Do you love your horse Conditionally or unconditionally?

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This is a silly post but we were having a conversation over Sunday Lunch and some of my friends clearly have Conditional Love relationships with the parents. I thought I would ask if people did this with their horse??

I hope mine is Unconditional. Dougal is such a lovely boy but it took me quite a long time to love him,well about 3 weeks, (with my old girl it was instantaneous), but know he often crops up in my dreams and I find myself on journey's thinking about him like I do boyfriends!!! So I really hope it is unconditional. Esp as we are starting competing again now after having a bit of time off over Mid winter! I want to event him but if he doesnt take to the XC, he loves it so far but I havn't pushed him (he has had an issue with water since I got him and wouldn't go through puddles but will gallop through them now), then I always said I would just leave it and SJ him as I don't want to pressurise him into doing something just coz I love it.

Just thought I'd ask if you had similar relationships with your horses, obviously you don't have to tell me, on a public forum, that you also dream about your horse and find your mind being occupied by his presence (I know I am odd, but I'm proud of it) LOL!!!!

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Yeah i really do love my horse!!
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i have a whole wall of our photos in my room so that i can look at how far we've come
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i loved him when i first saw him but we have had a few setbacks like my accident and i sometimes find him a bit frustrating but i know that he is a horse and will find things hard at times so i try to give him the benefit of the doubt!
Obviously when things go well i love my horse 10 fold and he gets very spoilt (even more than usual!!)
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Unconditional. No matter how much he bucks, attempts to canter down roads(was fighting him all the way home from a jumping session at the top yard), bites, and is generally an old sod I'll always love him. He is actually a super pony and is really affectionate and ooozles personality.
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I often find myself daydreaming about finall getting the chance to compete him and then suddenly get butterflies from excitement! LOL.
 
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This is a couple of pics of me and D last summer. The top one was our first ever XC together and his first ever ever, and the bottom on is our second!!!
 
unconditional. She has put me in hospital on three occassions, once she did deliberately yet I would not part with her and would defend her to anyone.

I have occassionally thought of selling her but I could never go through with it, even if she's not a schoolmaster she's mine and we have a real bond.

It would be like asking me to sell my child and to me thats unconditional
 
Probably conditional. I loved my mare utterly and completely, but I can honestly say I would have paid someone to take her away when she reared and went over with me on the road once. I felt she had lost control of herself, and that scared the living daylights out of me- I thought I was a goner, and I'm not an overly dramatic person.

I sold her to go to University, and whilst I regret it every day, I do have to be realistic that I couldn't afford both uni and a horse, financially or time wise.
 
unconditionally, without a doubt.

No matter what, I will love them for ever, they are the reason I am still here. I could never leave them or not be around them. I dread the day they leave me. I dont care that I am skint, tired, freezing, dirty, never go on holiday and have no social life, there are my world and nothing else really matters. They are the reason I stay in my crappy office job, thinking about them gets my through the day. I dream bout them and I talk about them to the point where people want to shove a sock in my mouth! I dont care how sad people think i am. People who know me understand, those who dont understand dont really know me. i would do anything for my four, I love them more than words....people on the other hand, I can take or leave
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The love and/or care any of my animals receive is unconditional. It is not influenced by any factor.

The love I feel for my animals is not on the same level as the love I feel for, say, my husband. It's completely different. However, the love for my husband is conditional on certain factors.

My horses cannot understand right/wrong in the same way that we can; and to love them on the condition that they're good or perform well, is out of the question.
 
I love all my horses, and they want for nothing, BUT they do have to be something a bit special for me to keep them, they cost alot of money and take up a lot of time, they have to earn their keep!

I dont ask alot, but wouldnt tolerate a horse which didnt perform.

I would say conditionally!
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Unconditionally always. I even gave him a hug the other day after he bolted and then nearly crashed into a tree as the path ended and I went catapulting off the side! I wasn't angry at him at all though I was just worried because something had obviously scared him a lot to make him run off like that, my poor baby!
 
uncondtionally for my best horse, the others i havent really had long enough to love them lots. but my good horse taught me ride properly and won me 2k last year so whenever she chucks me off or makes a mistake or bites/kicks (hormonal mare!) i just think of all the good things shes done for me. plus shes so cute you cant stay angry for long!
 
Unconditionally...he is my equine friend who cheers me up when everything is crashing around me and wants for nothing in return only to be fed, watered and warm.
He has been and continues to be the hardest horse I have ever owned...willful, stubborn, stroppy and sharp as hell to ride but I love him to bits and we have a very good relationship of understanding and trust.
Despite being happily married and loving my husband and family dearly, I find humans disapointing selfish creatures that are only in it for themselves, animals are a different kettle of fish altogether and I love having them in my life for that reason.
 
Unconditional!!
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Including the one who put me in hospital all over Christmas and has me laid up in bed for some time to come!
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Unconditional. Although a horse would not care if you liked or loved it or anything in between, what it would care about is if you changed your attitude towards it as it would not understand. Horses need consistency and if you hate it one minute and love it the next, it makes for a very stressed horse!
Plus, my horse is a GEM and I love her to bits
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I knew 30 seconds after meeting her that she would be mine, and I loved her from that point on. She is SO genuine and has never done anything to harm me or anything nasty at all - she has never given me reason to dislike her. Even if she did I would still love her the same (and I don't think she ever will do anything!)
I always thought I loved my first pony unconditionally, but I was terrified of her by the end and my terror made me love her less. I hated parting with her but I'm not bothered by her at all now (she still lives in the same village as me and my "new" horse). I'm glad she's happy and healthy and all, but I don't have an urge to go and visit her every day whereas I can't stand not seeing my horse for more than 24 hours!
 
Wow, what a response to a random post! I must just say that when i walked round the and saw D in his stable when I went to look at him, i said to myself (after seeing 30 odd and travelling miles) 'this is the one'. It just took me a bit to realise he wasn't the same as the last one, and to be honest I thought (and still do think on a different level) I didn't deserve him!!! I am sure now I love him unconditionally! I am glad I am not the only one! I just feel sorry for my friends who have conditional love relationships with their parents. LOL!!!!
 
Unconditionally..... It was love at first sight when I met my girlie... she wasn't what I was looking for and she drives me mental sometimes with her "backwardness", but I couldn't be without her now... especially when she "talks" to me or "cuddles" up to me, and its not even for food, it's great.
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I know, I'm sad, but she is my baby
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Unconditionally. He has been the best teacher anyone could possibly have. When he had lami last summer and my whole summer was spent just looking after him, I realised just how secondary to the relationship riding was, to me. I knew that if he was never ridden again, it wouldn't matter (although I would have to get another horse to ride!).
 
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