My next equine project horse

Ladyinred said:
Oh nooo.. we nearly got expelled from our livery after one of ours did that and finished off by bending the ballcock lever so far that the trough flooded everywhere! Bad Ted ;)
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Know that feeling. my Welsh Cob did that years ago, we were staying with the Huntsman and his wife in kennels. The hunt grooms found the hunt horses floating at 4am on a cubbing morning. My cob had been having a wonderful time with an automatic drinker. We were never invited again.
 
Poor Ted, I think we all need some better weather so the horses can go out and play at being horses again.

My two are sheltering in one of the boxes today peeping round the edge hoping I will relent and give them extra hay!
 
Adopter said:
Poor Ted, I think we all need some better weather so the horses can go out and play at being horses again.

My two are sheltering in one of the boxes today peeping round the edge hoping I will relent and give them extra hay!
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I opened the barn where Ted, Alice and her mum are and they refused to go into swamp field. I have had to push and shove them most morning's recently but it was a firm nope this morning. More mucking out in a bit.

Lunged cob barge horse, she does 6 laps and stops. Since when do horses count ? Change rein, 6 laps stop. I went further than she did, I needed the cooler rug not her.
 
The yard in ride from is near the River so we get a long stretch of flooded road to ride through. It all got too much for Madam on Monday and you could just see the thought process ! " More water! No! I'm not doing it..no no no! Unfortunately for madam in order to get home she had to plough through many meters of flood. By the time we got back to the field she refused to even put her feet in a flooded furrow and did a most elegant jump whilst I was leading her..then stopped dead looked at me and snorted! She finally made her point I think :D it's pouring down here again today. Sigh...Lucky you having the barn to put them in.
 
AdorableAlice said:
Know that feeling. my Welsh Cob did that years ago, we were staying with the Huntsman and his wife in kennels. The hunt grooms found the hunt horses floating at 4am on a cubbing morning. My cob had been having a wonderful time with an automatic drinker. We were never invited again.
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Funny that. Our miscreant is also a Welsh Cob! He loves to investigate (and wreck) things. He destroyed one of those fairly expensive corner mangers in a little over an hour. I wouldn't let him within a mile of a stable with an automatic drinker lol.
 
I need therapy, fanning with a wet kipper and whiskey, that ruddy carthorse will see me off before long.

I shoved the three of them out in the swamp this morning. they had refused to go out of the barn yesterday so had to go today. I leave OH in charge of equine hygiene this morning and set off for an epic voyage on the barge cob. I have got my brave pants back now I feel so much better, so its further, trotting and alone.

I arrive back, having survived a nappy moment and a spin round, upper body rock solid - oh yes the strength is coming back, bout time too. OH tells me Ted is acting strange in the field. What sort of strange ? he hasn't moved for ages. Have you been over to see him ?, no I am not falling over in all that ***** for a dim carthorse. Hmmm, can't say anything because he had spent an hour tidying up the out of control muck heap, mucked out 7 and swept up.

Ted is stood in the middle of the field alone, rocked back on his heels and from a distance looked like he was drooling a stream of saliva from his mouth, first thought from a 100 meters was choke. As I got closer to him the stream of saliva turned into a very long and thin blackberry bramble which was attached to him in his forelock and then tangled into the soft fur in the front of his ear. The rocked back stance was abject fear, he was rooted to the spot, all the white in his eyes showing and having muscle tremor in his neck and shoulders. It was like turning the clock back to when I first had him.

The only place on the entire horse that I still have a problem with is his poll. To get his head collar on I still have to do it up well down his neck and then gradually work it up to the right place. I have always had a feeling that his poll might be damaged and will have to be investigated in due course. This bramble was well attached to him right between his ears, across in one ear and then hanging over his eye, the tiny thorns were skimming his eye as the wind moved the bramble.

