Anyone succeeded in converting a non horsey other half???

Yeah I think I may be onto something. Other half hadn't even sat on a horse until we met 5 years ago. Since getting the horses 2 years ago I have been gradually getting him to do more than just helping out with feeding/grooming/mucking out etc.
I admit it is hard because unlike talking to someone who is knowledgeable about horses I sometimes have to describe items I am talking about and say why I want it and what it is used for etc.
It is hard not to assume they know what you mean if you say can you pass me this that and the other.
But we all have to start somewhere and I would rather have someone who you do have to explain things to because they are less likely to make a mistake and rush off and do things how they think it should be done.
Since moving yards we have better facilities now and my partner has shown more interest in the horses. After having his first lesson last week ( which he told me he enjoyed) he seems very keen to carry on and it is my hope that one day we can both hack out together which would be really nice.
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i'm getting there with mine. 6 months in so far.

His sister is very horsey - has two of her own, and rode since she was young. He had sat on a horse once when he was eight, cried, and never rode again.

Now I've got him having lessons - most weeks, at an approved school, and he has just progressed to his first canter. Seems keen to start jumping. I'm a bit worried that he is going to fall off, and give up because it hurts.

I've got him out to a few events, and we've tickets to badminton too. He'll do the chores and happily drive me to/from the stables too.

Definitely well on the path to addiction!
 
Yes, he has no choice lol.

He hated horses with a passion after an ex drove him round the bend (she kept wanting him to buy her one and pinning her rosettes and photos up in his bachelor pad
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). He met me and said he hated horses one day, so I avoided the subject until I decided I wanted a pony. He had no say in it. I wasnt allowed to talk about it or have horsey stuff in the house though for about a year.


However, last year he started showing an interest as the rest of the family ride, and really enjoys helping out etc now. He grooms and mucks out daughter's pony, and will quite often take himself off to have a 'chat' with the pony. He got me a huge shed for all our horsey stuff, converted the boiler room into a rug room and doesnt whinge about boots in the house either.




It is possible, you just have to wait...
 
Blimey I am very impressed with all these OHs helping with the horses! Even though I do all the laundry in the house I still have to sneak in my horses numnah, rugs, etc. to wash them otherwise OH complains that everything will get covered in horse hair
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Yes, my husband was always very supportive of me and my daughters riding, but had never had anything to do with horses, now he has his own horse and hacks out with us, its brilliant sharing our passion with him.
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yep, been with him for 3 years and he started riding last october after accompanying me on a few yard visits and now comes up with me every weekend and poo-picks the field with me.

and just to make you really sick....he was cantering, off the lunge in his 3rd lesson. and no it wasnt an easy horse he was riding either!! 16hh lazy ass ID!!!

(you can see him riding in my sig 4th pic along)
 
My OH doesn't ride- YET! I bought Bertie my colt for him! So ive got 3 years to teach him on Bear.. I will admit that I was very cruel and put him up on Bear for his 1st time being sat on! It was the only way as he wouldn't hold him so i had no choice. He is very good, he feeds them in the week when i dont get up there and especially now i only have 1 working hand!
 
No chance! He's very supportive, will take me to shows with the trailer, will come out walking on hacks and stand on walls to cheer me on at hunter trials but won't do anything more than stroke my horses on the nose! Been with him for 12 years so he isn't going to change. I don't mind because I like it to be "my thing" and while he's pursuing long days on the cricket field in the summer (his obsession) I can spend long leisurely days with my horses. Your partner doesn't have to be horsy for your relationship to work, it can sometimes be a bonus if they aren't!
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My oh is fab, we have been together 6 years now and he has gradually got more and more involved, he doesn't really ride but has the odd sit on. He is incharge of the feeds and makes her breakfast and dinner they look bloody 'Al a carte!' He is starting to call her 'his' horse now which i'm gonna have to put my foot down too i'm afraid!
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I almost managed the opposite in that my ex rode a lot when I 1st met her, and hardly when we split. Does that count?
 
Ex-OH liked coming to have a look at him, give him a pat etc and even gave him a peck on the nose when we left! Never managed to fully convert any males, BUT I am the sole reason my best friends dad is now responsible for a little irish mare hehe!
 
Mine won't come near them & after nearly 20 years I've given up trying! I'm not complaining though because he pays to keep them & doesn't moan much about the time I spend on them.Yes I would love it if he was interested but I won't push him to get involved in something that he doesn't like/is scared of. No-one is perfect & in the scheme of things it's not that biga flaw!!
 
I've been with my OH over 10 years and he'll come and watch me at competitions, play photohrapher and do odd jobs round yard but I don't want to convert him. The stables is my time and while I'm at yard he's usually out on his motorbike so we are both happy.
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