Sorry I haven’t had a chance to read all the replies, but I think you‘re not alone in having this happen. You’re not a right idiot, you are brave and you went and chased your dreams - you just hit the small print that says you don’t always get the fairytale ending. So now you reassess - decide...
When I first had my mare after a few weeks she started to flip her nose up coming home out hacking. I was deeply concerned that I’d bought a head shaker.
It’s is possible that her bridle or saddle were bothering her - I swapped to a Henry James headpiece with the cutout poll and very soft fly...
He looks lovely. Keep doing what his previous owners have been doing with food and hack him as much as possible. Always give him a quiet day where you mostly walk after he’s worked hard though.
Other bit of advice for cobs is that it’s worth taking the time kindly correcting him if he’s pushy...
If you don’t like they yellow of battles I’ve been using Nettex Summer Fly Cream Deet on my mare’s teats and ears. I did a patch test before using it - including putting it on my own neck which is very sensitive So you’d want to do one on your boy as well.
An alternative to a chifney is what we used to call a stallion chain. Buy a flat link chain and thread it through the bottom rings of the head collar and attach the lead rope to it. You can also buy headcollars with a chain built in.
Also buy a copy of Perfect Manners by Kelly Marks and spend...
This reminds me of the time I put up a post entitled: problems getting off in a body protector 🤦.
Anyhow I tend to swing my legs over until I‘m resting my chest on the saddle and then push away slightly as I go down holding onto the breastplate so I don’t land on my bum.
I never got on with...
Am I going to be the only one who is going to criticise the other rider her. She came across a less experienced rider, that she clearly knew was less experienced, on her pony out on its own and just charged off ahead on hers without any consideration. Meeting another horse and then parting from...
It’s worth looking at different feeds and their ingredients. I just looked and baileys stud balancer is £10 a bag cheaper than their No 19 performance balancer with near identical ingredients, just no alfalfa bulkier in the stud balancer so it’s higher in protein. Feed rates pretty similar for a...
Absolutely worth it, but would advise you make sure they also train you as he will backslide otherwise.
I found that my opinionated mare that I had to kindly but firmly insist that she did everything she was asked to do. It is so easy to just let the little things slide, for example if you ask...
Very good source of extra complete protein (fibre diets are a little low in lysine and I think methionine amino acids). People did on occasion add egg to feeds but I’m not sure that was a great idea.
Linseed was always popular for protein and essential oils, together with yeast and seaweed for...
I know this has been asked before and I’ve read previous threads but am overwhelmed with choices for bedding.
Moving my lovely mare onto DIY and so have the choice of bedding I want. It’s 12x12 a earth floor stable - I’ve got half a dozen eva mats second hand but am thinking of just putting 3...