How horsey are you?

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Just been having a PM chat with a mate and realised I'm not really a horsey person like a lot of you lot are and I'm not sure if i should feel bad or not!

My boy lives with my mum and she does a fab job looking after him, and TBVH, i think if she couldn't look after him I wouldn't bother having a horse - because i wouldn't have the time\effort to look after him myself
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or trust anyone else to (not that i could afford that anyway).

Also - I've never been overly bothered about selling my horses and i know a lot of people could not bear to be parted.

So I was just wondering what everyone else was like with there horses?? Are they your life who you couldn't bear to be without or more of a sport that you would miss but get over??

Don't get me wrong I adore Badger but I know if i had to sell him I would be gutted but would get over it pretty quick... am I an evil heartless cow??
 
Yes you are an evil heartless cow Sar.
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Only joking. Like I said at least youre honest about it.
Id be mortified if Ebi & Willow had to go and the same for Sash but dont think im as attached to Flighty or Chantin as those. Id be upset but I think I would be able to sell them if it came to it
 
Not an evil heartless cow at all, I am very much the same - if a horse needs to be sold, it is sold, period. I do find it so strange that people get incredibly over attached to their horses and count them above human life (and they deffo do). I enjoy my horses but I do not *LOVE* them - lots would say that makes me heartless
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lol Sar you do have it made, always amazes me how you manage to rll out of bed at 9.30am on a hunting morning and arrive at your yard with a plaited, fit and fed horse, i was plaiting my ponies for hunting when I was 12!!
But it works for you, I dont devote my life to them, though some days I feel like my yard is my 2nd home, my social life is pretyy important to me, give me the choice between a summer with my mates and all that jazz and hoss would be summering in the field, especially when there are so many of other people's horses for me to ride.
 
I absolutely love mine, I considered moving house because I couldn't find grazing - thankfully didn't

Mine comes way before the OH - well my OH can look after himself, can't he!!
 
they say you only ever have one true horse in life, i lost mine 2 months ago, dont get me wrong i have a great time riding my current horse but im aware that he might not take me where i would like to go so i may sell him, hate selling them but i have to look at it like that now as i enjoy competing so have a horse for a bit of a purpose, i look after him every day myself and enjoy that side of things. my old mare i have for 23 years did everything together was a teenager when i had her meant a lot to me and my father gave her to me for my 18th he is no longer here, he would have been v proud of what i achieved with her.
 
my horse is my best friend - i'd be devestated without him. he is my 1st horse and i saved up and bought him myself and we've done everything together - he has given me such fab experiences. he's 21 now and i'll never sell him. dont know if i'll ever feel the same about another horse. i dont actually get to see him that often though due to work, 3 times a week or so now, was ocne a fortnight at uni, but it's always been like that so i'm used to it. i know some people say they cant bear to not see them twice a day but i've never been able to do that, so am used to not seeing him that much.
 
haha, yes I do have it pretty good don't I!!
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I think the fact that I can't even plait up (well not in less than an hour anyway) is pretty bad! I did look after my horse when i lived at home though... well did more anyway..
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Weezy - it is a bit odd isn't it! Like when they love there horse more than there partner and stuffs..
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they say you only ever have one true horse in life, i lost mine 2 months ago, dont get me wrong i have a great time riding my current horse but im aware that he might not take me where i would like to go so i may sell him, hate selling them but i have to look at it like that now as i enjoy competing so have a horse for a bit of a purpose, i look after him every day myself and enjoy that side of things. my old mare i have for 23 years did everything together was a teenager when i had her meant a lot to me and my father gave her to me for my 18th he is no longer here, he would have been v proud of what i achieved with her.

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mmmm...interesting,

I have horses that I am quite distanced from, and could easily sell if needs be, and they certainly dont come before family,

but I then have one horse who hard as I try I cannot distance myself from, he is just special and i go to stupid lengths to keep him
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When I lived in Spain and hence had a manic social life I never EVER rode in August - my excuse was it was too hot - the truth was I was too busy partying! My horses are part of who I am, I love riding, but if there is something else to do, then that gets done before the horses. Don't get me wrong, they get everything they need, are fit, healthy and happy, but I have never spent an hour grooming (what on earth do you do for an hour?) for example. Horses want 2 things, food and water, and chuck a field in for good measure and they really couldn't give a toss about anything else. People need love
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*ducks and waits for people to shout her down*
 
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See I don't think of it like that at all. "they" would also say that you only have 1 person, "the one" but I don't believe that either. I like some horses and don't like others and thats about it really.

ETS - sorry didn't meen to sound horrible there - really sorry about your pony.
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I lost a great horse and it must be a terrible time for you.
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sorry to Hijack Sar - but RP youre still at it with that bloody sig
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!! Im not warming to it at all
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Me!!!!! Never.Good luck tomorrow honey!
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Horses is my me time away from my 2 boys .


