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That is awesome! I have an awesome entirely non-horsey brother too (well two actually). One once gave me a very nice crop (which someone borrowed and broke at a show :( ) that I used for years.
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Part of responsible horse ownership is saying "I can't afford to pay that." It doesn't make you a bad horse owner, or irresponsible, or anything like that. Just because we CAN do something...

I don't know yet. The excess poop juice is gone for the most part. He had a couple of days this spring with very mild extra juice - possibly a spring hatch out of encysted worms which were promptly...

I kid you not... the vet's term for it was "poop juice." :lol:

A distressingly large amount of excess liquid, frequently sans poop. It was never diahrea, his poop was still in balls, nicely...

I had a Duett Rondo for jumping and it was a very nice saddle, just a touch wide for my boy. Only reason I don't have a Duett now is a reluctance to cross-border saddle trials. I think it was the...

I too forced myself to have the whip in my "off" hand (in my case right was nice, left sucked) always unless I needed it specifically on my right, then flipped it back asap. I have no idea when it...

The worst comment I remember receiving came at a schooling show with a judge who was VERY stingy with comments. As in five movements had comments on my Training 2 test. The last comment for the...

The ideas in this blog post helped me. :)

http://www.themuckbucket.com/entry.php/4-Riding-Confidence-and-Marbles-in-a-Jar

Mine eats his Equishure no problem. I do put maybe 20ml of water on the pellets, mix it so all pellets are slightly damp, then add the Equishure and mix so it's distributed fairly evenly.

His...

I've also had 100% success in getting rid of it and keeping it gone with currying (rubber curry).

I feed grain right after I ride (after cooling down, untacking and doing his stretches) and have for years. I am usually pulling him in off the hay before though, so I don't know if this would work...

Thank you all! I will be checking these out. :)

I knew a horse that walked funny after girthing - turned out the sternum was out of alignment and was much improved after a chiro adjustment.

I do mine low mid fetlock without sticking an arm or anything under his tail. And then any time I catch it touching the ground when he cocks a hoof I take 3-4" off. I choose that length because I...

Does anyone use a cellphone app to track ride stats and produce a map of your ride?

A friend has Map My Ride https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mapmyride.android2&hl=en

Another...

Friesian people call it watermarks. That's all I know. ;)

You're asking the wrong question. It's not "Can I get him through another winter?" it's "Should I put him through another winter?" My second horse showed me this one.

Obviously you don't have...

I thought about jewelry when I lost my last horse but eventually decided that I was highly unlikely to wear it. I ended up getting a pottery horse bust from the OP's linked site and I love it! I...

You can get replacement halter snaps that have the cross bar screw into place so that the halter stitching doesn't have to be opened up and resewn.

The Wintec Elastic isn't. Yes they put nice elastic in the middle of the girth (sternum). Yes they attach the buckles to nylon strips attached to the elastic. Then they go and sew the buckles down...

You need an ultrasound to determine if it's a suspensory injury and how bad. Your vet would need to know where on the suspensory the injury/tear/strain is in order to inject the plasma into the...

When I got my first baby horse (weeks old, not months ;) ) my mantra was "If it's not cute when my 1300lb QH does it, it's not cute when my foal/weanling/yearling/two year old does it." He is...

If you go with a different bit (which you are doing part of the time with the corkscrew - try a fast or slow twist if the corkscrew is too much) USE the window of opportunity that bit gives you to...

I don't know about a replacement policy, but for anyone that doesn't already know modern helmets are designed to be single impact equipment. Any time you fall and hit your head the helmet needs to...

I don't know what crusher rock is, but a lot of footing gets very hard in the summer and squishy once it's saturated. I suspect the crusher rock softens in the wet season when it's used.