Re: DIY V FULL LIVERY?

thats one of the reasons i'm switching back to DIY aswell though as ffeel i dont have any say/control over what happens with my horse & her routine

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Re: DIY V FULL LIVERY?

I would consider full livery if I could afford it! But I would be very selective about the yard to ensure that the YO understood what I wanted and how much involvement I would have in their diets etc.

I currently have mine of DIY but sometimes it feels like I spend all my time at the yard, but not with them. After I have mucked out, filled nets, dragged water buckets around etc, and then gone to catch them, I have very little time of an evening to spend with them. I work long hours and go straight to the yard...it's rare I get home before 8pm and if I have ridden it is later still. My poor husband has very late dinner!

I would love to have the time to spend grooming them, cleaning my tack, riding, working on ground work etc. If they were on full livery, I'd have more time to work on Luna's bargy issues on the ground and I'd also spend some time each day de-spooking Dulcie! As it is, I only have time to work one per day and if I wanted to hack through the week after work, I wouldn't get home until well after 9pm.

I do like the control that DIY offers - afterall, I love my horses -  but because I love them, I'd like to spend more quality time, rather than running round like a loon trying to get all my jobs done!

Ahhh to dream

Re: DIY V FULL LIVERY?

I have always been D.I.Y. Whats the point in having a horse of your own and then shoving him onto other people. You can never create a proper bond with your horse and you dont truly appreciate or see any form of change regarding behaviour or progression as you are never there to learn or spectate in daily activities. Yes its a privaledge to have someone do all the dirty work. But isnt that 90% of owning a horse? Getting dirty and have to dig your hands in, in order to earn the task of riding so to speak? I love D.I.Y. Will never try full livery.

Re: DIY V FULL LIVERY?

soniadevereux said:

gemmahorselover2012 said:

I have always been D.I.Y. Whats the point in having a horse of your own and then shoving him onto other people. You can never create a proper bond with your horse and you dont truly appreciate or see any form of change regarding behaviour or progression as you are never there to learn or spectate in daily activities. Yes its a privaledge to have someone do all the dirty work. But isnt that 90% of owning a horse? Getting dirty and have to dig your hands in, in order to earn the task of riding so to speak? I love D.I.Y. Will never try full livery.

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LOVE this!!!! Thats exactly how i feel too. XXXXX

 

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Thanks soniadevereux. You buy a horse to take care of it yourself, whatever the weather, however ill you are. Its like a dog is for life, not just for christmas. I guess some think horses are just to be ridden. You dont think about what amount of money you fork into the horse just so it can be ridden.

 

Re: DIY V FULL LIVERY?

Sorry gemmahorselover2012 i think you are generalising here & quite hutful!

My girl is on full livery because thats all the yard would do & i moved to the yard for the facilities i.e indoor school she is not "Shoved" onto anyone.  Also i am there every single day & all day at weekends.  Every vet, farrier visit etc! Also my original question was in reference to money.   I  was DIY for 15 years & only swirched as i went to a yard with better facilities & DIY was not an option. 
 

Just because she has been on full livery for the past year does not mean I still do not show & pay the same attention & care as i have done in the past!