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I dont know WHY im thinking this but i am. Im going horse crazy!

I want another horse! I want to keep daphi obviously. But im thinking about something 100% that i can ride daily and the horse enjoys it.

I was thinking about something a bit more cobby?

Now most of ya know i only have 1 stable but im now thinking bigger
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I want to erect 2 stables in my feild. one for daphi one for ( new horse|)


what do ya think? any ideas on horses? and any advice? Jordan xxxx
 
Would be company for your mare, you will be able to ride, as long as you can afford it and you get some help in buying new horse why not
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Good idea, if you can afford etc. etc.
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i would deffo go for something a bit less highly strung- not TB! and get someone to help you buy it, someone from HHO or an instructor...
good luck
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Here's an idea, why don't you take all the advice that was offered before and get yourself and that horse to a proper livery yard where you can get some support, have somewhere safe to ride and have some lessons on her. I can't believe that someone
e who really doesn't know how to look after one horse thinks it's a great idea to get another one. Don't think that a cob will necessarily be a plod because it doesn't work that way. I know some ex racehorses more placid and easier to ride than some cobs.

I will be honest with you. when I got my horse, i was so nervous of coming unstuck, that I made sure I was somewhere where someone could keep me right. I had been riding for years before that and still needed a fair bit of help. Horses are complex creatures and I am still asking advice from friends about things. If I think one is losing a bit of weight, i will ask another person what they think. Or if I think one is slightly lame, i will ask someone to take a look.
Would you know if one of them was quidding and if so what to do about it. Or would you recognise the symptoms of a foot abcess? Honestly, i am not being mean but it's not an easy job.
No doubt i will get jumped on for this, but I am just being honest.
 
wouldn't necessarily go for a cob, they can be as unpredicable as any TB (speaks from experience!!) it needs to be compatible in it's grazing needs as Daphi, you don't want one on grass and the other on a small starvation paddock/stabled all summer. This is the problem I have for finding a safe 'first horse' for my boyfriend that will live with my skinny TB that can eat as much as he can, don't want problems such as laminitis with new horse. Retired riding school horses might be worth an ask around for.
 
Oh and forgot so say, build 3 or four stables whilst you are at it....you'll be needing a companion for Daphi whilst you are riding the new one
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the slippery slope to poverty begins here!!!:)
 
I am glad that you are thinking about some company for Daphi, my TB was kept by himself for 10yrs, and he liked it that way although I loved and liked him, it is only now that at last he has fited into a herd that Iam in love with him and now he seems to like/love me.

However, please do not think that a cob is a plod, I ride one that goes like the clappers, in fact I end up with almost no more reign to take and almost have my fingers in her mouth. Great little girl, advice would be do not count anything out, just find a horse , whatever breeding, is sensible.

Good luck
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I'm sorry but I'm going to go against the grain and say I don't think its the best idea. I still think you should move Daphi to a livery yard for 6 months, get some experience and some regular help, then when you feel ready you could move her home and buy her some company. As chestnuttymare said, would you recognise the symptoms of colic, laminitis, and abcess or even basic lameness? I wouldn't feel comfortable keeping my horse at my house now as I wouldn't have the help I need, and I would like to think I am relatively experienced and sensible with horses, and a half decent rider. You seem willing to learn from your mistakes which is great, but I really think you need more help, and you shouldn't be thinking about trying to look after another when you are struggling with looking after one. Sorry, I think its great that you want to learn, but you cannot get all your help from this forum.
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I also agree that yes a cob may be better, but the one I ride is in some ways more difficult than my sensitive WB mare. I struggled to stop him in canter today. Which I never have a problem with my girl so took me by surprise. I honestly think you need more help. We are all still learning and still will learn with horses forever, but I think that you are very novice, which you openly admit so thats good, and you need more help.

Sorry that wasn't the answer you wanted
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Getting some company for Daphi is a good idea, in principal. The problem may be that 2 horses kept together may become very dependant on each other and it may be difficult to separate them to ride individually. I know 2 people who have this problem, if separated the one left behind goes loopy and the one being taken away naps to the point of being dangerous. It doesn't always happen, depends on the character of the horse I suppose and you won't know until you try but you could end up making things much more difficult for yourself. I don't know all your story but I think you have your own land, is that right. If so I can understand you not wanting to move to a livery yard, cost etc. Maybe if you buy another riding horse you could offer a home as a companion to a smaller horse or pony, one that can no longer be worked but who would keep the one left behind company. You do need to be very careful with some smaller ponies eating too much grass but this can be managed by restricting their diet or using a grazing muzzle. Good luck!
 
Its quite a good idea, but not without potential problems, which have already been mentioned. If you do get another horse, please try to get it through word of mouth. The scars and problems with Daphi's legs are really not unusual and so many horses are not without problems. Enlist some serious help if you are setting out to get another.
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Here's an idea, why don't you take all the advice that was offered before and get yourself and that horse to a proper livery yard where you can get some support, have somewhere safe to ride and have some lessons on her. I can't believe that someone
e who really doesn't know how to look after one horse thinks it's a great idea to get another one. Don't think that a cob will necessarily be a plod because it doesn't work that way. I know some ex racehorses more placid and easier to ride than some cobs.

I will be honest with you. when I got my horse, i was so nervous of coming unstuck, that I made sure I was somewhere where someone could keep me right. I had been riding for years before that and still needed a fair bit of help. Horses are complex creatures and I am still asking advice from friends about things. If I think one is losing a bit of weight, i will ask another person what they think. Or if I think one is slightly lame, i will ask someone to take a look.
Would you know if one of them was quidding and if so what to do about it. Or would you recognise the symptoms of a foot abcess? Honestly, i am not being mean but it's not an easy job.
No doubt i will get jumped on for this, but I am just being honest.

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110% agree. If you can afford another horse you can afford to put your current horse on livery. Cobs don't necessarily equal ploddy believe me!!!
 
Ditto to Chesnuttymare, with all respect you have not got the experience to be looking after the one you have, let alone another, regardless of how many questions you ask on a forum
 
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