Life without your horse

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Do you ever wonder how your life would be if you sold your horse?
Like you know it would be the best thing for you and prob your horse, but could never bring yourself do to it, coz youd miss him so much and he's prob miss you aswell.

I often think about selling Arch, but I love him too much to do it. He should be out doing so much more and I really cant afford him, but could never bring myself to sell him, even when he is in 'killer' mode!
 
i have taken the plunge and am selling mine! after seeing someone try her who got her going perfectly and jumping huge brought it home to me that she would be happier with someone else rather than me pulling her out the field 3 times a week... just need to find her that special someone! will be so wierd not having her - waking up in the morning and not wearing jods, having clean finger nails, not smelling, having pennies for a decent social life, not doubling the cost of a holiday with livery costs...
 
Yes..I have.. it is sh!t .. though at times when it is pouring with rain and blowing a gale it is nice to go out, luckily I still have contact with horses cos I can ride my friends horses and drive her pony
 
I am horseless whilst at uni and it would devestate me to sell mine, it's hard enough going 3-4weeks not seeing him then only riding him for that one weekend. Roll on the summer!
 
Life without horses would be very strange... i think the only time i had a break from them for a couple of months was when i had one rear and go over on me completely shattered my confidence... but after a couple of months i was back riding again and have been ever since ha ha!
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I couldnt imagine a life without horses !!!! I just couldnt, I ttok the plunge a fortnight ago to sell one of ours as he was just to much so off he went and he is much much much happier and we have brought another one who is much more suitable, but to sell and not have any is a horrid thought that i couldnt think
 
When I lost Amy last year I did just for one moment consider not gettting another one.........

A clean house, two foreign holidays a year, endless new clothes and nights out just weren't enough to convince me that that was the right thing to do - so I bought Thumper.

Great!
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I had to sell up due to back problems about 3 years ago and the emptiness hasn't gone away yet, if anything it is getting worse. I miss them soooo much and would give anything to have horses back in my life.

Hopefully this spring i might be able to help out in producing youngstock again for the show ring, i love turning out horses for the ring. Ibred & Show Welsh Cob section D's for over 20 years.

God i miss it, and don't ever forget how lucky you are to have a genuine friend who never asks for nothing but love, time and patienc not a lot really when they give you there all
 
im selling mine and really wonder what i will do... planning things like what will i do for exercise etc? but luckily i have been offered a freinds pony to play on, on Tues and Thurs evenings so while its summer that will be good and it wont cast me a penny! but i really am going to miss my girl, like you say... even in killer mode.
 
No my horse is my focus and motivation...he is my main driving force in life. I would never sell him...through all the hard times, frustrations and scared moments when he is throwing a wobbly I never think of selling him. He is my friend and makes me laugh when I feel like crying because life can be [****] at times..but he is always there up to no good and mischief.
 
I dont own a horse, so I am imagining my life with one.........
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yes.....i would a poorer but happier person i think!!!
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I sold my horse when I came to uni as there wasn't an option of keeping him (no-one to ride him).

I hate not having a horse even though I'm riding twice a week, going to help at shows and do comepte for uni but its not the same. Luckily I keep in touch with his owner and she lets me ride him in the holidays
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I do really miss him.
 
I didn't have a horse to ride properly for a couple of months when Cat died a year ago. I had my ancient mare still so could go on v short & slow hacks, but I really missed schooling, lessons & shows.

Can't imagine coming home to an empty field & just doing normal things like normal people do, like housework & watching tv. With Cat gone, I felt as if I was drifting about without any focus.

And the house didn't get any tidier cos I was moping & not at all energetic.
 
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I am horseless whilst at uni and it would devestate me to sell mine, it's hard enough going 3-4weeks not seeing him then only riding him for that one weekend. Roll on the summer!

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You're very lucky that someone keeps him going for you!

My family are completely unhorsey and I had to sell mine when I went to uni. I spent 4 years without a horse and became a seriously depressed person. I put on 3 stone and was deeply unhappy.

Since finishing uni 4 years ago (best thing about uni was finishing so I could leave!), I am now very happily back in the horse world and own an increible horse. I would never want to go back to feeling like that again and I honestly think it was because I didn't have horses in my life.
 
I gave loaned my two out for a year when my husband was first diagnosed with cancer; had two young children as well as trying to hold down a job and nurse oh. Went to buy H&H one day, then suddenly thought "what's the point, never going to ride again" and bawled my eyes out in the queue in WHSmiths.
 
I have done, but then I end up quite upset about it lol. Feel a bit of an idiot.

Tyler is my first horse and it will be the first anniversary on the 24th March, but I honestly dont regret it.

I am one of these people who have convinved themselves that no one else can look after Tyler as well as I can (although I am aware secretly that isnt true), so I couldnt bear to part with him.
 
All the time! I don't really have much time so she's on full livery during the week and it will be 2 weeks this Saturday since I last went up to yard. Also, I had a bad fall nearly two years ago and it's knocked my confidence abit. It's not her it's me but I'm a bit apprehensive now. I competed her since but I tend to think more about what could happen if I fell off again which takes some of the enjoyment away.
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I might not have much of a choice.
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I've had horses for the last seventeen years with no more than a month's break (and thats not counting still keeping my retired ponies at grass). I work keeping driving ponies but my only passion is riding, and riding complicated horses at that. I've done some damage to my back and I'm waiting for the results of an MRI scan to find out exactly what the problem is and if I need surgery. I'm probably going to be off for a fair bit of time, if surgery fails I might not be able to ride at all, and if it works falling off is then more dangerous and my lovely mare is a lot of things but safe isn't one of them. I really don't know what the h*ll I'm going to do, hopefully the docs can fix me but if I do end up needing to sell my horse I hope you guys on here will help me find the best possible place for her.
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Yes I have thought about it. I would be a fat, unhappy, rich person. I would probably end up partying waay more than I do, I would be able to have a boyfriend who i could actually spend time with, as any guy has to realise that the horse comes before them
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But I am so much happier with a horse than I ever was before
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It's CR*P!!! Still have my retired ponies but lost my tb mare last year and due to a variety of reasons, can't replace her for a couple of years. Trust me, you'll see every sunny day as a lost hacking opportunity. I even find myself doing the YO's feeding duties purely out of missing the whole routine! I can't imagine what it would be like to have no horses or ponies at all... hope you can manage not to have to get rid!
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well i suppose that life would be easier and i would be wealthier but i absolutely adore my mare and would never sell her after almost 16yrs of ownership, and even after she is gone i think i would have to replace her, i love my life with horses as hard going as it can be sometimes, its a big part of me, they are a real passion for me and it makes me feel so good to spend time with and be around such beautiful animals

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