annoyed!

[wattamus]

I went down to yard at 4.30 last night (earlier than normal as i had to go to work) and fed my horse as normal. She usually gets fed after most of the other horses and isn't bothered either way as long as she get her tea
I go down tonight and my next door neighbour she has a go at me because i fed Ebony and her horse got wound up about it and cut his hocks open by kicking the stable wall. I explained that i had to feed ebony at that time because i wouldn't be back home until gone 10pm. i Suggested that maybe it was because his other next door neighbour went out for a hack and he went mental becuse he doesn't like being left alone.
But you know when you just think, its a DIY livery yard and horses don't always get fed together and you can always expect owners to coincide with your regime! oh it P***ed me off and i just needed a rant. Tvh her horse is a nightmare it spends most of the day throwing tantrums and kicking the wall and she just babies him to the point where he has no manners, he grabbed hold of my coat the other day and started violoently shaking it about (with me in it) i shouted at him and forcefully pushed him away she says "don't you dare do that, he was only playing!" I'm not going to say what i wanted to reply back. But yeah this really ticked me off tonight.
Kudos for anyone who read this far

 

[MiCsarah]

I think you just need to nod along and ignore the little precious

 

[Double_choc_lab]

We all feed at different times and the horses are fine with it. They know who feeds them and just wait. So long as you feed in the stables out of sight of the others I can't see a problem. We did have one numpty who used to tie up outside of our stable and feed when our horse was in - luckily they've since left!

 

[wattamus]

thank you! i don't feel like i'm being too unreasonable now

 

[Abbeygale]

The problem is you can't argue with idiots . I am very lucky and have my horses at home, but I know full well that if I had to be on a yard every day to look after my horses with some of the muppets I have seen and heard about, it would ruin part of my enjoyment of looking after the horses. I always enjoy the looking after the horses part of my evenings and mornings, as it is my quiet time, and about the only time I get any sanity in the day

 

[Foxhunter49]

If she will not train her horse to have manners then she can expect it to injure itself.
As for whopping it one when it bit you then she would have got a mouthful from me had she complained.

 

[ArabianGold]

I would tell her to mind her own, teach her horse some manners and perhaps get some of her own.

We all feed at different times of the morning and evening, my mare gets tied up outside to eat her breakfast so that I can muck out and the horse next door just munches on his hay because he doesn't get breakfast. Horses are happy as long as that's what they have learnt.

Don't blame you for having a rant, I would...

 

[wattamus]

Thanks xx

 

[teddyt]

IMO a horse that goes that stupid in a stable isn't happy! Even if it was because of the food then the horse must be very hungry to go so mad it cuts itself

 

[blood_magik]

why not suggest that she feeds your horse for you when she feeds hers seeing as you're apparently inconveniencing her?

 

[wattamus]

IMO a horse that goes that stupid in a stable isn't happy! Even if it was because of the food then the horse must be very hungry to go so mad it cuts itself

This horse throws tantrums for anything, if it's not turned out first, if he sees his mum coming round the corner, feed time. You give him an excuse

 

[teddyt]

This horse throws tantrums for anything, if it's not turned out first, if he sees his mum coming round the corner, feed time. You give him an excuse

Hes expressing he isnt happy. His management must be totally conflicting to his needs if he behaves like that. Poor horse. I would be mortified if a horse in my care consistently behaved like this- he is trying to communicate that things aren't right! A contented horse does not fling itself about because his needs are met- it doesn't have to express this sort of behaviour. The horse is obviosuly very stressed

 

[wattamus]

I agree, but the attitude of the owner is terrible, she saw him born which makes her think she has a special connection but i think she's in way over her head here. She's another one for this parelli shizzle. He has NO manners whatsoever. She lunges him (2yr old) well i say lunge, lets him fly around on a rope and then wonders why he's lame. She won't vaccinate him as she doesn't believe in it, he isn't insured whatsoever. She just does my head in, i mean i think im a fairly laid back owner and person in general but there is laid back and there is horizontal!
And she is sooo dumb sometimes, i walked onto the yard the other day and she's waving a whip in his face! "look he was being really rude but the minute i do this he stands back and pays attention to me isn't it good?" er yeah ok then.
But it isn't my horse and therefore not my problem (well sort of) but YO doesn't really want to do anything about it as she volountarily takes care of other peoples horses (blessing for YO) and she's one of the few (including myself) that are up to date with bills and don't owe her money. Hopefully she's moving stables though soon so that will be nice.
Oh look i had a nother rant! sorry didn't mean to

 

[teddyt]

Rant away. It drives me insane. If people cant understand a young horse sufficiently to make it happy and it constantly expresses its stressed then they shouldnt have one. End of! Poor horse will become a 'problem horse', be psushed from pillar to post and wont stand a chance in life. It is such a responsibility to own any horse, let alone a young one.

 

[wattamus]

god help him if he does, she wants to break it herself next year so that should be interesting at the minute she says he's with her for life but if something goes wrong, nobody is going to want an ill- mannered horse who is always on/off lame, who rears when you lead him and who throws himself about in the stable. and tries to kick other horses when he's tied up. Makes me feel like my horse has it quite good really and that i'm lucky to have such a horse, even if she is allways costing me money

 

[Lu1]

If she thought ahead about these situations, she could always leave a feed out for you to put in or vice versa, im sure you wouldnt mind. We have a yard of 5 and we keep an eye out for each other and their horses.

 

[rockysmum]

On our yard all the horses get fed at different times, it has never caused any problems.
They can see the one next door eating as we have internal stables with bars on the top half.

Even our stressy warmblood doesn't care who is being fed around her. The only time she gets excited is when one of us turns up, then she might stand at her door and snort and stamp to get fed first (she never does )

They dont bother about horses being tied up outside to eat either.

How this womans horse behaves is not your fault, she will have to find a way to deal with it, or go on full livery.