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Hi all,

I recently moved to Florida from SoCal, and I finally have horse 
property.  Yay!

We will be moving my two horses to the property in two weeks, after 
escrow closes.  I realize that I will be facing a problem that I never 
had before, while boarding.  That is, how do I leave my mare behind, all 
alone, when I want to take my gelding to rides?

Others must have this problem and I'm wondering how they deal with it.   
Does the horse left behind eventually get used to being left and chill 
out?   Has anybody had any tragedies happen?  I am having horrible 
thoughts of her running herself to death, or running through a fence and 
getting injured, or trying to climb out of her stall and getting hurt 
(if I put her in the barn).  I don't know what would be safest, putting 
her in a stall while I'm gone, or leaving her in the pasture, or what.

Any advice in this area would be appreciated.  My plan for now, is to 
start out by either hand walking or riding my gelding around the 
property, gradually going farther and farther away, in longer increments 
of time.  At the boarding facility where they are now (a place here in 
FL - just temporary) they both freak out if I take the other out of 
their sight.   But it's just noise at this point (LOTS of screaming) and 
there are still other horses around.

I have considered taking on a boarder to alleviate the problem and may 
still do it if I find the perfect person, but my homeowner's insurance 
policy strictly forbids it, and I'm scared to death of the liability 
factor if something were to happen and I'm not covered.   And I don't 
want to own another critter just to make "three"....I've got enough 
mouths to feed already.

Thanks for any ideas or words of wisdom!

Jennifer



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