stacie21
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deal with the winter weather like water buckets, there feet to stop it balling and giving them heels etc
how do you deal with it ?
how do you deal with it ?
as i keep hearing we have snow on the way what are your top tips to ...
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PucciNPoni
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My top tip: Sell the horse and book a one way ticket to Florida 
duvet-thief
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My top tip: Sell the horse and book a one way ticket to Florida
haha better than my advice
As for the water, I put an apple in his bucket as that stops the water freezing, and when he gets near the bottome he has a treat, or a tennis ball works well too
Not too sure about the hooves though as I've never had a problem with the snow balling.Hope I've helped
Luci07
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like that tip!
Well I have held off clipping my 2 - the younger horse is coming into work and I only clip the old lady once.
Nothing seems to really work to stop the snow balling up so I didn't even try to ride in it last year. I struggled just walking the dogs!
We have extra water carriers ready, have rock salt at home. Both cars just been serviced and checked for winter and plenty of spare torches!
Well I have held off clipping my 2 - the younger horse is coming into work and I only clip the old lady once.
Nothing seems to really work to stop the snow balling up so I didn't even try to ride in it last year. I struggled just walking the dogs!
We have extra water carriers ready, have rock salt at home. Both cars just been serviced and checked for winter and plenty of spare torches!
idx
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If you have a kettle at the stables - leave water in it so you can put it on to boil when you arrive. Buy flasks and hot water bottles to transport hot water from home to stables.
Enfys
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Loads of tips and ideas here: http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=403714Biggest tip is : Stop panicking, prepare for the eventuality and enjoy it, if it happens it happens nothing to be done about it.
JessandCharlie
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I've got one.
If a woman called Maeve knocks on your door asking for a glass of water to take her medication with because she's stuck in traffic outside your house because of the snow, don't let her in.
Turn your back and she's invited her grandsons into your house, sat down in your chair, plugged her phone in to charge, changed the channel on the tele, let her grandkids jump all over your sofa whilst playing games on your computer and demanding an air ambulance. (She was fine, btw)
Then she's asking for a cuppa, oh and some dinner would be lovely.
When you finally have to be rude, after 3 hours of hinting for her to leave, and TELL her in no uncertain terms that everyone else has to sit and wait in their cars, so so should she, she will get arsey, demand a flask of tea, take a box of your chocolates and leave. Only to go to your neighbour and do the exact same thing again.
She never returned that bloody flask.
J&C
If a woman called Maeve knocks on your door asking for a glass of water to take her medication with because she's stuck in traffic outside your house because of the snow, don't let her in.
Turn your back and she's invited her grandsons into your house, sat down in your chair, plugged her phone in to charge, changed the channel on the tele, let her grandkids jump all over your sofa whilst playing games on your computer and demanding an air ambulance. (She was fine, btw)
Then she's asking for a cuppa, oh and some dinner would be lovely.
When you finally have to be rude, after 3 hours of hinting for her to leave, and TELL her in no uncertain terms that everyone else has to sit and wait in their cars, so so should she, she will get arsey, demand a flask of tea, take a box of your chocolates and leave. Only to go to your neighbour and do the exact same thing again.
She never returned that bloody flask.
J&C
idx
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I've got one.
If a woman called Maeve knocks on your door asking for a glass of water to take her medication with because she's stuck in traffic outside your house because of the snow, don't let her in.
Turn your back and she's invited her grandsons into your house, sat down in your chair, plugged her phone in to charge, changed the channel on the tele, let her grandkids jump all over your sofa whilst playing games on your computer and demanding an air ambulance. (She was fine, btw)
Then she's asking for a cuppa, oh and some dinner would be lovely.
When you finally have to be rude, after 3 hours of hinting for her to leave, and TELL her in no uncertain terms that everyone else has to sit and wait in their cars, so so should she, she will get arsey, demand a flask of tea, take a box of your chocolates and leave. Only to go to your neighbour and do the exact same thing again.
She never returned that bloody flask.
J&C
OMG!