Re: [RC] Managing 'toomanyhorses...' - Karla Watson
Sadly, we felt that if no one rides the
extra horses, loves them, gives them a "job"...Arabs do like a job...then they
should be sold to someone who will. If I love them that much I do what is best
for them. Or they can just become "pets." But if they are still young I can't
stand to see them standing in the pasture doing nothing. This is the hard
lessons my daughters have had to learn about extra horses at our place. They
cost a fair amount of money to keep them and if you cannot afford them all, then
they all sort of suffer a little bit. You end up not giving them the top care
you want cause your finances get low. We just could not afford extra
horses. So we are down to one horse per girl (2 kids and me!) and my husband
just borrows one of ours to do his occasional rides. If one gets laid up and
can't go to a ride, we borrow each others horses. Having a spare horse just
didn't work out for us. He got neglected and not ridden much. Now he is the only
horse for a lady who adores him. He deserved that. Good luck with your decision.
Its never an easy one.
Sort of hypothetical, but not, as I get this
undercurrent from family members and non horse lovers--
How many of you had, have or did have--situations where you had more than
one horse--(like you can ride one at a time, one rider one
horse?) But they were 'family members, love of
your lifes, etc' (non livestock people here of course).Of course the
finaces are more of a problem if you don't have land or a high
income. So if you have a couple hroses and one rides alot and others lose
interest or only ride occasionally , what did you do, and why?--Or if you
can't decide,if you should keep them all, did you or
not?
Did you even move (like I am planning on to cut
living costs, get more pasture and have more places to ride--not to
mention fleeing from this monster
city)
