I've just bought a 5 year old 16.8 entire gelding...

So you are actually riding this critter, not a good idea, it's clearly a driving pony and at 16.8 is a mini maxi shetland. You need to buy a cart, don't forget to put himshe in the shafts facing you, don't bother buying harness just put the shafts through the stirrups. You can take the foal with you in the back seat to act as groom.
 
Mike007 said:
Pah, I have never read so much rubbish. Clearly you have not had his stable Feng shui,d .Obviously his feed bowl is in an inauspicious position (and probably his water bucket). He lives in constant fear that the dragon of discontent will fly up his bum.
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Actually the op needs to get the Hygge book of living, Feng Shui is sooo last century.
 
Mike puts teapot on extended list of people to kill.adited to add you are somewhere behind Barrack,Donald ,and many more worthy causes
 
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Have you stood on his back? That is what truly builds trust in a horse and rider. Don't wear a hat, cause the horse will know you don't trust him then.
 
Tnavas said:
Oh Dear we have a serious one here - go raid the Egg Nogg then you will be able to give constructive criticism - the OP is in dire need of our in put - she has major problems which only we can solve
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Maybe the Egg Nogg will be better used going in the horse feed, I'm sure it can't hurt, perhaps a few seasonal mince pies too to show the horse 'it' is truly loved at Christmas.
 
No no! That's completely the wrong use for egg nogg! Sheesh, the ignorance on this forum astounds me sometimes! I thought everybody knew that egg nogg is the best hoof shine - much better than those overpriced commercial preparations. And it gives your horsey something to lick at night so you don't have to buy those licky treat things either.
 
Cowpony said:
No no! That's completely the wrong use for egg nogg! Sheesh, the ignorance on this forum astounds me sometimes! I thought everybody knew that egg nogg is the best hoof shine - much better than those overpriced commercial preparations. And it gives your horsey something to lick at night so you don't have to buy those licky treat things either.
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We always carry egg nogg when riding because we were advised to hit a rearing horse on the poll with it. Apparently they don't rear again - probably the taste puts them off. Our horses don't rear so we've never tested this. We still carry the egg nogg though just in case someone needs to borrow it - for whatever reason.
 
Were you using a Lemiuex saddle cloth when this happened? If not, your horse was behaving like this out of embarrassment. Make sure you have at least seven match sets in different colours in case you want to ride every day.

If this doesn't work make sure you are wearing Ariat or Dubarry boots. This will definitely solve your problem.
 
Another thought struck me this morning as I was putting a couple of extra rugs on my overweight hairy Connemara x - maybe your big horsie is feeling the cold. You need to layer at this time of year no matter what the temperature. You should have at least 5 rugs on a quality animal like yours.
 
Dont listen to them, they are all haters. Just tie him upp in the middel of the roundabout and when hes eeten the grass he'll be hungry and sorted.

Also can anyone help - a m8 has told me there are soem foles down the road which are going to be killed for meet unless they are rescued. She can deliver Free but diesel cost will want paying on delivery.
 
I've just got back from A and E - nothing serious don't worry but I'm very angry with my yo. She told me this morning to take one of his 8 matchy matchy rugs off cos he's a bit hot. (What does she know she's only been keeping horses for 30 years, bred 2 Derby winners and ridden at the olympics) she suggested that I put him out for a couple of hours before I tried to ride her again and suggested I rode in the school . So I've just got back from my second hack (took a lot longer to get back as I struggled to crawl back with a broken ankle)...

That byiatch of a yo had taken all but one of his rugs off, had the vet to sort out a TINY 12 inch gash across his chest (totally unnecessary vets bill - should've tried golden paste first ffs) and turned him out with ANOTHER horse - when I specified single turn out ... Everyone knows horses want to be alone..

Anyway we had a few words about this she chucked us off the yard - anyone got a stable I can have ? Urgently ... Like now? Thanks
 
Don't have a stable but he can have our woodshed if he don't mind sharing with the logs. Only £200 per week including a bag of porridge oats and an old rug for him to lie on.

PS there's spiders in there but they seem mostly harmless
 
blitznbobs said:
I've just got back from A and E - nothing serious don't worry but I'm very angry with my yo. She told me this morning to take one of his 8 matchy matchy rugs off cos he's a bit hot. (What does she know she's only been keeping horses for 30 years, bred 2 Derby winners and ridden at the olympics) she suggested that I put him out for a couple of hours before I tried to ride her again and suggested I rode in the school . So I've just got back from my second hack (took a lot longer to get back as I struggled to crawl back with a broken ankle)...

That byiatch of a yo had taken all but one of his rugs off, had the vet to sort out a TINY 12 inch gash across his chest (totally unnecessary vets bill - should've tried golden paste first ffs) and turned him out with ANOTHER horse - when I specified single turn out ... Everyone knows horses want to be alone..

Anyway we had a few words about this she chucked us off the yard - anyone got a stable I can have ? Urgently ... Like now? Thanks
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I know of a stable, but they have two indoor arenas, one of which is Olympic sized, three outdoor arenas, a XC course on site, all owned by a vet, who gives free treatment and advice. Each stable has a tackroom (with kettle and triple seater sofa), there is 24/7 turnout, bedding and hay/haylage is included, as is 15 free turn out/bring ins a week. The only hitch is that the stables are Sooooo expensive at £15 a week, is that too much?
 
Red-1 said:
I know of a stable, but they have two indoor arenas, one of which is Olympic sized, three outdoor arenas, a XC course on site, all owned by a vet, who gives free treatment and advice. Each stable has a tackroom (with kettle and triple seater sofa), there is 24/7 turnout, bedding and hay/haylage is included, as is 15 free turn out/bring ins a week. The only hitch is that the stables are Sooooo expensive at £15 a week, is that too much?
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Humph I've had enough of vets already thanks but no thanks
 
blitznbobs said:
Humph I've had enough of vets already thanks but no thanks
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There is no need to be rude when people help you with suggestions. It is what the forum is coming to these days.

In fact, for the first time ever....


*flounces off!*

*flounce*

*flounce*

*flounce*

Hmmmm, feels good, I may consider this action again!
 
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I know of a stable you can have, but for tonight you'll have to share it with a donkey, a family, 3 wise men, some shepherds and a few sheep....
 
blitznbobs said:
I've just got back from A and E - nothing serious don't worry but I'm very angry with my yo. She told me this morning to take one of his 8 matchy matchy rugs off cos he's a bit hot. (What does she know she's only been keeping horses for 30 years, bred 2 Derby winners and ridden at the olympics) she suggested that I put him out for a couple of hours before I tried to ride her again and suggested I rode in the school . So I've just got back from my second hack (took a lot longer to get back as I struggled to crawl back with a broken ankle)...

That byiatch of a yo had taken all but one of his rugs off, had the vet to sort out a TINY 12 inch gash across his chest (totally unnecessary vets bill - should've tried golden paste first ffs) and turned him out with ANOTHER horse - when I specified single turn out ... Everyone knows horses want to be alone..

Anyway we had a few words about this she chucked us off the yard - anyone got a stable I can have ? Urgently ... Like now? Thanks
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OFFS shove some arnica on the ankle and stop whining!
 
LD&S said:
Pirelli is your answer
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I can't believe nobody's given more on this, especially after OP posted the picture of it with only two legs.

Putting good quality tyres on it will stop the rearing and bucking and then OP will stop falling off. This is such a simple solution to the problem that I'm astounded it hasn't been mentioned.

Sorry everyone has been rude to you OP, please flounce back so you can read this advice.
 
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