Dragons Den: What horsey "gadget" would YOU invent?

[RuthnMeg]

I LOVE the idea about castors on horses to load them... just sent me into a fit of giggles thinking about it!!!

For me, I'd invent ''something'' that you could wrap 2 strands of electric fence around (not just one as Iam aware of wheeling up tape) and as you walk it would unravel in perfect unisson (sp?) to create your double strand fence WITHOUT any knots... and while your at it perhaps a device that puts the pegs in for you that doesn't break the foot stamping bit cos they are flimsey and your on hard clay!!

Oh, and a gate fob that opens when you press a button REGARDLESS of how crap the gate is hung in the first place!!

 

[Pipkin]

A wheel barrow that moves its self sounds ace,,but then program it to follow and park its self under horses tail,while poo dropping into wheel barrow,,,,,we can sit in warm watching with hot choc or wine for the alcoholic's amongst us !!!

Robot to do all the jobs on yard ..call it robosweep robogroom robo-doti

no need for a barrow just buy one of these

http://www.equisan.com.au/

 

[3DE]

no need for a barrow just buy one of these

http://www.equisan.com.au/

Mebbe a good idea for hacking but surely day to day it would chafe? And what if they lie down?

 

[only_me]

A water drinker that will not freeze over

"ice grips" to go onto horse's shoes

 

[3DE]

A rug rack that holds the rug out so that it drops on the horse as it walks under it. That way you could leave it in the field and if it rains the horse could rug itself - if it wants to...

 

[tinkandlily]

I would like to develop some kind of removable castor wheels to attach to the feet of difficult to load equines

Just roll them up the ramp

Thats got to be the best idea i've heard, as some else has said, the look on the horses face as it was wheeled up the ramp would be priceless

 

[3DE]

Thats got to be the best idea i've heard, as some else has said, the look on the horses face as it was wheeled up the ramp would be priceless

Hoof boots, old rollerboots, a spanner and a few coach bolts!

 

[Anuka]

For me it would have to be a robot that poo picks while i can sit in the warm. Also mud repellent spray would be fantastic.

 

[tinkandlily]

Hoof boots, old rollerboots, a spanner and a few coach bolts!

I may have to try that

 

[Pedantic]

Something that blows the windscreen out of a car that passes too close too fast past a rider

 

[ForeverBroke_]

I was thinking last night I'd love something that I could put on my horse to just prize his lips open enough for me to clean his teeth of any grass that gets stuck between them.

The dentist always comments on it and its drives me crazy because my horse will not for the life of him let me keep his mouth open for long enough!

 

[Cedars]

I love the idea of having a teddy-bear grabber to avoid the mud at the field entrance!!

 

[JessandCharlie]

I actually have a few that I can't tell you! I'm planning on getting prototypes made and seeing how they go

Self cleaning water troughs would be nice! In fact, I think I may have read that you can get them! They're coated in silver.

A way of burning poo to generate electricity would be great! I shall call it poopower and we will never pay anyone to take our poo away again, never pay an electricity bill again, have a furnace to heat the tack room where we can warm up in the winter and have hot running water all year round at the yard!

Hmm, any bright ideas as to how we can dry poo out enough to burn?

Hang on, the heat from the furnace can dry the poo so it can be burned to heat...

Sorry, I'm thinking out loud now

 

[wilsha]

well they actually already have the horse shampooing machine its like a hoover thingy
and was talking about this the other day a saddle flap holder upper for when yor cleaningtack and doing up girths etc

 

[GypsyGirl]

Not sure if its been said but id love a hair dryer for horses. Something that after youve bathed them ready for a show instead of waiting for ages for them to dry you could just dry them with a dryer. Maybe a one that doesnt make too much noise so It doesnt spoke the horses lol.

Not sure if you could get one but it would be very handy if there was lol.

 

[treacle_beastie]

actually crying with laughter at the thought of castor wheels on the horses feet!

 

[miss_bird]

I actually have a few that I can't tell you! I'm planning on getting prototypes made and seeing how they go

Self cleaning water troughs would be nice! In fact, I think I may have read that you can get them! They're coated in silver.

A way of burning poo to generate electricity would be great! I shall call it poopower and we will never pay anyone to take our poo away again, never pay an electricity bill again, have a furnace to heat the tack room where we can warm up in the winter and have hot running water all year round at the yard!

Hmm, any bright ideas as to how we can dry poo out enough to burn?

Hang on, the heat from the furnace can dry the poo so it can be burned to heat...

