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your horse, or horses in your life?

Tell me if you could or couldn't, I couldn't.

I love being with them and watching them as well as riding and can't even begin to imagine life without them.

What about you?
 
No way at all!
Even if I couldn't ride them, or they couldn't be ridden, just being around them is fantastic. Couldn't be without my girls for all the world! When they do eventualy shuffle off to the field in the sky then I will be after another. They are a way of life and I can't go back now!
 
No, can't imagine life without them, I wouldn't be me without horses being in my life, even if I couldn't ride anymore, I enjoy looking after them, I'd be like a fish without water.
 
After several attempts to put Archie on loan and thinking about selling him, when push came to shove, I realised I just cannot be without him. He is my medicine, the last thing I think about when I close my eyes at night and usually the first thing I think about in the morning. We have a very special bond.

Like the quote above, I could exist but not live fully.

However, in the event anything happens to him I doubt whether I would get another, it would just never be the same.
 
Gone through periods where I did, now included and yes I miss them but I also enjoy the freedom. Then again I'm 23 and never been on holiday because I was financially responsible for any horse I had on loan from 16yo. In the long term, I plan to own my own and I never see them being totally removed from my life but right now I'm enjoying a break.
 
Everytime I think about giving up, I imagine how much money I would have - but then I can't think of anything meaningful I would spend it on anyway.

So thats it, I for one am doomed to be shabby and poor forever (but my horses are fated to live in comfort with beautiful rugs!!)
 
I haven't had horses in my life for about 6months now and not ridden for nearly 11! I can live without them but I have a longing for them and have now once again set out on the hunt for a new loan! I miss the way I feel when I'm round horses. I miss my old boy so much and desperate to find something to fill that gap!
 
Yes, I would live.

However, would I go mad if everything remotely horsey/connected to equestrian life/social circles/events was removed from my life, would I go mad? Probably after a while!

I can go without physically riding or being around horses, its all the other stuff I can't imagine being without!
 
No I couldn't.

I pity some of my friends who are my age and seem to have really boring lives. They struggle to get up in the mornings to go to work. They complain they are unfit and gaining weight, and that they don't have any enthusiasm to do any form of exercise or go to the gym, because they hate it.... The only thing that excites them is going out and having a drink at night. (admit it, you do know people like this)

Me on the other hand, I'm awake at first light, and still get butterflies in my stomache (even though I've done this all my life) anticpating my early morning whizz round the common on my boy before work. It's like an adenalin rush. Even the mucking out keeps your tummy and arms toned, and I would much rather muck out every morning, than have to go to the gym. There will always be ups and downs having a life with horses, but I would never want to live without them. Even the tricky one I've got at the moment gives me so much pleasure, especially when I see a small breakthrough with his schooling issues.
 
If I could be happy without them then I wouldn't bother having them - they are so expensive! I've tried giving up before and it lasted about a month before I was riding peoples horses for them again and then about 6 months before I bought a new one :)
 
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I couldn't imagine not having horses in my life, more so I couldn't imagine not having Kelly in my life! Makes me wonder what I'd do with my time?
Couldn't live without my dogs either - couldn't do with coming back to an empty house without them there to say hello!! K x
 
Yes, have done so at various times in my life, and most likely will again.

I'd rather have them than not, but if at some point in my life it doesn't suit/isn't convenient/possible for me to have horses then I won't and it won't kill me.

I enjoy my horses, I like my horses very much, but I don't love them. As I said recently in another thread they are not the sole reason for my existence, just a pleasant, if expensive bonus, they don't rule my life, just fit into it.
 
Not a chance. My horses/horses in general are my escape from everything else going on in my life. Being at the stables is the only time i'm able to fully switch off from everything and for it to just be my horse and I. I went through a stage of not having a horse to ride and not having lesson, generally not having anything to do with horses and i literally went crazy!!
 
Thanks for all your answers, so agree with most, I also couldn't live without my dogs..3 of them, so it's interesting that horses have a hold on so many people, I just adore them and could watch them all day, glad I'm not the only one.
 
I could live, of course, but I'd be bored stiff. The OH does shifts and I sometimes don't see him for nearly a week, so the horse and the social life at/because of the yard are a saviour for me.
 
Gawd,,,no. I recently had an operation on my leg, which marooned me on the sofa at home for a week afterwards. God I was a miserable cow! I'm up and about again now and I've never been so grateful to be able to get to the yard and see my horses. OH has kindly been seeing to them but he said they wouldn't come when he called them. When I finally got to the yard I called them, they all came galloping up the field and my normally shy youngster fought his way through the herd and dropped his head into my arms. Cue copious blubbling from me. Even doing the mundane poo picking seemed exciting....
 
I could live, although I would get a bit annoyed! I don't currently have a horse hence my activity on forums has increased!!! Also partly due to recovering from an op so home alot!

I am unlikely to get aother horse until at least next year as I am supposed to be saving costs in order to start my own business next year and my OH says 'no' when he finds me searching horses for sale....! In the meantime I hope to be able to offer my help to others who may need a rider or a sharer so whilst I cannot cut them out completely I can survive without one of my own :)
 
Of course I could.
I wouldn't choose to at the moment, but my horse is only one part of my life. I also have a wonderful partner, a job I love and my friends. I love travelling and if I didn't have the expense of a horse would be doing more of that.
I'd have to replace riding with another sport though. I was tempted to take up windsurfing after a holiday a few years ago but it didn't appeal so much in this country - I figured if I was going to get cold and wet I might as well stick with my horse!
 
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