Duff rug advice - should I sue??

[Shysmum]

My boy is being stabled full time now, due to lack of a gas mask, and for fear that molten lava may land on his rugs (colour co-ordinated) and scald them. This would indeed become a very expensive issue, as the number of rugs to be replaced would be dire - think Barbie on acid. If this should happen I will SUE the Icelandic government for allowing the eruption, and Gordon Brown for not building protection over the UK so horses are safe.

Do you think a grazing mask could double as a gas mask with a few modifications ? sm x

 

[Renvers]

Booboos I will need to hire your Lawe Firm. I wish to sue all of you for making me laugh and spill coffee on myself - it was hot(ish).

The proceeds of litigation will of course be spent on my horses summer wardrobe - he is getting a bit bored of his current ones

 

[nikkinoo]

OMG hillarious, I am now off to list a grazzing muzzle as a breathing apparatus for the effects of volcanic ash on ebay (do you think some one might sue me on the grounds of defective goods if their horse was to suffer any ill efects after wearing one ??)

and as for the rug situation THEY MUST MATCH !!!!!! poor show ponios will be taken the mick out of if they dont, I think thats why my horse rips everyone elses off she is mortified that they are not the same colour as hers,

 

[chestnut cob]

I am appalled by your lack of consideration for your horse's wellbeing. Only 7 rugs? What is this- Miami?? Stupid girl, tell me your address and I will go there with my bitless bridle and hoofboots and remove your overheight cob to my own place where we have radiators in all the stables and the fields are under cover and have no mud. Frankly I'm unable to comprehend why you would take some complete idiot's advice to remove even one of the rugs when there is clearly a breath of fresh air over mainland Europe. Besides- you should have come to me immediately.

Not to mention the cloud of volcanic ash overhead. The poor horse is probably covered in it by now and will never recover.

 

[Booboos]

Booboos I will need to hire your Lawe Firm. I wish to sue all of you for making me laugh and spill coffee on myself - it was hot(ish).

The proceeds of litigation will of course be spent on my horses summer wardrobe - he is getting a bit bored of his current ones

Happily! You will be joining a long list of "reasonably satisfied" customer!

As for the proceedings of the litigation if you see any of them than I am not doing my swindling, ahem, sorry, JOB, right!

 

[Queenbee87]

I agree with all posters- said shetland who has to go in a field naked ALWAYS looks hungry and so I take him a large bucket of feed twice daily, I even have to take off some odd sort of muzzle thing (perhaps to help his breathing through ash cloud?) to let him eat it. I also take him table scraps when I can- he loves it! Chicken curry, rice, potato peelings, gone off jam doughnuts etc.... It warms my heart to see him scoffing it all.

The world needs more people like this- if you can't use the horse as a table, it's far too skinny! Although I am quite upset you are only giving him two feeds- they need breakfast, lunch and dinner (with dinner being three courses). He will then need a bed time story and a night light.

Why would someone muzzle a horse? They are not dogs! CALL THE RSPCA!!!!!!

 

[jodie3]

Very good post Queenbee, although I am traumatised at the idea of this poor shetland being not only naked but starved as well. He will be the laughing stock of his equine friends without a matching rug ensemble.
I may have to call upon Booboos legal services to claim at least half a million in compensation for the distress this entire thread has caused me - I never realised there were so many cruel, mean horse owners. How do they sleep at night knowing their horses are shivering with empty tummies and now being forced to breathe in this toxic dust as well?

I am also a little worried about the OP, her name is Lene horse, well that sounds like lean as in thin - skinny - starved to me. Can we be certain that her beloved hairy cob really was wearing 7 heavyweight rugs in the balmy spring weather? If we looked in her feed bins would we find proper horse food like bread and chips and cake and as Farrierlover rightly says the table scraps that all horses have a right to? I'm worried that with a name like leanhorse she might have something potentially dangerous like reduced sugar mix or fat free nuts.

 

[Queenbee87]

I'm worried that with a name like leanhorse she might have something potentially dangerous like reduced sugar mix or fat free nuts.

I'm glad you highlighted this issue. I don't think enough horse owners are aware of the dangers of feeding their horse a low calorie diet. At this time of year especially we should be increasing the feed and making sure they eat at least 6 times their bodyweight, half of which should be fat. This should be fed in large meals as that is how the horses would eat in the wild- the chef horse would deep fry huge quantities of grass for the rest of the herd. This would then be followed by cake (apart from one Tuesday in February when they would have pancakes)

 

[reindeerlover]

How embarrassing- I just snorted with laughter! I apologise for my mistreatment of said naked starved shetland, I am very busy caring for other horses in the vicinity and so there are not enough hours in the day to feed enough courses. If anyone would like the address of where the pony is being tortured and can assist in the feeding relay then please PM me and I will let you know. I will be out the back self flaggelating (sp?) until it is time for shetland's mid morning snack of garlic bread and pepperoni pizza with the anchovies picked off.

 

[Renvers]

How embarrassing- I just snorted with laughter! I apologise for my mistreatment of said naked starved shetland, I am very busy caring for other horses in the vicinity and so there are not enough hours in the day to feed enough courses.

Excuse me but isn't that why we have staff ? FL, they should help you to ensure that the horses receive the required number of courses. That really isn't a satisfactory defence for your treatment of said shetland.

After all we wouldn't be able to sit down to our own seven course dinners without our maids and butlers to serve them would we?

 

[frostie652]

could everyone please remember to ensure their horses wait atleast an hour after their sweet/dessert before entering the exercise pool for their hydrotheapy session, else the poor things may get cramp. it is also adviseable for them to wear afore mentioned rug wardrobe for this, less the 22 deg water (heated only by sustainable wind turbine energy) makes them cold.

all responsible horse owner know that hydrotherapy sessions for at least 17.5 minutes a day are a must else poor ponio may not get enough exercise- god forbid it would have to be taken on a hack which woud surely ruin its joins due to the unforgiving concussion cause by walking slowy on a tarmaced surface.

*note, please ensure wind turbine is in someone elses back yard, else it could ruin the view for the poor horses, and we couldnt have this as it would surely traumitise them.

 

[VioletStripe]

could everyone please remember to ensure their horses wait atleast an hour after their sweet/dessert before entering the exercise pool for their hydrotheapy session, else the poor things may get cramp. it is also adviseable for them to wear afore mentioned rug wardrobe for this, less the 22 deg water (heated only by sustainable wind turbine energy) makes them cold.

all responsible horse owner know that hydrotherapy sessions for at least 17.5 minutes a day are a must else poor ponio may not get enough exercise- god forbid it would have to be taken on a hack which woud surely ruin its joins due to the unforgiving concussion cause by walking slowy on a tarmaced surface.

*note, please ensure wind turbine is in someone elses back yard, else it could ruin the view for the poor horses, and we couldnt have this as it would surely traumitise them.

You also forgot that the wind turbine could also be struck by lightning, catch alight and then fall into a horse or pony in the field at the time xx