Emma86
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I secretly sulk if I dont win anything at shows 
Fess up - what things do you do to your horse that others might criticise?
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LollyDolly
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Oh goodness me...
-I rug my unclipped boy.
-I rarely groom him.
-I pull his mane
-I pick his feet out maybe once a week.
-He wears too much pink.
-I religiously ride in wellies
-I feed him obscure treats such as roast chicken crisps.
-I taught him how to drink out of cans and bottles, so he tends to share fizzy drinks with me.
-I never clean my tack.
-I trim his face whiskers (when I can be bothered!)
-Don't ride with a whip
-He wears a diamante Katie Price bridle (size full to accommodate his fat head!)
-I do running jump hugs and just squeeze him, whilst covering him in kisses. Thankfully he is a very tolerant and loving pony!
-Despite being a native- he isn't barefoot!!
-He is on turnout of only 4 hours a day in an individual paddock by himself
-He get's treats when turned out and in- also I have taught him to come to call so that he get's a treat.
-I play with him in the field and he is frequently bucking and cantering around me.
-I keep meaning to clean his sheath
-I leave bloody allsorts on top of the box in his stable.
-I have full conversations with him.
-I laugh about his many flaws, ie. his goatlike appearance, his fat head, his beard & mustache combination, his pathetic feathers etc.
-I let him groom me, and rub his head on me when he's itchy.
-I grab his bum, good job he's not a kicker!
-I smack him if he nips.
-I lead him with a leadrope around his neck.
-I swing from his neck.
-I worm routinely and have never had/done a worm count in my life.
-I NEVER road hack, good job we have lots of off road hacking!
-I grab and squeeze his head sometimes because I think that he's cute.
-I deliberately hide in his neighbors stable and wait until my boy kicks the door, then I launch bits of poo at him in the vain hope that I can scare him out of kicking.
That is all off the top of my head, I am a terrible horse owner!!
-I rug my unclipped boy.
-I rarely groom him.
-I pull his mane
-I pick his feet out maybe once a week.
-He wears too much pink.
-I religiously ride in wellies
-I feed him obscure treats such as roast chicken crisps.
-I taught him how to drink out of cans and bottles, so he tends to share fizzy drinks with me.
-I never clean my tack.
-I trim his face whiskers (when I can be bothered!)
-Don't ride with a whip
-He wears a diamante Katie Price bridle (size full to accommodate his fat head!)
-I do running jump hugs and just squeeze him, whilst covering him in kisses. Thankfully he is a very tolerant and loving pony!
-Despite being a native- he isn't barefoot!!
-He is on turnout of only 4 hours a day in an individual paddock by himself
-He get's treats when turned out and in- also I have taught him to come to call so that he get's a treat.
-I play with him in the field and he is frequently bucking and cantering around me.
-I keep meaning to clean his sheath
-I leave bloody allsorts on top of the box in his stable.
-I have full conversations with him.
-I laugh about his many flaws, ie. his goatlike appearance, his fat head, his beard & mustache combination, his pathetic feathers etc.
-I let him groom me, and rub his head on me when he's itchy.
-I grab his bum, good job he's not a kicker!
-I smack him if he nips.
-I lead him with a leadrope around his neck.
-I swing from his neck.
-I worm routinely and have never had/done a worm count in my life.
-I NEVER road hack, good job we have lots of off road hacking!
-I grab and squeeze his head sometimes because I think that he's cute.
-I deliberately hide in his neighbors stable and wait until my boy kicks the door, then I launch bits of poo at him in the vain hope that I can scare him out of kicking.
That is all off the top of my head, I am a terrible horse owner!!
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CobsGalore
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I used to let my old share Horse decide where he wanted to hack out
This had me in stitches!
Gonna have to try this one!!
Annagain
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All of the above I think!
If I'm riding in the school or very early when nobody will see be out I just brush of the mud where his tack goes. If you saw how muddy he gets you would too!
