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3.12.2021 Jan and Rebel: Chapter 11

By Sue Palmer on December 3, 2021

A Guest Blog by Jan Daley While harness and tack was difficult to source, I was finding it impossible to get my hands on a cart small enough, but robust enough to maximise safety. After a year of searching online and phoning strange men, I was becoming concerned that I was going to have to […]

18.10.2021 Jan and Rebel: Chapter 8

By Sue Palmer on October 18, 2021

A Guest Blog From Jan Daley Rebel and I were slowly building confidence together. He was still very nervous of strangers, especially men. However, the car park, for all my distaste for sharing “my” space, was the perfect place for training. The amount and variety of litter, although disgusting on every level, was useful as […]

3.10.2021 Jan and Rebel: Part 7

By Sue Palmer on October 3, 2021

A Guest Blog by Jan Daley Lunging is all very well, but it’s hard work and it’s borrrrrring. Rebel’s weight had significantly decreased, and although his hooves would get warm occasionally, I haven’t felt digital pulses since he started his journey towards driving. The horn quality had not improved, but his hoof boots saved the […]

18.9.2021 Jan and Rebel: Part 6

By Sue Palmer on September 18, 2021

_Rebel was now 4. I had noticed_ that Rebel’s hooves were crumbly; easily scored and gouged by the hoof pick, and his frogs “didn’t look right” to me. I now know they were atrophied. He was reluctant...

3.9.2021 Jan and Rebel. Part 5

By Sue Palmer on September 3, 2021

Making that decision not to throw in the towel, climbing out of bed and out of my wallow of self-pity despite a poor prognosis is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.

Jan and Rebel, Part 2

By Sue Palmer on April 9, 2021

A Guest Blog from Jan Daley I consider Rebel to be my first pony. Yes, my sister and I owned and borrowed ponies as children, and my ISH was given to me on the understanding that if my circumstances changed, I would give him back to his previous owner. But this was my first foray […]

8.3.2021 Rescue to Driving: Journey of a Shetland Pony

By Sue Palmer on March 8, 2021

“Well, if you won’t take him, he’s going to the factory next week”. So was my introduction to a 2yo Shetland, penned in a corner of a cowshed by 2 gates for 18 months. He’d never had a hand on him, other than the odd whack on the backside to usher him from one space […]