Doing things the old school way...what do you remember, and still do?

All brown/havanna tack - I only have brown tack
No bling or glitter anywhere - not sure I could cope with this
Everything tidy and clean - yes
Every horse/pony fed twice daily 365 days a year - yes
Hanging bridles up with reins through throat latch. - Doesnt everyone do this
Lead ropes wrapped and tied properly on headcollar after use - And this?
Beds and feeds prepared every morning ready for evening - Yep
I visit my horses at least twice a day - in the morning and in the early evening. - Me too, and more at weekends

We are clearly past it! LOL!
 
bale and twine is the best sweat scraper also!
open all bales with above or swift swipe with shovel!
always have pen knife in coat pocket

if you find a phesent knocked down while out riding take it home for the dog...lol i got told off for that one.
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the best old fashion rule make sure your horses have a routine otherwise dont moan for thier bad behaviour.

beds up in the morning and down at night.

ooooh and ride one and lead another i think im one of the few that do this... i get a few looks as mildred takes me bareback to the field with tilly in toe on the lead!! but its easier!
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I have this old book called skilled horsemanship, someone bought it for me from a car boot and it has lovely pencil illustrations but it is so old school it is untrue.

It talks about how you should arrange for your groom to meet you part way through a days hunting to give you your second horse and ride your first one home for you and stuff. It even tells you how to deal with a sloppy groom, at no point does it think you might not have a groom or worse still might have a job!!!

I'll have to dig it out and post some handy hints on here!
 
I ride and lead!
I prefer the old school wys, i use baler twine as a sweat scraper too. It is the best thing i've ever used.
I ride with no reins and no stirrups regularly.....not sure you'd get with it nowadays!
jump bareback.
Thread the needle, half of my friends have noidea how to do it!
 
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I judge and have to admit I still like the 'old school' juniors in jod boots and long hair in haynets!!!

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Where as these days they tend to use hairnets!!
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Baler twine for everything.
Open bales of hay with baler twine.
Never weigh hay.
Always feed straights and steamed linseed
Never rug up unless it is actually COLD which means consistently below freezing or pissing hard.
Ride and jump with no reins or stirrups.
rarely groom.
Horses are out 24/7 in summer
Only come in in the real winter. ( still out now)
 
Not entirely on point but I am struck how much rugs have changed and keep changing - every time a new livery arrives in the yard with brand new shiny rugs, yet another permutation on the method of fastening seems to have evolved.
 
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Never rug up unless it is actually COLD which means consistently below freezing or pissing hard.


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rads in the stables are the next thing
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Never rug up unless it is actually COLD which means consistently below freezing or pissing hard.


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rads in the stables are the next thing
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Some people wouldnt actually believe it if you said 'its a bloody horse love'
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I got a very 'are you stupid' look when i told a girl on the yard to use bailer twine as sweat scraper the other day as she couldn't find her scraper.
Rugs have to be folded and fastened front to back
Groom at least once a day
Feed for work done

ooo i could go on all day!
 
LOL - fab post!!!

I think lots of the 'old school' ways are still the best!!!

I never ever weigh hay / haylage - they get as much as they can eat (barring the pony)

Until recently I still fed straights (oats to a dressage horse - surely I should be shot
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Last winter my horses were out for a lot of the time cos of my work, chucked big bales of hay in and they were happy as larry. Yes, they were hairy, yes, they were muddy BUT better out and able to move around than be stuck in 24/7 (which they were later in the winter but that's another story
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My uber posh neighbour still looks down at me in disdain......
 
You call all these things 'old school' but surely they are just 'good horsemanship'...

I mean, picking feet out from the near side, surely everyone does that.. there can't be an old school and a new school way to pick feet out???
 
Yes I must be past it!
Regarding throat latch in bridle- and tidying up lead rope on head collar after use, no it isn't the norm at my yard unless you are over 35!!
Bling and glitter- I shudder at glittery hoof oil, thankfully so does my 11 year old. perhaps that's due to brain washing her though!
 
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It talks about how you should arrange for your groom to meet you part way through a days hunting to give you your second horse and ride your first one home for you and stuff.


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That still applies to plenty of people I know!
 
Sorry to bump this up, but am I the only person still living who still uses (and prefers) a good old fashioned Newmarket QUARTER SHEET rather than an 'exercise RUG' ?
 
Enfys, I have 2...square shaped things, I Fold mine up under the girth in neat triangles..is that what you were talking about?

They were my mums and are that old heavy scratchy wool, about 35 years old now I think !
 
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stripey ones?

That's the ones. The rain never got through, even in wales! and it wicked away the sweat. Not the softest of things admittedly, mine are about 25 years old too(I am such a skinflint) They last for ever as long as the moths don't get to them. I can't have fleece anywhere near me, I zap the horses!
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