Recent content by vera.e

Hi. I sympathise with your issue. There could be a few reasons for this behaviour. Firstly, it could be the separation from the others. Maybe when leaving home and taking her on a hack, she just wants to be back where she knows there are others. It could be hunger and she doesn't want to leave...

Hi. Thank you for your response. I am getting a dentist out to see her on Friday. Her bit definatly isn't too small. Its the same size as her previous bit. I would have to ask her previous owner how she found riding her with the flat link. When we tried her out before we bought her, she was...

Hi. Thank you for your responses. I don't think she has ulcers as the vet has checked her and we have been monitoring her weight using a weight tape. From this I can tell that she isn't losing any weight, if anything she might be gaining, indicating that its unlikely she has ulcers. I am getting...

I've had my horse for three months now. She is a 10 year old ex racer although she hasn't races in 7 years. When we first got her, she was fine with taking the bit but soon later she has become a nightmare with taking it. She will stick her head right up (which is difficult as I'm not very tall...

It would be difficult taking her down in a bridle or a headcollar with her bit as she is a nightmare to take the bit. This would be increasingly difficult in the dark! But thank you for your suggestions. She has company. There are some other ponies in the bottom paddock and a llama in hers. She...

About three months ago, I bought my first horse for me and my two daughters, all of us experienced riders. At first she was well behaved and settled in nicely but after about a month, she developed a nasty habit of bucking, rearing and running off down the field when we brought her in. Her field...