Have you ever been reported to the RSPCA?!

Yes! A "friend" of my daughters called them after they had a fall out. Apparently she told them our dogs never go out, funny that, they had the run of the horses fields eery day!
Someone else called them to the cats at the yard, when he stopped laughing he said he wished most house cats were as well looked after as those three. They couldnt have agreed though the cats were STOLEN just before we moved yards.I will one day find out who it was (one of two) then their animals will go missing, see how they like it!! Lots of people on drugs around here, do anything for money.......
 
I haven't been reported but if I was then I could only hope it would be to the RSPCA as they are about as much use as a chocolate radiator.

I was out shopping with mum last Mother's Day and got a call from my bro (who is totally allergic to horses and wouldn't know one end from another) to say that a passing motorist had stopped at his house as one of my ponies was dead in the field. I had done the ponies that morning and they were all fine. He didn't know what to do so I despatched him to the field and told him to see if she was breathing - looking at rib cage etc, if he could. He said he couldn't tell so had thrown some sort wads of mud at her but she still didn't move. He went back and woke up his stroppy teenage daughter and she went to check. She walked over to the pony and had to really nudge her hard before the pony looked up and yawned, she had been in a really deep sleep on a lovely sunny spring day!

This sort of concern I don't mind - the driver had bothered to come to the house, and was obviously worried and didn't go running to 'the authorities' first - which of course could have wasted valuable time if for example the pony had been ill / in pain etc.
 
i have on two different occasions
the first time i was cleaning my geldings sheath, the yard was directly next to the road and someone reported me to the rspca for sexually abusing him, the inspector came and decided that no further action was needed once he had the full story
the second time was just after i moved house, my lovely neighbours reported me for not looking after my dogs, they never got walked/fed were constantly fighting, one of the dogs was 16 at the time and the inspector was amazed at how well she was, he could see they were well fed, i keep the feed behind the front door so it the first thing you see when you come in the house, he was happy that the dogs were not in danger or being abused in any way so he left
so it was a waste of everybodies time and energy on both occasions
 
yup in the last 2 months ive been reported twice to the RSPCA,
first time was because my starving ponies were naked in all that snow (they are 2 slightly overweight & very hairy natives with 24/7 access to a fully bedded open stable)
the second time i had been abusing them by hitting them before gagging them & that i had bound them up to move them (the farrier had been & then they had been into driving harness)

luckily our RSPCA officer is a horse owner (now theres a rarity) & laughed it off when she called around, although her mental image of SWA in a ballgag & latex will take many years to remove from my mind
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Yep! years ago some one rang rspca about my filly how had a colic attack in field,they also had the sense to ask at the house near my field. Ted said no he didn't know owned horses there and then had the sense to ring me and I said yes they were mine. So rang Vet straight away, I got her back into stable vet came and went and 2 hours later rspca man turned up as I was going to check on horses and do their water. He wasn't interested in filly, just said that he would do me for thin horse, I told him Merlin was 35 years old and his very words were I don't expect to see him next year!!! Thats when my respect for the rscpa went and I now longer have time for them. They are arrogant people.
 
Sadly a lot of these complaints are by people who don't know enough about horses and how best to keep them, I'm sure they are trying to have the horse's best interests at heart but it's just ignorance that leads them to call.

My daughters pony owning friend told my daughter we are cruel for not clipping our NF - he came unclipped in November and as he's barely broken into a sweat due to lack of riding caused by lack of facilities and constant rain/snow, he's been left unclipped. We are also very cruel for not rugging him (sometimes I relent and he has a light rainsheet to keep the mud off if he's going to be ridden later), but if you could see the layer of frost on his mane when it dips below freezing overnight you'd realise how well he's insulated! We do have a lovely new field shelter but they prefer not to use it (too new I think).

Daughter's response to this criticism was to ask who is responsible for rugging all the NF ponies in the NF then?
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Her friend's pony is kept on full livery, so she clearly hadn't a clue about field kept natives!
 
Hi, I haven't posted on here for some while now, I got fed up with bashing my head against a brick wall with some people!! Anyway I just happened to be reading and thought I'd post!!

I am sorry alot of people on here have had a bad time with the rspca, unfortunately they are only a charity and therefore have limited staff in the field, so quiet often it may take hours to attend an emergency, also depending on how a call is classed i.e emergency (horse in flooded field) urgent (thin horse) etc will depend on how long it may take for an attendance. Due to case work (which whw and BHS officers don't have to contend themselves with) the amount of time in the field an inspector has is very VERY limited! Also an RSPCA inspector has to be a jack of all trades (know something about every animal, whereas whw and BHS officers only attend horses) therefore there will be people who have had daft responses from inspectors, likewise in other areas horses may be the inspectors forte...

If BHS and WHW actually did cases I would jump and tell you all to call them, but unfortunately when they deem that a case has been found they pass it off to the rspca to deal.

As far as the rspca not wanting to get their hands dirty and only doing nonsense calls, this is far from the truth, who else gets their hands dirty with all the cases, all the vet bills associated, all the legals??????

