Boxers
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My daughter went off to Uni a week ago and today I am taking our loan horse back to his owner 
a sad day, he is such a lovely boy. I debated whether to keep him on or not, but really I know that without my daughter here, I don't want a horse just for myself and with winter coming up and paying living expenses for my daughter, I have decided a horse is an expense I can do without at the moment.
So for the first time in nearly ten years we will be horseless! It will be very strange not to have to do the early morning mucking out before work etc!
A couple of years ago we bought a 3 year old horse, Jay, we had him professionally backed and then daughter started lightly schooling him etc and he was then turned away for 6 mths over the winter, the next summer she continued his education and again he was turned away for the winter. However, when we brought him back into work the summer he turned 5 we found him to be in great pain in his stifles and he had a severe type of arthritis. We took the decision to have him PTS. It was a very sad time.
BUT along came Peter, to brighten my daughter up. A 16.3hh 15 yr old ex-eventer and she could just 'get on and go' which was fab. He has even been quiet enough for me to hack out too.
So we have had a great year with this big orange boy, and will be sad to say goodbye.
The end of an era.
But who knows, maybe in a few years time I will be on the look out for a tiny pony for grandchildren! You never know.
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a sad day, he is such a lovely boy. I debated whether to keep him on or not, but really I know that without my daughter here, I don't want a horse just for myself and with winter coming up and paying living expenses for my daughter, I have decided a horse is an expense I can do without at the moment.So for the first time in nearly ten years we will be horseless! It will be very strange not to have to do the early morning mucking out before work etc!
A couple of years ago we bought a 3 year old horse, Jay, we had him professionally backed and then daughter started lightly schooling him etc and he was then turned away for 6 mths over the winter, the next summer she continued his education and again he was turned away for the winter. However, when we brought him back into work the summer he turned 5 we found him to be in great pain in his stifles and he had a severe type of arthritis. We took the decision to have him PTS. It was a very sad time.
BUT along came Peter, to brighten my daughter up. A 16.3hh 15 yr old ex-eventer and she could just 'get on and go' which was fab. He has even been quiet enough for me to hack out too.
So we have had a great year with this big orange boy, and will be sad to say goodbye.
The end of an era.
But who knows, maybe in a few years time I will be on the look out for a tiny pony for grandchildren! You never know.
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