Hello horsey people,
I'm recently coming back into the world of horses after a fairly long absence. I used to own a Fell pony years back and we ambled happily around the lanes together. He mostly lived out and was very low maintenance. Afterwards, when we'd retired him to just live out his days I shared the care and riding of my friend's rescued thoroughbred Stanley until issues with his back sadly meant he was retired too. Since then over the years I have lessons sometimes and the occasional ride on friend's horses.
Then work change happened and recently I have been considering getting a horse again - or having one on part loan first. My friend is on a yard, but she has two warmbloods and they are not horses I would ride as they are high level dressage horses. I am more the happy hacker, giving an older, steady horse a home type at the moment.
However, I am not going to do anything without checking it all out first. What would you say are the most important elements of horse care? What would you like to say to people is important in the day to day care of their animal? What are the obvious mistakes? Am I silly for even wanting to get back into this properly? Time it takes? Equipment that is a first?
Sorry for the barrage of questions! I hope you understand what I am asking! It is because I had a straightforward pony myself years back kept on an old farm with only a couple of other ponies and no real arena or anything, and then shared with someone. I'm looking for starting points of what has changed or is essential for me to know, or good places to look?
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WomanInTheWindow · 25/08/2019 10:21
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