People Who dont ride?

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Just asking, how many people have horses/ponies that dont ride and your reasons?

Does this affect the time you spend with your four legged ones at all?
 
I have temporarily stopped (as of last week) until my mare's hormones calm down. My nerves can't take another fall!! I've fallen off almost once a week since she came into season!!!
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I don't ride my section a coz she'd break if I sat on her
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I'm breaking her in so my neices can ride her.
 
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Just asking, how many people have horses/ponies that dont ride and your reasons?

Does this affect the time you spend with your four legged ones at all?

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ah, that'll be the followers of Parelli....

not many of them on here
 
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Just asking, how many people have horses/ponies that dont ride and your reasons?

Does this affect the time you spend with your four legged ones at all?

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ah, that'll be the followers of Parelli....

not many of them on here

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damn.. you beat me to it!
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Heard of it but not really read up on it - explain?

Im guessing its an american thing?..dont ask me why,.just sounds american!
 
i didnt ride for a long time...my nerves were shot...however getting over it now and trying to ride most days..except when too windy as the hairy one doesnt like it...

it never ate into my time with the boys however workdid.....my hairy one is so devoted to me he bites kicks and attacks other people when he doesnt see them....
 
My mum has probably ridden about 5 times but has had horses for years.....she just hasn't got the nerve in the saddle but is so good with them on the ground....always great to have around when I was a kid!!!
 
Not into Parelli, but FHC is on early retirement (-wish I was).

He takes just as long to muck out as he did before he retired. I just don't have to bother with that horrid bit where you get on, have a bit of exercise, then have disgustingly sweaty hair afterwards
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Loads of them in this neck of the woods - the place is heaving with "field ornaments". Strange thing though, they all have the best of gear! Fancy rugs, two or three saddles and bridles, "toys" matching buckets, grooming kits and the rest!
Most of them advocate "barefoot trimming", natural horsemanship and parelli. They refer to their horses as "my boy" or "my little man" and jump back and yell if it snorts at them!
The owners all have an opinion on everything but little or no experience and their horses are actually used as some sort of psycological prop - guess they need to feel needed or something.

Best laugh is, they are the first to critisise anyone who actually treats their horse like a HORSE and does some work.
 
I dont ride due to a total lack of balance. I do however spend a huge amount of time looking after my friends horses and doing a bit of schooling for her. I am looking after daughters loan pony while searching for her new one.
Dont compete anymore in any sphere due to insurance not covering me anymore.
 
I have a few field ornaments as I don't ride at the moment - when I'm at our yard I always have my 4yo daughter with me, and her pony takes priority. My 2 horses both have health issues - both perfectly rideable, but I'd never sell them as I want to know they're being cared for. Every now and again I find someone to ride them for a while, which is great, but then people lose interest or move on. The horses don't care - they have a huge field to live in, exercise themselves while grazing and lead a natural life!

My daughter rides her little mini Shettie regularly - we school, play games, hack out, o to the beach, go showing, pony club, she also rides side saddle. So that's a very active little pony!

I also have her baby sister (that's the pony's baby sister
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), 3 in June. She's another lawn mower at the moment, but my friend's 7 year old daughter is going to back her for me in the summer (the pony is only 34", so needs a small jockey!) and eventually she's destined to be my driving pony.

Oh, and I have a one-third share in another lawn mower - an 11 month old Dartmoor! She's destined to become my daughter's riding pony in a years to come.

Some lawn ornaments are there for a good reason.
 
I've not ridden since I was in an RTA in July last year
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My horse and I have now made a great bond from the ground and my great instructor and Ralph have made a great riding bond...just a little jealous!!!
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Hmmm. Well, I'm not riding at the mo for a variety of reasons.

S is not exactly a plod & although I love her to bits & spend loads of time with her lunging/grooming/etc I can no longer ride her.

This is because basically my knees are bu&&ered & I can't afford to take falls like I used to, This won't change for another year at least & so at the moment I don;t ride her because of that & because of confidence issues in the saddle arising from that.

Once knees are sorted I'd love to be able to get a 12/13hh confidence giver who is bombproof & happy with the odd hack. I will get back on S but it will take a while.
 
I don't ride much at the moment because I sold my mare to fund the purchase of an event pony for my daughter. I used to ride him to school him while she was away at school, but he's just been diagnosed with DJD and I think I'm a bit on the heavy side to even hack him out now TBH.

Just as an aside - not all Parelli followers don't ride. I quite like Parelli, and I've seen it work wonders with quite a few horses and ponies and their owners. In my experience the people that knock it hardest are the most scared of it because it just might show up their weaknesses. I've not yet met anybody who has tried it properly that has slated it - and I haven't met anybody that doesn't ride because of it.

The best people look at it, think about it, appreciate it, and incorporate it into their lives along with everything else. They don't just say it's rubbish - because it obviously isn't.
 
I'm not riding at the moment as I've only had my current horse for 5 weeks and he came to me in a pretty terrible state (Epsom will back me up-she's seen the pics!) I spend quite a bit of time with him, we go out for walks, I groom him, muck out and just chill with him really. He's only just getting used to a one on one relationship and we're coming on well.

Prior to Henry I haven't had a horse for a couple of years. I used to own my first horse, who was retired, and my ISH, only my circumstances changed and I couldn't afford to keep the two, so I sold the ISH and kept my old lady. we had a few more years together, before her time came, by then she was well into her thirties, so I'm pretty used to owning and not riding, though those circumstances may be slightly different, as she'd given me years of her working life, the few retired years I returned her seem to pale in comparison. Must stop rambling on or I'll get all weepy and rattle on for hours about her!

