Nari
Well-Known Member
Jim will be coming out of hospital some time this week. Realistically I'm looking at seven weeks box rest with walking in hand - he may be allowed a little quiet, restricted turnout before then but it's unlikely simply because I very much doubt he'll do quiet.
So far he's done just over a week at the hospital & has been remarkably well behaved. He doesn't seem tobe stressing about Little Un not being there, is coping with the lack of turnout & is walking in hand sensibly.
It's crossed my mind that maybe the reason he's being so good is that at the hospital he doesn't have a routine that involve turnout. With that in mind I was wondering if I'd be better taking him to a different yard for his box rest.
It's doing my head in trying to decide. He's a stresser so a change of yard may well upset him and at the moment we want him kept quiet. But then seeing his pony go in & out every day & not being able to join him as he normally does is likely to upset him too. I don't want to upset my YO over this. I'd have to pay an extra livery. I'd be backwards & forwards between two yards because I can't keep expecting someone else to do Little Un for me. At home I could stable Little Un next to him at night (they can touch through a hole) but he'd be alone in the day, at the other yard he wouldn't have Little Un but there's another horse on box rest too.
Anyone fancy putting they're views or experiences down? I'm in a real dither
So far he's done just over a week at the hospital & has been remarkably well behaved. He doesn't seem tobe stressing about Little Un not being there, is coping with the lack of turnout & is walking in hand sensibly.
It's crossed my mind that maybe the reason he's being so good is that at the hospital he doesn't have a routine that involve turnout. With that in mind I was wondering if I'd be better taking him to a different yard for his box rest.
It's doing my head in trying to decide. He's a stresser so a change of yard may well upset him and at the moment we want him kept quiet. But then seeing his pony go in & out every day & not being able to join him as he normally does is likely to upset him too. I don't want to upset my YO over this. I'd have to pay an extra livery. I'd be backwards & forwards between two yards because I can't keep expecting someone else to do Little Un for me. At home I could stable Little Un next to him at night (they can touch through a hole) but he'd be alone in the day, at the other yard he wouldn't have Little Un but there's another horse on box rest too.
Anyone fancy putting they're views or experiences down? I'm in a real dither