Sunny08
Well-Known Member
In July I brought an 11yr WB beautiful mare to school up with an intention of selling her. During the time I had her I discovered she had mild bone spavin. Now this doesn't really bother her most the time but I would be afraid of her re-entering the 'selling' market as I am quite sure there would be people who would buy her cheaply and sell her on without disclosing her condition as you could cover it if she wasn't vetted. So anyway I have made her a promise I will never sell.
She is the perfect mare, easy to handle, perfect hack, safe as houses but still has a lot of get up and go. Currently with having my baby I manage to ride twice to three times a week at best, but she is out 24/7 and we manage her bone spavin accordingly.
I am just pondering my choices really as our son is nearly a year old and we are having the conversations about another baby. I would have no qualms riding her whilst pregnant but with baby, farm, dogs and work (plus another child!) time would become a real issue. What would you do with this mare - would you loan her out, share her or let her live quite happily in the field but with limited exercise (which I know isn't best management of her condition).
When I brought her, I saw her as a project but I am now so attached to her and very protective of her, I am concerned if I loaned or shared her someone would push her too hard and bring her lameness back, equally the work is needed to help manage the bone spavin. she costs little to keep as we have our own land and produce our own hay/straw etc.
Just interested in others opinions, whatever I did would be relatively short term until 'baby stage' was over (and I am definately stopping at two children!! ;-) _
She is the perfect mare, easy to handle, perfect hack, safe as houses but still has a lot of get up and go. Currently with having my baby I manage to ride twice to three times a week at best, but she is out 24/7 and we manage her bone spavin accordingly.
I am just pondering my choices really as our son is nearly a year old and we are having the conversations about another baby. I would have no qualms riding her whilst pregnant but with baby, farm, dogs and work (plus another child!) time would become a real issue. What would you do with this mare - would you loan her out, share her or let her live quite happily in the field but with limited exercise (which I know isn't best management of her condition).
When I brought her, I saw her as a project but I am now so attached to her and very protective of her, I am concerned if I loaned or shared her someone would push her too hard and bring her lameness back, equally the work is needed to help manage the bone spavin. she costs little to keep as we have our own land and produce our own hay/straw etc.
Just interested in others opinions, whatever I did would be relatively short term until 'baby stage' was over (and I am definately stopping at two children!! ;-) _
