Flights Stables

31/03/2024

22/03/2024

2 spaces available from 1st April
Nothing posh but happy horses
Geldings only. Will take 2 mares if come together
True Turnout 24/7,
365 days a year
Good grazing no need to hay all year
Field shelters in all fields,
Tack / hay storage
Grass schooling area 20x40m,
electricity and water
No barbed wire

Land not clay or sand, good drainage
Dose not flood
Supervised children/dogs welcome
Hay/feed storage, CCTV

Plenty of hacking can ride in fields, jumps, poles always out,

£120 per month DIY.
Rota feeding like assisted with out the cost

Free trailer parking
Flights Stables
Bedfont Middlesex

17/03/2024

This absolutely breaks my heart. We need to teach and show our kiddos that our family pets are a valued part of our family. Or please don’t get an animal who will just be ignored, and later rehomed because no one had time for them. 🐾 💔
#💔

17/03/2024

🌾Before you start mowing, please check your yard or garden 🙏🐇

29/02/2024

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27/02/2024

🐑 Livestock worrying happens when a dog chases or attacks livestock, such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, or poultry.

🐑 Your dog doesn’t have to touch an animal to worry it. Barking, chasing, or coming too close to an animal can still be considered livestock worrying. Even if your dog is friendly, their actions can still cause injury or distress.

🐑 Some animals, such as sheep, are particularly sensitive to livestock worrying, and it can prove fatal to both ewes and their lambs. Losing their animals in this way can have both a huge financial and emotional impact on farmers.

🐑 Farmers have a right to protect their property and can shoot a dog as a last resort, so please always keep your dog on a lead and under control around livestock.

🐑 If you see livestock worrying in progress, please call 999.

25/02/2024

Tips & Tricks
Used big tires, fills them with straw and sits the barrels down in them and then cuts them off. If they do freeze over you wont get more then an inch of ice in them. Also stays cool in the summertime.

18/02/2024

17/02/2024

Nice ride in the sun

11/02/2024

🤬Crates Are Cruel 😠 - why would you buy a dog to put it in a crate!?!

"My dog is scared of a crate so I won't put him in one"
"Crates are ABUSE"
"I got my dog to love not lock away"

These sort of statements we hear all the time, so why do we believe that every dog on the planet should be crate trained?

Well if you look back at our fireworks post we state to create a den like environment for your dog to help them feel safe. We litreally had 100's of comments and messages from social media thanking us as for the first time there dog was not petrified of the fireworks. The answer the crate!

Dogs love a den like environment, it helps them feel safe, it is a place for them to go when the house is perhaps a bit too busy or someone new is in the house they are unsure of.

A few reasons to crate are:
✅Imagine the first time your dog goes in a crate is at the vets.. This won't be a great experience for them.
✅Recovering from surgery and the door goes. Crate saves their legs.
✅Fireworks!
✅A safe place for them.
✅It teaches them to switch off!
✅It reduces the development of separation anxiety
✅If your dog is destructive it keeps them and your house safe!

If your dog is always on the go and never seems to switch off they will end up with a broken sleep pattern and as we all know that is not a good thing!

If you think of a crate as a prison then you need to change your mindset, it is more like a cot for a baby.

Once a dog is crate trained you leave the door open and allow the dog to choose.. 9/10 times they will choose their crate.

08/02/2024

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04/02/2024

Busy day muck spreading and manure collection

31/01/2024

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27/01/2024

Have you got a gummy bear looking for retirement livery

Retirement space available

Availability for 1 retired gelding to buddy up with a 14.2 retired pony in their own paddock.
The resident retiree is 32 years old and doesn't have any teeth so cannot eat hay/haylage. He has ab lib TopSpec TopChop Grass mixed with chaff and 3 big mash meals per day so would be helpful if similar situation.

The yard is on a rota basis where you will get 2 turns each week to check/feed the 8 resident horses. They are all super friendly and easy to do and turn can be done within 30 mins. These turns can be covered for an additional fee if you want full retirement livery.

15/01/2024

A good reminder to dog walkers,
If you fail to keep your dog on a lead it's not just the sheep that pay the price...

12/01/2024

2 spaces available
Geldings only
Turnout 24/7,
365 days a year
Good grazing no need to hay all year
Field shelters in all fields,
Tack / hay storage
schooling area 20x40m,
electricity and water
No barbed wire

Land not clay or sand, good drainage
Dose not flood
Supervised children/dogs welcome
Hay/feed storage, CCTV

Plenty of hacking can ride in fields, jumps, poles always out,

£120 per month DIY.
Rota feeding like assisted with out the cost

Free trailer parking
Flights Stables
Bedfont Middlesex

11/01/2024

😂😂😂

Yeeha !