God bless mobile phones, I need scissors and treats was texted back to OH, be quick. I tried to get my hand on him to reassure him while we waited but he just reared and ran back which was very disappointing, I thought he trusted me more now. Armed with the scissors it went from bad to worse, I cut the bramble level with his mouth to get rid of the bulk of it before trying to cut the bit of forelock off that it was tangled in. I managed to cut the forelock without touching his head but he panicked as I pulled it off his ear and jumped forwards, splatting me into the mud on my backside. Hey ho, mud in the pants is better than a youngster with thorns in his eye ! Hot water bottle, bed, chocolate and the racing next.
 
Every time I see a new post I think..ooh ! What's he done now? Poor Ted being terrorised by a nasty bramble. :( well fine for rescuing him and well worth a muddy butt. We've got Hawthorne in the field where Asbo cob is and I'm forever picking bits out of his forelock and mane..nasty stuff.
 
What a morning, your adventures never end! Glad you sorted it, if Ted had not stood still goodness knows what damage he could have done!

Must be rescue a carthorse week, OH had to untangle a roll of barbed wire from a shires tail that he found when walking yesterday whilst it's companions looped the loop beside him. Apparently the shire stood rock still whilst strange man released his tail.
 
Adopter said:
What a morning, your adventures never end! Glad you sorted it, if Ted had not stood still goodness knows what damage he could have done!

Must be rescue a carthorse week, OH had to untangle a roll of barbed wire from a shires tail that he found when walking yesterday whilst it's companions looped the loop beside him. Apparently the shire stood rock still whilst strange man released his tail.
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Blimey, could you imagine the mess if the horse had galloped off with barbed wire flying around his hind legs. I just hope Ted has not scratched his eye, he seemed ok, lets hope I don't find his eye closed this evening.
 
Thank goodness that you were able to sort him without getting injured yourself.

My cob arrived with excellent general ground manners but was always unwilling to let me touch his near side ear. I put it down to some unhappy past experience, and just worked around it.

After 3 months or so, I got a new osteopath to come out and give him a check up, and didn't even think to mention the head shyness. (Horse had already been seen by a Mctimoney chiropractor.) Osteo tweaked a couple of bits in his back, and then checked his poll. He found that he was 'out', and manipulated him. Instantly the horse was comfortable to have his ears touched, it was like magic!

He remained fine until, months later, he bashed his head against the edge of the stable top door, and became head shy again. A visit from the osteo sorted him out again.

It may be something as sortable as this that could help Ted, I do hope so.

Said gentlemanly cob was a lit up snorting dragon this morning though, as he zapped his muzzle playing 'chicken' with the electric string that runs along the top fence rail just before I caught him up. Its no fun dealing with these powerful beasts when they have their blood up and your wellies keep getting stuck in the mud!
 
Ted and Alice need a carer for the next 48 hours, I had my bone scan today and have been told not to hug children for two days ! I am radio active glow in the dark. Disappointingly I cannot change TV channels by pointing my finger at it though.

I had the scan and afterwards they asked me if I had any injuries. Where would you like me to start I thought ! one ankle broken twice, large dent in shin, hip wrapped around a telegraph pole, back flip onto a tiger trap, they looked bemused to say the least.

Then they announced they wanted more 3D pictures of my back - anxiety levels hit the roof - so into another room and a different machine. Tunnel thing this time, didn't like that but didn't last too long.

So now the wait begins for the results, as long as no nasties have spread I can put up with all the bashed bits. Just need to stay calm and remember it is just a routine thing to have done.
 
What a pity about the TV changing! That would be really useful - and save the usual search for the remote in our house. It wouldn't matter if the dogs took the remote out and hid it in the haylage either!
Just remember (and keep saying to yourself) that these tests are routine for anyone who has had the treatment that you have had. You should also remember that the operator reads the results as the test is being done, so if anything seriously wrong were found you would be called back very quickly.
I'm sure you'll be fine.
 
Adopter said:
Just be careful when Ted sees you again in his excitment His version of a hug does not involve eating mud!

Fingers crossed all will be fine.
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Inch of rain forecast tomorrow, my mud is already epic. Ted and the barge horse are the only ones getting through it without effort now,

My radio active brain is in overdrive, a tipple is needed,
 
AdorableAlice said:
I am radio active glow in the dark. Disappointingly I cannot change TV channels by pointing my finger at it though.
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This made me chuckle as I remember my son asking me if my b**b was going to glow in the dark when I was having radiotherapy he reckoned it would have been useful for me when reading in bed! lol

Glad it all went off OK, try not to stress worrying about the results, I'm sure you'll be fine. Take care xx
 
dianchi said:
Are you still glowing??
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No the blooming rain has put me out !