I brush the worst of the mud off him with a metal curry comb - very gently and never on sensitive areas or when he's clipped, in my defence. He hates being brushed so much (and always has done even before I resorted to the curry comb!) that a quick swipe with that to loosen the mud is much easier than doing battle with the rubber mitten I'm allowed to use on him. (Dandy brush is a real no-no!) I think brushes are too soft so tickle him, whereas the curry comb and the rubber mitten give a more definite pressure so he doesn't mind them so much.
I indulge his whims - like refusing to be brushed with bristle brushes!
I rarely use a head collar, he follows me in and out of the field into his stable.
I've been known to bring 4 of them up from the hayfields together - it's a long walk so I'm not doing it twice and mine will follow me without the headcollar, so I'm only actually leading 3.
He has treats quite frequently - hence the following me everywhere
I use 1 bale of shavings every 3 weeks when he's in overnight in winter. He has a huge rubber matted stable so his bed only covers about 1/4 of it and he never poos in it, so I only have to take out a small patch of wee. His bed is thin but just enough to absorb the wee.
I full clip him even though he's out in all weathers (only in the day time) and doesn't work that hard in winter, just because I can't bear the white hairs when he moults in the spring.
Sadlle soap? What's that?
If I'm riding in the school or very early when nobody will see be out I just brush of the mud where his tack goes. If you saw how muddy he gets you would too!
I brush the worst of the mud off him with a metal curry comb - very gently and never on sensitive areas or when he's clipped, in my defence. He hates being brushed so much (and always has done even before I resorted to the curry comb!) that a quick swipe with that to loosen the mud is much easier than doing battle with the rubber mitten I'm allowed to use on him. (Dandy brush is a real no-no!) I think brushes are too soft so tickle him, whereas the curry comb and the rubber mitten give a more definite pressure so he doesn't mind them so much.
I indulge his whims - like refusing to be brushed with bristle brushes!
I rarely use a head collar, he follows me in and out of the field into his stable.
I've been known to bring 4 of them up from the hayfields together - it's a long walk so I'm not doing it twice and mine will follow me without the headcollar, so I'm only actually leading 3.
He has treats quite frequently - hence the following me everywhere
I use 1 bale of shavings every 3 weeks when he's in overnight in winter. He has a huge rubber matted stable so his bed only covers about 1/4 of it and he never poos in it, so I only have to take out a small patch of wee. His bed is thin but just enough to absorb the wee.
I full clip him even though he's out in all weathers (only in the day time) and doesn't work that hard in winter, just because I can't bear the white hairs when he moults in the spring.
Sadlle soap? What's that?
Equilibrium Ireland
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I think I forgot to add that I don't change rugs. They have turnouts. Lights and mediums. They get liners if clipped but only in the stable at night. Can't deal with stable rugs.
Oh and Lolly Dolly, I was laughing at yours.
I'm also a bring in with a rope and not great with tack cleaning.
Terri
Oh and Lolly Dolly, I was laughing at yours.
I'm also a bring in with a rope and not great with tack cleaning.
Terri
WestCoast
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I let her get in my personal space far too much because I like a cuddle.
Paula
Paula
StormyMoments
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rug my unclipped horses (not that i thought that was bad but it is on here so i will put it)
let a 9 year old lunge my 17.2hh monster (before anyone asks i was stood behind him holding the very end of the lunge line... although we were in a 6 acre field..)
i lead my stallion out with a chain under his chin if i can tell hes going to be a fruit loop to handle on the way out
i chase the horses off by banging the poo pick fork and bucket together as they are always trying to knock the wheel barrow over
i dont do anything with any of them in the stable and i except that taz can be nasty in the stable
i dont care if they are grumpy at feed times and pin their ears back at me
i raise my voice at them if they try and run me over in the field or if taz decides that hes going to run as close as possible and try and double barrel you... have also been known to throw buckets when he does that.. the git..
taz has had a flick around the face with a lead rope and quite often gets a smack with it when hes being a nob to lead
i lead all horses by the very end of the rope... if they are going to do it they can do it at the end of the rope... even my stallion
i walk my stallion past mares stood on the yard when im just pottering along with him at the end of the rope and he doesnt care although the owners of the mares understandably do get a bit worried
i get annoyed with people who automatically think that because he is a stallion that he is going to be this devil creature that cant be near other horses and will kick or bite anyone near him... when its completely untrue hes a lot nicer than any other horse i have handled recently!
