Horses and o/h

[vick]

Does your other half support you in your interest of horses?

 

[Chico Mio]

Ah ha! Now it works! Yes he does, he's very supportive and really they are our horses not mine.

 

[DW Team]

Yes he is amazing even taking me away to Holland last weekend on a wonderful trip and we bought a new horse! He no longer rides but helps me when he can.

 

[debsflo]

yes although doesnt have much choice really.had horses before i met him so knew what he was letting himself in for.he has ocasionally commented on how well off we would be if we didnt have our 3 but ho hum.

 

[Cliqmo]

He grumbles about the cost but knows they are my passion and my hobby and is pleased I have them

 

[Spot_the_Risk]

Yes, we have three, mine, his, and the one he suggested we breed!

 

[SnowPhony]

He did suggest I give up after having my accident in the summer, in fact he really tried to push me to give up. But once he realised it wasn't going to happen he has been fairly supportive. He won't spend time at the stables or anything but doesdrive me around to and from horses. And theres now talk about him learning to ride too!!

 

[Lonesome_Dove]

Usually, but I do get the grumble about money on almost a daily basis! And one thing I have noticed is that men don't think they need to learn to ride, they think they can just get on and go!

 

[Horseyscot]

I put no, although we are farmers, so he makes me hay, gives me a shed for our stables, grazing...... and it's very handy having a farm account at the feed merchant..... so in that way I should say yes. But he isn't very fond of horses (mega understatement) so doesn't really go near them very often, just under duress!!

 

[nicnag]

I could say the same as Horseyscot but he mentioned building new stables at the weekend and also said I didn't have to source my own hay so I'm not going to jin it by saying he doesn't support me!

 

[megwan1]

mine refers 2 fliss as a "sports cow" and says her main aim in life is to break free (sometimes she likes 2 pop the field fence) but overall doesnt go near her much

 

[Box_Of_Frogs]

Mine refers to Sunny as our Poverty Trap! But he's ok really coz he bought me a ned for a wedding present. He knows how much horses mean to me and tries to understand. He'll come and take photos and happily comes to our Yard Parties so I reckon I'm quite lucky. He was away on business when I took on Angel. When he came back I gave an Oscar winning performance over what humans had done to her and how I had to try to apologise for the whole of the human race and how I was taking her on. My speech lasted over half an hour with tears in the middle when I got to the tragic death of her foal but I think he knew where it was going after the opening sentence!

I'm training him (OH) to think of all our animals as his step "children". So he has 3 step-cats, 2 step-horses and about 100 step-fish lol x

 

[pottamus]

Yes he supports me as he loves my horse as a big pet. He does not really get involved in the day to day stuff at all but will help me with the bigger jobs like re-painting the stable, spraying field etc. I am sure he gets fed up at times with the amount of time it all takes but does not moan about costs as my horse is very cheap to 'run' and I work full time with 4 part time jobs...so earn plenty money to keep a horse.
He has just been out and bought a 'something for the weekend' sporty car toy...so that is quits I feel!!

 

[Mbronze]

I got the classic 'Its me or the horse' guess who went!!!

 

[Hippona]

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I got the classic 'Its me or the horse' guess who went!!!

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Oh foolish man.....when will they ever learn that the horse comes first!

 

[zoeshiloh]

Yes, I have a fab OH who does everything for me - he looks after them if I have to go away, he has learnt all the feeds, and he even does the haynets although it gives him hay fever! He comes to shows, holds the horses whilst I am faffing about, and is generally very supportive

 

[Darkly_Dreaming_Dex]

He has more horses than me!

 

[Fransurrey]

Yes, he's very supportive, even offering to go and feed if I'm late at work, or we're planning to go somewhere after work and it's a rush. Not managed to get him on one, yet, but Henry is too small for him. He complains that they don't have ignitions and so he's scared to try it!

 

[tasel]

He drives me to the stables, and occasionally holds her for me. He sometimes helps with the bridle when horse is being naughty and puts her head up (I'm far too short). Heck, the other day he even took her into the arena when I told him to just wait for me and hold her whilst I did other stuff - when I arrived in the arena they both looked at me like they didn't know how they got there (i.e. both OH and horse went on autopilot and only realised later that I wasn't there!).

 

[abracadabra]

mine is great, doesnt really get involved in day to day stuff but thats fine, its my thing. if theres big 'man' jobs involving man-power-tools then theres no-one finer plus he understands the way to a girls heart isnt flowers and chocolates and naff presents like that, its a horse or two

 

[happyhack]

My OH is now a horsey OH!!

We are meant to be in H&H with our story soon in a "horsey partners" feature. Not seen it published yet though

 

[burtondog]

I ticked 'no' because my OH has no real interest in my horse but in fairness he's not exactly unsupportive. I usually manage to drag him along to one show a year.