I know its common sense really but during this time of extremely wet weather everything gets caked in mud and muddy blankets leaves your hands like this!

And if you have a pony that loves to roll then I feel for you

What can you do? 

Invest in a really good plastic stiff...

Prevention of mud fever

Today I am going to share with you what your trimmer is doing in some detail although this is not meant to be a scientific account or for pathological cases, just a basic understanding of the principles used to ensure that your horses meet their full potential barefoot...

Although I love all creatures, pesky and persistent flies in the summer are just plain irritating for horses and their owners.

Horse Leads has formulated a non solidifying sweet smelling Neem Oil and

Lemon Eucalyptus spray  that offers a very effective, kind and economi...

Once your horse goes barefoot a whole new world opens up to explore and learn more about your horse and one of the fundamental parts of horse anatomy, the hoof.

 Beth with  her two horses Kali and Twig  kindly invited me to film and photograph their regular trim by Equi...

I'll keep it quick, summer midges and flies are a nuisance and effect our enjoyment with our horses but also can make our horses miserable due to the persistence and constant nagging of these critters.

We all look and pay large amounts of money to find something that wo...

Thrush does have a dark side, we have all seen it as we pick out our horses feet, black and smelly, keratolytic bacteria quietly eating into our beautiful horses frogs.

So when should we be worried, what is it, how can we address it and prevent it from invading healthy...

If you have ever been lucky enough to own a horse and by that I mean be responsible for its health and well being entirely then you will know that this is rather complex and demanding.

We are starting to move away from the traditional way of housing and managing horses...