Laminitis is one of many words horse owners dread. In April 2019 that horse owner was me. Bella came down with laminitis and it was heartbreaking. She was retired by this point and living out 24/7 in a sizeable paddock. In came the starvation paddock, vets visits, and lots of advice and changes to her […]
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Owning a horse- what does it ACTUALLY cost?
Now, this is a big and open question. There are no right or wrong answers here, I’m just here to share my thoughts with you all. How many times have you been on the receiving end of the following comments: ‘Mummy and Daddy must pay for that horse for you’ ‘You must be really well […]
Just buy the horse!
If only it were that simple ‘just buy the horse’. Just find almost FOUR THOUSAND pounds, that is some serious money. It was money I had, but that money was for our house deposit that we had been working on for almost 2 years. I couldn’t just take a giant chunk out of it! February […]