keeping the changes theme going - but mine aren't on horseback.
well, i've emailed YM, and she has confirmed receipt!
so, I've found a new DIY yard about 1 mile from my house. small yard, huge ginormous stables, in a barn but no straw beds allowed, quite happy re rubber matting, haybar, stable mirror; tack room we each get a lockable locker with saddlerack & shelf. separate feed room. 20 x 40 arena. hacking would be in rainton meadows, which i already know from when i was at the other side of the village -or, i think, the edges of fields as well. no gates there.... LOL.
worming - worm counts by westgate labs, so that'll be fine. probably worth my while worming before i go anyway! and i expect this will therefore be the only yard i'll have ever been on that poo picks...
2 weeks isolation in a paddock by herself, hope she copes with that, but she will be able to see the other horses.
there's even a round pen!
i can walk there if I'm pushed; i could even get fit and cycle! could walk molly to my house (did that with Queenie once, to have a bath! from the earlier yard).
so end of month. a month's notice where I am (hence email to YM; do hope she gets that before she reads this!)
not perfect planning as i move molly, she has a week, then i go on holiday for 2 1/2 weeks, but nothing i can do about that.
so i'm excited about that anyway. will spend the month moving stuff, cleaning, etc. will need to find a home for a now redundant cupboard, i expect, and i think i'll be cleanign out a cupboard at home - not quite the storage i have ATM for rugs and things! we'll have to see.
photos when the weather improves and we get there! it was raining tonight as forecast (which at least means i got some bread made, i love my breadmaker!)
well, i've emailed YM, and she has confirmed receipt!
so, I've found a new DIY yard about 1 mile from my house. small yard, huge ginormous stables, in a barn but no straw beds allowed, quite happy re rubber matting, haybar, stable mirror; tack room we each get a lockable locker with saddlerack & shelf. separate feed room. 20 x 40 arena. hacking would be in rainton meadows, which i already know from when i was at the other side of the village -or, i think, the edges of fields as well. no gates there.... LOL.
worming - worm counts by westgate labs, so that'll be fine. probably worth my while worming before i go anyway! and i expect this will therefore be the only yard i'll have ever been on that poo picks...
2 weeks isolation in a paddock by herself, hope she copes with that, but she will be able to see the other horses.
there's even a round pen!
i can walk there if I'm pushed; i could even get fit and cycle! could walk molly to my house (did that with Queenie once, to have a bath! from the earlier yard).
so end of month. a month's notice where I am (hence email to YM; do hope she gets that before she reads this!)
not perfect planning as i move molly, she has a week, then i go on holiday for 2 1/2 weeks, but nothing i can do about that.
so i'm excited about that anyway. will spend the month moving stuff, cleaning, etc. will need to find a home for a now redundant cupboard, i expect, and i think i'll be cleanign out a cupboard at home - not quite the storage i have ATM for rugs and things! we'll have to see.
photos when the weather improves and we get there! it was raining tonight as forecast (which at least means i got some bread made, i love my breadmaker!)
5 comments:
Well, this sounds promising. Maybe the change of scenery will give Molly a new outlook too. I like the "no gates."
Do you have to do all the work yourself? "Only a mile" from home will make that pretty nice most of the time. Hope you can get some pics so I can better picture it all in my mind.
this new place sounds very promising!
The facilities sound much improved. Pics definitely needed. How much time and convenience will you be able to save?
You will get on so much better when you have a proper arena to work her in. Round penning might be just what she needs for the mounting too - take a step into the middle. If she moves away, send her out and make her work until she gives the submission gestures and then try to get on again. If she stands, you can get on and let her mooch around in a nice relaxed walk. if she doesn't away she goes and works again. I think that will cure her!!!
C.
Wow big changes!
I do sometimes hanker for some decent facilities but its so nice to be on a tiny yard with just M,Jo and me.
We also have decent hacking without being forced to go on busy road,I can strip graze and winter neds out...would be nice to have a school though:)
i agree with all of you.
and Nicola, it is, even better (I think...) a small yard, max 10 boxes ATM i think (didn't actually count, but no more than that!)
plus molly actually likes walking on roads (and of course doesn't slip, being barefoot!)
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