dibbin
Well-Known Member
I'm not annoyed that my horse has been kicked. He's a horse, sometimes they fight. It happens. And he's not seriously injured so that's ok. What I'm annoyed about is this:
1) At our yard we have a small turnout paddock, it's used for horses that need to go out in a small area for medical reasons, or if you want to put your horse out for a leg stretch for 15-20 minutes while you muck out. As long as they're non-aggressive, you can put 2 horses in it without any problems. I put Dylan out with horse X, who belongs to A. Dylan and X are in the same group for turnout, have hacked out together, and have been in the small paddock together at least half a dozen times, with NO incidents. Generally they ignore each other. I asked A AND one of the staff if it was ok to put Dylan in with X, they both said it was fine. He pottered about and had a roll, and I went to muck out.
5 minutes later I heard them going at it, grabbed my headcollar and went to get Dylan. Walked round and he was cowering in the corner while X galloped round the paddock in circles and one of the staff was keeping him away from Dylan with a yard brush. When I got Dylan out, I was told he'd definitely been kicked, and at least 4 people said "Oh, I wouldn't have put him in with X, he's been kicking the cr*p out of everything for the last couple of weeks." His owner was apparently aware of this as well.
Well thank you all SO much for telling me that before I turned my horse out with him.
2) I tied him up outside his box to look him over, there was blood running down the inside of his back leg. Hosed it off, 2 little cuts. One just a graze, the other one's about an inch by a centimetre, but it's deep and he's obviously sore on it. He keeps picking his leg up to look at it. A was about 20 yards away across the yard at this point. I called one of the staff over to take a look at Dylan's leg, and ask her to give me a hand cleaning it because he's a total wuss about getting cuts cleaned.
A has not bothered to ask how Dylan is, or apologised for her horse making him lame. I know he's a horse and sometimes even the most mild-mannered and non-aggressive ones WILL fight, but surely if she knew hers had been displaying that sort of behaviour recently she should have said something?!
*and breathe* sorry about the epic, I realise that's a pretty major rant about something pretty minor,but I really needed to vent! As I said, his leg's ok, if a bit sore. I'm just annoyed.
1) At our yard we have a small turnout paddock, it's used for horses that need to go out in a small area for medical reasons, or if you want to put your horse out for a leg stretch for 15-20 minutes while you muck out. As long as they're non-aggressive, you can put 2 horses in it without any problems. I put Dylan out with horse X, who belongs to A. Dylan and X are in the same group for turnout, have hacked out together, and have been in the small paddock together at least half a dozen times, with NO incidents. Generally they ignore each other. I asked A AND one of the staff if it was ok to put Dylan in with X, they both said it was fine. He pottered about and had a roll, and I went to muck out.
5 minutes later I heard them going at it, grabbed my headcollar and went to get Dylan. Walked round and he was cowering in the corner while X galloped round the paddock in circles and one of the staff was keeping him away from Dylan with a yard brush. When I got Dylan out, I was told he'd definitely been kicked, and at least 4 people said "Oh, I wouldn't have put him in with X, he's been kicking the cr*p out of everything for the last couple of weeks." His owner was apparently aware of this as well.
Well thank you all SO much for telling me that before I turned my horse out with him.
2) I tied him up outside his box to look him over, there was blood running down the inside of his back leg. Hosed it off, 2 little cuts. One just a graze, the other one's about an inch by a centimetre, but it's deep and he's obviously sore on it. He keeps picking his leg up to look at it. A was about 20 yards away across the yard at this point. I called one of the staff over to take a look at Dylan's leg, and ask her to give me a hand cleaning it because he's a total wuss about getting cuts cleaned.
A has not bothered to ask how Dylan is, or apologised for her horse making him lame. I know he's a horse and sometimes even the most mild-mannered and non-aggressive ones WILL fight, but surely if she knew hers had been displaying that sort of behaviour recently she should have said something?!
*and breathe* sorry about the epic, I realise that's a pretty major rant about something pretty minor,but I really needed to vent! As I said, his leg's ok, if a bit sore. I'm just annoyed.
She KNOWS he's lame, the staff told her that!
