Do you ever regret getting your horse/getting into horses.

Do I miss being able to sleep in the mornings? yes
Do I wish I could stay indoors when its minus tempratures outside? yes
Do I regret getting him? No way

I genuinley dont think I would still be at uni if I didnt have him with me and I wouldnt swap him for the world. He isnt perfect and hes not very affectionate but hes my boy and I love him for that. I would have much more spare cash but I prefer to buy him something when I get paid not my self. I'm one of them really sad people who misses him if someone else turns him out for me in the mornings :o.
 
Yes all the time, first horse I brought after a 20 year gap was a mad throughbred had her for 4 years then sold her. Brought Taz and my daughter also had a pony. Had Taz nearly 5 years in that time he had Uevitis, Laminitis and sadly was PTS with cancer. My daughters pony was sold as she lost interest, I got sued by the buyer (long story)

Then I brought Murphy, had him vetted. After 4 weeks he went lame, 11 months of treatment for ringbone he never came sound and was severly lame, in the end he was PTS. Brought another which was too much for so he was returned to the dealer. And my confidence took a battering.

Had a little time out 3 weeks only. Was really missing horses but needed to get my head straight and workout if I wanted another. I went to look at one. I didn't make my mind up at first but decided to give him a go.

He has been with me now for just over a week into a 3 month trial, and I couldn't be happier, I'm hacking out on my own already and instead of feeling sick with fear it's now with excitement. He is perfect in every way. I will have him vetted and if he passes then he will be with me forever.

I haven't had it easy but I wouldn't change a thing, I had some good times with the horses I've owned, not just sad ones. Once they are in your heart and head it's very hard to live without them.
 
i regretted buying my horse within the first week as i couldnt catch the little ****

hated her for amonth then slowly (very slowly) i started to like her as she behaved as she settled lol! :)

i did dislike her for the best part of a year tho.....now i adore her :)
 
This weekend (after picking my boy up on Friday!) I did think what on earth have I done as he was pacing backwards and forwards in his box, stressing out too much to be tied up and generally being such a stresshead that being in his stable was very unsettling (not that he was being nasty, just a very big very unsettled flighty TB). Given I've been out of the horse owning game for 10 years I was fretting about it more than I probably should have. I kept reminding myself that it would all come right as he settled, got used to being on a busier yard and once we could get out and about (he's in isolation for three weeks and we don't have a saddle until tomorrow so he's all cooped up).

Then this morning when I got to the yard I got a little whicker and when I was faffing about in his little tack room (through a door at the back of his stable) he kept poking his head in to say hello and have some fuss and suddenly it was all worth it again. He's a sweetheart, just a stressed out unsettled one!
 
When it's 7am and the rain/sleet/hail is battering the window (again) and I HAVE to get up and haul hay/shavings and toss horse poop around (yet again), and the horses are caked in mud and it's as black as a witches **$, when I'm tired/stiff/aching (again) and the yard needs sweeping and the wind is howling, yes - I can think of 100 things I'd rather be doing with my time/money. But you know what? They're worth everything, they are beautiful, they try so hard for me and they rest my soul.
 
yes, once a month for a few minutes after I open my livery bill!

No in all honesty I have been there with the regrets. My boy has caused me all sorts of trouble thanks to his troubled background. But we are getting there now. Battle through and it is worth it in the end!
 
oh yes! Now thousands of pounds in debt with a horse that's always needing vet, but had him 14 years and would never part with him!

Oh the things i would do if i had some money in the bank - have a holiday for one, haven't had one for 6 years :-(

but I could never be apart from horses been riding since I was 7 and now 43 and a half :) so enormous part of my life
 
Every time I recieve a bill for feed, hay, shoes, vets.. etc as I realise the money could be spent elsewhere. But as that doesn't take up all that much time in comparison to the time I spend with them its not that much of a worry/concern. If I had the money I would probably only be wasting it on something else anyway!
 
I know exactly how you feel :( I have often felt like that, but it seems to be happening more often than not at the moment. I have 2 chestnut TB's over the last 2years it has been one thing after another. After my older boy chipped his pedal bone and needed surgery, I decided he needed a quieter life so got my 2nd horse. I thought having 2 they couldnt possibly both be broken at the same time, but I was wrong. In the year of having both of them, my old chap has had a tooth extracted, root canal treatment on another and various physio. My new boy has had tendons scanned, hundreds of pounds on physio (probably up to £1k now), emergency vet call out from being kicked Xmas Eve, 2 x foot abscesses, twisted knee and is now lame again, looks like a splint, also had saddle issues with my new one. My vet bills since 30/11/2011 have exceeded £1,000 and more keeps going wrong, I keep telling myself my luck must change soon as I am sure your will ;)
 
Black_Horse_White said:
Yes all the time, first horse I brought after a 20 year gap was a mad throughbred had her for 4 years then sold her. Brought Taz and my daughter also had a pony. Had Taz nearly 5 years in that time he had Uevitis, Laminitis and sadly was PTS with cancer. My daughters pony was sold as she lost interest, I got sued by the buyer (long story)

Then I brought Murphy, had him vetted. After 4 weeks he went lame, 11 months of treatment for ringbone he never came sound and was severly lame, in the end he was PTS. Brought another which was too much for so he was returned to the dealer. And my confidence took a battering.

Had a little time out 3 weeks only. Was really missing horses but needed to get my head straight and workout if I wanted another. I went to look at one. I didn't make my mind up at first but decided to give him a go.

He has been with me now for just over a week into a 3 month trial, and I couldn't be happier, I'm hacking out on my own already and instead of feeling sick with fear it's now with excitement. He is perfect in every way. I will have him vetted and if he passes then he will be with me forever.

I haven't had it easy but I wouldn't change a thing, I had some good times with the horses I've owned, not just sad ones. Once they are in your heart and head it's very hard to live without them.
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thanks for sharing this, I can relate to your pain about murphy I feel I'm in a similiar boat with duke, will see what the vet says tomorrow

Thanks everyone for your comments as it has really given me some support, when things go wrong it feels like your the only one who has ever felt that way
 
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