starsnrunes
Well-Known Member
Do you give your horses days off?
I've been wondering what todo with blue. I have him 4 days a week so he used to get a day off on one of my days, However i've started to lunge him once a week, but this means i loose a day of riding. My sharer hacks him the other 3 days and it's not fair on her to give up one of her days.
So my choice is only ride twice (schooling), lunge once and day off or ride 3 times still (2 schooling, 1 hack) lunge once and maybe a day off every 2 weeks? but i'm not sure if thats fair on him.
He's only in 'light' work as he's been out of regular work for ages and i'm trying to build him back up. Basically he does 20 mins-ish in the school in mainly walk and trot, occasionally with poles if i remember to get them out, 20 mins when he's lunged (again walk and trot) and hacking in walk (1hr at most, but usually shorter). Does that sound ok with out a regular day off? (If i don't have time cus of working or the weather etc he gets them then...but thats more of a spur of the moment thing)
He's turned out during the day, in at night and not fed a large amount (few handfuls of hi-fi light, small scoop of lo-cal balencer and small scoop of pasture mix) as he seems to be a good-doer atm (obv if he starts dropping weight when it gets to winter we'll up his feed or start adding a bulking feed or something).
Does what i'm doing seem ok?
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I've been wondering what todo with blue. I have him 4 days a week so he used to get a day off on one of my days, However i've started to lunge him once a week, but this means i loose a day of riding. My sharer hacks him the other 3 days and it's not fair on her to give up one of her days.
So my choice is only ride twice (schooling), lunge once and day off or ride 3 times still (2 schooling, 1 hack) lunge once and maybe a day off every 2 weeks? but i'm not sure if thats fair on him.
He's only in 'light' work as he's been out of regular work for ages and i'm trying to build him back up. Basically he does 20 mins-ish in the school in mainly walk and trot, occasionally with poles if i remember to get them out, 20 mins when he's lunged (again walk and trot) and hacking in walk (1hr at most, but usually shorter). Does that sound ok with out a regular day off? (If i don't have time cus of working or the weather etc he gets them then...but thats more of a spur of the moment thing)
He's turned out during the day, in at night and not fed a large amount (few handfuls of hi-fi light, small scoop of lo-cal balencer and small scoop of pasture mix) as he seems to be a good-doer atm (obv if he starts dropping weight when it gets to winter we'll up his feed or start adding a bulking feed or something).
Does what i'm doing seem ok?
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