I have a 22 yr old horse who has arthritis and therefore needs regular exercise to stopher stiffening up. I'm TTCing and am worried about the practicalities of keeping her going with a newborn (a bit pre-emptive I know).
If necessary she could have time off when I'm too big to ride. Last winter she had 3 months off with the weather and she was badly lame with the arthritis, but she came back into work and we managed plenty of pleasure rides and some small jumping comps. So I'm not too worried about bringing her back into work if she has to have some time off. What I'm more worried about is finding the time to ride/muck out etc as she'll be on DIY (can't afford assisted) and as DH works shifts he won't always be able to look after the baby while I do chores etc.
How does everyone else manage?
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JosieSmith1 · 05/01/2011 12:45
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