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WP~Paint
10-25-2008, 10:28 PM
Ok, this could get long, just to warn ya! So right now my horse is up at a friends house and 12.5 miles away.
Perks about this stable:
~150 a month, and she has given me a deal.
~Has a round pen and small arena
~Has some barrels and ground poles, carts I could possibly use in the future, etc.
~Tack I can pretty much use, I like to ask first though.
~Right now, there is a girl interested in leasing him, so I believe she is taking lessons on him, which has helped a little bit.
~He is out with about 18 other horses.
~Trails and fields to ride in
~Gets fed good hay and Purina feed
~Turned out most of the time, unless weather is horrible, and has a nice stall that he can come into if need be.

Disadvantages:
~12.5 miles away
~I only get up there once a week right now


I met a lady that said I could keep him there for 75 a month plus I would need to buy hay and I want to keep him on Purina. Then she offered to half lease him for her boyfriend to ride. I turned that down because I am afraid he would be too green. He is 7 but on a 5 year old level. And her and her boyfriend I want to guess are in their 50's maybe. I am going to help her train her horses, as I have mentioned in another thread on what to charge, and I can make extra money. I think in the beginning I was to do that and get half board...I can't remember now:D...Then she said if I work at least one horse every day and all of them on at least one day over the weekend she would board him for free...again I had to turn that down...Being in college it's hard to say I will be home every night. So, now I'm not sure what I want to do. I eventually want to show him, so I thought about seeing if she would want to lease him for her boyfriend, but we would have to talk it out. I also have cousins that love to ride and want to show. If I move him down here I would get to see him more. She is also 3.5 miles away.And I don't know if I work with her horses if I would get a lot of time with my horse. I am torn with what to do. Do I try to work out something close to home or just leave him where he is at. Also I ride Western and the girl taking lessons on him now it English...So he is getting free training in another discipline, which is GREAT!!! I'm soo lost as to what to do. What would you guys do?

Nudge_gurl58
10-26-2008, 04:46 AM
That's hard! But I would thikn a little about the care your horse is getting. Does he seem Happy? Is he settled at his current home? Does he have good friends? Does he get as good care as you would like? Then think about the place where you are thinking of taking him. Is it a nice invioment? Will he be turned out? Will he have contact with other horses?
Also if you move him closer you will get to see him more :) but will you have time for him working the other horses?
I would give it a lot of thought before doing anything.
Hope this helps!
Let me know what happens!

WP~Paint
10-26-2008, 05:02 AM
He would be on turnout too. I'm not sure about the other if he would be turned out. He seems happy, but I'm not too sure he gets a long with the others...He seems to be a loner, I hope that makes sense:D EEKK!!! Thanks, what you said did help though. I am still thinking about it!

Remali
10-26-2008, 08:10 AM
That is a tough one! Would you have time for your own horse if you were working the other lady's horses? And, how well do you know her (I have met people who seemed real nice, only to find out they were not). Don't want to discourage you, just trying to cover everything I can think of, it would be so nice to have your horse closer, that way you could see him more. If the lady's boyfriend would lease your horse, I would want to meet him and watch him ride and, if possible, have him come out and ride your horse and see how it goes.

WP~Paint
10-26-2008, 04:20 PM
I do not know them that well, so I think I will work the horses for a while and get to know them and then decide what I want to do. Thanks guys again! This has and still is a hard decision!

Annasmom
10-26-2008, 06:01 PM
That is hard. I'll just say from experience my barn is 27 miles away :( (yeah I know) and I've battled with moving so many times due to $$ and other things but we can afford it reasonably, and the barn is amazing I couldn't see myself leaving. Considering I have to go off to college soon anyway I want to enjoy the next 2 years.

I see more pro's than con's. Just work on getting out more. Or I should say work on ways to get out more. :) I get to my barn 4x a week. more than I did when I boarded down the street I'm not sure why I guess just because I love it so mcuh.

WP~Paint
10-26-2008, 06:03 PM
My board also went down to $100 because hay went down...And the girl may lease him, not sure yet! I will keep him there for now! But will probably keep him there anyway. Plus I get to make money and work with horses!!! Can't get much better than that!

Annasmom
10-26-2008, 07:05 PM
yeah totally I'd stay! coming from someone that sacrifices to drive 40 minutes to my barn if you love it its worth it because once you move if you get to a place you don't like you won't want to spend time with your horse and you'll just get miserable!