Well, you've got a great situation, being able to just ride off the property. Trailering to go somewhere regularly by yourself would just add more hassle... and risk, to it when you don't need to.
Yeah, it does add to the risk. But I really think trailering one often makes for a nicer calmer horse. I think they learn to expect the unexpected more and so the unexpected doesn't rattle them so much.
They move along so slow here at home, I wonder sometime if a horse could get just as bored with doing the same trails so much as they do in an arena.
Becky
Oh, and I'm not complaining about my situation at all:) I thank God all the time for letting me live where I do. We talk every once in awhile about moving...but having my trails is one of the biggest deterrents about doing it.
There is a building in downtown Bixby that is forsale. It's got a rental shop on the first floor. The guy that owns it now converted the top floor into very nice living quarters. We talked about it:). I'd like to try, to see how living down there would be. It's not a busy town at all, at night there is no one down there. It might be fun and interesting to be able to look down and the town and watch life go by on the streets. Board a horse somewhere and not have to worry about the winter care of one....But then I think what I'm giving up and I'm not sure what I would gain would be worth it. I'm too much an outdoor type person, but I'm not getting younger either:)....
Becky