I am lucky in that my paddocks and stables are at home, and as im lazy the ponies have free access to the fields and the stables and come in and out as they please. I do shut them in if the weather is really bad because otherwise they are stupid enough to stand out in the rain which I hate to see, or whilst they are having hard feed, but thats about it.
As weve recently got an elderly pony for DS, (shes settled in brilliantly by the way), Im thinking about actually stabling them at night rather than giving them free access because I worry about her also if I get a horse big enough for me to ride it would just be too many to be loose, but then as the DSs look after themselves they would need to be stabled around 7pm so that the DSs could bed them down before their bedtime routine, then they would be turned out again around 7am. Is 12 hours usual amount of time for them to be stabled? Its going to be even more horrendous in the winter isnt it, when its so black ill be lucky to see anything by the time ive got the kids home from school!
So how long are your ponies in for? Or am I mollycoddling the oldie by bringing her in?
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Do you stable your horse overnight and if so how long for?
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MagicLlamaStrikesBack · 12/08/2012 14:00
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