birdof1977
Well-Known Member
I'm not having a very good day today.
I started sharing a horse about 3 weeks ago, well I say sharing, I am the only one riding her.
I pay £20 per week toward her, which is probably nearly what she's costing to keep. She turned out 24/7 and normally is all year round, the only extra feed she gets at the mo, is a small hay net when I see her.
She's barefoot, but her feet are in serious need of a farrier, but the owner hasn't, IMHO, done a lot about getting one to her, keeps coming up with excuses, and to be honest, she is a right pain in the bum, verging on dangerous. she has no manners on the gound, or when ridden.
She's 18 years old and extremely strong. Neither of are enjoying ourselves. The yard she's kept at is a complete mess, there's c**p everywhere and no-one ever seems to tidy up. I try, but there's only so much I can do. I don't even know what the yard owner, or any of the other horse owners look like, everytime I've been up there (4 times a week) the place is deserted. The sand school is full of weeds, stones and waterlogged, and no-one seems to give a sh*t.
The problem is everything that I have suggested trying to do with this mare has been poo-poo'd by the owner, and to be honest its I can see something terrible happening soon.
I really don't know what to do. The owner seems to be oblivious to this mare terrible manners. The last person to ride, apparently, was a completely novice 13 year old, the owner told me that the mare was really well schooled, and a complete angel, well I don't know what's happened to her then.
I've ridden and broken in some right nightmare horses before but I've never felt this unsafe. Everytime I take her out, we spend half of the time spinning rearing and whirling around, all of that for a half an hour walk up the road, and because I'm there on my own, if something did happen I could be in serious trouble. Whilst we are out, I spend half of the ride trying to stop her form runnning off with me. I just don't think that we are geling at all, and without the owners support, I don't think we will.
Do I give up? Try to find another share? I spent ages trying to find this one. Oh what to do? Sorry this is so long, but please help, I don't want to let the owner down, but I really don't want to end up dead either.
I started sharing a horse about 3 weeks ago, well I say sharing, I am the only one riding her.
I pay £20 per week toward her, which is probably nearly what she's costing to keep. She turned out 24/7 and normally is all year round, the only extra feed she gets at the mo, is a small hay net when I see her.
She's barefoot, but her feet are in serious need of a farrier, but the owner hasn't, IMHO, done a lot about getting one to her, keeps coming up with excuses, and to be honest, she is a right pain in the bum, verging on dangerous. she has no manners on the gound, or when ridden.
She's 18 years old and extremely strong. Neither of are enjoying ourselves. The yard she's kept at is a complete mess, there's c**p everywhere and no-one ever seems to tidy up. I try, but there's only so much I can do. I don't even know what the yard owner, or any of the other horse owners look like, everytime I've been up there (4 times a week) the place is deserted. The sand school is full of weeds, stones and waterlogged, and no-one seems to give a sh*t.
The problem is everything that I have suggested trying to do with this mare has been poo-poo'd by the owner, and to be honest its I can see something terrible happening soon.
I really don't know what to do. The owner seems to be oblivious to this mare terrible manners. The last person to ride, apparently, was a completely novice 13 year old, the owner told me that the mare was really well schooled, and a complete angel, well I don't know what's happened to her then.
I've ridden and broken in some right nightmare horses before but I've never felt this unsafe. Everytime I take her out, we spend half of the time spinning rearing and whirling around, all of that for a half an hour walk up the road, and because I'm there on my own, if something did happen I could be in serious trouble. Whilst we are out, I spend half of the ride trying to stop her form runnning off with me. I just don't think that we are geling at all, and without the owners support, I don't think we will.
Do I give up? Try to find another share? I spent ages trying to find this one. Oh what to do? Sorry this is so long, but please help, I don't want to let the owner down, but I really don't want to end up dead either.
