Bratty kid

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StarFell

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I'm soooo wound up tonight
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There's this spoilt little brat on my yard, and she's really got my back up. Her parents bought a pony from a dealer a few months ago and it turned out it was in foal, so its gone back to have the foal and the dealer has given her a pony on loan in the meantime. It's a little sweetheart, really honest and no bother at all. The way she treats it is disgusting
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She was in the arena tonight and she lost her temper with it and started pulling it in tiny circles by its mouth and booting it in the ribs. I shouted at her to stop it, and she glared at me and trotted off up to the far end of the arena. After a bit she came in and threw the pony in the stable, and the poor thing was steaming it was so hot and sweaty
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I said to her "you can't leave her like that, you'll have to walk her round a bit to cool her down, she could get colic!" She grunted at me and dragged the poor thing back out, and it planted its feet and refused to move. She pulled at it for a while, and then kicked it in the stomach!!!
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I really lost it then - I shouted "don't you DARE kick that pony EVER again! Your behaviour is disgusting, you don't deserve a pony!" She scowled at me and stomped off, dragging the poor thing with her. I let my YO know and she says shes going to have a word with her dad tomorrow. In the same situation, would you have said something? I feel like im interfering but I couldn't watch her treat the poor pony like that and not say anything
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How old is said bratty kid? Surely she should have a parent with her at all times supervising her if she's under 18 (well 16 atleast.) I think you were right to step in, I would have. I'd also keep my eye on her from now on but then again i'm probably a bit nosey.
 
She's 13 and her parents aren't horsey at all. It was her grandad who persuaded them to buy her the pony, he had a pony when he was a kid and is an absolute know-it-all. He goes round giving everyone "advice" when he doesn't have a clue, he gets everyones backs up too. They just drop her off at the yard and pick her up when shes done
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Really! I'm shocked, does your yard owner not insist someone be there with her? I'm 17 and I have to have someone with me at the yard when ever I ride.
It's such a shame her parents aren't making more of an effort to gain some knowledge/experience. I come from a non horsey family but all of my family have had a course of riding lessons and i've taught them general looking after of horses. However I know i'm very lucky to have parents who wanted to try and enjoy the same thing as me even if non of the family ride anymore except me.
 
I would have said something. We have a child on the yard who although not bratty is incredibly ignorant and completely lacks commone sense. I do quite often say something if the pony is threat of suffering for whatever reason. It makes me unpopular with her sometimes but I'd rather than than the pony suffer.
 
She was galloping around the arena giving it great big kicks in the ribs, I was praying it was going to chuck her off but the poor little thing is too honest to do that
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And people wonder why there are so many problem horses - its no wonder when there are people around who behave like that. The pony must be saintly to deal with it!
I think you dealt with it very well - I have to say I don't think I could have kept my temper at her, she would have got both barrels from me - verbally!
 
Good on you for looking out for the pony - kids like that really test my patience.
I think the pony is lucky it's on loan, maybe when the mare comes back it won't be so forgiving of a kick in the stomach and might teach her some manners!
 
ahhh i hate kids, i would of def said something, you've done the right thing, id speak to the parents as well myself. Poor little pony.
 
Now admittedly I have only heard one side of the story but I am going to try and defend this girl (not that I know her and indeed from what I have heard she really may not deserve defending and I'm sure there is alot more she has done than this but...
I regually have the problem of people saying things like this to me.
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Where was she when this horse was steaming? she might have been on the phone- bad!!
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however she may have been in the loo like I have been and people have told off for not walking my horse around.
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grrr.
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and you say kick now was this a drop kick- bad!!
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or a tap with the end off the foot because there was not a convienient stick to hand and the pony was being a stobburn git?
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People are always having a go at me for stuff I do at our livery yard I think its because I look about 15. But they see it differantly because they think I'm young.
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I actually now plan to go down the yard when I know certain people aren't there after a specific incident where 'my horse was left without water or hay for an hour'
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..... too right he had just been for a blast in the woods and no hay because I was taught not to feed straight after exercise and he gulps his water so I give him sips and take it away to stop him getting colic! and when she found him in this neglected state i was ...... cleaning my tack!
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So I know some people really do need a kick up the arse and I can tell by the genuine concern in your post that you are not one of these people who is rash but just thought I would say what its like to be on the other end.
 
Totally did the right thing, and kept amazingly calm by the sound of things. Pony and horses come first, after all shouldn't she be learning how to handle a pony with safety in mind and respect.
Hopefully the yard owner will deal with it, but I also would not hesitate to step in again if she is being nasty and out of line. Are her parents aware of how she is treating her pony?????
THey may be very shocked if they knew. I would point out how dangerous her behaviour is and that she could be seriously hurt or even killed horses are not a game. Everyone needs to learn and you only do that by kind experienced people at the yard. She sounds awful but maybe being a bit of a friend and helping her learn and how to do things nicely she may get more enjoyment and turn over a new leaf.
If not lock her in the hay barn and leave lol
 
I would've stepped in too, at the end of the day, this pony does not belong to her, and I don't think the owner would appreciate a ruined pony coming back to him and then sending out a horse who'd just had a foal. I really hope the YO talks some sense into her parents. When I was younger, I almost got a horse on loan, but I was being spoilt, and I really knew not much about horses, all I knew, was how to ride basics. My YO refused to let me bring a horse on to the yard which she knew I wouldn't be able to take care of, not a bad thing to say to me, she was looking out for both me AND the horse. I did as she said, I started working at a larger yard, then moved to a bigger one, then I worked and studied hard at college, and got a diploma. I'm not saying that just because I have a diploma I know it all, I really don't, I learn a lot on the forums. My point is, despite all of that, I still don't feel ready for my very own horse, and when I'm better etc, I'll be getting a loan horse instead, that I can learn on. I'm just very glad someone said something to me back then, it made me pull my socks up, and I'm very thankful I never did get that horse, I could've done some serious damage to the two of us by not having a clue. However, she may well choose not to listen, and in that case, she will, unforunately learn the hard way, and put herself and horse at risk. There's only so much you can do tbh
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