asbo
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what would you do with a horse you cant ride for whatever reason?
jays still sound, so i was thinking of maybe veteran in hand classes?
jays still sound, so i was thinking of maybe veteran in hand classes?
what would you do with a un-rideable horse?
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junglediva
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veteran, simple companion horse, novelty classes mostly.
MrsMozart
Just passing through...
Yep, in-hand classes
Just spending time with.
squirrelc17
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my highly strung TB i bought as a 6 yr old is now happily retired as a 10 year old due to kissing spine. she lovin life and gives me cuddles, that is all i ask of her now. poor girl.
3BayGeldings
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mine's retired now, lives in a big field and eats a lot! In hand sounds like a great idea if he's still able to trot around (i think you have to do trotting in in hand?
) . It annoys me on this forum when people always pop up and just say 'shoot it'. If the horse is happy to be alive and is field sound, then personally i would always let them have a nice retirement.
guido16
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I have one who is a companion.
She loves it. Great for babysitting the babies.
Doesnt like big herds/ being groomed/ living outside
I quite often take her out with her best friend (ride/lead) and she enjoys a wee trip around the forest.
She is actually very useful as she is a great traveller and we also use her when taking the youngsters out for their first few journeys.
She loves it. Great for babysitting the babies.
Doesnt like big herds/ being groomed/ living outside
I quite often take her out with her best friend (ride/lead) and she enjoys a wee trip around the forest.
She is actually very useful as she is a great traveller and we also use her when taking the youngsters out for their first few journeys.
Kallibear
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I personally would just retire them and have them as a pet, but only because I have plenty of other horses I could ride if I want to ride, and bacause livery is so cheap and they all live on fresh air.
If I didn't have other horses to ride and couldn't afford the livery for another (or livery or feeding was a lot of money) I would have them put to sleep. It would be a financial decision mainly - I do not have unlimited funds and riding is important to me, so the two would have to balance. If I had my own land(or rented rather than paid per horse) they would of course just be a field ornement.
I would not however be passing the horse on. If it was unridable and never going to be ridable, and I couldn't keep it, I would have them PTS.
If I didn't have other horses to ride and couldn't afford the livery for another (or livery or feeding was a lot of money) I would have them put to sleep. It would be a financial decision mainly - I do not have unlimited funds and riding is important to me, so the two would have to balance. If I had my own land(or rented rather than paid per horse) they would of course just be a field ornement.
I would not however be passing the horse on. If it was unridable and never going to be ridable, and I couldn't keep it, I would have them PTS.
asbo
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he is sound walk/trot/canter, vet said his suspensory "could" go if worked to hard ridden so we decided to give him the winter off and have him scanned in the spring, if he cant be ridden and he is sound i will do some in hand as he likes getting out, if not he will just be retired
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village idiot :D
I had three of them last year plus two that were technically rideable but not by me!
The littlest rideable had a tiny child riding it, the other rideable but too small for me was eventing with a pro and the elderly and the two injured ones were living out and, in the case of the injured ones, returning to soundness, thank goodness and against the odds!
I do have the luxury of having the horses on my own place so it doesn't cost me much to keep them though. Had they been in livery, with the costs involved and the unlikelihood of their ever returning to work it might have had to be a different story.
The littlest rideable had a tiny child riding it, the other rideable but too small for me was eventing with a pro and the elderly and the two injured ones were living out and, in the case of the injured ones, returning to soundness, thank goodness and against the odds!
I do have the luxury of having the horses on my own place so it doesn't cost me much to keep them though. Had they been in livery, with the costs involved and the unlikelihood of their ever returning to work it might have had to be a different story.
spaniel
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Pet unless in pain!
My old cob spent 5 years in retirement. The only thing about his life that changed was he didnt have me sitting on him.
We would go for nice walks or play together in hand in the arena instead of him being hacked or schooled. he was happy to stick almost to his old lifestyle.
I do worry when horses that are used to having a job or a set routine are retired to grass totally, some cope well but others go to pieces so I think its best to keep them mentally occupied.
My old cob spent 5 years in retirement. The only thing about his life that changed was he didnt have me sitting on him.
We would go for nice walks or play together in hand in the arena instead of him being hacked or schooled. he was happy to stick almost to his old lifestyle.
I do worry when horses that are used to having a job or a set routine are retired to grass totally, some cope well but others go to pieces so I think its best to keep them mentally occupied.