Smaller stable?

[Bobthecob15]

We're about to move livery yards and the box we are having for our 12.2 welshie is 12ft x 9ft...I know technically for ponies 10ft wide should be the minimum but I'm thinking given his small stature he should be ok in this? My plan is rubber mats and a full bed to allow for the smaller width. I think I'll also ask if we can go on a waiting list for a bigger one once someone leaves...or am I over thinking it? He will be out over summer and in at night in winter/when very wet etc. He's never got cast etc but does love a roll. It's an American barn style with bars between each stable so doesn't feel particularly snug.

We've given notice so are committed to going now but I'm having a mild stress about it being too small for him!

 

[meleeka]

I’m sure he’ll be fine. I think a bigger stable matters more if he was to be in it 24/7 but as he’s not, it’s perfectly adequate.

 

[Tiddlypom]

That sounds grand for a 12.2hh.

For over 20 years here we just had two slightly less than 10'x12' stables for up to 15.3hh horses, and they loved them . Very cosy.

 

[splashgirl45]

That’s plenty big enough for a 12.2. My 15.2 was in a 9x13ft for years and could lay down comfortably ..

 

[ycbm]

10x10 is 100 Square feet. 12 x 9 is 108, it's is actually a bigger stable

 

[Bobthecob15]

OK thank you I'll stop stressing about it!

 

[The Xmas Furry]

OK thank you I'll stop stressing about it!

Def stop stressing , my 14hh mare prefers a 12 x 10 rather than the 12 x 12 in block facing her across the yard.
I've had 12.2s in 10 x 8 which is still bigger than they'd have in temp stables away at comps.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

We're about to move livery yards and the box we are having for our 12.2 welshie is 12ft x 9ft...I know technically for ponies 10ft wide should be the minimum but I'm thinking given his small stature he should be ok in this? My plan is rubber mats and a full bed to allow for the smaller width. I think I'll also ask if we can go on a waiting list for a bigger one once someone leaves...or am I over thinking it? He will be out over summer and in at night in winter/when very wet etc. He's never got cast etc but does love a roll. It's an American barn style with bars between each stable so doesn't feel particularly snug.

We've given notice so are committed to going now but I'm having a mild stress about it being too small for him!

In the old days a 12 x 12 was suitable for larger horses we have one which had a 15.3hh in it , so yes he will be fine, my welshie 12 hh is in a 10 x 10 and absolutely fine. We have one large cob in one 12 x 12 and he is absolutely fine and happy and so is the owners.

 

[Hormonal Filly]

My mare recently went from a 14x14 stable with outside pen to a 12x10ft indoor stable when we moved. She doesn’t seem bothered or care. I was super anxious about it too.. and she’s 15.3.

 

[Goldenstar]

It will be fine it’s my experience that horses like rectangular stables .
I had a stable that was eight and a half feet by eleven it was used mainly be horses who lived out and where in in bad weather but the horses loved it it was vey nicely situated and had a wall round it it was very sociable .
Its gone now .