For all yall horse LOVERS!

This is great. First, hubby wants to get 2 horses this year. Second, we no NOTHING about horses. I've been reading this forum and as much as i can about horses; grooming, vet care, health, exercise requirements, etc...

So today I was telling hubby that I've been spending time 'visualizing' and trying to 'get a feel' of what it might be like if we have horses. It really is just scaring me more and more. Floating teeth? WHAT is THAT? Feed ... besides hay and oats ... what and how much.....it goes on and on. I listed a number of things for hubby that we don't know. Like worming. He said "oh, I'm sure that's just a pill". WELL it seems as though you need to track WHICH worm meds they HAVE taken and WHICH worm meds are coming up as there are DIFFERENT worms ..... ????!!!!! AAAGGGGGHHHHH : ? )

Can't I just cuddle and kiss them? Really .... anyone out there need a professional horse cuddler? : ? )

Wanna, I need to be at work by 8:00 a.m., so I'm usually up at 5:30 a.m. I have a 45 minute drive to work, so I need to leave home by 7:15 a.m.

Unlike Vida, I can't feed mine together. Casper's a pig and bolts his food, then tries to take everyone else's away from them.

Mack and Casper get the same thing, but Mack gets a little more because he's older, this winter was hard on him, and I'm trying to put some weight back on him.

JJ gets a different feed and twice what Mack and Casper get, because he's a TB and a hard keeper.

So, since they all get different amounts/types of feed, I have to separate them to make sure everyone gets what they're supposed to. Once they've eaten their grain they get turned back out again before I leave, and share hay.

I also have a Great Dane and barn cats who need to be fed and watered.

Once everyone's been fed and the horses are out with their hay, I get dressed and head on in to work.

Mine's fed at 5:30am. My sister-in-law says that my horse and hers stand at the end of their corrals and stare at the house window, just waiting for the light to turn on and then if she's not out there in what they deem a reasonable amount of time.... the neighbors hear all about it. :shock:

Each horse has their own stall and large run (we don't shut stall doors, they are free to go in/out) so feeding in the morning is giving the pre-prepared buckets of feed. Hers eats in her stall, mine outside (unless it's raining/snowing or tired human pours the feed into the inside feeder) and giving hay to mine and hay/alfalfa to hers.

We have to feed separate, I have a quarter horse whose convinced she's starving to death and inhales whatever you feed her (including de-wormer, she LOVES that stuff!!) and she has a thoroughbred whose slow, picky and needs hay in front of her 24x7.

I don't mind shoveling manure, it's quiet and peaceful.... nobody dares to come out there and bother me when I am, for fear I'll make them help! :lol: