We're not majorly remote either and I still get the same feeling when I go into the field in the dark!! I hate it lol!! I just don't like the dark......
I came out of my front door once to turn the interior light of my car off as I had left it on, got as far as the middle of the drive and...
LOL I shall try and remember this!!
I feel like a right wimp now the majority of those of have already replied have said they do ride at night alone lol!!! :o
I have been at the same yard (with a few months break at another place) for the past 5 and half years and have only had the courage to ride alone at night 3 times! The last time I did I scared myself silly!! (I am 27 in a few months time and it wasnt that long ago)!!
I was just wondering how...
Mess.....I HATE messy yards!! No excuse for it!!
Fields full of poo.....
Arenas with droppings left in due to lazy liveries
People using jumps and not putting things back as they find them (IE tidy where they should be stored)
People who leave lights on
Know it alls that know...
If it becoming a real problem for you or your horse then I would be looking at a different bedding (wood based) or just let him get on with it.
There is no harm in them eating straw. Mine does it all the time!! He loves the empty husks right at the bottom of the bed!!!!!!!!
Saves me...
I leave the door open while he eats
Lead him into the stable a certain way
Tie my nets a certain way
Pick his feet out front to back
I always take my girth right off the saddle
I always (most of the time anyway) dismount leg over front
I never use my hand to bit him, I hold the...