Daily routine

I put a little yesterday about my morning routine. It will vary in the winter months but our current routine is something like this:

Weekdays: Morning visit around 8am for half an hour. BG has her head collar on and her breakfast. Then she has hooves picked out, watered, quick groom, fly repellent all done when needed. Some mornings (like this morning) she has none of these done. I check the waters, tidy up the bits I used and then muck out the field.

Evening visit is normally around 7pm and an hour at least. One day of the week she has nothing expected of her so the visit is shorter and mimics the morning routine. Otherwise BG is head collared and fed. Hooves will be picked out and fly spray applied as and when necessary. She might get a thorough groom but I try not to over-groom her so her coat keeps it’s natural oils. Then she will have some ‘work’ done with her; it might be in-hand leading, the saddle popped on, a walk out on the lanes or, as is the case most of the time, a lunge. Then the waters are checked and the full mucking out of the field is done if the other owner hasn’t beaten me to it.

Saturday the routine is similar but breakfast is at 9am. Then Sunday I might work her in the morning instead.

Of course farrier visits, vets etc. are all outside of this normal routine. I have done extra trips up for other things before as well. Then there are all the additional things you find yourself doing when up there, as well as saying hello to P1 and P2 and making a fuss of them and quickly checking them over.

In winter there are hay nets to do too, and mucking out by torch light. We will have to wait and see how the winter routine develops this year.