I enjoy riding, and used to be quite competitive, however I'm also way too soft for my own good, hence my plan to invest in a fit and healthy horse at the beginning of 2009, when Poppy will have started nursery and the house and paddocks being sorted flying right out of the window when I saw Henry. I will say this though, I must have mellowed with motherhood, as I'm enjoying every aspect of just caring for a horse, without the riding. I have every intention of bringing Henry back into work once he's fit and well though.
 
SAme reason as CM85--knees shot
The idea of riding is great--the pain when I do is another matter
Horses 18 and 20, been there done it got the T shirt so if they are retired so what
I keep them at home, can see them in field--they come and stare through kitchen window when they want something--all very relaxed and no pressure.
 
I used to ride a lot but haven't done for about 3 years now. I have a 13.2hh pony my daughter is learning to ride on, but I'd swash the poor thing.
Am getting a new share horse two weeks on Friday (soooo excited!
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) so will be starting to ride again soon, but being only 4 weeks away from giving birth (maybe sooner or later!
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) it might be a while before I'm properly back in the saddle. I can't wait
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. Then I really will be annoying everyone with dumb questions!! Like, why do my legs/bum/back hurt so much?!?!?!!!
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I think a lot of people who don't ride are simply overhorsed.
I have at least three friends who are utterly terrified of their horses, mostly for a good reason, as two are nutters and one is a firey youngster.
They take their lives in their hands when ever they try again to ride the thing.
I think Paralli has a lot to answer for in encouraging people to keep and retrain horses that perhaps in the past would have
been rapidly sold on, or shot!!! (I know cos I've done it myself)

After I broke my pelvis lunging my youngster at the age of 49. I had to sell my beautiful 17.hh fellow and for a time I thought I would never ride again because with my injury (2 plates and 9 pins) am really not supposed to ride at all.
However a wonderful friend introduced me to a friend of hers who owned Jack. He was about as bombproof as you could get. Now after a year of getting him slim and us both fit again, I am looking forward to the show season and hack out alone most days over the fabulous riding here in the north of scotland.
And he is no plod either, a fun forward safe cob.

Can't help but think what is the point of having a huge expensive lawn mower if you can't ride because you are scared of it.
Waste of time and both your lives. Sell it to someone who can ride it and have fun doing so, and get yourself a fat hairy one, and blow what it look like, and have some fun.

(This does not apply to those who have retired or lamed horses of course.)
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I don't ride... very rarely do I get on for a plod about.
I have chronic back trouble, arthritis and bad knees, so riding hurts.
I also had my confidence shattered on my then new horse, when you get older it takes longer to get the nerves under control. I do however hop on my pony to hack, but as I say, this is rare just now. Summer months I will ride more and hopefully get confidence back.

My horses are not ornaments though, and I am not over-horsed, having been riding since a child, and ownign them for a few years. I had a TB that was a saint for me and a twit for others lol.
The horses are ridden by daughter, and I allow her friend to ride my lad (only her and daughter ride him) she is a lucky kid lol. She loves him to bits, enjoys him and I get satisfaction knowing this.

I'm just happy being around them and love watching the girls riding. If I don't ride, it doesn't matter. I didn't get horses to jump, show, event etc. They are hacking ponies, family ponies and I do resent people who say get rid....why should I? They (the horses) don't care a fig if they are ridden or not, they don't dream of being at Burleigh or Hickstead.... as long as they are fed, groomed, loved and allowed to be horses, what does it matter? If we can afford to keep them then that is my choice.
 
I have a pony I don't ride (& a horse I do) I'm too heavy even to do a little plod on her at the moment. I walk her in hand, lunge and do in-hand showing with her. A teenager rides her for me once a week and I'm hoping she'll take her out to some pre-lim dressage comps later this season. The pony in question I've had ten years, she was a rescue case and also my first pony, she's now 18.
 
I don't ride...my mare is retired...tho I wouldn't class her as a field ornament just because I don't ride her...or was I over-horsed - she was great to ride.
We've been together 11 years...she is a tb ex-racer who was untouchable when I bought her from the lady who'd rescued her. Her main issue was she hated humans...and it took a long time to overcome. She was great to ride and we did most things ie. dressage, jumping, tho hacking is all I expected...
I retired her 1 year ago now whilst she was recovering from an injury...due to arthritis really...she had treatment 3 years earlier which worked well but it came to the stage when asking for 'work' was too much...she is on supplement etc etc.
When I bought her it was a HUGE learning curve and was always going to be 'for life'...I knew the time would come when I would give her a retirement.
I still spend a good amount of time with her really - see her every day, often twice...just don't ride but take her for walks instead and do other stuff. Tho she is retired she is not a horse you can just put in a field 24/7 and leave so she is still in the same-ish routine as always.
I have the startings of arthritis and osteoporsis myself so not every day is a good day.
She still amazes me and we have a very strong bond...
 
I have only just started riding again, i had a youngster who totally knocked my confidence. I had my new horse for 8 weeks before i rode him, and only ride about 4 times a week for 20 mins now. I think as long as the horse is happy & healthy, it doesn't matter how often you ride, and i am so very grateful to the people on my yard who have given the confidence and haven't pushed me beyond what i am comfortable with.
 
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