Recent content by Mrsmurphy

Aw thankyou ... I just wanted to check I wasn’t being crazy xx

Stables and field separate. The stables have a small turnout for winter - not mine, rented. No option to let them share, not that mine would anyhow :) The fields are rough - but friendly and close. I just want the rain off her back now and then... I was going to use pallets!!

Thanks all... All slabbed, no plants out the back thanks to my bedlington digging everything up (raised borders too!). Asked neighbours, all fine - pigeons one side and animals the other. She will be out everyday - it’s a huge herd, take two mins for son to ride her up. I’m thinking of today’s...

Morning everyone... Somehow I have ended up with a little aged pony. The two big ones are going up to the stables tomorrow (currently in a field 2 mins from my house). Just thinking - I have a large, slabbed back garden - what’s your thoughts on building an shelter for awful weather? She...

Thankyou both, it is a comfort knowing that I could ride again. Its just causing so much friction... we arent rich, nor do I own my own land, so paying so much for something Im not 'doing' is not easily understood by non horsey husband. Im frustrated, so not a nice person to be around, and...

Hello all, as title really, I have lost all confidence in riding, and its now affecting my handling too :( Im in my late 30's, 4 kids, 3 1/2 horses (pony), and work full time. I have had a few painful falls within a 2 yr period, but nothing horrific. I am embarrassed and devastated that it...