let a 9 year old lunge my 17.2hh monster (before anyone asks i was stood behind him holding the very end of the lunge line... although we were in a 6 acre field..)
i lead my stallion out with a chain under his chin if i can tell hes going to be a fruit loop to handle on the way out
i chase the horses off by banging the poo pick fork and bucket together as they are always trying to knock the wheel barrow over
i dont do anything with any of them in the stable and i except that taz can be nasty in the stable
i dont care if they are grumpy at feed times and pin their ears back at me
i raise my voice at them if they try and run me over in the field or if taz decides that hes going to run as close as possible and try and double barrel you... have also been known to throw buckets when he does that.. the git..
taz has had a flick around the face with a lead rope and quite often gets a smack with it when hes being a nob to lead
i lead all horses by the very end of the rope... if they are going to do it they can do it at the end of the rope... even my stallion
i walk my stallion past mares stood on the yard when im just pottering along with him at the end of the rope and he doesnt care although the owners of the mares understandably do get a bit worried
i get annoyed with people who automatically think that because he is a stallion that he is going to be this devil creature that cant be near other horses and will kick or bite anyone near him... when its completely untrue hes a lot nicer than any other horse i have handled recently!
springer1021
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Spoil them rotten with treats - but they don't nip, just like you madly till you give them a treat.
If they don't want to go out on a cold/wet day, I let them stay in.
Let them rub their heads on me after they've been ridden.
Let them decide where we go for a ride.
One of them kicks the door when she wants more haylage and I always give in.
Actually thinking about it they generally tell me what they want and I obey
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If they don't want to go out on a cold/wet day, I let them stay in.
Let them rub their heads on me after they've been ridden.
Let them decide where we go for a ride.
One of them kicks the door when she wants more haylage and I always give in.
Actually thinking about it they generally tell me what they want and I obey
.loopinlou
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blanket clip my (native type) horse who lives out with just a rain sheet on all winter except when it snows/is minus degrees
a friend also commented once as my horse went on holiday with her that he was quite well mannered (moves away from stable door with voice command, door can be left open while mucking out) as he was used to living out !!
a friend also commented once as my horse went on holiday with her that he was quite well mannered (moves away from stable door with voice command, door can be left open while mucking out) as he was used to living out !!
Battyoldbint
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Dont turn out in winter
ShadowFlame
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Treat my cob like a dog... if I'm doing things around the yard, 9 times out of 10 he's right behind me. Whether that's poo picking the school, emptying said poo onto the muck trailer (yes, he's gone on the trailer before), going to the tackroom (I leave him untied outside, tell him to stay... and he does...).
Feed treats, and teach tricks.
Stand behind him, crawl underneath him, take his bridle off without putting a headcollar round his neck first, lay over his bum.
Play with him in the field... which includes him trotting and cantering round with me like a plank.
Leave him to melt in the rain.
Put him in his stable and leave his door wide open while I wander off...
I could go on, but personally I think it's given us a fab relationship!
Feed treats, and teach tricks.
Stand behind him, crawl underneath him, take his bridle off without putting a headcollar round his neck first, lay over his bum.
Play with him in the field... which includes him trotting and cantering round with me like a plank.
Leave him to melt in the rain.
Put him in his stable and leave his door wide open while I wander off...
I could go on, but personally I think it's given us a fab relationship!
mulberrymill
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Oh dear, my list is endless
My shetlands never get hard feed , just a tiny bit of hay when they are stabled at night (thats 2 sins)
My New Forest is unclipped, unshod, in at night and rugged already.
My Welsh has rubber mats but only a tiny bit of wood pellets to soak up the pee as hes the dirtiest horse in a stable ever born, and ANYTHING you put down on day 1 has to be completely taken out on day 2 and matting hosed down.
In winter they all often stay stabled for days at a time as the fields turn into bogs in spite pf spending a fortune on land drainage.
My schooling area is grass not a surface, but soon to have solar floodlights so i can use it at night.
