How do you find the difference between 1 and 2 horses?

We went from one horse to a horse and diddy pony - that wasn't too bad, as I only rode the big one, and my stepson only rode now and again. At the moment we have two big horses. We went down from four, to three, to two, so it felt easy in that respect.

Cost wise, it is double in every sense. Workwise its not too bad, you can do most turn ins/outs at the same time...

Where I notice it is in riding - if I ride both horses for an hour, you can add another hour of grooming/tacking up/washing off afterwards/rugging etc to that. I find that I hardly ever go on longer rides anymore, and I miss that.

The other thing I notice is that I struggle to fit in other jobs - when I had one, the mane was always pulled, the tack clean, she was clipped... Now it bugs me if both aren't done together, so I often put it off!

If you don't need another - yours is getting older, can't do the job you want anymore... (my second one is really my husband's and stepson's), then I wouldn't!
 
If you are struggling with 1, two horses will double all of this. Its double the livery, vets, farrier, feed, bedding, not to mention time. I have had two since I bought my first horsse as Mini TX wanted a pony as well. I think I only had a period of about 10 months owning just one.

I love them both dearly, but I detest with a passion Sunday mornings as Mini TX works, and if they are both in I have to do all the stable duties and ride them both. However, saying that its a bit of sanity in my mad world, but goodness, its tiring.
 
I had just one on DIY livery for years, once we bought our own land we bought more horses too, and have varied over the last seven years between two and four - currently four, ages (this year) 21, 4, 3 and 2. The 21 year old is hacked when there is the time and inclination and a friend takes him out a bit too, the others are unbroken. They all live out, two are rugged, all are barefoot, and they're all looking fat on ad lib haylage and no feed. The four year old will be backed soon, and ridden on through the summer: the plan is to sell the two youngest ones this year, I don't need four horses, and certainly won't have the time to educate all three on a regular basis.
 
I have three, two riddens and one retired. Me and mum "share" them. Which translates as we share the work and the costs pretty evenly and I do most the riding, mum hopes on when she has time for a hack. Niether get ridden as much as I'd like especially through winter and niether have as much fuss time as I'd like. I'm currently working part time which really is a godsend regarding ponies at the moment. I try and ride both on my days off and then alternate on the days I work, at the moment the alternating isn't happening - it's dark and cold in the evenings. Am perfecting ride and lead for days I want to go on one long hack instead of two short rushed hacks.

Niether are going anywhere and I love them both to bits but it is time consuming.
 
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