Horsey money saving hints? (merged)

orlao

Jellicat wrote: »

Rub it in why dont you!

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That's exactly what I thought.......

Fjord x Arab......I bet that would be pretty....and tough enough to live out:D

I think the arabs are great, the only thing that put me off getting one of my own was that I was worried about having a horse that was brighter than me:eek:

Good Luck in your search

Jellicat

orlao wrote: »

Jellicat wrote: »

Rub it in why dont you!

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

That's exactly what I thought.......

Fjord x Arab......I bet that would be pretty....and tough enough to live out:D

I think the arabs are great, the only thing that put me off getting one of my own was that I was worried about having a horse that was brighter than me:eek:

Good Luck in your search

LOL...I think most horses would probably be brighter than me. :rotfl:

MrsTinks

I can only assume fjords are the yellow colour horses with stand up manes in white and black?
Fjordheste as they are known in Denmark and Norway (where I am from in case you wondered) are VERY hardy and can be great fun I rode several regularly during my years living in both countries but never really took to them. I was more of a "get on the totally nuts brainless wanna kill you arab/thoroughbred/welsh cross" kinda gal
In the fjords defence they have very strong personalities and can be utilised as both riding and driving horses and are very strong for their sizes
I would love to afford my own horse too but I realise that ain't gonna happen (want kids too much!) so am starting to look round for a possible share of a horse - at least till such a time where I can't ride cos too pregnant My mum was riding until about 6 months gone (mums family has been breeding and racing horses for 3 generations) but we'll see...

vics_1982

Jellicat wrote: »

Rub it in why dont you!

I have found a potential sharee however he likes fjords...

On our yard we have a fjord, she is jamies(my horse) girlfriend, they have been totally in love for the last 6 years.

They are lovely loyal ponies, what they lack for in height they certainly make up for in width ha ha.
My mum rides the fjord called ginger out with me and my boy, strong sturdy.
She used to be part of a driving par called ginger rogers and fred astair(sp)
She is lovley, well she was until getting attacked by a dog on sunday, Bloody people!!!!. Just a few cuts though and she is fine, she even ran back to the yard and was stood at the field gate trying to get to her boyfriend, bless them
x

Jellicat

Yup fjords have sticky-uppy two-tone punk manes. They are mighty cute and I've had the pleasure of knowing one before. I'd be quite happy with one to make sure sharing worked, til my dream Arab came along :rotfl: .

What a shame vics, I despise it when people cant control their aggressive dogs. There's a staffie near me that's always off the lead and it goes for our little spaniel EVERY time we see it. Drives me insane...either retrain the dog or keep it on the sodding leash! :mad:

Chesnut1

tishywish wrote: »

If you have the storage, you may find it cheaper to buy big bale hay or haylage rather than small bales.
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Although this is a good money saving idea for hay, it would be highly dangerous to buy big bale haylage (i.e 4x4 round bale) for just one horse. You need a small herd as haylage goes offs when open to the air and after approx 3 days botulism can occur. A friend found this too her cost and there was a large article a few years ago in Horse & Hound about an eventer who lost a couple of horses this way because they thought it would be OK. If you are sharing with others then this is a good idea otherwise stick to hay.

tishywish

Big bale hay is safe to use, though, and can often work out much cheaper than buying in small bales. I forgot about the need to use up haylage as, if I use that, I share the big bales with others so it's gone within 5 days or so. This is in the middle of winter when it lasts longer, I'd stick to hay at warmer times of the year.

MrsTinks

We used it in Norway and it's great there because the temperatures are so low in winter it keeps fine for quite a while! (Those minus 10 degrees will do that!!! hacking through the outerlayer that froze every day was a pain tho!)
Main thing really is having dry storage for hay - nothing worse than loosing one side or the bottom layer of your stack to mould because it's got wet

punkrock06

when i buy my feed i buy n deliver for a friend as well n he gives me a bag 4 it, not bad when i pass his house on de way home:D

Emmabeth

My two tips...

Learn to trim (not shoe, thats illegal) your horses hooves yourself and take them barefoot (with the proviso, if your horse keeping circumstances allow it, many do with a little effort but some just do not) - whilst initially the outlay is going to be as expensive or even a bit more than a farrier, long term the evidence suggests the horses foot copes better and is less likely to result in arthritic changes in joints, and when you can do it yourself obviously you save money (though at the expensive of physical effort and time).

Tack - webbing is good as it goes in the washer and is cheap. If you have to have leather though, buy the best ENGLISH leather and ENGLISH made (not being racist, it just is the best quality!) you can find and look after it, it will last you a life time (so probably several horses!). Do note, the best quality is not always the top brand name (ive seen some Stubben stuff that looks downright awful!), shop around. Get good quality stuff repaired - saddlers still exist and still do this, or even see if you can learn to do minor stitching repairs yourself, its not hard!