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SaddleUpSin

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So I'm waiting for reality to kick in. Finally in a position to have my own horse and he's an absolute sweetheart, I adore him. He's not perfect but he's a wonderful person, I really feel like I have won the lottery. My childhood dream, the reason I've got up to go to work every day in the hopes of one day having a horse of my own. Currently on full grass livery essentially (without exercise) but moving to be with me soon on DIY (hence the barrage of posts!). Will reality kick in then? Will it feel less magical and more draining? Haha! I don't ever want to consider him a chore, after all it's all I've ever wanted, but I feel like I haven't fully grasped what it REALLY feels like to own yet, it feels like an expensive and stressful part loan currently!

Sorry for the endless posts :)
 
After the worst, hectic,manic head ache of a day in the office, and even when It's pouring with rain when I get to the yard and turn the barn lights on and see my 3's little faces light up I forget about it all :)
 
Reality hits when you feel ill, or it is utterly rancid outside and you are sat at work and everyone around you is going from work to car, from car to warm house..

You on the other hand have yet to battle the elements, get sopping wet, freezing cold and probably hungry before you see that nice warm house :p
 
I don't remember life without horses as I've had them since I was little. I sometimes think it must be so exciting to have waited your whole life for one and then to get one.

Magical all the time? Not really (come on guys, let's be honest!)

But would I change my lifestyle? Not for all the tea in China!

Welcome to horse ownership! Xx
 
I don't think I ever had the 'reality' moment with mine. It was odd, I had always wanted a horse and bought one at the end of 2015. The viewing to buying process was really quick with him and suddenly he was at my yard and in my care. I had the whole 'omg I can't believe I have a horse' moments at home, and it was weird to think that grey beastie was all my responsibility.

But the going up morning and evening, mucking out, feeding, riding everyday etc always seemed normal - even though it never had been! It didn't seem weird to go down after work every day and see him, or a weekends. It all just felt completely normal and like I'd been doing it everyday.

Yes, in winter it's tiring and getting there in the dark and coming back in the dark takes it's toll but it is completely 100% worth it. He frustrates me sometimes, sometimes I CBA to muck out or ride but I never ever think of him as a chore :)


ETA: Sometimes I am very very close to calling him a chore when he rolls in the biggest, wettest mud puddle ever and you can't even clean him because the mud takes forever to dry.
He's determined to be a brown pony
 
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Magical all the time? Not really (come on guys, let's be honest!)
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well... not when you're pushing a wheelbarrow up the muck heap in sideways driving rain, or poo picking in a gale. But I do genuinely have a magical moment every day, whether that's during training, or just having a cuddle in the stable, or watching them pull funny faces after eating too many polos, or whatever.
 
Given you're an adult, and have waited and dreamed so long and worked so hard to have him, I reckon you'll just love it.

All I can tell you by way of my own experience is that I had my own horses for a long time. And loved every minute of it. Then for a longer time I was a 'responsible adult' with no horses and proper jobs. I never stopped missing them. I started working with horses again last year. I come home exhausted, filthy, hungry, sweaty, sore... and mindlessly happy. :)
 
I can't believe it! I want to shout it to the world! I'm so in love with him, head over heels, I want him to have the best of everything, ever. Is it sad to make him his own facebook page? There's rarely a day I don't post about him anyway xD
 
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