Why can't I ever make a decision!

shannonandtay

shannonandtay

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So having realised pretty soon that the yard I moved to five months ago wasn't right for our boy, I've been searching for a new livery yard for what feels like ages! There's basically not a lot of choice where we live and my main concern was him not getting enough turnout nada few issues with the yard, which I don't want to go into too much as my boy was well cared for and the people are very nice. Anyway I went on a few waiting lists as anything I liked was full and then out of the blue I had a space come up on one of them. It's a nice tidy yard with lovely menages, decent turnout which is so hard to find here. I've accepted the space and now I'm worrying myself stupid about the move, will he settle in etc, etc. he will go out with the other geldings every day and then in summer we have the option for 24/7 turnout, but now im worried in case he gets hurt. He's on very restrricted individual turnout at the moment and I hated this and it's the main reason I'm leaving, but then given what I'm after I can't help worrying that I might not be doing the right thing after all! Why can't I ever look on the positive side of things :confused:
 
my horse was at two places before we found the right place for him.
He was very dominant and bit other horses quite badly which meant he ended up stranded on his own patiently waiting for the battery to run out on the electric fence so he could break into the next field to bite the other horses.
All the while he was stood on his own the neighbour kept saying put him in with his clydesdaleds, The last break out experience led to me being called away from work to remove him again,,, which i did. I put a headcollar on him and took him to the neighbour and duly turned him out with the clydesdales. That was in october 2011. Since then he has been out 24/7. He has ad lib hay over winter and i bring him in for a hard feed..just to keep him used to being away from the others to minimize seperation issues when we start riding in the spring.
Initially the established herd sent him to coventry but gradually let him into the group. Neither me nor the horse have ever looked back. Being part of a larger group has taught him some manners and although he is still the alpha of the group he doesn t bite anymore .
I could nt bear the thought of moving him again..he is so bright and so content.
good luck!
 
Thanks, I know this is what he needs but at the same time I want to wrap him up in cotton wool :rolleyes: I've come to realise as I've got older I'm not good with change! I kind of have the opposite problem in that he doesn't stick up for himself and will be low in the pecking order. It's like a kids first day at school :eek:
 
shannonandtay said:
Thanks, I know this is what he needs but at the same time I want to wrap him up in cotton wool :rolleyes: I've come to realise as I've got older I'm not good with change! I kind of have the opposite problem in that he doesn't stick up for himself and will be low in the pecking order. It's like a kids first day at school :eek:
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It really goes against the grain. Before moving him the last time he came in for the rough nights..which in the bad winter was three months of being in overnight. In the beginning when he was out overnight in awful weather i would get worried. When i went to see him in the mornings i expected to find him with his head down looking really sorry for himself. Whenever i turned up he was there full of himself and bright as a button. I would allways have had a horse inside overnight before this .... and initially i felt like i was nglecting him. Now as winter hopefully comes to an end he has wintered far better outside than I ever hoped.
I would really give it a go.......it may take her time to settle , she will have to find her place in an established herd, but in my opinion the benefits are worth it.
 
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