How rude can some people be!?!

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Went to fetch my horses in from the field earlier on to find them all excited and pelting round the field at 100mph. There were 3 ponies loose in the woods coming up to the fence and walls trying to make friends with our lot in the field. Jumped the wall to try and grab them as I had 3 head collars. Obviously me being 5 foot tall didnt have a xhance of grabbing them! Cheeky ******s didnt want to be caught so abandoned trying to grab them to fetch the yard owner.
Wwnt and explained it and she basicly told me not to bother because it would be the "bloody gypsys" again!

Gypsys or no gypsys didnt want the horses getting out and killed on the roads so shoed them back up the path in the woods and went up to a nearby stables to see if anybody had lost ponies. Luckily arrived just in time to find ponies owners and helped them to catch them. All ended well but could have been a differnt story all together!

I was genuinly astounded that yard owner could not be bothered to help loose horses becausw of who they belonged to. Owners were lovely and were devastated ponies had got out and were thankful of my help. My lot didnt get fed in the end but 3 ponies got home safely :)
Just shows how narrow mindex and rude some "horse lovers" really are :(
sorry for the rant btw!
 
that's super that you helped them, I bet the owners were very thankful.

I saw a situation in the summer - a mare and foal had gotten separated by a fence - it looked like walkers had left a gate partly open, which enabled the baby to get out. Poor little chap was so distressed, crying and crying for his Mum, and cantering back and forth along the fenceline. I went down to my yard, explained the situation, and asked who would help me catch the foal and reunite the two... a couple of people surprised me by saying, oh that foal's been crying since this morning...I thought to myself "and why didn't you do anything about it?"
Anyway, a couple of people came with me, 1 went to settle the Mum, and to get her to come to the gate we were herding the foal towards...with the view that when we opened the gate and foalie saw Mum, he would run back in... it took about 30 minutes, and we achieved it, they were successfully reunited. Foalie immediately dived below for a drink, he must have been really dehydrated - must have only been a few weeks old.
I couldn't believe that no one else made an effort!
Anyway, we were all proud of our team work, and that it led to a successful Mum and foal reunion...
 
Good on you for finding the owner, the poor ponies must have been really distressed. I can't believe your YO's reaction, you wouldn't expect it from a horsey person!!! She'd better hope she never needs any help with loose horses!
 
Andiamo- what a great story, so glad you stepped in to help, basicly saving the foal from further distress or worse!
My reaction was similar to yours, why did nobody else help?! Shocking really :(

booboos- i know! Honestly think that if it had been her horses or one of the liverys she would have had the whole village on a rescue mission!
Think its unbelievable how useless some people can be!
 
I would have done the same as you. Last summer I was walking with my family back from a pub lunch. we were walking through the woods when my husband looked up and said 'there is a loose horse over there'. My brother in law and I went over and he blocked the path while I caught the very nervous horse and then we calmed him down. His owners soon came running up turns out he was a recently backed youngster very new to hacking and he had spooked and ditched his rider. They were so grateful as I am sure the owners of the ponies you found were, well done :)
 
I'd be very disappointed in the YO for two reasons: the appalling snobbery/prejudice she has about "gypsies", and the fact that to me, someone who doesn't care about loose horses, is irresponsible and not a horse lover. :mad:

Well done for stepping in. As well as doing the owners a favour, you might have prevented a serious accident had they found their way onto a road.
 
Tilda- glad that there are at least some people who are willing to help, and not just stand by!
Good that the loose horse you discovered was successfully re-united with its owner :)

fionaM12- yes, was very unhappy about predjudice against gypsies, thought it was appalling! Coupled with the fact that she was too busy to help to me is not great for somebody in charge of 16 horses!
And yes, was dreading them getting onto the road and there being an accident. Something similar happened aboit 5 years ago where a horse bolted out of the woods and onto the road. Accident was horrific and horse went tearing round the village with it front leg dangling, had to be caught and PTS :(
 
Well i am really glad your yo cares so little about her own yard, she lets unknown horses sniff your horses over a fence.... with all the strangles currently running up and down the country - has she really got no care for the animals on her land.

Also i would be concerned at her lack of compasion - even if it were a gypsy horse - its still flesh and blood and someone pride and joy ! ignorant sod.
 
