Recent content by Burnerbee

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    Why do we have horses? The good (or least crazy) reasons!

    I think a psychologist would say it’s largely a control thing - being in control of something much larger than you ticks a lot of boxes, especially when you’re a teen / pre-teen ( when most of us found horses) who doesn’t get to control much if anything else, and that feeling it gives you...
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    Help with dangerous pawing by pony

    I was watching the Clever Cowgirl on YT (no trying to flog us stuff, no narcissistic tendencies - just trying to get some extra cash to rescue and rehab horses). In this particular video she showed archive footage of how it had taken weeks before she could touch a particular horse (Goose) and...
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    Galloping towards people/dogs

    The rider must’ve realised the humans very likely had a dog/s with them. It wouldn’t be her fault obviously had the dog attacked but surely it’s about not putting yourself, your horse, people or dogs in harms way. Not creating the stage for an accident and then having to work out afterwards...
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    Galloping towards people/dogs

    Technically yes, legally not so sure - and the horse - travelling at circa 35mph? - would’ve appeared before the dog owner remembered where its lead was
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    Galloping towards people/dogs

    Hmm, looks like someone likes showing off to me…
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    Question regarding Showing turnout for Shire Horses

    do you perhaps mean some were clipped?
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    Advise on new horse ‘Temper’

    Reading this I had immediate flashbacks of poo picking a field of what later turned out to be a rig. He took a chunk out of my shoulder after getting up behind me and would happily have done worse had I not been close to the electric fence. Hopefully yours isn’t one but worth considering perhaps.
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    Hunting is in a spot of bother

    Absolutely vile… All those fragrant, upper class ladies on their posh horses making out butter wouldn’t melt - would they allow bear baiting in their back garden too? But chucking a live animal at dozens of dogs? That’s okay because ‘it’s tradition’. Everyone involved should be prosecuted and...
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    Kids and share ponies - are we being taken for a ride?

    Tbh I stopped reading somewhere in the third paragraph - it’s painful to read - of course the owners are taking the absolute mick. Go find a decent riding school or loan a pony.
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    How do you know selling your horse is the right thing to do

    I’m sorry to hear of your illness - I hope you can do lots of things you do enjoy. Re your horse, can you do a LWVTB? If not it sounds very much like you only settle on a new home for him where you are confident he will be able to live out his years, so please don’t beat yourself up now.
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    How much Communication when a Horse is on Schooling livery

    How long has your horse been away? I think I’d expect to hear how they’d settled in and then once a week, perhaps twice to begin with, especially if you know there are significant challenges involved
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    Pytchley Hunt hounds killed on A43 this afternoon

    Do the hunt staff never stop and think, when they find themselves galloping down a tarmac road in their Georgian era outfits, surrounded by cars and lorries, that they’ve time travelled? And do they not think, in that moment, oh, yeah this is pretty weird, what the hell are we doing chasing...
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    **new Le Mieux**

    LeMieux…. Very much sponsors of high end dressage… probably the only effective way to effect it is not buying this stuff (and telling LM why)
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    Is this acceptable?

    OP - any news on this? I love (?) how the owner says the breeder says it’s okay - makes them sound so important - a ‘breeder’ can just be someone that’s allowed a stallion get too close to a mare!
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    Anyone never fallen off?

    I’ve only fallen off three times (and probably ridden 60 horses over course of 30 years - working that out is a great way to fall asleep - top tip for you!)… First time in front of entire family - the only time my grandma saw me ride 2nd time was the day before my 21st birthday and requiring a...
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