These poor animals! Why oh why do people still think shoes are the answer and why don’t people realise that if the feet are struggling there’s something very wrong with the poor horse. The number of people who wouldn’t bandage up and ride a horse with a damaged tendon, but they’ll stick shoes on a lame horse to make him sound
These poor animals! Why oh why do people still think shoes are the answer and why don’t people realise that if the feet are struggling there’s something very wrong with the poor horse. The number of people who wouldn’t bandage up and ride a horse with a damaged tendon, but they’ll stick shoes on a lame horse to make him sound
I saw an over weight cob the last day with sway back as wellMy big bug bear on Facebook at the moment is the amount of morbidly obese cobs with owners sad that people have commented that their horse is fat. With many comments saying that there is nothing wrong with the horse and cobs are supposed to be "large", "chunky" and have "dips in the bum".
Anyone who speaks up and says no the horse really is fat gets a lot of angry comments
being sold as kids ponyThis HUGE cob also says it's been "reduced" - crikey, how big was it before the reduction! I'm surprised no one has picked up on it!My big bug bear on Facebook at the moment is the amount of morbidly obese cobs with owners sad that people have commented that their horse is fat. With many comments saying that there is nothing wrong with the horse and cobs are supposed to be "large", "chunky" and have "dips in the bum".
Anyone who speaks up and says no the horse really is fat gets a lot of angry comments
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I've seen this discussion on Facebook, or one very similar. Young rider was not appropriately dressed, and they kept referring to the pony bolting, whereas the video showed it spooking or running for a few strides.
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Was this Pony Pals by any chance?I've seen this discussion on Facebook, or one very similar. Young rider was not appropriately dressed, and they kept referring to the pony bolting, whereas the video showed it spooking or running for a few strides.
And yes, any comments that the pony didn't seem a good match for the rider was wrong
You would almost buy the poor thing out of pity just to slim it down and find a decent home for him that knows what a decent cob should look like.This HUGE cob also says it's been "reduced" - crikey, how big was it before the reduction! I'm surprised no one has picked up on it!
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. How can they do that to the poor horse?!
That's just obsceneThis HUGE cob also says it's been "reduced" - crikey, how big was it before the reduction! I'm surprised no one has picked up on it!
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Oh dear god, that's mad.This HUGE cob also says it's been "reduced" - crikey, how big was it before the reduction! I'm surprised no one has picked up on it!
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Bl©©dy h3ll!!!!!!!This HUGE cob also says it's been "reduced" - crikey, how big was it before the reduction! I'm surprised no one has picked up on it!
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The only reasonable explanation I can find for what they mean by “may only be good for breaking” is they mean taking a hammer (or other tool of choice) and breaking the saddle into pieces. Quite expensive at £100 for this but some people love to smash things up.
Ah, we bought my daughter’s pony as a share for both of us as she was only 8 and I did hope they would grow together. He was 4, rising 5. I did 90% of the riding and schooling and she just had a little bit of fun on him. We had a lovely first summer and although she was miles too small for him, they did grow up together. She only grew to 5’2” and he is 14.1hh, so they were a perfect fit. Went everywhere and did everything. Both grew up at the same time, it was a match made in heaven. He made her a cracking rider too. I still have him, mostly retired at 28. My daughter hasn’t visited him for 18 months, but he gets all the love in the world from me. He owes us nothing. I keep meaning to do some veteran showing with him, hopefully next year. So it does sometimes work out well.
Oops! I bought a Welsh D aged 14 as a companion for our Connie when we left livery to buy our own farm. Paid £1000, back in 2002. The previous owner knew he was going to be a hack for me and a companion as well. A few weeks on I was watching them out of the window and he was properly attacking our pony, not playing, he meant it. Rugs were ripped to shreds, our pony was cut and totally terrified and I have no idea how I split them up. I had no stables so I had to build a small paddock for him well away from our pony. They never grazed together again and in fact he never went out with another horse. Fortunately we got two liveries to keep our pony company and stables were built. He was Satan. He only saving grace was that he would jump anything I put him at. That was one advert that definitely did not do full disclosure!! He used to run at the fences with his ears flat back and snaking his head. Sweet as a nut to ride, loved his work.
Unless it's for the freezer. Sorry.