Hi Good For You, getting the ponies back to their owners. What I have learned is it is not a matter of these people who won't help being rude, they have just been brought up with different standards. You and I expect a certain standard of care for animals, and will always follow through with what is the right thing to do. These people do not because they know no better, you have got to feel sorry for them. Be careful not to have these types of people as friends though, because when the going gets tough you will be on your own. ;)
 
Having spent 45 minutes catching loose horses on a road (the others were fly-grazing in the field on the other side, so yes, they were gypsy owned) and made myself not popular at work as a result I can have SOME sympathy with the YO. Round my way they just open a gate or take the fence down and shove the horses in. But on the other hand, one time I got down to the field to find my mare had broken the leg straps on her turnout rug, and as it didn't have surcingles, the whole lot had rotated around, gone under her head and was like a giant apron draped on the ground in front of her. She had obviously panicked at some stage as there were bits of rug lining dotted about the field but most importantly she hadn't been able to eat at all. I don't know how long she had been like that but was livid when another livery came back to the yard later and said she had spotted my horse like that when she set off for a hack - 2 hours earlier. It would have taken about 3 minutes to trot back to the yard and raise the alarm. I've actually gone to the assistance of horses in trouble with rugs/hoods/headcollars in fields before. I just happened to be passing, couldn't see a nearby house so sorted it out myself.
 
Horses are horses as already said - nasty YO :(

A friend of mine rounded up and looked after 8 gypsy ponies and youngsters that had escaped and when they came to collect they let her keep a little colt she had taken to - kindness repaid :)
 
Maria13 said:
Went to fetch my horses in from the field earlier on to find them all excited and pelting round the field at 100mph. There were 3 ponies loose in the woods coming up to the fence and walls trying to make friends with our lot in the field. Jumped the wall to try and grab them as I had 3 head collars. Obviously me being 5 foot tall didnt have a xhance of grabbing them! Cheeky ******s didnt want to be caught so abandoned trying to grab them to fetch the yard owner.
Wwnt and explained it and she basicly told me not to bother because it would be the "bloody gypsys" again!

Gypsys or no gypsys didnt want the horses getting out and killed on the roads so shoed them back up the path in the woods and went up to a nearby stables to see if anybody had lost ponies. Luckily arrived just in time to find ponies owners and helped them to catch them. All ended well but could have been a differnt story all together!

I was genuinly astounded that yard owner could not be bothered to help loose horses becausw of who they belonged to. Owners were lovely and were devastated ponies had got out and were thankful of my help. My lot didnt get fed in the end but 3 ponies got home safely :)
Just shows how narrow mindex and rude some "horse lovers" really are :(
sorry for the rant btw!
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Your YO? I wouldn't be leaving any aspect of my horses care under someone who wasn't fussed about a horse because of it's owner (rightly or wrongly)! What a silly woman.

Ponies could have been injured as could people especially with roads nearby. Good on you for helping them.
 
FionaM12 said:
I'd be very disappointed in the YO for two reasons: the appalling snobbery/prejudice she has about "gypsies", and the fact that to me, someone who doesn't care about loose horses, is irresponsible and not a horse lover. :mad:

Well done for stepping in. As well as doing the owners a favour, you might have prevented a serious accident had they found their way onto a road.
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Good for you, so worrying that some horses are deemed not fit to care about due to prejudice - makes me shudder.

Horses on the road are a real risk , Bransby have just rescued 5 Shetlands - there were 7 but two were killed on the road before local folks kindly secured them. Thankfully the driver was unhurt but a dreadful situation:(
 
Andiamo said:
that's super that you helped them, I bet the owners were very thankful.

I saw a situation in the summer - a mare and foal had gotten separated by a fence - it looked like walkers had left a gate partly open, which enabled the baby to get out. Poor little chap was so distressed, crying and crying for his Mum, and cantering back and forth along the fenceline. I went down to my yard, explained the situation, and asked who would help me catch the foal and reunite the two... a couple of people surprised me by saying, oh that foal's been crying since this morning...I thought to myself "and why didn't you do anything about it?"
Anyway, a couple of people came with me, 1 went to settle the Mum, and to get her to come to the gate we were herding the foal towards...with the view that when we opened the gate and foalie saw Mum, he would run back in... it took about 30 minutes, and we achieved it, they were successfully reunited. Foalie immediately dived below for a drink, he must have been really dehydrated - must have only been a few weeks old.
I couldn't believe that no one else made an effort!
Anyway, we were all proud of our team work, and that it led to a successful Mum and foal reunion...
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Lovely story... me and my friends have a similar one but it was a distressed lamb took us ages and there was lots of laughing and diving and falling in cow pats but we were successful. What sort of people are we if we have the skill to help a distressed animal but do nothing.
 
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