WWYD - yard move

[Grumpymoo]

I am moving my boy to a new yard at the end of the month for various reasons. I am also going to be sharing my friends quiet cob to get my confidence back whilst I am there. The problem I am having is what do I do with the Shetland I have on loan?

The livery if I move her is an extra £55 a month which isn't massive but I am also paying £22 a week to share my friends cob. There is a potential sharer for my horse but nothing is definite until I move him and he is settled so she can try him. I really adore this Shetland and she has been fantastic to have to keep my boy in his restricted grazing as he is lami prone. If I move her too I won't have to pay £85 to move him in the lorry cuz my friend could ride my boy and I could lead my Shetland and it will take about 2 hours to get to the yard.

My options are to leave her where she is but have to visit both yards which will cost time and petrol.

Send her back to her owners which I really don't want to do and I am not even sure if she has space etc to have her back.

Move her to the new yard and see how she gets on? If it gets too expensive send her back at that point? Or do it for a year and at the end of then either start riding my boy if I have enough confidence and give up my share of my friends horse or if my boy is still to much then sell him and just share my friends horse. Any of these ways mean I can afford to keep the Shetland too.

Anyone have any other ideas I may have missed?

Tea and toast if you got to here

 

[glamourpuss]

I think you should move the Shetland to the new yard & see how you get on. Is the Shetland rideable? If so it could be worth seeing if you can find a sharer for her.
I also think you should call her owners & chat through your situation. If you do decide you can't afford her at the new livery you are giving the owner a heads up she might be coming back

 

[Shay]

Ditto - take the shetland.

It would also be wrth asking the owners if they could possibly help you out with the additional livery for a finite time - given that you have plan for what you are going to do within the next 12 months.

 

[Grumpymoo]

That's what I was swaying to doing. And good idea about having a chat with her owner. You never know!! She is the sweetest thing and was so obese when she arrived and she has dropped a bit of weight now so want to keep working on her and get her to a heathy weight. I'll let you know how things work out

 

[putasocinit]

If you send her back her weight will shoot up, otherwise she wouldnt have been obese when you got her.

Cant see the point riding someone elses horse to get confidence, rather get someone on yours and put some good work into it so it is not freesh and then start riding it out with others and enjoy.

Why put work and time into other peeps horses when you have your own.