Recent content by wingedhorse99

Think it depends. I'd check all other signs - weight / coat / respiration / temperature / behaviour / appetitite / amount dunging / weeing / drinking. I'd look for signs of pain / tightness / saddle problem. It could be grass losing goodness / coat change / mild virus / mild discomfort...

My phone has a text message sound, that sounds just like a duck quacking. You could try playing it? I mistake it for the real ducks at the yard! My horse is fine with geese / ducks / hens etc. But the nesting, cheeping moorhens (which are tiny) are TERRIFYING and involve 1/3 of school being too...

Ooh thanks. Hope it's lovely.

Do you mean she is preventing you riding on your days? My horses DO work more than once some days. Though never school twice in same day. I often ride before 9am and my sharers ride afternoons. Or I have a morning lesson weekends, and we then hack both horses in afternoon. If horses are...

Depends what over. I've two horses and two sharers. Something's are no nos and is my rules. Others I'm not fussed about.

I think four hours minimum but I'd like to see horses exercised at both ends of day, and doing long weekend hacks / clinics. We are on wet clay and do turnout all winter (all day if want) but comes a point if v wet when don't want to be out. I'm just moving onto summer grazing now, to...

It's not always that simple. I've an 18 year old 17hh horse with history weak SI, he's still in full work but not really competing but for fun. He needs a lot of gymnastic work, bodywork, careful management. He must hack as well as school as history soft tissue damage. He's hard work and costly...

not true. I've clarified this with both home and car insurance re lifts.

Sometimes they do, though at 17 he'll be fairly set in his ways. Is this behaviour his normal, or specific to this current yard. I have a frustrating stress horse, and over the years, I have understood him better, and it is visible less and less. He is a pair bond with my other, but I have...

Ouch, when I was a yard that charged for lights, it was a £1 an hour. Which still hurt, as it winter I had two horses, and rode under lights 5-10 times a week. When I changed jobs, I was able to cut out the riding under lights to practically nil. Its not so bad if various liveries share the...

Most muzzles reduce intake by up to 70% I think green guard say approx 40% reduction Shires bucket small hole style closer to 70% Dinky and Easy breather more like 50% I'd guess Does depend on length grass too .

I am no longer near there. But this was set up about the time I left the area. But I did buy a massive amount of old electric tape there second hand, when they put in post and rail there. It looks like a truly lovely set up and place. And were very friendly. The fencing lasted me years, and I...

My horses are wearing an dinky muzzle and an easy breath muzzle. Both seem to have pretty large holes, and with long ish grass I think my horses are still getting to eat a reasonable amount, but are slowed down. I've got big warmbloods, and no history of issues, and moderate slowing down is...

Do you school her away from home e.g. hiring venues not on show days to get her used to working at strange places? Maybe get your instructor to initially ride her away from home as well.

I'd post same question on the various FB groups, eg. surrey livery, and surrey horse and pony. Do you need hacking?