Heres where the story begins........

Molly

  Well she has got to be the most temperamental, stroppy, hormonal, messy, unglamourous mare that has ever walk this earth, but at the same time she is extremely intelligent, caring, generous, and so full of hilarious character you know exactly where you stand and know you can trust her fully.

I have owned her since I was 12 years old and she was a rather tatty looking 5/6 year old mare who was being sold by a riding school who had decided she wasn't going to take to being a riding school horse due to her amazing character. We have both aged quite a lot and she has reached the ripe old age of 23/24.

Then at the end of summer last year, she suddenly lost so much weight, and although generally happy didn't seem to be quite as bubbly as usual, so after a short period of denial and ignoring the problem I arranged for her to get tested.

I believed that her being diagnosed would be as good as a death sentence and I didnt want to lose the old girl after all those years, she had been my sanity during the bad times and the source of a lot of the good times, but once I had spoken to the vet about the condition and did some of my own research I realised that it wasn't necessarily the end, yes it wasn't going to be easy and the downs so far have been more frequent the and ups, but cushings doesn't have to be the terrible illness that so many people believe it is.

Whenever I have the time, I plan to bring you up to speed to how I have learnt to manage Molly's cushings and also get off my chest the irritating comments, advice and peoples inability to fully care for their own horses.