Potato!
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Im in a bit of a Pickle.
I have my haffie mare at the moment and a companion pony on loan which isn’t really working out. I have the opportunity to buy a fantastic youngster who will suit me down to the ground, and my idea was to send the companion pony back home and have the Haffie and the youngster (Haffie won’t stay alone)
I love the Donna to bits and always said that I would never sell her but I can’t do the things I want to with her as she gets herself into a state when out hunting and doesn’t travel well (had a couple of incidents where she has got herself stuck in a trailer and a lorry). This is why I’m wanting the youngster who I can do the things I can’t do with her. Out hacking and pleasure rides she is fantastic but im getting so fed up of hacking etc.
However the other half has put his foot down and said I have to sell the haffie if I want the youngster. I was thinking of putting her on loan, but he said no because she could come back. She has had a few issues which makes me uneasy about selling her but I have had a lot of interest in her, someone coming to see her later today. Since I have decided to sell her she has been very off with me, unable to catch her and her not wanting to do anything. She is being a bit naughty when people come to see her. I thought about putting her out on grass livery for £10.00 per week with the use of a school. And finding a sharer to help with the costs
Because at the worst case scenario she isn’t costing me very much.
Not quite sure what to do?
I will add that the OH has nothing to do with the horses and I fund them entirely myself. He is having a go because I don’t ever seem to have any money, as i always spend it on the horses. He thinks that if I have only one I will be better off. I pay £25.00 per week field rent which I can have upto three horses. I have two stables. Funnily if I have 1 horse then hayledge costs go up as I buy big bales (£16 per bale and lasts 10 days to two weeks) at the moment which I wouldn’t be able to do with one horse. So I see it the difference between what I’m doing now and what I would be doing is shoeing. However if I got a sharer for the mare then I would have some help with her shoeing costs.
I have my haffie mare at the moment and a companion pony on loan which isn’t really working out. I have the opportunity to buy a fantastic youngster who will suit me down to the ground, and my idea was to send the companion pony back home and have the Haffie and the youngster (Haffie won’t stay alone)
I love the Donna to bits and always said that I would never sell her but I can’t do the things I want to with her as she gets herself into a state when out hunting and doesn’t travel well (had a couple of incidents where she has got herself stuck in a trailer and a lorry). This is why I’m wanting the youngster who I can do the things I can’t do with her. Out hacking and pleasure rides she is fantastic but im getting so fed up of hacking etc.
However the other half has put his foot down and said I have to sell the haffie if I want the youngster. I was thinking of putting her on loan, but he said no because she could come back. She has had a few issues which makes me uneasy about selling her but I have had a lot of interest in her, someone coming to see her later today. Since I have decided to sell her she has been very off with me, unable to catch her and her not wanting to do anything. She is being a bit naughty when people come to see her. I thought about putting her out on grass livery for £10.00 per week with the use of a school. And finding a sharer to help with the costs
Because at the worst case scenario she isn’t costing me very much.
Not quite sure what to do?
I will add that the OH has nothing to do with the horses and I fund them entirely myself. He is having a go because I don’t ever seem to have any money, as i always spend it on the horses. He thinks that if I have only one I will be better off. I pay £25.00 per week field rent which I can have upto three horses. I have two stables. Funnily if I have 1 horse then hayledge costs go up as I buy big bales (£16 per bale and lasts 10 days to two weeks) at the moment which I wouldn’t be able to do with one horse. So I see it the difference between what I’m doing now and what I would be doing is shoeing. However if I got a sharer for the mare then I would have some help with her shoeing costs.
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