Horsey or non horsey OH?

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I love my husband, he is fab but he is clueless about most of our animals, he wont have anything to do with muck and couldnt identify a headcollar in a line up.

He has had two weeks off work so has been taking the dog up to the field several times a day. I came home today to be told that as it was nice this afternoon he had turned one of the ponies out for a few hours

I asked how he had managed to change the rug...To be told he hadnt changed the rug, why would he change the rug? a rug is a rug right?

So I went up this evening to one pony in a brown Thermatex

the trouble is that it started this week as a navy blue BRAND NEW Thermatex

Sooooooo Tell me about your equally inept OHs or if they are horsey make us all dead jealous!
 
Mine is def non horsey! But he is more than willing to learn and help out! However he will not walk the dog, he says he's my dog but yet he babies him like crazy!
 
non-horsey OH
but slowly converting him :D

Although now he's at that slightly dangerous stage where he thinks horses are just big dogs you give treats to and call with a whistle:rolleyes: i'm dreading the first kick or bite that will inevitably have to happen to put him right:rolleyes:
 
Mine started off totally non horsy , but loves the country, so was happy to move to the sticks and buy a house and stables . That was 5 years ago . He still doesn't ride , but can feed , put them out in the morning in the right rugs , bring them in , and has learned emergency first aid ! He also does all my paddock work for me , ( he loves his tractor ! ) and can fence like a demon .

He also walked my new horse off the box today in case he played up ( me having a not quite mended leg yet ) so for a non horsy man , he's doing quite well !
 
Mine is slowly coming round to the idea. He's totally unhorsey and he's scared to death of my old boy - who is a complete gentleman but can be a bit fiesty but loves the daft youngster to bits and spends ages talking to him and scratching him. Daft youngster would run straight through you if something scared him! I did have to laugh the other day though when he talked about watching you've been framed and someone had sent in a clip of a horse weaving - I nearly fell off my chair and was amazed he knew what it was! Shows he must listen - sometimes!
 
Horsey but also non horsey.... mine knows what to do because his mum always had horses so he knows how to ride, groom & basic care but he has no real interest in them at all.
 
when required... mine fetches in from field and turns out, mucks out, feeds and changes rug oh and picks out feet... :)
 
Mine is a farmer.... So totally non horsey.... Horses are useless,wreck land and cost too much money.... Aparantly! He has nothing to do with my ponies.... Doesnt bother me though.... After all they are mine. Spending time with the ponies + riding = me time.... Bliss! :)
 
Mines is totally non horsey. Has never in 6 years came to yard although will occasionally ask after them if one is injured. Has refused to watch me compete. Shame cos I'd like him to be a little interested. I reckon it's cos he is scared of animals. Comes from a totally non animal family. Whereas he reckons I should be a farmers wife! Lol
 
Mine tries but my mares seem to conspire against him. My 20 year old who is ladylike but with a streak deposited him in a hedge (then ran round the horse I was riding and hid) and my youngster ( bought due to her very placid and quiet nature) reared the first time he went on her ( it was only a little rear)! He's brilliant with all the practical stuff though and is very happy that horses = gadgets ( tractor, quad, harrow)!
 
Mine is still non-horsey after 10 years.
Until the past couple of years he couldn't understand why I'd want a horse and to spend so much money and what entertainment I got from a naughty pony, but he didn't begrudge me her either. He simply couldn't understand.

Roll on buying the youngster. He had a decision (so he thinks!) in us buying her. He's seen her go from scared of everything, to building up confidence and coming over to pester him. He sees them as large dogs and can understand it more. He doesn't mind poo-picking the field for me, feeding them etc, so I am lucky.

Originally, he heard me talk of how pony did this, pony spooked, pony stood on me and couldn't fathom it out. I had my pony for 5 years and he barely ever saw her. He sees my ponies at least 2-3 times a week at the moment.
 
Mine is the opposite to me - I am horsey, love animals, the countryside, an interest in cars... He doesn't "do" animals, prefers people and cities, and doesn't drive.

He is, however, a fab videographer and very supportive (he also has a time-consuming hobby) so he'll do. I wouldn't want to share my horses anyway!
 
Mine always said he'd never have anything to do with the horse and he still isn't converted! Asked him to lead up the lane one day while I tied my shoelace and he was desperate to hand back the lead rope! He accepts that I spend loads of time there and that I love my boy, but he is totally disinterested.
 
My OH was learning to ride when we met. He then bought a horse but the novelty wore off and we loaned her out. Now the kids are horsey and all we hear is F~~~ing horses.
The kids compete every weekend and we are up yo 7 ponies at the moment so yes they do take a lot of our time and money but he enjoys their success.
Still moans about them , one day he will come to terms with being below the equines, cats and the dogs etc but after 25 years he should really know his place :)
 
Ahem

My lovely husband is horsey. He mucks out, faster than me, and neater than.me. He does all horsey jobs apart from towing. He rides and adores our mare. He also looks good in jodhs.