My arab hasnt has a foot trim in 5 years, and the farrier says she still doesnt need one, so maybe not a sin
I worm twice a year and dont have a worm count.
I hack out with feet out of the stirrups, (Got to sort my leg position somehow)
I only clean their water buckets about once a fortnight.
I leave their headcollars on most of the time
I give them treats all the time, every coat has a load in the pockets.
I cuddle my Foresters bum, cos its seriously sexy
My shetlands never get hard feed , just a tiny bit of hay when they are stabled at night (thats 2 sins)
My New Forest is unclipped, unshod, in at night and rugged already.
My Welsh has rubber mats but only a tiny bit of wood pellets to soak up the pee as hes the dirtiest horse in a stable ever born, and ANYTHING you put down on day 1 has to be completely taken out on day 2 and matting hosed down.
In winter they all often stay stabled for days at a time as the fields turn into bogs in spite pf spending a fortune on land drainage.
My schooling area is grass not a surface, but soon to have solar floodlights so i can use it at night.
My arab hasnt has a foot trim in 5 years, and the farrier says she still doesnt need one, so maybe not a sin
I worm twice a year and dont have a worm count.
I hack out with feet out of the stirrups, (Got to sort my leg position somehow)
I only clean their water buckets about once a fortnight.
I leave their headcollars on most of the time
I give them treats all the time, every coat has a load in the pockets.
I cuddle my Foresters bum, cos its seriously sexy
MiJodsR2BlinkinTite
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Oh Gosh, there are some good "sins" on here.
My list:
Don't poo pick (mine are turned out with sheep which tread the poo in AND eat up all the course grass - that's my excuse anyway)
Bung on fly rugs on mucky horses and turn them out
If pressed for time; just brush the saddle area and chuck bridles on over the mud (we ride in synthetic bridles so not such a chore)
Hose down muddy legs and leave to dry in nice deep straw
When time to bring them in: don't bother with going to get them with a headcollar and all that faff - just fling open the yard gates and they come into the yard and each find's their own stable & food and just get on with it
Flopping along on a loose rein/on the buckle
Never got the hang of using two reins on a pelham so use a joiner
Sometimes don't pick out feet before hacking out
Can't think of any more right now!
My list:
Don't poo pick (mine are turned out with sheep which tread the poo in AND eat up all the course grass - that's my excuse anyway)
Bung on fly rugs on mucky horses and turn them out
If pressed for time; just brush the saddle area and chuck bridles on over the mud (we ride in synthetic bridles so not such a chore)
Hose down muddy legs and leave to dry in nice deep straw
When time to bring them in: don't bother with going to get them with a headcollar and all that faff - just fling open the yard gates and they come into the yard and each find's their own stable & food and just get on with it
Flopping along on a loose rein/on the buckle
Never got the hang of using two reins on a pelham so use a joiner
Sometimes don't pick out feet before hacking out
Can't think of any more right now!
mynutmeg
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exactly!! it can't be pleasent for them at all. Plus it encourages mud fever!
mynutmeg
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Lots of things:
I don't ride often enough!! (although I agree with this one, I'd love to ride more)
If my horse is playing up whilst schooling I stop and work out whats wrong - she doesn't play up without good reason but I get told I'm letting her get away with it
Hack out with our dogs loose
Lots of things that work with my horses but wouldn't work with others same as I don't agree with a lot of things other people do with their horses
I don't ride often enough!! (although I agree with this one, I'd love to ride more
)If my horse is playing up whilst schooling I stop and work out whats wrong - she doesn't play up without good reason but I get told I'm letting her get away with it
Hack out with our dogs loose
Lots of things that work with my horses but wouldn't work with others same as I don't agree with a lot of things other people do with their horses
Emilieu
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I make my poor chestnut wear pink high viz. And I shower him with kisses and call him Baby Boy in front of his mates.
Not to mention anthropmorphising him horribly!
Not to mention anthropmorphising him horribly!
NinjaPony
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Never feed them treats unless I'm at a show.
Wash my grey's tail once a week, every week- hot water in winter
Rug my unclipped welsh pony who feels the cold
Lead my connie arond with the rope slung over my shoulder.
