Mine live out in the winter and prefer it.
Get a hayhutch, they're an absolute god send. Get your hay in early, and get lots of it! Hard standing for checking over/tacking up is essential. We have a field shelter but mine don't ever use it. Have spare rugs ready for when it's really wet. Mud...
Great to have such a fantastic update! Isn't Harley handsome! It sounds like they really are brining each other on, whilst Dolly still gets to have lots of fun and fuss! Looking forward to lots more updates :)
We've got a VW LT35 with day living! We have a hob and sink and teeny tiny bench. The cut through to cab makes a convenient seat and living is plenty big enough for us to chill out between classes :)
Mine is like this!
I lunge with two lines, so long reining in effect. It's only over the past few weeks that I've started lunging. As above, I just have to block him, spend a long time demonstrating who's boss using groundwork until he realises that it's just easier to do as he's asked. Then...
Ah I'm sure you'll be fine! When's results day? I'm at Bournemouth, got good enough grades for "better" unis but I wanted to stay at home and it's turn out to be such a fab course. You will love uni, horse or not :)
If money's irrelevant then go for it.
Personally, I have had to work whilst at uni to pay for my horse. It resulted in me being very stressed. Working all the hours I could meant I was doing uni work late into the night and had no time for playing ponies, let alone having a social life! I'm...