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Hi, can someone help ? My 20 year old connie is still shedding her winter coat (in August !) and I am worried that it might be cushings. She was fine last year and lost it all by the end of June to beginning of July. She hasn’t been ridden for a while but the I rode he yesterday and she felt very different normally she plus along and it is a struggle to get her to trot but yesterday she was doing a jogging walk and when I asked her to trot she burst into a canter. Another thing she does is get excited when going over poles. She also keeps throwing her head up in the air as though she has got a sore back but the vet said that her back is fine. We also hv a thoroughbred and he lost his winter coat in June but my connie is still loosing and now she is starting to get fluffier again but out thoroughbred still has his glossy summer coat. Her hooves are quite tender no matter what we do and she has kinda got a round belly even though we r trying to get her slimmer. She hasn’t had laminitis yet or been excessively weeing. She does we more than our other horse. But I don’t know if I would call it excessively weeing. Plz help as I am worried but I dont want to waste the vets time, call him out get the blood test done and then find out it is nothing. I do think that it is likely to be Cushings but I want to make sure. Also can I ride my pony if she turns out to hv cushings ? Thanks in advance, NaomiSparkle X
Hi chestnutdunny2, my fave is lemieux lavender. For my bday I am gonna ask my parents to get me the saddle pad and top, then my brothers for the hat silk and my cousin and uncle for the fly veil, then with my bday money I’m gonna get the leg bandages. By the way if u wanna get the fly veil and other stuff then go on Discount Equestrian u will get it for about £10 cheaper. This is where I’m gonna get my stuff. NaomiSparkle X
Hi, ZarraCrazyHorseGirl, I hv a 13.2hh Connemara called Naomi (Nana) and a Thoroughbred called Prince, he is actually my mums but when we get a sand school (at the moment we hv a make shift grass school) we r going to train him to let me ride him and then I want to start properly jumping. Prince is 11 and very fussy and excitable and Nana is 20 but still has tons of energy. We keep our horses at our own place and so it is easier to be around them all day than going up and down to a livery yard I suppose. Good luck with your new horse ! NaomiSparkle
Hey!, i was thinking that who watches This Esme? shes so good and she has 3 horses (Casper,Mickey and her new addition Joey!)…This Esme even comes on some of the Pony Magazines and you can find her on YouTube her channel is called This Esme!
Hope you have a lovely day ahead,
ZaaraCrazyHorseGirl
Hi 👋 NaomiSparkle, I do love matchy-matchy sets, my fave in LeMieux mint I have got the hat silk and the saddle pad and am saving up for the fly hood for my loan pony, who is piebald cob and has one blue eye and one brown. what’s you’re fave matchy-matchy colour???
Cn2 xox
my routine is 8:00 a.m put one horse out in the field ride the other. 9:00 a.m put the one i`ve ridden out in the field. 4:00 a.m bring them both into the stable.
i have 2 wonderfull ponies and i feel so lucky! a share can be good if you don`t want the full commiment but a pony of your own is such a lovely thing to have. you might have to look for ages though if you want a really good pony but i got my pony on the first try! good luck.lovemypony xx
Hey @everyone who replied, Thank you so much for your replies it really means a lot to meee!
ZaaraCrazyHorseGirl
Hey NaomiSparkles , Thank you so much for your reply! It really means a lot to me🌸 I was always wandering everyone’s routines and you replied!!! Wow your routine is actually pretty AMAZING and quite long…how old are your horses?
And yes, I will ask the person lotttttsssss of questions about the loan 🐎 horse 🐎
Thanks in advance 😊,
ZaaraCrazyHorseGirl 💜
Hi, just wondering who here loves matchy matchy sets ! If u do then what colours do u hv and what colour is yr horse ? Mine is the lemieux lavender range on my grey connie. Also, who here gets rlly annoyed when someone isn’t wearing matchy matchy ex: bay horse, blue saddle pad, red fly veil, yellow boots, white top, navy riding hat. I dont know if it’s just me or what but I get so annoyed when I see this, of course I don’t say anything but it gets on my nerves. My mum is exactly like this, she doesn’t care about matchy and will just go for any old colour whether as I like to hv matchy matchy all of the time. So what r yr faves ? NaomiSparkle
Hi ZaaraCrazyHorseGirl,
My routine is at 9:00am I give my horses they’re hay then at 10:00am to 11:00am they go in the paddock (depending on the weather) then at 2:00pm we bring in the horses and I ride mine for an hour in the school and the other is tied up at the fence to watch, then at 3:00pm they go back out to the field and I muckout and prepare the stables, then at 6:00pm we bring them in. Unless it is rlly nice out in which case they would stay out for the night.