Hold my welsh's foot up to wash his socks for shows- he knows he can't prat around so it takes 3 minutes not 20.
Put matchy-matchy on my connie- in my defense boots rub him.
Both my BOYS have matching pink rugs
Wash my grey's tail once a week, every week- hot water in winter
Rug my unclipped welsh pony who feels the cold
Lead my connie arond with the rope slung over my shoulder.
Hold my welsh's foot up to wash his socks for shows- he knows he can't prat around so it takes 3 minutes not 20.
Put matchy-matchy on my connie- in my defense boots rub him.
Both my BOYS have matching pink rugs
Caol Ila
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I haven't got a neck cover for her rug. She has a thick mane. It would be excessive.
I ride her shortly after her hard feed. Never had a problem. She's not exactly in hard work, nor does she get fed grain or oats.
Tacky, colourful patterned saddle pads (or numnahs, in British). Many years ago I had a mate tell me that it was disrespectful of my riding instructor to use said saddle pads in a lesson and her hunter/jumper trainer would throw me out of the lesson if I rode in one (for the record, my dressage trainer didn't give a toss). I told her that it makes me feel better knowing that all these hunter/jumper people have real horse welfare concerns on their minds.
I ride on a super light contact. I have been told this is "western." Ooookay. There was me thinking I was doing dressage and my horse was in self-carriage.
I don't clip. Ever. We never clipped in Colorado so that's the habit I'm still in. The way our horses lived, it would have been desperately impractical. Yeah, the horses get sweaty when you work them in the winter, but so long as they were fit and you cooled them out and then chucked a nice fleecey cooler on them, they were fine. I haven't changed my habits and British people seem to think I'm crazy to work my horse in her winter fuzzies.
I ride her shortly after her hard feed. Never had a problem. She's not exactly in hard work, nor does she get fed grain or oats.
Tacky, colourful patterned saddle pads (or numnahs, in British). Many years ago I had a mate tell me that it was disrespectful of my riding instructor to use said saddle pads in a lesson and her hunter/jumper trainer would throw me out of the lesson if I rode in one (for the record, my dressage trainer didn't give a toss). I told her that it makes me feel better knowing that all these hunter/jumper people have real horse welfare concerns on their minds.
I ride on a super light contact. I have been told this is "western." Ooookay. There was me thinking I was doing dressage and my horse was in self-carriage.
I don't clip. Ever. We never clipped in Colorado so that's the habit I'm still in. The way our horses lived, it would have been desperately impractical. Yeah, the horses get sweaty when you work them in the winter, but so long as they were fit and you cooled them out and then chucked a nice fleecey cooler on them, they were fine. I haven't changed my habits and British people seem to think I'm crazy to work my horse in her winter fuzzies.
emmah1979
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Oh dear - lots of very bad things. A few off the top of my head:
Rarely pick out feet
Only had a saddle fitted once
Taught my horse tricks - he does high fives with both front legs (not at the same time though)
Cut the top of the tail rather than pull it - lazy
Ride in jeans
When I was much younger I used to ride through someone's garden and jump over their garden wall onto the beach. They eventually put up a cattle grid.
Rarely pick out feet
Only had a saddle fitted once
Taught my horse tricks - he does high fives with both front legs (not at the same time though)
Cut the top of the tail rather than pull it - lazy
Ride in jeans
When I was much younger I used to ride through someone's garden and jump over their garden wall onto the beach. They eventually put up a cattle grid.
emmah1979
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Just reading back through some of the other replies and though of a couple of others:
Hose him down all the time in summer. I tell myself that he doesn't like being hot and sweaty. he probably doesn't really care.
Rarely wash out his feed bucket so it's 'orrible and caked in yucky old food. Occasionally it goes mouldy at which point I do then scrub it down and it takes ages to get it clean. Much easier if I just hosed it ever time I used it.
Allowed him to get into a terrible habit of not liking to be tied up so he now only gets looped through the baling twine otherwise he pulls away and breaks the leadrope. Got fed up of buying new leadropes all the time. Not too bad at home because he doesn't wonder off but very annoying at shows. Bad owner.
