Something needs to change.

[Nasicus]

Thanks again for your replies. I think if I just had one horse I would go to livery but having two makes it a little less likely. I’d need company for both in both places and I couldn’t do the work involved.

So a towing vehicle, join the riding club and have the help of a freelance rider will be my first changes.

Sounds like a plan!

 

[palo1]

Thanks everyone, great support as always. I’ve put a post on Facebook asking for freelance riders in my area and I’ve told (not asked! Lol) hubby that early next year I’ll be getting a towing vehicle. To be fair this year is a right off so I’m happy to wait until next year.

I also took Scrappy out for walk down the road this morning and she was great with all traffic we came across, including a manitou but had a heart attack at a pink flower and a puddle! Lol
I know getting out and about will help me feel better and more proactive than I am now. I have a local riding club I was a member of for 10 years at least, in fact I helped set it up and was treasurer for years. It’s got very big and that’s great but it can be too busy for me at times. I’ll join next year though and have some lessons at least. Thanks again for listening.

If you have a flat enough bit of a field at home there are loads of fun, motivating and 'improving' things you can do; I have been using ideas from the competing/training lockdown exercises thread to work with my young horse as well as other polework exercises (eg the ones here: https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=el equine sports therapy) to make the best of a scrap of a field. You can do a little bit of this stuff really easily at home - even if just in walk, these are things that can help hugely with a sense of motivation and achievement and you can either box up and go out or get an instructor in as well. I think just a bit of change would really help you to enjoy things more? Good luck - we all get 'stuck' and a bit lost with it at times!