What is the daily routine for you guys on DIY and part livery?

I am currently on part livery, although have just made the decision to move back to DIY as I am not enjoying the limited interaction with my horses!

I generally see my horse once a day week days (with the odd exceptions like today when I will see them twice), then twice a day on my days Saturday and Sunday.

I either go up before work, so around 7am although yard owner not all that keen on this its a neccesity currently as we have no lights in the arena! Otherwise before the clocks changed I would be at the yard by around 6pm.

Generally I spend around an hour upto 2 hours in the week and considerably longer at the weekend! And of course that is slightly more in the summer months with better light and weather.

The last bit of your question is of course the reason I have decided to move, as I don't particularly enjoy having someone else making decisions on my behalf when it comes to my horses welfare. I also feel as though I only go to ride and our relationship has suffered for that. I have been on part livery for 12 months now, however the first 6 months was on a different yard where actually I didn't feel like this at all, but then I was never made to feel like they weren't my horses there but at my current yard I sometimes feel like I'm arriving to see my loan horse!

I am very much looking forward to moving next month and getting back into a DIY routine.
 
We are on assisted DIY, so YO turns out and / or feeds in the morning. However I usually go up in the morning to turn the mare out as she has a habit of misbehaving for YO and it is on the way to work for me anyway. If I am up before YO then I'll turn my gelding out too.
Usually back at yard around 5.30pm, so I'll muck out, fill nets and make feeds, then bring in, check over, change rugs if necessary and usually leave by around 7pm. If I'm riding, I'll probably be there until around 8pm. Only one to ride as the gelding is retired.
Weekends we turn out ourselves, usually heading up around 8.30am or so and getting all chores done - if I am riding then OH usually does the stables and I'll do the nets. He works away during the week. Then back up around 5.30pm to bring in for the night.
It works well for all of us and means I still have time to do other things. Occasionally I will do all my chores first thing in the morning to save time in the evening. The main thing is, the horses both get out every day and they are happy with their routine. :)
 
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