They do mean a hell of alot to me and wouldnt be without them but probably wouldnt stop me from selling if needed to .

Although probably wouldnt sell to any tom dick or harry .
 
I'm afraid im one of those who gets incredibly over attached.

Selling any of my ponies would devastate me, and losing horses i love (ie, horses i ride whose owners sell them on) does hurt me more than i can say.

But TBH i wouldnt have it any other way. I love for my horses to be loved and adored and I most definitely couldn't let someone else look after them for me to simply hop on. Not saying its wrong, just totally not for me.
At the moment all i am doing is the lookig after because mine are all retired/broken.

Each to their own I suppose....
 
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Horses want 2 things, food and water, and chuck a field in for good measure and they really couldn't give a toss about anything else. People need love



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Haha, thats so true!! Like when people think there horse loves them back - no way!! they just know who brings them the food!
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Same thing could be said about men really - only slightly edited to food, beer and sex!
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I love for my horses to be loved and adored and I most definitely couldn't let someone else look after them for me to simply hop on

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But doesn't meen that my horse isn't loved and adored - just not by me everyday.
 
I'm a very animally (?!) person - had animals all my life, so it revolves around them. I'm not big into competing my horses, but i seem to spend half of my life at the stables. They're all on DIY livery, so i see them at least twice a day when i'm home from uni (last exam on wednesday, then no more uni ever again!), but mum looks after them when we're not here. They're part of our family and we'd do anything for them. We've never sold one, and doubt we ever will - full loan, yes, but not selling - i'd always wonder what had happened to them and what could have been.

I'm quite a hard person, not a soppy vegetarian who's in denial of things that go on in the world (not saying all vegetarians are like this!!) - i force myself to watch animal slaughter on tv (''Lie of the Land', Kill it, Cook it, Eat it', etc), i've been in abbatoirs and i've dissected rats, piglets and pretty much every cattle / horse / pig organ in labs. (Not sure what that's got to do with anything, but just dont want people thinking i'm a big soppy person!!)

I had more of a bond with Murph than any of the 3 i've got now, and i know i'll never get that bond again. But i still LOVE them all and would be devastated if anything were to happen to them. I appreciate them sooooo much, and would never just use them to get me somewhere in the competition world / win money.

So yeah, i'm pretty horsey! x
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I appreciate them sooooo much, and would never just use them to get me somewhere in the competition world / win money.


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No me neither! More of a hunting person myself and I know the Badge loves that so we are all happy! I know what you meen though.

BTW, you don't have to spell out your not a soppy person! Good for all your horses that have such a lovely mum!
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Do you think you feel more detached because you dont look after him 24/7. I think when you take on the responsibility of looking after your horses yourself, fitting them in between job, family etc it becomes so more important. One to make sure they are fit and healthy which takes a lot of work and two it gives you that special time for yourself (as mentioned by someone else) whereas you get that anyway by not having to devote some much of your time to him?
 
I don't think so. I moved out from home (where my horses and ponies have always lived) and i was similar then. I have been brought up in a buy to sell on kind of attitude so maybe thats it.

I don't really feal dettached at all - I think my horse is fab and i have no intentions of selling him but his current home might not be available soon so i'm just thinking about what I will/would do if it isn't.
 
I wasnt, before we brought a pony. I rode and had the interest, but wasnt overly horsey.
Now we're even including horses in our long term plans in life.

My Oh used to hate horses with a passion, but even he poo picks and helps out.

We don't socailise with horsey people, we keep ourselves to ourselves. So no, not overly horsey, but if you walk into our house you'll find tack, boots, bits of hay and rosettes lying about......

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I'm a little soppy, but if we had to sell then we had to sell. I wouldnt think twice about buying and selling to make a profit. Horses are animals, animals which have a job, and sentimentality costs alot of money.
 
i love my boy, id never sell him. i can spend all day with him

it broke my heart when my little welshie went, but all the others i have had seem to get easier the more that come and go.
 
horsey in some ways not in others, as a species they're quite fun and interesting and so I think I'm vaguely horsey when it comes to what they do and how they work. As to numbering them amongst my friends, spending quality time together, having pictures of horses around the house and having a bed of hay and straw in the footwell of the car - nah!
 
My old SJ used to be the most affectionate horse there was, but once he retired and went out to grass, he bacame much more wild, and now, I am lucky to get near him lol!

I realised it was just that being a competition horse, probably not having enough time to socialise with other horses he just depended on me for his food etc, so it was just cupboard love really!

Some people take their love of their horses too fam IMHO, like it annoys me a bit when people would put horses through hell when they are ill etc,cos they love them too much, when really, I think the horse would be happier pts.

Its like who are you keeping them alive for..

Also, when people say they feel like they are wasting their horse... err... the horse doesn't know what its missing out on does it?

That said, I do like a cuddle with my horses and sometimes shed a tear when they are gone
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