This is something Tobes hates with a passion. So, I organise my whole life - often rugging several horses of other peoples in the morning, so that Tobes may go out with a friend!!!
It does make it quite hard work, bearing in mind I work full time and to turn him out, muck out, prepare everything for his bringing in, and bath for work, I end up getting up 5.45 - which is fine, but I would like to ease him into going out alone if at all poss.
Tobes will graze with me in hand up the old track pretty much all day, all alone. He will come out of his field, see his mates galloping around all over and happily stand and graze with me, but he will not be out alone. He is a bit quirky about staying out too late as well, and is certainly not a horse to be the last in - I am so so fortunate that lovely lady livery who lost her quirky Arab 18 months ago, gets Tobes in - she likes quirky and he doesn't phase her happily.
So tomorrow, I have a bit of time before an appointment and as I am away this weekend and in our new little field we are poo picking weekly, I thought I would do my bit tomorrow. Friday morning I also have a bit of time.
I was wondering if anyone had any experience of horses being happy with them in the field. As I say, Tobes is as happy as larry with me on the end of the lead rope and grazing him up the old track with no-one else around - is he likely to be happy free range with me poo picking? As he can be fairly volatile and very accident prone, thought I would get a bit of experience before I try!!!
It does make it quite hard work, bearing in mind I work full time and to turn him out, muck out, prepare everything for his bringing in, and bath for work, I end up getting up 5.45 - which is fine, but I would like to ease him into going out alone if at all poss.
Tobes will graze with me in hand up the old track pretty much all day, all alone. He will come out of his field, see his mates galloping around all over and happily stand and graze with me, but he will not be out alone. He is a bit quirky about staying out too late as well, and is certainly not a horse to be the last in - I am so so fortunate that lovely lady livery who lost her quirky Arab 18 months ago, gets Tobes in - she likes quirky and he doesn't phase her happily.
So tomorrow, I have a bit of time before an appointment and as I am away this weekend and in our new little field we are poo picking weekly, I thought I would do my bit tomorrow. Friday morning I also have a bit of time.
I was wondering if anyone had any experience of horses being happy with them in the field. As I say, Tobes is as happy as larry with me on the end of the lead rope and grazing him up the old track with no-one else around - is he likely to be happy free range with me poo picking? As he can be fairly volatile and very accident prone, thought I would get a bit of experience before I try!!!