anyone else fed up of not been able to ride/drive??

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1 1/2 years of on and off tendon issues never getting past 2 one minute trots then off work again. Now pony cannot drive due to liver enzymes have risen high so not in work.


I hate being grounded, does not help when liveries say *oh that was a great hack or we had a canter for the first time*

Great I think - they don't mean too but a bit insensitive IMO


Anyone else grounded?????
 
Yep, I'm grounded too:(
With my 2 horses recently diagnosed with navicular it has totally grounded me until my next one is ready and backed.
I never planned on owning 3 horses as I've always been of the thought that one bum and one horse is sufficient. Obviously life had different ideas in store!
I feel for you OP as 1.5years is soooo long! I've only been grounded for 2 months and am already pulling my hair out.
 
I'm grounded too but due to my knee and wrist issues :-( youngster will be 4 this summer too and was really looking forward to starting some schooling 😟
 
I've been grounded mostly since August 2010. Had a couple of periods of trying to bring my pony back into work and so far they haven't been successful. I don't know whether I'll try again to be honest.

This is going to be awfully hypocritical of me because it is so so hard, but try to participate in your fellow liveries their fun and success even though you're grounded. I got to the point where just seeing other people riding their horses, loading them up to go somewhere or setting off on a hack made me want to burst into tears because "it isn't fair" and "why us?" and it's difficult to avoid those situations so I was suddenly feeling that way a lot of the time. If you aren't careful you can start to become resentful (been there, done that) and then it gets harder to keep sticking with it.

When I get miserable about our situation I think back to when I first got back on my boy in 2013 and how supportive the fellow liveries were then. Also I am willing to bet that because of the amount of time I have spent with my boy on the ground, I have a better relationship with him than they might with their horses. When I think back on it, most people I know have been grounded at one point or another, some for longer than others, but I think we all get it. Lastly - when/if I do get back on board and we have good moments, sorry but I am going to be insensitive myself and gush to anybody that will listen!
 
Yep, pony with unexplained (so far) lethargy since September 2014. Off to horspital next week (if I can get her on the horse box) to be scoped for gastric ulcers.
 
Yep, my horse of a lifetime and former competition partner has a whole alphabet of problems and has been in and out of light work now for years, more out than in. My loan horse retired with complications post-treatment for severe arthritis last spring and my youngster, bought to succeed both of them, has been out of action since she needed KS surgery last summer. I'd only just (lightly) backed her. Starting to feel seriously jinxed. And miserable. I love them dearly, but feel more like an honourary vet nurse than a rider these days...
 
My daughter's gelding retired last year after a host of interconnected soundness issues, I think she finds it a bit frustrating and a downer at times. Currently she seems to be deeply involved in helping her friend with their young horse which is a great opportunity for her, but i know sometimes she wishes she could join in with the fun.
 
I feel jinxed too with the animals I lost and my father in the last 2 years, since 1989 I always had one in work and one starting out then my mare of a lifetime was In work, my old mare retired I then I lost her and my mare of a lifetime had her son. She was in work her was growing up, she got lami I rode him, I lost her 2012 he did tendon in and that is still the same today, my pony ok then raised liver so not in work. I want another horse but hubby won't let me, he has however said I can half loan. I want my own though but not in a position to argue with him.
 
Yep, me too. One of mine is retired and the other has just recovered from a torn DDFT and I'm just giving him time in the field. Like a poster above, I too lost my father 18 months ago, followed shortly by my aged dog. Not a great time.

The slight difference with me is that I don't particularly mind not riding. When I can it'll be nice, but not a necessity. My horses live out 24/7 and are happy as Larry.
 
Me to, I have four horses, all sound and rideable, but due to a new business, I haven't had the time to get out on them, I managed twice in the last year, now OH is struggling to walk and I don't dare ride in case I come off and hurt myself, cos we would be stuck, the only one it really affects is my 4 yr old, who could do with getting out and about, hopefully this year will be better
 
I've been feeling down generally not because my daughter can't ride in the way she would want to, I actually think that's an experience she needed to have, but just about the decisions I know are not far and there's nothing I can do to change it and I feel quite alone sometimes.
 
Not the same reasons as OP, but since last May I have only managed to ride on and off, very sporadic due to having to have 4 operations to my eyes.
I've been off just over a week of the 6 I need, and it's getting me down as I just can't crack on and enjoy my mare.
Hope you get your pony sorted HGA,asap.
 
For a variety of reasons I've been mostly grounded since August and haven't cantered since then - well, not counted as a canter, sideyways skipping down the road doesn't count. I've had a few hacks but have only hopped on once since Nov. Physio next week and then I think all the other factors have been resolved. The longer I stay on the ground, the lower my riding confidence sinks - and I have a hunter trial to win in September! ;) (If we can both stay sound we stand a good chance!)
 
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