Ok so I've agreed on having a 3rd horse, panicking!!!

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When I take one horse from the other the one left gets very upset, so this makes schooling, exercising and hacking quite hard. I decided the other day that a 3rd that doesn't need rugging, has no special requirements and is old enough to be 'easy' wouldn't be any more horse mileage.. Or will it!???
Got a beautiful little welsh section a mare arriving tomorrow, I'm really excited but it's just hit me - 3 months ago I didn't even have one horse!

People with 3 or more, is it that much more than having 2?
So glad I've left college and started a full time job today now :o :o
Eeeeeee I've got new pony buzz
 
Massive luck to you - how exciting.

I love it when we try and convince ourselves that if we have one we might as well have two, two and we might as well have three. Another one is twice as much work and two is three times the work :)

BUT it seems like the third will make your riding life easier and therefore less stressful and more fulfilling. So, you will have three times the work but less stress and hassle because you won't be worrying about the one left alone!

We want pictures as soon as the little one arrives!
 
I bought a exmoor mare 2 years ago for the same reason. It wasn't that much more work or money as she was do cheap to keep and easy to do but the thing with little natives is their weight. Her weight was a constant worry so she had to go out by herself in a fat patch paddock and I always felt so bad for her. One winter she would not lose the weight so had to start exercising her.
Now I have sold her but still have 3 but the extra one is another 3 year old horse for competing. Actually, because she is a connie x, she is relatively cheap to keep and hardy so hasn't really worked out any more work than the exmoor.
Turning out can sometimes be an issue with 3 cos when you have two you can lead 2 at once but with 3 there is always one horse left by themselves.
 
Personally, I would think long and hard about having another section a as, unless you've got the right land and facilities, I think it's a constant battle keeping the weight off.

But then they are the most adorable ponies and an absolute member of the family, so I'm sure you'll have loads of fun and the extra work won't seem a hardship :-)
 
I'm hoping you're right Billie1007! Its true though isn't it, 'oh its only one more...' I think I'm going to turn into the crazy cat lady of horses at this rate!

Pictures will be posted asap, its also my 3 month owneversairy (sp?) With foxy lady this week! I'll be drowning you all out with pictures :D
 
Noooo don't all mention the weight thing now!! I'm too excited (however feel free to say 'I told you so...' In the next few weeks ;))

Her owners getting out of horses as her kids have all gone off to uni and her husband is disabled meaning she can't have a day off horse duties to visit her kids. She's such a quiet little thing!
 
Something else I would say regarding owning more than one...

My yard owner has four - 3 of which are laminitics, 3 of which are over 30 years old.

Based on this, I've made a mental note to always buy horses with a good ten year age gap between them, so hopefully I will never end up as a nursing home! Also, horses of different types, so one can go ahead and eat the grass off... just a thought :-)
 
Metal mare ones 9, ones 14 and the new ones 17 (I think I've got an awful memory!!) 9 and 14 year olds are fit as fiddles and the 17 year old has nothing wrong with her (that I know of!). I'm hoping I don't end up with 3 lame horses :o
 
It isn't that much extra work getting an extra horse. I always had 2 horses and this last 18 months i have doubled the numbers and now have 4. It came about through losing my old gypsy cob so i went and bought a lovely 17 month old colt irish sport horse, then a couple of years later i bought my daughter a section B then last November i put my ISH up for sale and went and bought another gypsy cob. I never sold the ISH so i now have 4 and love every minute of it and it doesn't take that much longer to do 4 than ity did to do 2 except the poo picking seems to take forever!! (perhaps it just feels like it takes forever because i hate doing it)
I'm sure you will love having your little section A. They are such little cuties :D.
 
That's probably reasonable spacing... you probably won't end up with them being 30, 35 and 38... my yard owner says she looks after hers too well :-)
 
I had 2 at home last year which was lovely, my little filly and a sec a both stabled through the winter so easy to do. Then they went up the farm to join my older boy... And then I bought another... Looking at coming into winter now I'm starting to think of all the work - Rango is an ex racer who will need to come in, baby girl is going to need to come in as is the older one who is supposed to be pts before the weather turns - and can't leave sec a on his own so he will have to come in too argh! So much mucking out and I work full time long hours lol roll on spring 2013!
 
I hope Foxy lives to her late 30s!!!! It's going to kill me when she goes. :(

Oh god, poo picking. I didn't even consider the poo picking :mad:
 
Fingers crossed for forties :-)

I'd have 3 horses at the drop of a hat, if I had my own land, incidentally. Even though I occasionally curse the one I've got and struggle for time, it's good for the soul, especially after a long day at work.
 
I went from 2 to 4 and it's not too bad. Main change is the extra poo picking but you get used to it. Also the cost went up re extra hay, feed, other bills. But I like having a small herd. If you just have two they get very clingy and it's a worry if something happens to one and the other is left on its own. Good luck with the new pony.
 
metalmare said:
Something else I would say regarding owning more than one...

My yard owner has four - 3 of which are laminitics, 3 of which are over 30 years old.

Based on this, I've made a mental note to always buy horses with a good ten year age gap between them, so hopefully I will never end up as a nursing home! Also, horses of different types, so one can go ahead and eat the grass off... just a thought :-)
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So true! I have three- one youngster, one middle aged and one oldie. The middle aged has guts of steel so can eat off grass before the oldie cushings and the sensitive youngster go on! The oldie is perfect to look after the youngster and I ride the middle aged one!

OP, you will be fine with three- if you have two, what's one more?!. Just buy in a muzzle for your Sec A to avoid any weight gain/lammi worries. Enjoy!
 
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