A pointless little moan just because I know you lot will get it

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This last week I just feel really fed up. No particular reason but am on diy, with a field full of mud, no surface to ride on, all the bridleways are filthy, horse is grumpy because we are already weight watching, Im grumpy because of all the above and OH doesnt understand really. His answer is "give it all up then". I know its an end of a long winter thing but as I get older I long for a mud free yard (is there such a thing?), a magic wand to disappear the piles of poo hidden in the mud and life to just get a little easier. Another month or so and Ill feel energised again (hopefully) but I just need to have a little moan. Told you it was pointless :)
 
Sick of mud, if its not mud its a car to defrost..desperate for spring.
On the bright side its light when i leave work now!
 
I hate this time of year. I am in such a predicament with mine love him to pieces. but work in London 9 - 5 so hes out 6.30-6 by the time I'm home our school is full and I cant ride him until 9pm! Which I personally think is too late, and at that point I cant even hack out at the weekend because he will an electric bolt! This weather makes it impossible to get a functioning routine :(
 
luckyoldme said:
Sick of mud, if its not mud its a car to defrost..desperate for spring.
On the bright side its light when i leave work now!
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I was about to say that... and the horses have green smelly poos. Spring is on its way!
....If you told the 9 year old me that green smely poos would be something to be excited about she would have thought you were bonkers! That's what nigh on 30 years of horses does to you :D
 
I too am sick of mud. I'm asthmatic and I've been struggling recently because every time I groom my filthy horse I seem to breathe in the mud dust and set off my asthma.

I've just spent three days away with work and no problems with my asthma as no horse to muck out or groom. I was looking forward to seeing my horse and and riding this morning but I could of cried when I saw the state of him. After mucking out and removing three days worth of mud I'm back to square one again with my asthma.

Roll on Spring!
 
Know exactly how you feel. Chuck in a new nutty landowner at the field next door, some loony local waterways people who want to get in the field to cause merry hell with the stream and wildlife, a few loose dogs and some fanatical badger people wanting access at all hours as well as the mud, rain and pee'd off horses (one that'd just had colic) and we're definitely on the same page. I can't wait for spring to get some energy and my mojo back.
 
It's a relief to me that other people are feeling fed up as I'm feeling really fed up too. I know that sounds selfish but it's good to know you're not the only one sometimes. My horse has had a series of minor ailments since the end of last year, our riding has been really stop star and every time I think I'm getting going again something else goes wrong. I live quite a long way from the yard and when things are going wrong it makes it really difficult. Our yard owners are brilliant and happy to help with everything but I feel guilty not looking after him myself when he's ill. I've got to the point now where I wonder what will go wrong next and have started to wonder whether I really want to carry on or if I should consider selling. Know it's not the right time to be making decisions like that, I'll be moving him closer to home soon and hopefully the arrival of spring will help. Sometimes owning a horse is just really hard isn't it? Guess we need to all remember that and just be kind on ourselves.
 
:( Spring (and mud and sloppy poo) is just around the corner, hang in there just a few more weeks.

Yes, there is such a thing as a mud free environment, I have that, but there are disadvantages.

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When I hunted religiously at this time of year I got so fed up with it I would come home one day, and say "To hell with it" the horses would be turned away and I wouldn't do anything but the bare necessities for a month or so. We all need a breather at this time of year.
 
I'm feeling fed up too. Beautiful day today so was excited to get out and hack my girls. Obviously the only 2 hail showers we've had all day where when I was riding each horse. Beautiful sunshine again now. Humph.
Also fed up of totally trashed fields and having to lug a dumpy bag of hay out to the field twice a day. And my stables leak. And the school is deep and boggy and unusable. And the hackings rubbish. :(
So excited to be moving them back home next weekend. Lush fields which haven't been touched for 18 months, not a single bit of mud, a well drained school to use, dry stables.. hope that will boost my enthusiasm again! :D
 
Yep...me too! Been really ratty and miserable this week. I'm putting it down to their being no sign of Spring weather on the horizon. This hasn't been the wettest or coldest Winter but it feels like it has lasted forever!

Come on Spring....we need a break!
 
It's a world wide thing. Reverse seasons here, but June and July are the months I hate. We still get nice weather in May and August feels like spring is just around the corner. But June and July are cold, dark and muddy with nothing to recommend them.
 
I'm with you. I'm sick to the back teeth of mud. I think the others at the yard avoid me in the mornings because by the time I've turned out filled water and moved fences (all in boot sucking mud) I'm in a black mood.
Counting down the days to moving to the summer paddocks (hopefully early April)
 
I'm with you all, mud, poo, muck - fed up. Fell off the muck heap ramp as well today and am in a considerable amount of discomfort. Bah humbug
 
Sealine said:
I too am sick of mud. I'm asthmatic and I've been struggling recently because every time I groom my filthy horse I seem to breathe in the mud dust and set off my asthma.

I've just spent three days away with work and no problems with my asthma as no horse to muck out or groom. I was looking forward to seeing my horse and and riding this morning but I could of cried when I saw the state of him. After mucking out and removing three days worth of mud I'm back to square one again with my asthma.

Roll on Spring!
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Please wear a mask when grooming, asthma is not to be taken lightly, feel your pain with muddy horses, I have a young cob wearing mudlocks on tail and feathers, and three others, luckily not so hairy but still covered in mud
 
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