The horse owners worry year

[canteron]

For us horse owners, the is a perpetual calendar of seasonal worry. Just as one problem eases, another looms. Please feel free to add in your annual woes!

Jan/Feb. dark nights, mud and despair
Feb/March Mud and running out of hay and despair
March/April. Sycamore seedlings
April/May. Laminitis and ragwort
May/June/July Flies and laminitis or hard ground
July/August Flies and Sand Colic
September - laminitis and ragwort
October - Sycamore
November - dark nights and Mud
December - dark nights, mud and despair

 

[The Xmas Furry]

You forgot, ice, sub zero temps, snow and high temps and heatstroke

 

[Snow Falcon]

And acorns

 

[Barton Bounty]

I must be weird, i dont have any woes. I love mucking out, dont mind wet weather

 

[HelenBack]

All of the above but add mud on an ongoing basis this year.

 

[PoniesRock]

I love winter for the lami being less of a worry!

 

[dreamcometrue]

Frozen water pipes.
Frozen water troughs.

 

[Cowpony]

Fireworks in November, December and whenever Eid is that year

 

[The Xmas Furry]

Fireworks in November, December and whenever Eid is that year

And in this neck of the woods, for weddings, birthdays, coronations, football end of season, school leavers balls etc etc.
Bonfire night starts around early October through to xmas, then the New years eve fireworks run for another week or 2 to mid January or Chinese new year......

 

[SEL]

I'm cross that mud is currently an issue in May!

Mare's tail goes on my list too.

My OH has banned me from the weather app for my mental health

 

[Merry neddy man]

Another, JFMAMJJASOND lack of money.

 

[dreamcometrue]

Drought and hosepipe bans

 

[meleeka]

I’ll add arthritis to the winter months.

 

[Ample Prosecco]

Whether to rug and if so which one! Especially bad in Spring when you can go from Arctic to Tropical in a day. And sunshine to downpours & hailstorms in an hour. Or 5 minutes.

 

[Ample Prosecco]

Oh and worrying you are not doing enough JFMA; then too much MJJAS; and back to not enough OND.

 

[ycbm]

Freezing wet December then...
Bloody January again.

Flanders and Swan.

 

[Sasana Skye]

Sweet itch March to September

 

[pinkfluffy]

When your doctor asks where this constant anxiety comes from..... no idea, honestly.

Can I add hormones? My boys are being silly since neighbors mares are in season.

 

[Landcruiser]

Midge season. The damp still weather is making them a nightmare, my lot are walking round looking like the Klu Klux Klan.

 

[southerncomfort]

All year round - bl***y saddle fitting worries.

Autumn - ergot fungus.

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

I seem to be in a perpetual state of worry of 'am I going to teach my young horse bad manners or confuse him in an effort to do the right thing, and what arguments am I likely to win, what happens if I enter one and I can't win it' (eg: trying to get him in his stable last night, feet firmly planted, no room to do a lot).

Other than when I used to ride it would be that it's hard ground, soft ground, rutted ground, waterlogged ground, deep mud or surface slippy mud..

 

[tristar]

thanks op really feel cheered up now!

however you are absolutely right, and to add to it the seasons do not play ball as you might expect, its a kinda take it by 24 hours thing and review daily.

if you can keep ahead by anticipation you are a winner

 

[SEL]

Oh and worrying you are not doing enough JFMA; then too much MJJAS; and back to not enough OND.

Oh that's me! Totally not helped by the vet telling me to get the wheezy one fit in winter - with snow, ice, rain, dark, more ice, lots more rain, still dark, oh hello pollen season

 

[Tarragon]

Freezing wet December then...
Bloody January again.

Flanders and Swan.

I was brought up on "At the drop of a hat" - brilliant

 

[SantaVera]

I think you've got it covered

 

[Horseysheepy]

Another addition is the shooting and hunting season and the excitement and carnage it can bring if you have livestock.

 

[SOS]

Whether to rug and if so which one! Especially bad in Spring when you can go from Arctic to Tropical in a day. And sunshine to downpours & hailstorms in an hour. Or 5 minutes.

Got to echo this! Currently turning horses out in very light sheets or fly rugs with waterproof tops only for the rain to be delayed and have a high of 17 degrees and horses are sweating. Leave them out naked and it rains all day and they are shivering. Can’t win unless you’re up hourly changing rugs.

 

[Merrymoles]

Another addition is the shooting and hunting season and the excitement and carnage it can bring if you have livestock.

I was going to add that too and then as soon as the season ends we have the added excitement of riding past well hidden gas gun bird scarers as well as random scarecrows, bird of prey-style tethered kites and anything else our local guys can come up with.

The bird scarers started in December round here, we had a little lull and then I heard two new ones this morning.

I'm not going to moan about the swallow sh1t all over my stable as I love seeing them but another spring/summer moan is the pigeons who sh1t in the field water buckets and had managed to score on my headcollar and my horse recently. Probably because they can't go to their normal roosts!

 

[scruffyponies]

Can I add fences for Jan - April. Grass runs out, and ponies soon find they can push the posts over in the soft ground.

 

[scats]

Summer is my most hated time purely from a laminitis point of view. I don’t relax now until October here.