut. The other thing is water from automatic feeders, we can never know how much they are drinking.....if you can switch to...

You may find grazing but I cannot think of ANY yards around this area that would have 10 spare boxes unless you rent an empty yard yourselves.....good luck in your quest, personally I would just look to rent yourselves a yard and some land and do your own thing.

My chap tied up badly last week, what made me mention this was the fact you mentioned she felt a little unbalanced when you rode her, this was the first sign of my boy, he jogged out of the yard like a lunatic and within half a minute felt so unbalanced, almost a bit lame....we had quite...

I'm in the "don't bother putting anything in" the hole camp. I used to use cotton wool socked in oil and rubber plugs but far too time consuming. Yes I get the odd stone in but farriers nail and few other useful tools means that it is never an issue to remove or break those pesky stones. For...

I would hold on for longer, my plan was for mine to all be out 24/7 this year, the weather ballsed that up, so still have three living out doing okish (large part of the field already on rest/other bit has been rested since summer), used another field over the really wet times but this is now on...

that's a good idea!!!! he is struggling with being warm as he's a toasty type anyway.......!!

Thanks all!!! Goldenstar, I have no desire to work him, in fact hibernating until early March sounds good for both of us tee hee!!!

It can be very sore yes. I tend to find my chap gets very fidgety and not as keen to assist on me picking his hooves when he has thrush. I have found the best product by far is the hoof spray that Red Horse Products do which is not as "caustic" as bleach and doesn't damage the good tissue.

It's his first time tying up and definitely a candidate for too much protein and going out after a few days in like a lunatic........I wanted to stretch his legs, he had other ideas but it was literally a couple of minutes into a joggy walk.... He's softening in his back end nicely, and calming...