How attached are you to your horses?

I am very attatched to my Max, i have only had him since March, but feel like i've had him forever. He has given me my confidence back, which was in tatters when he came along.
He is part of my family, and will hopefully be with me for the rest of his days
 
Only had him 3 mths but totally and utterly attached and he's with me for life. Having said that OH and family still come first, not sure OH believes this though!!
 
I'm going through it at the moment as I'm selling my breeding stock... I thought is would be easy, but I'm starting to realise that they are actually pets
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I am way too attached to my horses especially D
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They are definately treated as one of the family
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I found it really difficult adjusting to semi retiring D and doing more with Monty, it made me feel so guilty
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I had someone riding D once a week but I hated having to go with them, seeing them on D. I'd rather they rode Monty so I had to stop having them out to ride
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How daft am I?
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I love her to bits, she is mainly a pet and I am a bit soppy with her, but she is a horse at the end of the day. I don't value her above my family and would sell her if really necessary. I don't like selling horses as I find it hard to part with them and also hate the number of unsuitable and annoying people that turn up!
 
I'm pretty attached to my oldest one, as I've now had her 14 years...and mostly on DIY so we know each other quite well...we just clicked as she's great fun, but safe.
I like my two youngsters too, and have no intentions of selling them (although I've had offers for all three, actually) but while I do my best for them...I don't feel quite the same way I do for the other, although I can usually find something to like about most horses.
Maybe once I've had them 14 years too?
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I love my two mares and would never willingly part with them. I'm trying very hard at the moment not to get so attached to my two youngsters because I HAVE to sell them. Only creatures I love even more are my dogs. Family? Nah...
 
It depends what you classify as working. I ride my two and go to the odd local show and riding club event, but I would say that neither of them were fit enough to run a race or go hunting. They are pets in the sense that they are animals, but I like to think that they have a purpose. I think they both have a fairly easy life and give me enormous enjoyment and challenge.

It is the challenge bit that makes it hard for me to share or sell my two. I think it also has a lot to do with the fact that I was never blessed with a pony as a child and bought my first pony at 21. I still have her 17 years later and she will be worked / ridden until she refuses to let me. Then I guess I will have to find her a less strenuous occupation.

My OH tends to glaze over after about 10 minutes of horsetalk, but is fairly tolerant and knows how important my girls are to me.
 
My horses are with me for life, there is nothing that could ever make me sell them. TBH I'm probably closer to my pets (dog, cats, horses) than any human member of my family and I would be totally lost without them!
 
being a depression sufferer, he has got me out of all sorts of problems and given me a reason to live so he is number one in everything and i am bankrupt because of him and he is worth it.
 
I'm attached to Sapphire, we've been through too much and I couldn't imagine being without her. Kc I haven't bonded that well with, she's for sale as I cant afford two coming into winter and also dont have the time to do her justice (Saph needs to be riden regulary)
 
I could never sell Gin, she is my baby. I would rather give her away if I could no longer give her the life she deserves.
She earns her keep and I would rather spent time with her than some members of my family.
 
Rocks is my best friend, my entire world, and he will not ever be leaving my side until one of us dies! That is for certain.

However, i've in the past had one pony and two other horses, all of whom were expendible. I adored them, but felt they were better off with someone else. However with Rock i know for a fact he would be unhappy with anybody else, and my life without him would be hell. I guess most of us have a "special one" in our lives, and Rocks is my special one. All the horses in the future will be expendible if the right money/ home/ situation comes along but Rocks has a home for life.
 
I'm a complete sentimental idiot when it comes to mine. I wouldn't sell my old boy or my mare for any money in the World. I love them loads. I would sell the chestnut at a push though, as we never did bond like the other two.

They are definitely part of the family, and no matter what, selling Shadow and Angel would never ever be an option...
 
I totally adore my boy. He means the world to me and I just couldn't imagine being without him. He's such a dude, and he's given me so much confidence...he's just totally irreplaceable to me, and I have an absolute (perhaps naive) belief that he can do anything if we work hard enough.
 
Not at all attached the ones I have at the moment!!! The mare's never liked me and no matter how hard I try, I just cannot gel with her (whispers . . . which is why she's for sale . . . . ) I tried very hard to like the foal but, like with her mother, there is just "something" I cannot take to (another whisper. . . she's for sale too). I envisaged balmy summer evenings with me playing with a foal, teaching it to lead etc . . . what do we get . . endless days with pi**ing rain, dark evenings because we've had no sun and the foal from hell that I can't get with 10 yards of since they came home! I want them both gone a.s.a.p. as I am having great difficulty raising the interest to even go and check them
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today? I love her and wouldn't part with her for the world.

don't ask me how I'll feel tomorrow...
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Haha, the best answer!
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Not at all attached the ones I have at the moment!!! The mare's never liked me and no matter how hard I try, I just cannot gel with her (whispers . . . which is why she's for sale . . . . ) I tried very hard to like the foal but, like with her mother, there is just "something" I cannot take to (another whisper. . . she's for sale too). I envisaged balmy summer evenings with me playing with a foal, teaching it to lead etc . . . what do we get . . endless days with pi**ing rain, dark evenings because we've had no sun and the foal from hell that I can't get with 10 yards of since they came home! I want them both gone a.s.a.p. as I am having great difficulty raising the interest to even go and check them

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I can understand, totally. It takes a lot to admit that you just don't like your horse but, just as Gloster_Image (I am still trying to get used to your new name!
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You never know, come some sunshine, we might all start to pickup our spirits!
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I bought a pony to sell on, that was six years ago and I couldn't possibly sell her ever. She's an absolute little git to ride, only two of my friends will ride her and one of them will only ride her at shows where she's good. She's got so much character I love her to bits, she's 13.2hh and I'm 5ft 11 but we get on really well, she's a horse in a pony's body, she's a spoilt brat and she loves it.

Attached? Yes, joined at the hip. Husband has RC helicopters to take his mind off it.
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I could never part with her, ever.
 
Star is my pet horse, and I don't have any problem with that - and I love her.

It worries me that OH talks about going to live in Cyprus sometime in the future, and whilst I worry about leaving my soon to be grown up kids, I panic about Star..... In fact, why the h*ll do I want to go and live in Cyprus????
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I wouldn't say this about every horse I've owned, but the two I've got at the moment are very definitely family to me, and they are with me for life.
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Yes, I value them above my actual family.... and no one can judge me for that unless they've met my actual family
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My three are all with me for good. I am very attached to them and that worries me for future horses! I don't want to end up with 10 horses! lol Not actually managed to buy ans sell yet lol!
 
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