Not only does he get it, he is at times worse than me....... He has been known to lie awake at night worrying whether the horse is warm enough.

Oh and the horse loves him back. Lots. In fact she is a bit jealous and possessive, and gets upset when he fusses other horses.
 
Mine was non horsey. Since being with me he has learnt a lot!
I don't think he'll ever become totally horsey, but he knows about colic and laminitis, can put on and take off brushing boots and over reach. Knows a bridle from a head collar and can see when a horse is "going well" or misbahaving.

Problem is, he now knows how much these creatures cost to not only buy, but to look after and also the time involved in general day to day care!

Ladies... If you OH is non horsey, either convert him so he becomes as passionate about them as you, or keep them non horsey!! :D
 
Love my non-horsey OH. He is fond of my boy from a distance (always asks after him, very rarely comes to see him) and never queries whether he really needs a new rug or saddle, never complains about my time at the yard and helps to finance him. What more could a girl want!?
 
My OH is completely non-horsey. 7 years and he's ridden twice and come to see me at the yard twice since then. Last time he sat and read the newpaper :(
I have to change and wash before he lets me near him (too many horror stories of me skipping out with my hands!) but he is happy for me to spend as much time I like with them and will record me horsey things on tv if it comes on without being asked and texts me pictures and stuff of horses he sees. He particularly likes to tell me about the "brown horse with black trimming" that lives by his parents.
Oh and when he got drunk once he told me he was a Welsh Cob....
So he's learning slowly!
I like it though, I'd like him to ride with me, but its nice to have time apart!
 
I knew my OH was a keeper when he first met my cob - walked straight up to him and started pulling all the sticky buds out of his mane. First time he rode him, they couldn't synchronise themselves in trot, so disappeared up the road in canter - met them a couple of hundred yards later, Harley resting a hind leg and half asleep, and OH having a fag and waiting for me to turn up. We now have five acres, and in the last seven years OH has had a mare, which he didn't ride much and put in foal, then another trad cob, which he didn't ride much and sold, and now we have four horses, which I suppose are all mine! He will do anything and everything that's needed, including riding Harley out with me when we were riding on our home bred.
 
Mine was non horsey when I met him, now he is converted :o
Taught him to ride and we even bought a horse for him (sadly lost her 3 years ago) but he still rides and gets involved, I'm very lucky.
 
My wonderful OH is a farrier :D
He's always loved horses, owned his own and eventually (sadly having to sell his horse before going) went to horsey college and got a distinction in equine studies before moving on to training as a farrier :D
He's great with people, horses and is very talented at metal work (metal work runs in his family) and is always there to offer help and advice when it comes to my boy :) He's offered to build a field shelter and a hay store on his days off for us even though he lives an hour away and would be more than happy to help me with any horsey jobs. Eventually he'd like to buy his own again :D
Also as a bonus point he's not your typical bad boy farrier who likes to sleep with anything that moves, he's very definitely a one woman man and tends not to want to go out unless I go with him, treats me with more respect and love than I've ever experienced before and would give me the moon on a stick if he could and he thought it would make me happy :D Oh aye, and he also strangely thinks I'm attractive even when I've got mad hat/hay filled hair and I'm head to toe in mud :D
 
Well, I'm single at the moment, but there's a potential bf in the making. My ex was horsey, but it was a pain. I like to look after my stuff, brushes, boots rugs, etc.... but my ex lost every single thing I ever owned. Very frustrated. I'd take a brown brand new used to be blue stable rug over 5 years of accumulating stuff to be lost anyday.
I have accumulated my own stuff again, and thankfully my daughter has inheireted my desire to mind her stuff. She wont even let me borrow her brushes, it's like get your own.
I'd def take non-horsey, you can train them, those horsey oh's think they know it all. xx
 
Horsey. He can do all the jobs, drives me to shows/hunting and can ride too. He doesn't have a horse anymore but will still help out when needed. He does the best army style boot polish too :)
 
Definately horsey, he has such a calm way with all animals, but gets tough when it's needed, our resident bully (my lad) takes notice if told off by my OH.
His first horse was an Anglo Arab, bought as a 6 yr old and was, even at 33yrs old was still a character, they did x country for years.
My lad was the first major pressie my OH bought for me and never moans when I buy new tack or rugs
 
Mine is horsey and totally brilliant with them. I always reckon he could have any horse chilled out in a matter of days. We had a livery who needed a few days help and who always lead her horse in a chifney, two days later and OH is leading him in a headcollar with the horse wrapped round him like an obedience trained collie!!

One of our girls walks in with him with no headcollar and matches him step for step all the way, including halting when there is an open gate and her dinner in front of her.

Sickening really... but I wouldn't swap him.
 
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