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Gahhh, I have the classic 'do I stay or do I go' dilema. My current yard suits me well, been there a couple of years now, excellent rural location with nice quiet lanes for hacking, fairly cheap, the farmer lets us liveries get on with our own stuff. Downside is crap electric fencing which is always getting broke (!) which sounds petty but in relatity drives me mad, and my best yard buddy has now moved her neddy back to her home for retirement (and no chance of me going with her as there's no room) plus the other couple of friends I have up there are moving to be closer to where they live this week too. The other girls on the yard are lovely but, its not the same as having you own friends up there if you see what I mean? Plus there'll all teenagers and its nice having friends my own age. Certainly my best buddy and I used to help each other out in terms of bringing in etc and we used to hack out together.

At the moment I have a WONDERFUL lady (fellow livery) who started off riding my horse but pretty much looks after her full time now. I have my own very demanding business so it suits both of us perfectly as I go up a couple of times a week to ride and the other lady looks after her the rest of the time. Unfortunatley this agreement is going to come to an end next spring when she will buy her own horse again. Which brings on my dilema......

Next year I am having a baby and to be honest I'm not sure how I'm going to cope doing the horse and having a baby. The business I am hoping to sell as I don't think I have time to dedicate to it. The baby will co-incide with my fellow livery buying her own horse and its at that point I don't know if I'd be better moving yards as I'll have to do my horse alone again. Getting a sharer/loaner is out of the question - some of you may remember the nightmare I had when the last loaner refused to give me my horse back and I had the worst time ever getting her back. Not an option, no way.

The yard in question is round the corner from me, and litterally next door to my parents house (who I'm thinking I could either ask to help out with the horse from time to time or certainly leave the baby with them whilst I go next door to sort the horse out). The other advantage is there is only 2 liveries there, one of which is my best friend
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so again it would be nice having some moral support on the yard. The downside to this yard (and its a fairly big downside) is the hacking, or lack of. Although its set in a lovely location, the road that I would have to hack down to get out into the coutry side is one of those rural lanes with a 60mph speed limit!!! I drive down it most days and I wouldn't fancy riding down it - people drive like idiots. The 2 liveries on the yard don't hack out really, they just ride in the field but thats not really my bag although apparantly he has quite a lot of land you can ride on. Having said that I don't know how much riding I will be doing once the baby is here?

Not sure what do folks? Any suggestions?
 
bit of a random thought..... could you not sell your horse to your friend who rides her anyway and then you could still go up a couple of times a week and ride? She gets a horse she likes riding and you get the time/money relief you might need with new baby and no business income? She sounds like a (unofficial) sharer to me and you could just swop over?

this is probably a big no no but would maintain the status quo while you got to grips with the huge changes in the rest of your life??
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Thanks Spacefaer for your reply. I should have said I wouldn't ever sell my horse. I've had her since she was a baby, she's 17 now and got a home for life with me. On paper though I see what you mean, it looks good but in reality I wouldn't do it.

It's more like I am the sharer lol as I only go up once or twice a week but that suits me. I've never felt the need to ride every single day!
 
Is there nowhere you could put her on full livery? So she would be looked after and you would not have to worry about her. It will take the pressure off you.

I hope you find a good place to keep her.
 
My thought is that you might be better staying where you are until next spring - a lot can change in 6 months and if your horse is happy and you have someone to help out over the winter while your preggers lets face it by january you are going to be a whole lot bigger and creaam crackered + whos to say that by the spring your friend who is helping out may have had a change of circumstance and want to keep her on ! I hate this should I stay or should I go thing. Personally think twice about the 60 mph road when the baby is here the only thing you might get time for is a tootle round the block at the weekend !! At least your mare has someone giving her attention whilst your time is thin on the ground.

Good luck (v exciting about your bump !
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Hmm.. Isn't life annoying sometimes! Why would this seemingly perfect yard, next to your parents house have to have a busy fast road!! It is always sods law isn't it?

I would check out the 'new' yard and find out just how much land you have to ride on first. This way, being that you don't actually want to ride everyday, your mare is older and you just want pootle round several times a week, you may be able to ride around the farm quite happily... And you may fine the road is doable on early mornings or something! Do you have transport? Could you also box her somewhere once a week to or something?
So, yeah go and check out the riding at this new place as you might find it has enough for what you want to do anyway.x
 
Thanks guys. Could no way afford full livery, I'll have all on to afford her on a farm diy livery when I'm not working!!

Umm....I may stay put for the time being, I don't want to make any hasty decisions I guess. That road is such a drawback but as you say I had thought about early mornings may be better?? Like you say its sods law there are always downsides to everything!!
 
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