10/01/2024

*** ENCYSTED REDWORM ***

I first posted this in 2019, but after reading a LOT of worrying comments recently about how people don’t worm their horses at all, as they do worm egg counts, I thought it was time to do a little encysted redworm refresher, with some updates!

1. Redworm can kill your horse.

2. You need to worm for encysted redworm AFTER they encyst, and before they emerge, so NOT in the Autumn! Wait for a good, frosty cold spell.

3. Encysted small redworm are NOT DETECTABLE in worm egg counts.

4. The larvae of small redworm, “encyst” or burrow into the gut wall. These can cause fatal consequences when they re-emerge.

5. Redworm appear as tiny pieces of thread in your horse’s droppings. They are very short and thin, and can be hard to see. They are white if they haven’t yet fed, and red if they have fed.

6. A horse can appear completely normal and healthy whilst carrying a large redworm burden. However, weight loss and diarrhoea may be early indicators; don’t ignore these signs.

7. Most wormers DO NOT target encysted redworm. Only TWO do: Fenbendazole and Moxidectin.

8. Lots of combination wormers contain IVERMectin. This WILL NOT have any effect on encysted redworm. The only wormer that contains MOXIDectin, is EQUEST. The Pramox (blue) version will treat tapeworm at the same time. Don’t use Pramox if you have treated separately for tapeworm, or used a saliva or blood test for tapeworm. Use the normal Equest (green) if this is the case.

9. Redworm are eaten by the horse during grazing. The larvae start to burrow into the gut wall as temperatures drop. Treating for encysted redworm whilst temperatures are warm, is not the optimal time, as the larvae may well not have started to encyst. Treating after a few hard frosts, also reduces the level of reinfection from larvae already on the fields.

10. The larvae stay in the gut wall during the winter, and are then triggered to emerge from the gut wall as the temperatures warm up in the Spring. If the horse has not been treated for redworm during this redworm “hibernation” stage, he/she is at risk of developing CYATHOSTOMINOSIS.

11. Cyathostominosis has a mortality (death) rate of up to 50%. It presents as colitis; profuse diarrhoea and colic. Contact your vet immediately if you see these symptoms in your horse at any time of year, but it is more likely to be due to redworm if this occurs in the Spring.

12. Ensure you have treated for encysted
redworm before temperatures start to increase as Spring arrives, incase of a large encysted redworm burden that may suddenly emerge.

13. There is a blood test for all stages of redworm, including encysted. This detects antibodies, so may be positive if your horse has had a high burden in the past 6 months, even if he currently doesn’t, but worth discussing with your vet. I would not be recommending this route for high risk redworm horses ie horses in herds with no poo picking, or rescue cases.

14. 5 day Panacur Guard (Fenbendazole) is the only other wormer that can treat the encysted stage of redworm. There was widespread resistance to this wormer, and a huge move towards everyone using Moxidectin for encysted redworm. It is my wormer of choice for very sick or poor horses, due to its milder action over 5 days. However, there is some evidence that it may cause more damage to the gut than Moxidectin, so more research is definitely required!

15. Poo picking daily is perfect pasture management, but does not mean that your horse is worm free! You still need to egg count/blood test for all worms and/or worm.

16. Herbal wormers do not work.

17. Worm egg counts do not detect encysted redworms (or tapeworm/bots/pinworm). I realise I am repeating myself, but this is something that lots of people still do not realise.

18. Do not UNDERDOSE when worming, as this will aid resistance. If in doubt, add 50kg to the weigh tape weight of your horse. Wormers are very safe with regards to toxic doses.

19. The Mole Valley wormers are NOT the same as Equest!!!! I saw this misinformation posted yesterday! They contain Ivermectin, which will NOT treat for encysted redworm.

20. Do NOT overuse Equest. Moxidectin (Equest and Pramox) should only be used ONCE in a 12 month period. So know when to use it!

This is not an exhaustive review of redworm, and I may add to the list if I think of anything else, but I hope this is of some use! Worming regimes and what worm egg counts detect, seems to cause lots of confusion amongst horse owners, and even yard owners.

Blood tests currently used for tapeworm and redworm, measure antibody levels to the worm. The saliva test also measures antibodies. The concern here would be false positives. This means the test coming back as positive when your horse has been clear of the worm in question for months. Antibody levels remain high for months following successful treatment for the worm being tested for. However, a negative obviously means the horse has been clear for a good few months, and would not need worming.

Happy reading!

Please share, as this is really something that all horse owners should know, and still don’t!

No prizes for spotting the hundreds of redworm in this photo!