Sorry, I'm thinking out loud now

You can make briquettes out of horse poo and they brun brill, and no you dont stink the house out.
So this one already done

I so love some of these though, mud repellant spray yipee, someone invent it soon please

 

[Spinal Tap]

I've thought of another - a clever wind-up device that generates a force field around the horse (and rider) that zaps midges & horseflies with a satisfying 'crack' and flash of blue flames

 

[LizzyandToddy]

Cloning machine :/ So that my clone can get up and muck out early in the mornings in winter and I can stay in bed

 

[MochaDun]

Mine would be something that would contain the fallen haylage that comes off the round bales once the plastic is off. We waste loads of haylage on our yard as people won't unwind it properly to use it or if more unwinds and falls than they need they don't pick it up...it gets trodden on by endless other people and then no-one wants to use it for their horses (understandably).

I can remember seeing the lady who designed and sold Limpet pads asking for more money to develop her business on DD a few years ago and she was shot down in flames all because of her poor presentation which was such a shame as the product did do what it said on the tin. There was another person who tried to see a whip with a mirrow on it so you could see traffic coming up behind...that was chucked out by Deborah Mead as so dangerous..

 

[Ravenwood]

A way of burning poo to generate electricity would be great! I shall call it poopower and we will never pay anyone to take our poo away again, never pay an electricity bill again, have a furnace to heat the tack room where we can warm up in the winter and have hot running water all year round at the yard!

Already done

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/hooker87.html

 

[Ravenwood]

Also mud repellent spray would be fantastic.

Have you tried wiping pig oil over your horse before you turn him out? It really helps to repel mud

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

OK so I've thought of another one.

Dunno how you'd do it BUT what about a sort-of portable hoist thing for if you have to get off while you're out hacking, or wherever, it would get you back in the saddle again (then somehow you'd dismantle it and it would all fold up neatly in a saddlebag or summat). That way you'd avoid all the hopping around/saddle ending up under tummy etc.

I know someone (can't remember who) invented a stirrup thingy but that's not all that brill if you're short and dumpy like me and have a huge great horse to get up onto somehow (bless him, I wouldn't swap him for anything tho').

The other thing I need is a fan thing for a riding hat in the summer. Perhaps air conditioning for a riding hat, or something like that. Ditto gloves coz it gets so hot and your hands get all sticky and uncomfortable.

 

[martlin]

How's this for you???

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/sentier-saddle-pad-1404520/

I'd invent recycled plastic fence posts for the field that taste bad so the horses don't chew on them. I'd also make stable door with the same material.

Psst, I do have plastic stables so that patent is already taken

And as far as I know, you can actually get plastic fence posts (and no, I don't mean the electric fencing stakes)

 

[Box_Of_Frogs]

I'd like someone to breed a living bridle that would lick itself clean 500 times a day.

Oh and while I'm at it, can I order a Hover Barrow please? If there is a choice of colour, pink please x

 

[E_Lister]

A satellite tracker that you could have, like a microchip. Once you have one for your horse you could have an identity number on it and a changeable password.

It could have several uses:
If your horse was stolen you would be able to track it's movements and have a quick return. Plus would be a massive deterrent for thieves!
Nervous parents/OHs could check up on loved ones if they were out on a hack to see where they were.
If a horse gets lost/runs off after a rider falls off and doesn't return to the stables you could log in online and look for it!
Wouldn't have to be used regularly, just something else for an owners peace of mind!

Possibly you could subscribe for a service where if you went on a hack, the distance traveled could be measured accurately from the satellite imaging. This would possibly be useful for endurance riders when training.

 

[Benji1]

Something that stops horses getting nicks/annoying little cuts.

An automatic stirrup alterer for when the horse just won't stand still!

A haynet filler.

A wheelbarrow tipper - those giant barrows are too big for me to tip properly when full!

God theres lots of things that would make lives easier

 

[Woodykat]

Mud repeller already invented - it's called 'seven day mud away' and comes in a spray!

 

[brighthair]

Sorry just feeling a bit flippant. But seriously, what horsey gadget would YOU invent? Is there anything that you are just dying for someone to come up with a solution/fix for? Is there a bane of your horsey life that you just wish that someone could "fix it" for you?

Something in the winter to keep, er um, one's extremities warm. Something like a warm-pack or something, with perhaps a solar cell you could put on your hat? So that its always charged up and kept warm. (Solar-powered knickers???!!!). Yah definately!

Some heated clothing available here

http://www.knighton-tools.co.uk/acatalog/Heated_Clothing.html?gclid=CK6rrsqkiaQCFUte4woduxw_JA

 

[HOLCHE]

I'd like false teeth for horses that can be permanently fitted by the dentist (at an affordable price). So I wouldn't have to spend vast sums of money on hay replacers every winter.