sasquatch
Well-Known Member
So I am now booking transport and now beginning to wonder if I am doing the right thing.
B needs to move from where he is now, I am at uni 2 hours away from him and mum is moving house to 40 minutes away. He has to leave anyway.
I've found a lovely retirement home for him. Bit more expensive but not so expensive it's not doable, about 30-40 minutes from where I am at uni. He'd be out in massive big fields with other retired geldings (fields so big the owner has to take the quad to feed them all!) and would get his own pile of haylage when needed rather than all sharing from one big pile. YO really impressed me as he knew all the retired horses and their ailments, horses all came over to see him and say hello.
Master farrier would do feet and is 5 minutes up the road, worming would also be done by YO. YO has also said if I bring a rug down it's no trouble for him to throw it on him if he looks very cold when he checks on them in the morning.
Grazing/turnout 24/7 all year round and plenty of shelter as there's lots of trees and natural shelter.
I'd be able to go and visit him whilst I'm at uni on weekends, atm I see him whenever I'm home which isn't that often. Transport is easy as it's just travelling him down the motorway and he has travelled a similar journey before.
I have possibly found somewhere around the same price closer to mum's new house but would be relying on a friend who keeps her horses there to check on him (and she was the one who suggested it) and make sure he was alright which puts me off a bit, but I'd be able to see him more over summer. But I don't want to be reliant on a friend as I feel it's not fair, especially when I'm away.
Please convince me I'm doing the right thing in moving B down. He's hardy and being out 24/7 would suit him much more, especially in such big green flat fields and with a YO who checks on them and lets them be horses whilst also looking out for them.
B needs to move from where he is now, I am at uni 2 hours away from him and mum is moving house to 40 minutes away. He has to leave anyway.
I've found a lovely retirement home for him. Bit more expensive but not so expensive it's not doable, about 30-40 minutes from where I am at uni. He'd be out in massive big fields with other retired geldings (fields so big the owner has to take the quad to feed them all!) and would get his own pile of haylage when needed rather than all sharing from one big pile. YO really impressed me as he knew all the retired horses and their ailments, horses all came over to see him and say hello.
Master farrier would do feet and is 5 minutes up the road, worming would also be done by YO. YO has also said if I bring a rug down it's no trouble for him to throw it on him if he looks very cold when he checks on them in the morning.
Grazing/turnout 24/7 all year round and plenty of shelter as there's lots of trees and natural shelter.
I'd be able to go and visit him whilst I'm at uni on weekends, atm I see him whenever I'm home which isn't that often. Transport is easy as it's just travelling him down the motorway and he has travelled a similar journey before.
I have possibly found somewhere around the same price closer to mum's new house but would be relying on a friend who keeps her horses there to check on him (and she was the one who suggested it) and make sure he was alright which puts me off a bit, but I'd be able to see him more over summer. But I don't want to be reliant on a friend as I feel it's not fair, especially when I'm away.
Please convince me I'm doing the right thing in moving B down. He's hardy and being out 24/7 would suit him much more, especially in such big green flat fields and with a YO who checks on them and lets them be horses whilst also looking out for them.