People may not realise that one inspector may cover up to two counties, including all animal complaints within it horse and cat alike! and that's only during hours that are fully staffed the rest of the time there may only be 2 officers on covering upto about 6 + counties!!! plus not only the complaints but all the collections of injured wildlife, injured pigeons that people won't take to a vet... So yes of course all those who say they attend only if publicity is on the cards, how many times do you see in the paper a collection of a pigeon!!!! mmmmm not often? never? so of course you don't hear about the vast majority of calls attended!

Is it any wonder I ask then that sometimes the rspca doesn't or can't deal or attend?????

The rspca is treated as a government service, it is not and receives no financial help.

No they are not perfect at all, but only because they don't have the resources and financial footing to be able to grow as big as their name, so by people dogging them, this will only reduce funds and therefore reduce their effectiveness.....

But back to the main subject of this post (sorry to hijack!) don't feel ashamed if you do get reported, I realised a long time ago that people will complain about anything! If there is no problem then laugh it off with the inspector!!
 
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Daughter got reported about a month ago for 'neglecting' her staffie. This dog is possibly the most spoiled creature I know. She also has the ability to suck her tummy in and make herself look very underweight especially if you are eating and she wants some
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RSPCA put note through door saying dog looked thin and they couldn't see a water bowl in the yard ( they didn't look very hard). Daughter understandably upset and cross rang them to get no reply. Over 24 hours went by before they rang her back. Asked what dog was being fed. 400g tin of meat a day with biscuits and treats etc . She was told to double the feed
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and they would ring back in 2 weeks with a view to coming out to see the dog. Needless to say they've been nowhere near
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We were reported a few years ago, we had 5 v.fit polo ponies and a retired(and yes crippled) polo pony in a 6 acre field and in the half acre paddock adjacent we had a v.fat polo pony that was recovering from a broken leg and wouldnt stand in box, and therefore restricted movement.

When the RSPCA arrived we were unloading 100 odd bales of hay (around the haylage that had clearly been there prior) and we were accused of starving and forcing them to work too fast for hours (they were worked twice a day for 30min) and one was in a pen that he could hardly move in- err that was the point?!
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RSPCA were very good, explained that public dont always understand the difference between fit/thin/fat and clearly they were not starved.

THere were comments on the old girl who to give a basic picture her knees were "buckling" and were forward at a weird angle, weight was a major issue and she wore a muzzle majority of summer, although over the year still put on weight. She had a good quality of life. Broken leg chap never returned to polo, and now lives at the local RSPCA under the ownership of the manager who fell in love, and potters him round!
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May I just point out that the RSPCA is indeed a charity, they have NO statutary powers, although they regularly trespass on peoples property, as they have NO right of entry onto other peoles land (they frequently pretend that they have), interview people 'under caution' (they have no more right to do this than you or I ) and generally behave as if they have more rights than the police! Never mind laugh it off with the inspector, insist that they return with the police who can obtain the appropriate warrent.
( I have the right of entry into peoples propety if they are believed to be mentally ill and a danger to themselves and/or others, BUT only after I have obtained a warrant, with evidence given under oath, from a district judge and if I have a police officer with me and I am an officer of the court!)
 
I've been reported once for my dogs. We were having major renovations done on the house and our Weimaraner wasn't too keen on the builders
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, so during the day I put them in a spare stable (with an old sofa to lie on
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), letting them out as often as possible when I was on the yard and taking them for a walk once a day. The RSPCA was told that we had a Great Dane shut up and never let out or fed! RSPCA lady was great and took one look at the dogs and said they were in fab condition, and that her dog lived outside all the time!

Another time my neighbour's ponies were reported just because they were living out with no rugs - but were hairy native types in good condition and regularly fed hay! Again RSPCA inspector took one look and said they were fine.

In most cases it is not the RSPCA who is to blame but either ignorance on the part of the 'reporter' or sometimes maliciousness. The inspectors do have to go and investigate just in case the allegations are founded. I do think they should perhaps have a page on their website to educate the non-horsey public what things are actually welfare issues and which aren't.
 
I'm sometimes pleased that my ponies winter grazing is not generally passed by walkers.
Six Exmoor ponies on 17 acres rough grazing , no rugs , high walls and lie of the land for shelter . Fed small amount of balancer / Hi Fi lite , only because 2 of them are yearlings . All super woolly , extreme good doers . They move to their summer field next month , when the work starts to keep their weight down !
 
The field where my horses are turned out is beside a main road. Someone once reported to the SSPCA that one of the ponies had a muzzle on that stopped them from eating and another had something over its eyes that meant it couldn't see. The SSPCA called the YO who explained that the pony had a grass mask on because it was prone to laminitis(sp?) and the other (my TB) had a fly mask on as the flys kept attacking her eyes. The SSPCA said they there would be valid reasons, but they had to check. Just glad the person who reported it decided not to climb the fence and take the masks off themselves.
 
we did at our yard and it was beacuse we had a VERY old (36) gelding who used to shuffle around and obviously had lost all his muscle so looked skinny, however our vet was aware...appreciate that thir can be some welfare cases out there that do need attention but i wish people would get the facts right before going off on the authorities...We've had trading standardsm ILPH,RSPCA etc you name we've seen it and they all couldn't believe that this horse was still going and they were fine about it all, they don't even communicate with each other either..... a lot of time wasted with these people and money spent only for them to find out nothing wrong in first place.... What makes me die is that they are no where to be seen when the weather is really bad... and they don't work weekends....
 
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