Hose him down all the time in summer. I tell myself that he doesn't like being hot and sweaty. he probably doesn't really care.
Rarely wash out his feed bucket so it's 'orrible and caked in yucky old food. Occasionally it goes mouldy at which point I do then scrub it down and it takes ages to get it clean. Much easier if I just hosed it ever time I used it.
Allowed him to get into a terrible habit of not liking to be tied up so he now only gets looped through the baling twine otherwise he pulls away and breaks the leadrope. Got fed up of buying new leadropes all the time. Not too bad at home because he doesn't wonder off but very annoying at shows. Bad owner.
pansymouse
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Leave her in her turnout in the stable
Use knee boots because I have a huge fear of broken knees (been there once) not becasue she needs them
Indulge her love of face scritting by bracing and presenting her with a catus mitt
Let her gallop like loon because we both love it
Use knee boots because I have a huge fear of broken knees (been there once) not becasue she needs them
Indulge her love of face scritting by bracing and presenting her with a catus mitt
Let her gallop like loon because we both love it
RLS
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when my arab is loose in the field and walks past me, if I want him to stop and wait, I'll just grab a hold of his tail and pull. He'll then stop and wait for me. (I don't pull it all that hard)
StarcatcherWilliam
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claribella
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Dont clip or cut anything. My dear girl has a right beard going on! She also doesnt grow a mane or tail very fast so I refuse to cut what she has.
Dont rug or keep in stable when it rains.
Dont treat hardly at all.
Let her walk infront of me when we go out walking.
Keep her barefoot despite being a bit ouchy on the stones. Weve moved and she hasnt been used to stony tracks so I guess we are in the transitioning stage.
Let her rub all over me.
Let hubby lead her in the hope that he will get the 'horsey vibe' so I dont have to do it all on my own through the winter!
Dont rug or keep in stable when it rains.
Dont treat hardly at all.
Let her walk infront of me when we go out walking.
Keep her barefoot despite being a bit ouchy on the stones. Weve moved and she hasnt been used to stony tracks so I guess we are in the transitioning stage.
Let her rub all over me.
Let hubby lead her in the hope that he will get the 'horsey vibe' so I dont have to do it all on my own through the winter!
travelmad
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instead of kicking on and being brave xc i whisper into his ear that im scared and ask him to be nice and jump!!! its so stupid!! perfectly well aware i should ride on - but he is very kind to me when i get frightened!!
eh - all my things to confess all involve me fooling my husband into doing jobs for the horses for me by pretending the things i do are harder than him (dont tell him!)
instead of being patient and supervising them eating i turn them out and put them in the field to battle it out for who gets to eat whose dinner!
oh and sometimes i drive down to turnout field at night, making hubbie lead them and collect him to drive back up to yard!
eh - all my things to confess all involve me fooling my husband into doing jobs for the horses for me by pretending the things i do are harder than him (dont tell him!)
instead of being patient and supervising them eating i turn them out and put them in the field to battle it out for who gets to eat whose dinner!
oh and sometimes i drive down to turnout field at night, making hubbie lead them and collect him to drive back up to yard!
travelmad
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oh god, i forgot - my worse sin. he hates being tacked up - he doesnt like his ears being touched - so instead i put on his bridle like a headcollar and then but the bit on! its wrong of me, and someday when i have time i will teach him to have a bridle put on - but he is way too tall and its hard to tack him up and i never have time!
mynutmeg
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Lead the horses from the car - have the person leading sat in the boot with the door open (side opening) and drive slowly, if there's a problem the person holding can shout to stop, jump out etc. It's a good way to get the horses used to the car 
and no danger to the horse as are not tied to the car, plus on a private, closed in lane. Did get some weird looks however when we started the field was 1 mile up said lane and I had a bad leg so couldn't walk that far
and no danger to the horse as are not tied to the car, plus on a private, closed in lane. Did get some weird looks however when we started the field was 1 mile up said lane and I had a bad leg so couldn't walk that far
Nicnac
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Yey - I'm normal
Great thread and feel much happier now I've read it
-never poo pick
-don't put boots on or bandages except for XC
-travel saddled
-no studs
-unshod ex-racehorse
-parts where tack goes get groomed
-worm sporadically sometimes with worm count, sometimes not
-addicted to snaffles
-tack cleaned when competing
-hose off sweaty bridles
-unclipped
-live-out 24/7 unless snowing
-hard feed is 1/2 cup of balancer to get joint supplement down them
-no routine (horses at home)
-horses free range often around stables when I potter
the list is endless........
