Chihuahua
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Hi HHO forum - am a very old user with a new account. Was on the forum a lot as a teen 10 years ago!
Anyway I have decided the time is right to have a bit of fun with a loan horse for a couple of years before hopefully having kids, as my old boy is arthritic and having a wonderful time living out his semi-retirement. I have two potential loan horses to choose from - second viewing for a lovely ex racer and first viewing for a cob x ISH (my normal type) this weekend. Both owners moving abroad and looking for someone for 18 months - 2 years which suits me (although have obviously fallen head over heels with the TB and already can't imagine handing her back!).
My dilemma is this:
Option A: Keep loan horse with current horse
Pros: Not having to go to two yards at the weekends, already know the people and set up, people are nice.
Cons: Yard is a 15 - 30 min drive from home/work along two major A roads, yard is very quiet with not much going on.
Option B: Keep loan horse at different yard. Pay YOs to feed/check horses on alternate days during the week, go to both Saturdays and Sundays.
Pros: New yard is 5 min easy drive from home/work, very busy (80 horses over a few different yards so lots of people to ride with), on-site shows/clinics.
Cons: Extra time driving around at weekends, would not see old boy every day, having to deal with a new horse and new yard at the same time, not sure what the people will be like.
The yards are very similar in what they offer (grass livery, huge fields, no poo picking, 2 schools, great hacking, relatively cheap, stables in emergency). Moving old boy to new yard is not an option - he is so settled in the herd and has had to move around a lot in the past so I'm committed to keeping him there.
So WWYD?!
Anyway I have decided the time is right to have a bit of fun with a loan horse for a couple of years before hopefully having kids, as my old boy is arthritic and having a wonderful time living out his semi-retirement. I have two potential loan horses to choose from - second viewing for a lovely ex racer and first viewing for a cob x ISH (my normal type) this weekend. Both owners moving abroad and looking for someone for 18 months - 2 years which suits me (although have obviously fallen head over heels with the TB and already can't imagine handing her back!).
My dilemma is this:
Option A: Keep loan horse with current horse
Pros: Not having to go to two yards at the weekends, already know the people and set up, people are nice.
Cons: Yard is a 15 - 30 min drive from home/work along two major A roads, yard is very quiet with not much going on.
Option B: Keep loan horse at different yard. Pay YOs to feed/check horses on alternate days during the week, go to both Saturdays and Sundays.
Pros: New yard is 5 min easy drive from home/work, very busy (80 horses over a few different yards so lots of people to ride with), on-site shows/clinics.
Cons: Extra time driving around at weekends, would not see old boy every day, having to deal with a new horse and new yard at the same time, not sure what the people will be like.
The yards are very similar in what they offer (grass livery, huge fields, no poo picking, 2 schools, great hacking, relatively cheap, stables in emergency). Moving old boy to new yard is not an option - he is so settled in the herd and has had to move around a lot in the past so I'm committed to keeping him there.
So WWYD?!