dabbayabbazoo
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I want to get into horse ownership.
My grandparents had horses while I was growing up. I loved visiting their ranch just to brush them, feed them, pet their necks and snouts. I just loved being around them. Never rode them. It was many years before I discovered zoo but when I did don't get me wrong I was very much attracted to these horses, but the three of them were all geldings. I did still try and jerk them off, two of them did not like me touching their sheaths, and the other I wouldn't say liked it sexually, I think he just liked the attention so he would always let me. Nothing would happen, he wouldn't drop or anything, but I still liked the feeling of massaging his soft sheath.
All of that being said, I am on this forum so I am obviously sexually attracted to horses, BUT I like horses outside of sex. I don't just want to get a mare so she can be a sex toy, I legitimately want to get into horse ownership so I can spend time with a loving and affectionate mare with an amazing personality. I have no proper experience with horses outside of the basics like knowing how to act around them, knowing how to approach one, not spooking her, etc.
What I want to ask is, how did the rest of you get into horse ownership? Until a couple months ago, I thought it was a completely distant dream and I will never be able to have enough land to own some horses, and even if I did have the land I would never be able to afford caring for multiple horses (as if I was to get one, I wouldn't want her to be alone). But then I was reading through a thread and read that some horse owners don't own land but instead board their horse which opened up a whole new possibility for me. I have a good job and make close to 90k/year but I do live in CA so cost of living is high. Outside of rent and a car loan, I just save up my money. Here are the steps I was thinking of taking:
1.) Start volunteering on a horse ranch. I want to get experience with actually caring for horses to see if the life is for me. If I am to buy a horse, that's going to be a huge commitment.
2.) After a couple months to a year, I would buy myself a mare. Ideally, I would be able to board her at the same ranch I was volunteering at as I would already have relationships with the owners/workers (maybe they would even give me a discount haha).
Has anyone else gone through the same process into horse ownership? The boarding facility I would have to board her at would have to be a full care facility. I have done a little research and a lot of full care facilities are $400-$600/month which is affordable to me but there has to be extra costs I'm not thinking of.
Obviously every facility is going to be different, but if you do board your love, how is your relationship? How often do you visit? When it does come to sexy times, how do you do it privately? If you started off by volunteering, how did you do it? Did you legit just go up and ask or what?
My grandparents had horses while I was growing up. I loved visiting their ranch just to brush them, feed them, pet their necks and snouts. I just loved being around them. Never rode them. It was many years before I discovered zoo but when I did don't get me wrong I was very much attracted to these horses, but the three of them were all geldings. I did still try and jerk them off, two of them did not like me touching their sheaths, and the other I wouldn't say liked it sexually, I think he just liked the attention so he would always let me. Nothing would happen, he wouldn't drop or anything, but I still liked the feeling of massaging his soft sheath.
All of that being said, I am on this forum so I am obviously sexually attracted to horses, BUT I like horses outside of sex. I don't just want to get a mare so she can be a sex toy, I legitimately want to get into horse ownership so I can spend time with a loving and affectionate mare with an amazing personality. I have no proper experience with horses outside of the basics like knowing how to act around them, knowing how to approach one, not spooking her, etc.
What I want to ask is, how did the rest of you get into horse ownership? Until a couple months ago, I thought it was a completely distant dream and I will never be able to have enough land to own some horses, and even if I did have the land I would never be able to afford caring for multiple horses (as if I was to get one, I wouldn't want her to be alone). But then I was reading through a thread and read that some horse owners don't own land but instead board their horse which opened up a whole new possibility for me. I have a good job and make close to 90k/year but I do live in CA so cost of living is high. Outside of rent and a car loan, I just save up my money. Here are the steps I was thinking of taking:
1.) Start volunteering on a horse ranch. I want to get experience with actually caring for horses to see if the life is for me. If I am to buy a horse, that's going to be a huge commitment.
2.) After a couple months to a year, I would buy myself a mare. Ideally, I would be able to board her at the same ranch I was volunteering at as I would already have relationships with the owners/workers (maybe they would even give me a discount haha).
Has anyone else gone through the same process into horse ownership? The boarding facility I would have to board her at would have to be a full care facility. I have done a little research and a lot of full care facilities are $400-$600/month which is affordable to me but there has to be extra costs I'm not thinking of.
Obviously every facility is going to be different, but if you do board your love, how is your relationship? How often do you visit? When it does come to sexy times, how do you do it privately? If you started off by volunteering, how did you do it? Did you legit just go up and ask or what?