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Sanversera

Sanversera

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To the horses over the many years that I didn't do right by. To my first pony for selling him on. To my heart horse who was a crabby bitey chestnut mare,who I now realise probably had ulcers but in the 1970s we hadn't heard of them. To a horse I sold at auction in desperation, hope she found a good home. To all the work I gave the chestnut and the black. I should have given you more holidays. Wish I could put all this right and tell them how much I still love them. We learn as time goes on, wisdom with age. I always tried my best at the time but know it wasn't always good enough.
 
I think they all had pretty good lives though on the whole. The chestnut had many years of happy retirement and we did have some fabulous times together eventually. Just wish I had the knowledge then that I have now. I've always tried my best for my horses. They really are such a gift to teach us and give us solice. I feel very blessed to have had most of my life as a horse keeper.
 
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To the horses over the many years that I didn't do right by. To my first pony for selling him on. To my heart horse who was a crabby bitey chestnut mare,who I now realise probably had ulcers but in the 1970s we hadn't heard of them. To a horse I sold at auction in desperation, hope she found a good home. To all the work I gave the chestnut and the black. I should have given you more holidays. Wish I could put all this right and tell them how much I still love them. We learn as time goes on, wisdom with age. I always tried my best at the time but know it wasn't always good enough.
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I saw a Clinton Anderson video the other day where he was critiquing a video of a horse snapping, biting and ear pinning at its owner as she messed about with its rug. The owner seemed to be laughing and finding it funny. My mare acts the same when her stomach is bleeding. I sure as hell don’t find it funny, I find it heartbreaking and I work to fix it.

I half thought this might be a video where a well renowned trainer who educates thousands of horsemen all over the world would take the opportunity to discuss ulcers and pain signals and seeking veterinary treatment in cases like this, rather than viewing it as a funny or annoying quirk like this owner did. But of course that wasn’t to be. CA’s response was, and I quote with redactions: ‘I’d slap the s**t out of this thing, what a f****** disrespectful pig this f****** horse is.’

At least you and I know better and try to do better by our horses. Even some of the ‘top horsemen’ in the world haven’t reached the stage of education and empathy you are at now.

(Editing my comment as I just trawled some of the comments on that video, most of which made me rage, but the owner of the horse is in there somewhere and confirms they did extensive investigations on the horse and found it to have intestinal issues and was out to sleep, so they at least did see the behaviour for what it was)
 
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Sanversera said:
I think they all had pretty good lives though on the whole. The chestnut had many years of happy retirement and we did have some fabulous times together eventually. Just wish I had the knowledge then that I have now. I've always tried my best for my horses. They really are such a gift to teach us and give us solice. I feel very blessed to have had most of my life as a horse keeper.
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The keeping of the wonderful creature horse is a complicated subject which we spend a lifetime learning. I, too, have many regrets about my horses, 40 years of horse keeping, if only I had known everything I know now. I would like to come back, young, and start again equipped with that knowledge. If only! It is a huge advantage, I always think, to be brought up in a family who have always kept horses, a horse dynasty as it were.
 
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