Sending horse away for some training, advice...

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Tilly is going up to my instructors on the 3rd June for some further training. So far she has been backed gentally and is working happily undersaddle for 5-10 mins in walk with a few trot transitions and I am really pleased with what I have achieved with her.

I have also hacked her out a handful of times with a handler and she has been very good.

However, now in the middle of a busy exam period I haven't been able to do much with her and plan to enjoy pootling around the countryside over the summer with her - the best education a youngster can have imo - so my trainer is basically going to spend a couple of weeks hacking her out and building up her confidence doing so and I will join the 2 of them for the final week so that I can get onboard and hack out independantly but under the guidence of my instructor before I bring her home.

So questions (getting to the point!)
1) Does this sound like a sensible idea?
2) Should I still pay my YO rent for the weeks that T is away?
3) what do I need to make sure T has to take with her? Obviously tack, fleece, boots etc but anything else

Any other pointers?

(and yes, I am very bored with exam revision
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I think it sounds like a good idea to hack them out when they are backed, they can gain their balance etc easier to do trot and canter easier. You would still have to pay YO livery whilst your horse is away of they are within their rights to fill the stable
 
Can she not be trained on your yard? My YO is helping me retrain Ty and it's alot less stressful as he knows his environment etc - I'm not sure he'd be as accommodating somewhere else!

I think you'd have to pay rent or you'd lose your box!
 
It sounds like a good idea having your instructor giving your horse some schooling.

As previously said you will have to continue to pay your stable rent while you are away otherwise you will have been deemed to have left the yard & the YO could let it to someone else.

Things to take with your horse, obviously all the tack & rugs you would normally use. Probably feed & water buckets, hay nets, hoof pick head collars, & depending what arrangements you have with your instructor even Hay & Feed. Good Luck
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Can she not be trained on your yard? My YO is helping me retrain Ty and it's alot less stressful as he knows his environment etc - I'm not sure he'd be as accommodating somewhere else!

I think you'd have to pay rent or you'd lose your box!

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Tbh, although it would be less stressful for T to stay where she is its pretty impractical (both literally and financially!) to do this - besides, I feel that leaving her enviroment for a few weeks will probably do her good as there will be times where she will have to stay away from home.

Don't actually have a formal livery agreement as such (hence the question) as I rent grazing and a stable from my neighbour who is also a very good friend and with rent due the week before she goes away didn't know whether to pay her the full 4 weeks regardless or not? Think I will offer it - she can always say no.
 
you should still pay your YO rent IMO, as altho she isnt there, you still have the stable. if you dont pay rent your YO has everyright to get someone else in your stable whilst you are gone.

I still pay rent whenever i stay away with the horses, i know its only ever been a max of 3 nights away, but i dont deduct those 3 nights from my monthly bill (if you see what i mean!)

Hope your exams are going ok hun xx
 
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Can she not be trained on your yard? My YO is helping me retrain Ty and it's alot less stressful as he knows his environment etc - I'm not sure he'd be as accommodating somewhere else!

I think you'd have to pay rent or you'd lose your box!

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Tbh, although it would be less stressful for T to stay where she is its pretty impractical (both literally and financially!) to do this - besides, I feel that leaving her enviroment for a few weeks will probably do her good as there will be times where she will have to stay away from home.

Don't actually have a formal livery agreement as such (hence the question) as I rent grazing and a stable from my neighbour who is also a very good friend and with rent due the week before she goes away didn't know whether to pay her the full 4 weeks regardless or not? Think I will offer it - she can always say no.

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If it's a friend then all the more reason to offer the rent
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Can she not be trained on your yard? My YO is helping me retrain Ty and it's alot less stressful as he knows his environment etc - I'm not sure he'd be as accommodating somewhere else!

I think you'd have to pay rent or you'd lose your box!



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Yep, same here, i have a lady coming to me to help me back my 4 year old. She'd be a nightmare if i moved her!
 
I think you're right, just didn't know what the "correct" thing to do was having not done this before, lol! Will offer it to her regardless and if she says no need then great!

Exams are a nightmare, feel so exhausted - haven't even seen my horse since Monday (I love my mummy though as she has been brilliant doing her for me!) so it really is a relief knowing that Ros will get madam restarted on the right tracks for me. I may sound silly and slightly selfish but after all the hard work I've put into both uni and Tilly over the last few months I just want to get on and really enjoy her once they are over rather than going back a few steps.
 
just think once your exams are finished you are going to have a fantastic summer with Tilly (and Tom!) You deserve it aswell, youve worked so hard! Good luck with everything xx
 
Personally I would save your money at the moment. She is only 3, a break won't do her any harm at all and there is plenty of time for you to hack her round when you have finished your exams.
I think your money would be better spent on her as a 4yo.
 
It wouldn't reaally alter the length of her break by more than a week or 2 and she has pretty much been a field ornament for the last month or so and will probably be so again over the winter and possibly next spring as I'll be doing my finals. Its more that my instructor has the experience and confidence to really crack on with hacking her out quietly - yes I could do it myself but I feel more confident knowing that the inital few weeks of this has been done by an expert. Im hoping to send her away for a second lot of schooling as a 4 year old to start "proper" work anyway - just don't want to screw up the basics having come so far...
 
I agree that a change of scene can help some horses to 'grow up' and as long as yours is the sort to take it in her stride and not get stressed and throw toys out of the pram then go for it

if you are moving yard for a while I always make sure that enough hay/haylage or whatever you feed is taken so that a change to the feed at the new environment can be made over a couple of days (and the same on the return home) - and similarly if the feed is different take a bit of yours with you to mix and bring a bit of theirs back with you when you return home
 
She will fret for the first few days but provided she has company (which I know she will) she will be fine from the sending her away point of view and for her first time away there is no other place I'd rather her be - if anyone will make it an easy adjustment for her Ros will!

Good point about the feed! Hadn't thought of that
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She only gets a handfull of chaff and some horse and pony mix anyway but will make sure that she either stays on that or do what you suggest.
 
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