Storminateacup
Well-Known Member
My lovely girl has a super new field, but when she is out there she is anxious and neighing. This is because she can't see the other horses in adjacent field the whole time they are a field away from her on one side and several fields away on the other side. She is very reluctant to go back at night.
She seems dejected when I go to get her in at around midday.
I can only visit daily because of the distance and fuel costs nearly £200 per month with just a daily visit.
She is 19 and doesn't benefit from turnout with others as she gets bullied , but still prefers that to being isolated.
There are occasionally cows in the opposite field and also sheep 2/3 (pet) in field behind her, but the sheep appear to come in at night.
My horse has a winter paddock with no grass, now and a lovely huge field shelter. She is right next to 6 horses there and can see my friends two as well.
What should I do.
Keep using her winter corral and feed hay ( huge cost and not much left) or just be firm and put her out and hope she gets used to it.
If she got even 4 hours a day out there I'd have to stay the whole time, which isn't easy despite having tack room with coffee etc.
I hate to see her standing by the gate worried looking.
Owner says she does graze, I can't ask owner to turn out daily and bring in as she has little time and her husband is poorly recently out of hospital She's a good friend but wouldn't like to ask favours as she does a lot just letting me have my girl here for very little.
It's not practical for me to have a loan pony, or another horse I'm in my mid 66 and I cannot do extra work.
So what's best to do ?
She seems dejected when I go to get her in at around midday.
I can only visit daily because of the distance and fuel costs nearly £200 per month with just a daily visit.
She is 19 and doesn't benefit from turnout with others as she gets bullied , but still prefers that to being isolated.
There are occasionally cows in the opposite field and also sheep 2/3 (pet) in field behind her, but the sheep appear to come in at night.
My horse has a winter paddock with no grass, now and a lovely huge field shelter. She is right next to 6 horses there and can see my friends two as well.
What should I do.
Keep using her winter corral and feed hay ( huge cost and not much left) or just be firm and put her out and hope she gets used to it.
If she got even 4 hours a day out there I'd have to stay the whole time, which isn't easy despite having tack room with coffee etc.
I hate to see her standing by the gate worried looking.
Owner says she does graze, I can't ask owner to turn out daily and bring in as she has little time and her husband is poorly recently out of hospital She's a good friend but wouldn't like to ask favours as she does a lot just letting me have my girl here for very little.
It's not practical for me to have a loan pony, or another horse I'm in my mid 66 and I cannot do extra work.
So what's best to do ?