My Adult daughter sent a picture today

[riptides]

Beware, usually one horse leads to another.....
...then pastures...
...then outbuildings...
...then barns...
...then more fencing...
...more buildings...
...redesigning water supplies...
...reclaiming more land for pastures...
...moving to a bigger farm...
...bringing the herd with you and...
starting the cycle over again.
Beware.

 

[ponytug]

Be very aware...

 

[scootr]

Beware, usually one horse leads to another.....
...then pastures...
...then outbuildings...
...then barns...
...then more fencing...
...more buildings...
...redesigning water supplies...
...reclaiming more land for pastures...
...moving to a bigger farm...
...bringing the herd with you and...
starting the cycle over again.
Beware.

You forgot the truck and the trailer, saddles and tack. Not to mention the shoeing and vet bills.
Horses will suck your wallet dry
Thank God she's adult, moved out. Or you could be in for a fleecing.

 

[Rockbadchild]

Nice, better that then many other things...Hop he his a good horse and everything goes well.

 

[grsthegreat]

i have 3 horses, and i personally know alot of people without horses that spend WAY MORE than i do for my hobby. my brother is into RC airplanes and RC jets. he spends WAY more than i could ever spend on my hobby.....look at my friends that ski. always traveling somewheres to ski...multi thousands down the drain

 

[CalG]

The countdown is now on till it’s YOUR HORSE

I just re-wrote my last will and testament. The horse gets NOTHING! ;-)

 

[old and tired]

Man, my sister was always into horses... she also made out like a bandit!!! Having 10 acres and space to rent out stalls, build up riding areas, teaching, getting classes set up with the local college... buying another 10 acres, covered arena. All very close to Tulsa, OK.

Worked long and hard hours, she had 5 kids which all grew up working with horses. Youngest almost went to the Olympics but money (and location, flying the horse!!!) didn't work out.

She finally retired (?) and sold out... left Tulsa. I went last year to see her new place, they now have a 150 x 300 indoor arena - needless to say, she came out of retirement... and is teaching and having riding competitions at her new place.

You can make money with horses!!!

 

[QRTRHRS]

Down to three. All 24 years old this spring/summer. Just picked up more meds for the one that has PPID, 160 days worth, $425. She has arthritis in one back knee so a tube of "sleepy time" $35 or $40 to calm her down for the farrier today. Farrier $175 for three trims.

The farrier and I were discussing the one that was recently diagnosed with EPM. $500 plus for x-rays, bloodwork and meds to try out. Plus, he should go to the large animal hospital to have a sarcoid removed from over one eye.

When I rented a back hoe back in January to bury a horse that was one month shy of 33 years old that I had to put down due to colic, I dug an extra hole for the EPM horse in the previous paragraph. It's only a matter of time.

Then there is the third horse. No big issues, just a little arthritis in one back knee. He just gets a joint supplement.

Like people, when they get older, they have their issues.

We used to board. We would have made money but my wife kept bringing home more horses, lol! At least I made money on that facility when I sold it.

 

[D&D]

i have 3 horses, and i personally know alot of people without horses that spend WAY MORE than i do for my hobby. my brother is into RC airplanes and RC jets. he spends WAY more than i could ever spend on my hobby.....look at my friends that ski. always traveling somewheres to ski...multi thousands down the drain

We have 4 pleasure horses that we travel with to different places/states to explore/ride. Have met some really great people and gained some new friends along the way. I don’t think the hobby is killing the budget. I probably spend less on the horses, fuel, camping fees, etc in a year than a lot of people spend on their vacation.
Probably all the people that want to talk you out of it are people that would rather be sitting in front of the tv watching life, instead of living it.

 

[D&D]

I just re-wrote my last will and testament. The horse gets NOTHING! ;-)