What sort of tack do I need?

There are many, many different sorts of horse gear, and this guide may help you choose what you need.

Saddles- Wintec, Bates, what to choose? That depends on what you are looking for, if you are looking for a dressage saddles the best to go for are the leather saddles, Wintec saddles make great dressage saddles but for more advice contact your local horseland store, saddle store, or horse shop. All purpose saddles can be leather saddles or synthetic, but for a better longer lasting hight quality saddle would have to be leather and that aswell, to find more information contact your horse shop. Do not buy a random saddle that you think will suit your horse or buy it even before you have a horse, make sure you get it fitted although that may be a little more expensive you would rather pay for that then buy a new saddle.

Bridles- Bridles also have to be fitted, mostly the bit, some horses feel uncomfortible with a sort of a bit so you wi;ll have to have the previous owner to tell you what sort of a bit the horse needs or just go to you vet or dentist to check. NEVER wet leather, it will rot and it will be usless.

Helmets- Helmets are the most importent part of horse gear!!! When you go to buy one get a properly fitted and if you find a helmet in a bin or somewhere else other than a shop and it is not yours, DO NOT take it! The owner before may have had a fall and helmets only have proper resitence if you don't drop it hard on the ground! If you have a bad fall or just hit your helmet on the ground or even a fall that hits your helmet and shatters it don't were it and destroy it so no one else were's it!

Shoes- Don't were laced shoes unless they are properly ajusted into the boots, make sure the boot has a heel of no bigger or no smaller then 1cm. Check in the shoe is too tight on your feet or too wide for the stirrups or too big for your shoe.

Pants- Pants cannot be wide so it always gets hit against the horses side and sometimes the horse can get spooked.

Movie Reveiw!

Movie Reviews!

There are great horse movies to watch but this is one of my personal favourites-

The Heartland series, there are around 9 seasons!
The makers of Heartland series love to put in a bit of drama to make it more interesting.

There are also quite a few books from Heartland that are good books which the show is based on.



Main Actors-

Amber Marshal as Amy Fleming

Michelle Morgan as Samantha Louise (Lou) Fleming

Chris Potter as Tim Fleming

Graham Wardle as Ty Borden

Jessica Amlee as Mallory Wells

Nathaniel Arcand as Scott Cardinal

Cindy Busby as Ashley Stanton

Greta Onieogou as Soroya Duval

There are many more characters to the movie but they hardly appear in other episodes.


Saddle Club

Saddle Club has quite a few episodes and a few movies, if you have relized there are some new actors replacing ther older actors.
New Actors-

Araiel Kaplan as Lisa Atwood

Lauren Dixon as Stevie Lake

Victoria Campbell as Carole Hanson

Marney Kennedy as Veronica Di' Angelo

Aisha Dee as Desiree Biggins (Desi)

Connor Jessup as Simon Atherton 

Kaiya Jones as Jess Cooper

Ella-Rose Shenman as Melain  Atwood

Troy Lovett as Jack O'neil

Richard Davies as Max Regnary

Briony Behets as Mrs Reg (Elizabeth Regnary)

Cosmo Feltham as Phil Mastern

Rory Donegan as Murry Richards

Saddle club Horses

Starlight owned by Carole

Prancer owned by Lisa

Belle owned by Stevie

Garnet owned by Veronica

Midnight owned by Desi/Simon

Jellybean owned by Desi after Midnight was sold to Simon

Teddy owned by Phil

Chilli owned by Murry

Barq owned by Mrs Reg

Comanche owned by Stevie

Dime owned by Melanie

Jess ownes Penny

Trouble (Donkey)  is owned by Melanie and Jess

Sky is owned by a lady called Miranda but Carole finds him and keeps him until Miranda comes.

Danville Dutchess is a million dollar racehorse that comes to Pine Hollows before her race with her owner Gus.

Diablo was oridinally owned by Raffael Lisa bonded with him and let him in the wild and he comes to Lisa whenever she needs him.

& The Old Saddle Club Actors-  

Keenan MacWilliam-Carole Hanson
Sophie Bennet-Stevie Lake
Lara Marshall-Lisa Atwood
Heli Simpson-Veronica diAngelo
Kia Luby-Kristi Cavanaugh
Jessie Jacobs-Melanie Atwood (Jessie sadly passed away in Melbourne 2008 at the age of 17)
Brett Tucker-Max Regnery
Catherine Wilkin-Elizabeth Regnary (Mrs Reg)
James Odea-Red Omalley
Glenn Meldrum-Phil Mastern
Matylda Buczko-Dorothee Doutey (Junior French Competitor, she broke her pelvis bone spent 8 weeks in hospital and lost intrest in horses until saddle club help her out)
Cathy Godbald-Deborah Hale
Nikolai Nikolaeff-Drew Regnery (Max Regnery's cousin)
Jenelle Corlassbrown-Ashley Taylor
Horses of Saddle Club
All the same horses but I'll list them anyway-
Starlight
Prancer
Belle
Barq
Garnet (After Colbalt)
Teddy
Dime
Eddie
Pepper- Will be retired in the new season
Hugo- Dorothee's imported French horse (Her show horse)
Angel- A horse sent to Red due to problems of running away while riding it.
Bert- Dave's horse
Diablo
Storm- A badly abused horse Lisa chooses from animal shelter.
Windsong- A racehorse is found to have natural remedies
Season 1
Colbalt-Veronicas horse wich sadly got put down from very bad lameness.
Patch- Lisa's horse before she got Prancer.
Comanche- Stevie ride him before she got Belle.
Delilah- Carole used to ride her before she got Starlight.
Samson- A foal of Delilah and Colbalt.
Nickel- A beutiful grey mare
Penny
Barq- Mrs Regs horse
Starlight
Prancer
Belle
Garnet
Teddy
Pepper
Dime

Book Reviews!!

