MontyandZoom
Well-Known Member
So - a new horse comes to my field, purchased from a dealers yard. Said horse is the thinnest horse I have ever seen, no muscle or fat to speak of at all. Poor little thing
She is angular due to lack of condition but she has a distinctive bump behind her pelvis, I have seen it before and think it is called a 'jumpers bump'. When I went to examine it, I brushed the horses quarters and she squealed and spun to double barrel me. She has done that everytime someone has tried to pick out her feet, change rug etc. If you run your hands over her front end she is sweet as a lamb.
She is in season too but to me I think the poor thing must be in pain. She is not noticably lame but does have quite an odd gait behind, quite a wide stance at the back.
I don't know what to do. This horse has been 'rescued' from a dealer by a novice lady at my field. She hasn't ridden in 20 years but has so far bought a pony and a just-backed 4 year old for herself and her children in the last 6 months.
She showed me the pony on Saturday after her child (teenager easily 12 stone on 14hh araby type thing with no condition
) returned from hacking. She welled up when I gave her my opinion. I have NEVER seen such a poor horse and this kicking indicated that the poor thing is very uncomfortable. She said she would get chiropracter in 'a couple of weeks' but I advised to get the vet ASAP. I also said not to ride her until she had got some condition on and we had got to the bottom of the kicking.
Well when I returned from my ride yesterday, the child was cantering around and jumping the little mare
The lady came running over to justify it by saying that she was now only sometimes doing the squealing, kicking thing and so she was definately 'just trying it on'.
Sorry for the ridiculously long and pointless post but I really am at a loss about what to do. I can't force her to get the vet or not to ride it. I have given feeding advice which has been ignored (they are giving it one huge meal a day of build-up cubes and little else). She knows it is poor and she said she only bought it because she felt sorry for it but she really doesn't have the expertise to get this mare right.
I was thinking of offering to take her but they paid £1250 and I don't have that sort of money. She has now offered me money to school her youngster. I am happy to give her pointers but I feel like (aside from the fact I am not good enough to do it justice) every bit of advice I give is ignored.
She is a nice lady, just so naive but her horses are suffering for it.
Sorry it's long and pointless, just needed to vent
She is angular due to lack of condition but she has a distinctive bump behind her pelvis, I have seen it before and think it is called a 'jumpers bump'. When I went to examine it, I brushed the horses quarters and she squealed and spun to double barrel me. She has done that everytime someone has tried to pick out her feet, change rug etc. If you run your hands over her front end she is sweet as a lamb.
She is in season too but to me I think the poor thing must be in pain. She is not noticably lame but does have quite an odd gait behind, quite a wide stance at the back.
I don't know what to do. This horse has been 'rescued' from a dealer by a novice lady at my field. She hasn't ridden in 20 years but has so far bought a pony and a just-backed 4 year old for herself and her children in the last 6 months.
She showed me the pony on Saturday after her child (teenager easily 12 stone on 14hh araby type thing with no condition
Well when I returned from my ride yesterday, the child was cantering around and jumping the little mare
Sorry for the ridiculously long and pointless post but I really am at a loss about what to do. I can't force her to get the vet or not to ride it. I have given feeding advice which has been ignored (they are giving it one huge meal a day of build-up cubes and little else). She knows it is poor and she said she only bought it because she felt sorry for it but she really doesn't have the expertise to get this mare right.
I was thinking of offering to take her but they paid £1250 and I don't have that sort of money. She has now offered me money to school her youngster. I am happy to give her pointers but I feel like (aside from the fact I am not good enough to do it justice) every bit of advice I give is ignored.
She is a nice lady, just so naive but her horses are suffering for it.
Sorry it's long and pointless, just needed to vent
