Has anyone ever had one of those horses that every vet, receptionist and on call knows personally! I definitely have one of those horses!!
In 3 years of owning Travis we have had 2 overnight hospital stays, numerous accounts of colic, cuts, swelling and the latest was a very serious, but very un-researched eye condition called Eosinophilic Keratitis, fortunately for me, he always seems to be a horse that bounces back and is never a complainer!
So after 5 vet visits in 4 weeks, sinuses cleared, drops 3 times a day, painkillers 3 times a day and £1000 later it all seems to have cleared up!
Vets are back out in a month as apparently the disease can lay dormant and recur after treatment has stopped, but for now i'm just grateful we are back on track, he has turned another year older in August and did thoroughly enjoy breakfast in bed with his field pals!
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The annual trip to Your Horse Live was completed and even my partner enjoyed a bit of it! Okay, he mainly enjoyed the cake stalls (and they were amazing – we took three bags of cake home with us), but also liked the rescue village and heavy horse yard. We got to go into the stable with two donkeys for pats and cuddles and we both loved it.
Five years ago, I had the absolute dream of having my own acreage, but this has honestly been the biggest learning curve, relearning so much about how to better look after our horses and what the land requires. Hopefully, I can give some insight into things I have learnt, mostly by trial and error and lots of mistakes.
After five or six years away from the British showjumping circuit, I’ve rejoined, and this time with my little Connemara standing just about 15HH – and he’s been amazing!