Some thing you have to read is the Pegasus series!!

This is the first book

And the 2nd book:)

In 2012 the 3rd book is finally coming out!!

Watch the trailer on www.hodderchildrens.co.uk/pegasus

These books are my favorite so far, I have been looking for the second book for ages and finally found it!!, if this series ends soon I will be so sad, hopefully the books will get thicker and thicker as they go! So far the second book is bigger then the first book. Kate O'Hearn puts in a lot of detail in her words and gives a lot of tension in your reading but also happiness when you get to the part of the book when it all calms down. If you like mythology and reality books then this is one for you, if you go onto the website take a sneak peek of the first book to see if it is the one for you, when I first picked up the book off the shop self I knew that I would be reading it like crazy!:)

If it is your type of book then you can feel it that it will be an excellent and something that you will love. The blurb of this book is very good as well, the first book blurb is this

- When Pegasus crashes on to her roof, 13 year-old Emily's life becomes that legend : epic battles, desperate chases, captivating flights astride the beautiful winged-stallion, and one heroic quest to save Olympus before the Flame is extinguished.......for ever

Book two Blurb by Kate O'Hearn-

Reborn as the Flame of Olympus, Emily must embrace her new powers and responsibilities. But all she wants is to return to her world, where her farther remains a prisoner of the sinister government agency, the CRU.

Battles with monsters and hero must be fought and as Emily launches on to a new flight of adventure astride the magnificent winged-stallion, Pegasus.

Horses Basics

Horses are great powerful animals and are very beautiful as well! Horses have being used for many thing as well as used for farming, transport and riding for fun. there are many breeds and colours going to the smallest breed the Falabella, the tallest breed the Shire to the most oldest- Przewalski and the most beuautiful the Arabian. The most basic coat colours are- grey, black, bay, cheastnut and dark brown.

HEALTH AND BUYING- All I am going to write here is is about colic B-) If a horse is showing any synmptoms  of colic then call the vet straight away. If a horse gets colic it might have being caused by- eating freshly mowed grass, ragwort or yew tree, a sudden change in diet, stress, eating and drinking straight away after or before exercise. if you are buying a horse make sure that it is healthy and don't be afraid to ask questions or else you may end up with problems after you bought the horse, also ask if it had any sicknesses or problems in the past if it is possible to get a different vet from the vet that the previous owner had because the old owner may have singed a deal that the owner would pay the vet an amount of money to say to the new owner that the horse is fine even if it has a sickness of some sort just so he/she gets sold, but that dosn't happen any more at all because it is the vets job to keep an animal safe, well and alive.

Ferrets! Basics

Ferrets are part of the weasel family, males are bigger then females (of course) so If you are thinking of getting a ferret think twice, they are very curious so be ready for things to be bitten or dropped. Ferrets can become GREAT companions and very friendly pets. They will try to be- friend any animal they come across mostly cats, little dogs or maybe big ones too, sometimes reptiles and even horses! The poos they do are not like rabbits or mice poo so don't be surprised. Ferrets don't like being left alone so if it is possible to get a companion for them then don't hesitate as they will sometimes grow bad habits, but if you can not get a companion for them you can be their friend. If your ferret is jumping around your feet then try and play with it and make it happy. 

CAGE: With your ferrets cage you will need quite a big one and make sure that it isn't made completely out of wire mostly the floor or else they might get their feet stuck in them. With the food and water you will need to make sure that everything can be accessed without hassle. If you are thinking of getting a ball tip drink bottle then make sure your ferret knows how to drink out of it but preferably get a water bowl that is not light or else it will spill the water and leave its bedding or ground wet. If your ferret is around 5 to 10 weeks don't give it hard food it is harder to swallow for a young kit to prevent the kit from eating hard dry food, boil some water and pour a little in the bowl of food and then let the water cool down and feed it to him/her. 

HEALTH & BUYING: If your ferret is not its self check if it's nose is wet its coat is not oily and make sure that it is shiny and also check if it's eyes are clear. If you wake your ferret up or it just wakes up and you feel it's nose it would sometimes be dry so don't worry if it is dry or not. When you are buying your ferret at either a breeder or a pet store make sure that it isn't   below 7 weeks old also check that it has clear eyes, a shiny coat and a wet nose if you have any complaints don't be afraid to tell the shop keeper breeder because the ferret could be sick and maybe it could be very serious or contagious. If it is a hot day put in an ice pack or something cold and/or wipe them down with a wet cloth or towel.