2026 - My Shetland blog
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Pepper went to the vet to be stitched up under light sedation.
Pepper went to the vet to be stitched up under light sedation.
Aw, lots more healing coming - I'm sure she'll be nursed back to health by yourself quickly.
Pepper looks much happier off-lead checking everything out 
The ponies look pretty good from the pictures, mine live on fresh air too, Dan is still coming off the track to hay at night since his little laminitis blip and is slim as he’s refusing the hay, Hank is on the track with nothing extra and there’s nothing but weeds out there and he’s fat as a house! I do worry he’s not getting enough fiber but what can you do?
The ponies look pretty good from the pictures, mine live on fresh air too, Dan is still coming off the track to hay at night since his little laminitis blip and is slim as he’s refusing the hay, Hank is on the track with nothing extra and there’s nothing but weeds out there and he’s fat as a house! I do worry he’s not getting enough fiber but what can you do?
Greasy Forelocks and Manes
When I was in the field this morning, I noticed that the old horses and ponies had greasy clumpy forelocks and thought to myself I must do something about this. I’ll do it later – Maña…
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A spot of grooming today mostly out of necessity.
Da Gairdins Visit
I spent a lovely, if blowy, morning at Da Gairdins in Sand, 4 miles north of Skeld. A 60 acre site of woodland and gardens open all year round for everyone to visit. And I had never been before (I …
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A lovely morning spent walking around a beautiful garden.
Trigger Happy
I am a great believer that sleep is when your body does its best healing so when Pepper finally switched off this afternoon, we all breathed a collective sigh of relief. But mostly she is awake, tr…
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Everyone always wants feeding.
Dentist Aftenoon
Today the equine dentist arrived. I had everyone all ready. And gave them a pep talk mentioning good behaviour, and that I would be there, etc. This was the first time the ponies had met our equi…
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Equine dentist to see the Shetland ponies for the first time.
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