Thanks Jaycee, no results yet and I am guessing if they found anything they would be in touch quickly like they were after the initial mammogram. I was back in 48 hours after that scan.

I start my phased return to work next week, that is going to be one big shock to the system. Two 5.30's in the same day is a distant memory. Ted and I don't get up until 8am nowadays, and it means I have to be clean and tidy - boring !
 
Ohh no two 5.30s. eurrgh!!! been following this thread since forever and you are an inspiration. Thank you, puts our troubles into prospective. Results will be fine too many good vibes coming your way. Thank you, hugs for Ted and co.
 
Poor Ted - hope he's got over his fright (and hope you managed to wash the mud out of your clothes).

Hope the scan results come through fairly quickly, and that they are as good as possible.

Last but not least, hope the return to work is not too painful. Lovely that you get a phased return - must be a half-way decent employer you have. It makes all the difference.
Don't forget to relax by updating us all on the carthorse and friends' progress. <g>
 
Ok, someone has to own up to feeding Ted blue smarties. He has forgotten all his lessons, is taking great delight in being uncatchable, terrorised a group of ramblers, jumped on his sister whilst she was rolling and this evening was break dancing in the barn.

He ended up on the naughty step yesterday, tied up for an hour, even the cat felt sorry for him and sat at his feet to keep him company. I am beginning to realise why the traditional heavy horse handlers break their horses at 3 and get them going gently. Ted is far more inquisitive than Alice. If Spring does not come soon he will have to go to borstal.

One more day on sick leave and then back to work, undecided whether to fuel the car or buy a boat as I work in the centre of Worcester. Still no scan results so I am going on the principle of no news is good news.
 
My old-enough-to-know-better 19 year old has been eating blue smarties this week too! Must be something in the air. I think it's time to put Ted to work on the farm, he can't move so fast when he's attached to a plough surely
 
AdorableAlice said:
Ok, someone has to own up to feeding Ted blue smarties. He has forgotten all his lessons, is taking great delight in being uncatchable, terrorised a group of ramblers, jumped on his sister whilst she was rolling and this evening was break dancing in the barn.

He ended up on the naughty step yesterday, tied up for an hour, even the cat felt sorry for him and sat at his feet to keep him company. I am beginning to realise why the traditional heavy horse handlers break their horses at 3 and get them going gently. Ted is far more inquisitive than Alice. If Spring does not come soon he will have to go to borstal.

One more day on sick leave and then back to work, undecided whether to fuel the car or buy a boat as I work in the centre of Worcester. Still no scan results so I am going on the principle of no news is good news.
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Oh poor Ted :( and poor Alice for being jumped on! I'd go for the boat though, I had to paddle to my lecture at the uni in Worcester this afternoon and stunk out the lecture theatre with my boots stinking of horse. I had dry feet though!
 
Love said:
Oh poor Ted :( and poor Alice for being jumped on! I'd go for the boat though, I had to paddle to my lecture at the uni in Worcester this afternoon and stunk out the lecture theatre with my boots stinking of horse. I had dry feet though!
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Would you know how high up Castle Street closed please, I need to get up the Tything, turn right into Castle Street and immediately left by the garage. If it is shut at the top I will have to bus it.
 
AdorableAlice said:
Would you know how high up Castle Street closed please, I need to get up the Tything, turn right into Castle Street and immediately left by the garage. If it is shut at the top I will have to bus it.
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I'm in the halls opposite the racecourse and the road past the hive and racecourse is closed to traffic from the corner by Detroits resteraunt. The water is up as far as the hive. Castle street was open today so you should be fine coming that way in, but you can't come the way past the hive etc.
 
Thanks Love, I normally park under the viaduct and walk across the old cattle market, past the hive and up the hill. The water up to the hive is shocking. Maybe I should have another week sick !
 
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