If u r wanting to get a loan pony then that’s great but dont be afraid to ask loads of questions ex: ask if u can see the vet and farrier visits to see how they react and how they load and give them a bath to see how they react to water and do lots of different things in the school to see how they react as some of these may be important for yr needs. I hv a cousin who didn’t ask enough questions with her first loan Missy a piebald cob and cuz of that she went for a whole year with a horse that never cooperated in the school and buckled constantly if she wanted to do schooling or jumping. Then if they went on a hack she was like a brain dead zombie, now she has returned Missy and is now leaning a bay New Forest called Mouse and is able to do all sorts of things. So what I’m saying is get a good idea of what u want to do and maybe make a list of what the pony has to be able to do and then search online etc and view as many as u can before u make any decisions. Hope this helps NaomiSparkle
Hi everyone, i was wondering that who has a pony here? And if you do have a pony/horse whats your routine?
And do you have any tips for people wanting to buy/loan/rent a horse?
Thanks a lot 🙂
ZaaraCrazyHorseGirl
Hi guys so my pony club are going out with the hunting hounds (on a hack) and my horse had never been with them before and I am a bit nervous!
My horse is a bit quirky to say the least, but is very tricky to put his bridle on so I am a bit reluctant to up bit him! Has anyone any advice as i don’t really want to buy another bit as we have lots 😂
hi i`m Daisy my fave breeds are highlands, dales, lippizarners and arabs. just started jumping, any advice?thx!
Hi, My faves r defineatly :
Connemara,
Thoroughbred,
Shetland,
Arab,
New Forest,
and a Cob.
P.S. I hv a Connemara and a Thoroughbred right outside my window as I write this, I used to help groom super fluffy shetlands at a yard with my friend and I learnt to ride when I was 5yrs old on a super cute sqewbald Shetland called Marble, my favorite books r the Jinny at Finmory series cuz there is a beautiful chestnut Arab in it, my cousin has a new forest and he sooo sweeet !, and I rode the calmest cob on earth for his owner he was nicknamed “Steady Eddie”. So that is all of the reasons for why I love these breeds !
Hi I have just bought a saddle pad for my pony which is really nice except the keepers are too small!? I have put the girth through the girth loop so will it be ok to use???! Thanks springles_pony123 xx
Hey Everyone, does anyone have a horse and for people buying a horse soon does anyone have any tips?
Thanks 🐎 🐴
ZaaraCrazyHorseGirl
hi my name is daisy, my fave breed is a highland coz i`v got one! i`ve just started jumping my pony have u got any tips?thanks!!
Hi #PonyMad, mine r
Connemara
Thouroughbred
Freisan
New Forest
Shetland
😊😉
Hey I absolutely love Ponies and Horses and i especially love my loan horse Louie he is AMAZING and i was wondering what are your fav Pony names are. Mine are Storm, Eclipse, Coco, and some others. I have own an Amazing Dapple grey called Star because she is!
Hi! some of my fave horses and ponies are:
Welsh
Verstille Arab
shetlands
andalusion
Hi chestnutdunny2! Well done for doing ur first canter!!! 🥳😄👏👏👏👏I remember how excited I was when I did mine! 😊 Make sure you relax in ur knees and don’t grip with them. Try to roll with the canter and don’t tense up. When I started canter, I leant back quite a lot, what really helped me with that was having a lunge lesson. Maybe you can get a riding teacher to help you with that? Just remember to relax through your body and Don’t tense up. Have fun riding! Springles_pony123 x😋
Hi chestnutdunny2, I did my first canter not too long ago on my fave pony Naomi. Here r some tips:
1: When u r cantering always make sure u keep yr heels down and back straight.
2: It is so easy to tip forward so always make sure that u sit back (just not to far back 😂)
3: Always keep a good contact with your ponys mouth it is so easy because of the rhythm of the canter to keep accidentally pulling.
4: When u r cantering try to push with yr seat and legs (but keeping them always in the same position) to urge your pony forward if he can be quite lazy, if not then try putting a piece of paper under your bum possibly, and imagine that if it flies away then u wont get a new riding hat or boots or something. Some people say to imagine it’s there but its alot easier to actually hv it there than imagine. Hope this helps ! NaomiSparkle
Hey 👋 everyone! I just did my first canter on my new loan pony yesterday, she was really good but do any of you have any tips on how I can perfect my canter? Thanks in advance! 😀
Cn2 xox
@skye
Oo i do love a good cob <3
Dutch Warmblood
Lipizzaner
Andalusian
Fell Pony
Carolina Marsh Tucky
Morgan
😀 ILoveThemALlll
Hey guys, i abouslottly adore ponies and horses. so i am wondering what your fav breeds are. Mine are welshies,shetlands,traddial cobs/just cobs ,coramarras , fells and exmoors plus a few other. i own 13 welsh A , 1 traddail cob,1 cob,1 shetland and have 2 on loan to people 🙂 what about yous? follow my insta pony__vibes