Great thread and feel much happier now I've read it
-never poo pick
-don't put boots on or bandages except for XC
-travel saddled
-no studs
-unshod ex-racehorse
-parts where tack goes get groomed
-worm sporadically sometimes with worm count, sometimes not
-addicted to snaffles
-tack cleaned when competing
-hose off sweaty bridles
-unclipped
-live-out 24/7 unless snowing
-hard feed is 1/2 cup of balancer to get joint supplement down them
-no routine (horses at home)
-horses free range often around stables when I potter
the list is endless........
TheSylv007
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Feed mine too many treats as I want her to love me
Use draw reins when necessary
Wash her legs off before putting to bed if muddy
Smack when necessary
Play chase in the school with her
Talk to her like she's human
I have lost my temper (to my shame) when she's been beyond silly
Get off and lead on a hack when she's been silly - it works for her
Feed her treats in the field, makes catching extremely easy as she comes to me
Chuck the leadrope over her neck and let her put herself in the stable
Don't always tie up on the yard
Use thinning rake rather than pulling her mane
Let her root in my pockets
Always give her a treat before I leave for the night - she now knows when I lock the tack room door that I'm leaving so puts her head over the door ready to say Cheerio and get her titbit
Keep mints in my pockets for competitions
Wash her off, then rug up after a ride rather than walking til she's dry - she might as well be clean rather than sticky and crusty
Feed just once a day
Worm according to what the rest of the yard is doing
Use draw reins when necessary
Wash her legs off before putting to bed if muddy
Smack when necessary
Play chase in the school with her
Talk to her like she's human
I have lost my temper (to my shame) when she's been beyond silly
Get off and lead on a hack when she's been silly - it works for her
Feed her treats in the field, makes catching extremely easy as she comes to me
Chuck the leadrope over her neck and let her put herself in the stable
Don't always tie up on the yard
Use thinning rake rather than pulling her mane
Let her root in my pockets
Always give her a treat before I leave for the night - she now knows when I lock the tack room door that I'm leaving so puts her head over the door ready to say Cheerio and get her titbit
Keep mints in my pockets for competitions
Wash her off, then rug up after a ride rather than walking til she's dry - she might as well be clean rather than sticky and crusty
Feed just once a day
Worm according to what the rest of the yard is doing
jessx27
Member
- TOO many treats!
- Tack up then leave the stable door wide open while I go round the corner out of sight to lock the tack room
- I clean my tack/boots etc with baby wipes
- Never poo pick... ever
- Don't always jump with boots!
- Use a thinning rake rather than pull manes properly as I'm too lazy
- Give her a smack when she spooks as it is actually her way of being cheeky, she just takes the mick
I am a terrible owner
- Wash my bit off in her water bucket!!
- Go trespassing all over when out hacking on my own
- Leave horses stabled in turnouts during the winter as it's easier to dry them that way haha!!
- I just get off and open gates as I'm too lazy to try doing it on board
- Hack out with earphones in!! - not on roads though
- Tack up then leave the stable door wide open while I go round the corner out of sight to lock the tack room
- I clean my tack/boots etc with baby wipes
- Never poo pick... ever
- Don't always jump with boots!
- Use a thinning rake rather than pull manes properly as I'm too lazy
- Give her a smack when she spooks as it is actually her way of being cheeky, she just takes the mick
I am a terrible owner- Wash my bit off in her water bucket!!
- Go trespassing all over when out hacking on my own
- Leave horses stabled in turnouts during the winter as it's easier to dry them that way haha!!
- I just get off and open gates as I'm too lazy to try doing it on board
- Hack out with earphones in!!
- not on roads though