Do you view looking after your horses as 'a lot of hard work' and 'effort'?

It was a particularly tough winter for most horse owners this year I think but even then I have to say I get nothing but enjoyment from doing the horse, maybe I'm a bit sad! I don't have an OH at the moment and for other reasons have had to cut back on socialising so I'm lucky in that I have the time but even when I was busier, I love the time with my horse whether riding or the care/husbandry side of things. He's my exercise and keeps me fit, my therapy, he makes me laugh every day, best stress reliever after a bad day at work that I know of and I've met new friends because of him so there's many plus points that far outweigh the chilblains, cracked fingers and peeling nose I had being around him when it was minus 2!
 
Nope, I love spending time with our three, regardless of what I'm doing. Ours have been living out the last couple of years and I actually miss the mucking out and other stable jobs. I may be odd though! This winter was fairly tough and we had a couple of weeks of having to walk to and from yard through a foot of snow (about 20 mins each way) but I never had a day when I would have prefered to stay at home.
 
I think it is hard work, especially in the winter after a full time job - I only see mine in daylight at the weekends for what seems to be half the year!!

Having said that, I enjoy it and am reluctant to let anyone else have a hand in the day to day care of them. People I work with go to the gym after work - I go to the yard and I'd rather poo pick and muck out than be stuck in a soul less gym any day!!

Very very occasionally (like when I am ill and its crappy weather) I would like to be able to stay in bed. I do wonder what on earth I would do with my time if I didn;t have them though, and also, I'd surely be the size of a house?!
 
He is hard work!

It is all worth it though when he whinnies at me in the field and comes flying over.

I would not give it up, and I hate other people interfering with my horse so I wouldnt let someone else help out either!
 
The day I start complaining that looking after my horse is a lot of hard work and effort, will be the day I put her up for sale and pack it all in.

I have one mare on DIY and wouldn't describe it as hard work at all, she only takes up a couple of hours a day and I enjoy looking after her. I don't know what I'd do with my time if I didn't spend it at the yard.

I used to work with horses and that was a lot of hard work - but very rewarding as well. But these days I prefer to keep riding as my hobby rather than my job.
 
Some days yes, but thats mostly due to external factors like stress from work. I don't mind it when I'm there, but on some mornings in the winter it is very hard to drag myself out of bed! :p

I think the more time I spend with them, the more I want to spend. I knwo from being without them, that whilst its great for about 3 weeks doing what I want to do, I get really bored, and miss having that anchor in my life :)
 
I love the work involved and being outdoors after a day in the office but I sometimes find they can be a tie if I want to go away or out after work. I also find I worry a lot about my horse and get quite stressed as I want her to be happy! The plus points far outweigh the negatives though and i wouldn't be without her for anything!
 
Mine are easy. They are at home so no travelling required. At the moment weather and time constraints mean no riding though, which is a bit frustrating.

We only have to turn them out, muck out, take water and hay to the paddock (across the lane) twice a day, make up feeds and bring them in again for the night. Since we re at home all day anyway it's no real bother. Really, for us it is the tie of having to hay them twice a day because there is no grazing that can be the issue.
 
The problem I have is that when the OH has actually got some work to do in this recession and I have none, or even if I am working, I still have to do them whatever, so he will come in and say he's knackered because he's been working all day and when I say I've been working too (mucking out, hay nets, soaking, throwing up dung heap etc.) I am told that it isn't work it's pleasure! Just as knackering though, then I'm expected to get the dinner 'cos I haven't been to work....
 
Not now - he's out 24/7 so it's just a case of poo-picking, grooming and riding :) I really look forward to going to the field - it's my daily escape.

When he was stabled full time in winter at my old yard and I had a battle with my confidence yes it was a lot of hard work. Thankfully a new girl came to the yard and became one of my best friends, going to the yard then was like my social life as well.
 
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