little miss cavalier

i rescued a poorly bat that kept falling from my house today, so it didnt get eaten by my dogs. thing is on a closer look it was coverd in tiny mites or something. thinking about it arent bats really clean animals able of ridding themselves of mites etc? i found him in daylight today, put him on my wall so he could climb back up which he did, but i found him again tonight climbing throgh a pile of leaves.

My mum has started giving me sunday peelings but something in my mind was telling me not to give them the Potato, so i just gave them the carrot and Swede.

Is it good for them or was i right to have not given it to them?

does anyone else get it? it kida feels like a razor going through belly navel to urethra, its extremely sharp and when it happens you can hardly move, doctors seem useless.

dont get it very often and lasts the rest of the day but normally goes over a nights sleep.

what the hell is it?

hi, i have tried many ways to get headcollar on my (was feral) pony, who's coming along ok now as can be approached and stoked etc now bless him, but still wont let me get a rope over his neck or slip headcollar on.

cant be stabled now as turned out due to lots of reasons.

would it be safe to fence him in a very small space using tape fencing or is a pony likely to hurt itself by panicking and breaking through?? he does have trust in me now but is just a git by running off as soon as the headcollar gets near him.

and i must do him myself at the moment as is very still very scared of anyone he doesn't know

is it possible to use low shock fence for dogs? its probably too high but thought id ask.

our dogs will dig, jump, anything to get out of the garden were just exploring other options of fencing, ta

what saddle size is usual for a 13.2 young pony? i have a 16.5" but im thinking thats too long as i use it on my small TB, would a 16" be right or am i looking at a 15" seat?

im not asking about width, as im getting a gullet change saddle as hes being broken this summer

i know of someone whos ***** had just one puppy in her last litter....anyways basically she was told that as the ***** had just the one pup, she could be bred from on her next heat................now wtf, i would never consider this and i have bred 5 litters to date.(not from the same dog may i add before i get lectured by anyone whos NOT read the question properly)...by the book may i add.

with my mentorship and from everything i know i have never hered of breeding a dog 2 or more seasons in a row (from any remotly responible person), or am i over reacting here?????

what is your opinion here???????

i rescued my welsh section b from a horse sale/market, anyway he had been turned out for a week with his headcollar on and caught without to many problems.

the thing is, the person who brought him into his new stable had taken his headcollar OFF, and basically now i can get near him to put his new safety headcollar on.

he follows me around his stable while im mucking out, and is sometimes brave enough to sniff me (when he thinks im not looking), he will take a treat, but freaks as soon as you try to put your hand anywhere other than in fron of his nose.

he was fairly good to lead before all this happend.

i dont want to push him or ruin him, but i need to halter him to get him too the round pen etc.

i dont look him in the eye when i try to touch him (on his shoulder/neck), i dont try to touch him on his head as seems extremely headshy.

he is 3 1/2 years old 13.2hh, mostly untouched, and very sharp.

oh and his stable is about 12 by 10 if this helps your answere

thank you.

for eg, 11.2hh Dartmoor

i want some decent videos but standard movie maker is crap, i want to ba able to do slow motion, turn off sound of MY videos so that you can only hear the music i put over, what do you reccomend??

my friend bought a horse from a dealers yard basically as a rescue case, he was in a very bad way.

anyway, hes very head shy, obviously been severely mistreated.

hes hard to catch even with a head collar left on, hes very sweet natured ut quite nervy, how can they help him get over this?

ps we dont have a round pen for join up etc which i feel would benefit him.

need info on beach riding and decent trail rides, or pleasure/sposored rides over the summer.

wheres the best places, or where can i get info on this?

the english instructor, who sees a great deal of potential in my friends pony, seems to take forever geting anywhere tho, is always schooling the pony herself rather than actually teaching my friend. also sees a lot of faults in the pony and ALWAYS has something she wants to fix or work on.

losts of schooling and never allowing my friend to pony club comps, or shows.

or the spanish instructor, who gets on with the job, gives my friend and her pony a real fun lesson while actually learning a lot, letting her actually have FUN on her pony by competing.

the spanish one has tought my friend how to walk a coarse of fences and how to ride a coarse, and also tought both horse and rider flying changes in one lesson, while the english one concentrates more on schooling the pony rather than teaching the rider.

its a difficult situation for many reasons, i know who I would go with.

the pony is 14.2, 5years, TB x Welsh D, gelding, the rider wants to have fun on her pony, competing this summer, doesnt want to be a top eventer on the thing, just join a pony club and have a bit of fun.

he won 5th out of 20 at a recent show jump comp.

id love to find out what speed my horse actually goes while flat out, i had to get some of those jockey goggles as shes quick...i cant see through eyes streaming half the time. (she ex-racehorse).

or is there another way of finding out the speed?

i know they are in the book as "breeders", but id like to know more if you know anything or have even bought from them, thanks

i am looking for a new bit for my TB Ex-Racehorse, shes now in a normal Snaffle, but i was looking at the John Patterson bits as they reduce the nutcracker action and so dont hit the roof of the horses mouth.

i would like a bit though that is very slightly stronger than your usual Snaffle....thats not a must but my horse is difficult to hold sometimes on grass and tracks, not strong just very exited.

she has a small mouth and is also rather sensitive.

shes aged so we just hack and pleasure/sponserd rides., and also some fast work.

what would you reccomend, i havent a clue on bits really so im not prepared to just go out and choose one myself.

ps im not brave enough to try this horse in a bitless as has a very spirited nature, nor anything other than a cavesson noseband, nor any martingale as she does not like the feeling of restriction....i found that out already.

ta

the normal windows movie maker does not accept video from my phones.

i want to be able to slow motion some videos, block out the sound so i can put music over it, etc.

can i download a free programme, which one, or can you give me a link.

ps a fool proof(ish) one please as im not a compter wizz by any means.

ta x

A QUESTION FOR BREEDERS>

i heard someone say that if you have a still born pup then you can donate them to resurch of the breed, is this true, and if so who do you contact? local vet or somewhere else?

i ask this because my b1tch lost two of her pups at birth (she has 3 strong girls left), its was traumatic for us both as i have never lost a pup, and the first stillborn was a bit distressing for us both as he was dry, breech, and big!

i burried her babies, and it was awfull eventhough i never thought i would get as depressed as i have been.

if the above question is true, it is just for future reference, i do not know if i could do it but i would like the option at least, after all, every pup must help in the resurch into dieseses such as syringomyelia.

thank you xx

ps soz about my bad spelling, its late and spell check is playing up