Is anyone else totally terrified?

Just spend my life terrified I'd make the wrong decision for her. To have something totally reliant on you, wholly and completely. It just terrifies me.
 
Sometimes when doing something, might wonder if it is the right thing etc but not terrified.

Last year my horses feet were poor condition and I decided I wanted her shoes off to see how she goes. She didn't get worse but neither did they get better. Then, in summer farrier advised to put shoes back on as her feet weren't coping. 6 weeks later, dramatic imrovement!

As long as it isn't dangerous, you have some ounce on common sense, then your not likely to make a decision you can't reverse. Having people whereby you can ask for opinions is also important.
 
I'm not a worrier by nature and am quite laid back. I have worked with horses for many years and was trusted by my old boss to look after her yard of GP dressage horses while she went on holiday for 2 weeks so I can't be doing that badly ;)
 
no not really - many years of owning and working with horses and I tend to be guided by them - today was up at yard to check them in then field think ohhhh every one else left theirs in. Went to check them and they stayed happily snuffling in snow so mmmm didnt bring them in early , I know my horses and read the signs so no im laid back :)
 
life is one big leraning curve, what may work for one horse may not for another! Gaining experience from personal experiences is invaluable, dont get me wrong i do not agree with complete incompetence and lack of care and respect. A equilibrium has to be reached.
 
Not usually but after a weekend ..which has continued into today..of worry and stress because of moving him I am now!!! I decided to move him after a disagreement over grazing at the yard I was on, thinking where I was going was well managed and chilled out!! Turns out one of the horses is a rig who has tried to kill my lad at every chance, even when separated!!! The owner is a *******ing idiot who hasn't a clue what she's doing...in fact didn't even know what 'rig' meant!! :rolleyes: The land they are on is appauling, up to the knee in mud jobby...with 7 other paddocks perfectly flat and not waterlogged but they won't move the horses onto it!!

So he's coming back tomorrow morning to my old yard...after the YO rang me up and told me to stop being a stubborn old tart and to bring him home cos she missed me and him!!! :o

So from now on I will worry and I will ensure anything I do for him is for him and not because I'm bad tempered and impulsive!!
 
babymare said:
sadly cobgirl there are many many muppets out there but hey what a lovely YO to say come back - big hugssssss xxx
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It shows how wrong you can be about people too! I thought the new place was fab and the woman knew her stuff!! My YO has her faults and the yard most certainly does but she's dropped everything to come pick him up tomorrow and bring him 'home'! Just hope he's not been hurt at all, and thank goodness I didn't take the big lad!!!! 15hh shire x is one thing but if the 16.3hh heavy Harvey had gone in the TB rig would be dead now!!!:(
 
I feel a sense of responsibility but am not terrified (apart from the thought of her being nicked). I have a very sensible, sturdy type hoss, so I don't fret over her hurting herself or getting into a fix. I've made a thousand mistakes in the last 30 odd years, which have made me pretty sure about how not to hurt her, myself or anyone else.
 
No not terrified?!

at the end of the day you have them to enjoy them, i wouldnt get much enjoyment out of being terrified. Maybe you are just lacking experience? maybe you could ask for some friendly advise at others from the yard?
 
No, not terrified that would be a dangerous state of mind to be in with horses. I am careful and make risk assesements, so that my horse and myself are never in a situation that puts us in a difficult situation that she, or I cant handle. I have owned horses all my life and through age I know that you should never become complacent among horses, especially TBs!!
 
pastie2 said:
No, not terrified that would be a dangerous state of mind to be in with horses. I am careful and make risk assesements, so that my horse and myself are never in a situation that puts us in a difficult situation that she, or I cant handle. I have owned horses all my life and through age I know that you should never become complacent among horses, especially TBs!!
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or shetlands!
 
After 15months on part livery with help from friends, 4 years on DIY twice day every day doing EVERYTHING, now on full livery at a very good place, in a nutshell NO ;)
 
Nope, as everyone has said...horses are horses and they will probably have accidents whether you worry about them or not :)

Of course I worry about the scary things such as health problems/vet visits etc, but i think it is more of a sense of responsibility rather than anything else. But so long as you have knowledgeable people around you to ask for advice if you are worried about your decisions/judgments then.

If I was scared all the time about making the wrong decisions for my horse etc then I probably wouldn't have a horse, there's no fun in worrying and my horse is there for my pleasure and enjoyment of owning a horse :)
 
No, not terrified. There are occasions where I can lack confidence (ie bringing her in across an snowy/icy yard) but I have a word with myself, about myself, and I can do it.
 
I wouldn't say terrified at all, but I guess there is always the worry when faced with a new "situation" (i.e. illness or a new problem) that you are taking the right line of action etc.

Have to say I'm more terrified that my horses are spoilt rotten and want for nothing at the expense of hubby's and my wants and needs!!! Now that's terrifying!! :D
 
Yes as still fairly new owner - getting more confident - don't be afraid to ask people - and it's always nice to hear when someone says your horses are looking really well :) especially as I was told I wouldn't cope without a certain someone as I didn't know what I was doing and she would report me) well if I am doing someone wrong I hope someone would tell me and show me how to do it correctly!
 
flamehead said:
Of doing the wrong thing? Making a mistake and hurting your horse?
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:)No. I haven't killed one on purpose yet.

I take it that you don't have children then? ;)Now that is what I'd call truly terrifying for some people, horse owners in general, know more about the basics than a lot of brand new mothers!
 
Nope, never terrified? Have you only recently got a horse? Perhaps having them from a young age (I got my first when I was 8) teaches you the responsibility from the very beginning so I've never thought about it!
 
I am not terrified, but I worry a lot. I worry that I will have an accident when towing with them on board, I worry they will slip and fall on the ice, that I haven't rugged them correctly for the weather, that they'll get ill in the night with no one to help them, that they'll play up and hurt someone, in the summer I worry they get too hot. It reminds me of how much I worry about my daughter.
 
Only when I'm out on the roads hacking.


When I say this I don't actually mean I'm terrified, I'm not a nervous hacker or anything like that that's the only thing that 'bothers' me, everytime I put a horse on the roads in traffice I'm putting a horse at risk, I can't control other people's actions and nor really can I control my horses, their flight animals with a mind of their own, twice as big and strong as a human being, it's a scary thought knowing that basically riding purely built on trust.
 
I would never pay to be terrified. That is why I don't do rollercoasters or scary horror movies.

I will pay to be delighted, amused, occupied and entertained.

(and no... I'm not talking about my supply of sherry, thanks muchly!)
 
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