Ereiam_jh
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That sounds terrible vicijp. People shouldn't treat their animals like that.
Hunting people - are your horses machines?
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redrum77
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Well if you have a fit horse on good grub and in good condition you should be able to hunt this horse at least two days a week.
If there is an injury to any part of the horse that could cause unsoundness then dont take it.
I would agree with hunting a brave tough horse hard-but you have to respect them if you want them to last.
we used to hack our horses up to 15 miles to a meet,hunt them all day and hack them home.
With good care and good food they can take it.
If there is an injury to any part of the horse that could cause unsoundness then dont take it.
I would agree with hunting a brave tough horse hard-but you have to respect them if you want them to last.
we used to hack our horses up to 15 miles to a meet,hunt them all day and hack them home.
With good care and good food they can take it.
Tia
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Interesting that you say that about the more "wealthy" people not caring about their hunters....because I have never ever heard any of my wealthy friends say that about their horses. Their horses are like gold-dust to them. It takes time to find or "make" a hunter and generally when they get a good one, they look after them very well.
I know a number of people with TRUE hunters.....that is their job, that is what they do...they hunt! Once the season is over, they graze and relax and chill all the way through until just before the next hunting season begins; quite unlike the horses belonging to the "less weathly" which are ridden all year round.
P.S. I use the inverted comma's purely because you made the distinction in your post.
I know a number of people with TRUE hunters.....that is their job, that is what they do...they hunt! Once the season is over, they graze and relax and chill all the way through until just before the next hunting season begins; quite unlike the horses belonging to the "less weathly" which are ridden all year round.
P.S. I use the inverted comma's purely because you made the distinction in your post.
GlamourDol
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Saying that I'd rather be a huntmans horse than a Dressage horse!
Can i ask why?
Sorry to Hijack a hunting thread but i would like to know the answer to that!
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Ereiam_jh
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Maybe she thinks poncing about in a sand school all day get's a little, well, boring?
LOL
LOL
GlamourDol
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SO the horses must have a worse life than the ones being run into the ground and stuck on a lorry at the end of a day?
Ereiam_jh
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I was only joking GD xxx
In seriousness if horses are looked after properly I am sure they can have a great life whatever discipline they are used for.
In seriousness if horses are looked after properly I am sure they can have a great life whatever discipline they are used for.
GlamourDol
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lol ok.
Just gets on my nerves when people think Dressage Horses have a [****] life.
If they did they wouldnt perform, and in all honesty i dont think anyone who has seen how they are kept could ever say they have a horrid life!
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Just gets on my nerves when people think Dressage Horses have a [****] life.
If they did they wouldnt perform, and in all honesty i dont think anyone who has seen how they are kept could ever say they have a horrid life!
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Ereiam_jh
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Once I get so I can canter ALL the way round the school without stopping then I'll start talking authoritively about dressage.
Up until that point don't take any of my pronouncements on the subject seriously.
Up until that point don't take any of my pronouncements on the subject seriously.
buckybee
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Yes i totally agree with you there, but a lot of horses might need a day off if say, they've had a month of really hard days twice a week. We hunt in quite difficult jumping country and so often horses start off the season going really well and then start stopping. I little rest is probably all most of them need. They must also get much more tired if they have a rider who is quite heavy for the size of the horse.
buckybee
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Sorry GD, didn't mean that dressage horses are badly done too! I just don't think that personally (if i was a horse - so totally sensible arguement!) I wouldn't think it was that much fun, but thats just me!
buckybee
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Yea sorry Tia, your right, it just depends if the owner is a to**er or not I suppose, and not just hunting either, I hate it when you see people do the clear round, novice, intermediate and open at unaff SJ and jump the practice fence about a million times!
My horses are pretty badly done too then really cos they have to hunt and do summer stuff, not a huge amount though. Only problem with letting them down for the summer is that it's very difficult to get them fit and slimmed off ready for cubbing, but alls good if the work is put in before the season starts.
My horses are pretty badly done too then really cos they have to hunt and do summer stuff, not a huge amount though. Only problem with letting them down for the summer is that it's very difficult to get them fit and slimmed off ready for cubbing, but alls good if the work is put in before the season starts.
fox111
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i know many people who use bute to hunt their horses but most good hunters are not 100% sound anyway so its probably best for them to have a bute or two anyway and there are far worst things going on in the world.
bensababy
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so you think its ok to bute a horse up so someone can hunt? in my opinion id class that as neglect!
If its on bute it should not be hunting.
If its on bute it should not be hunting.
Clodagh
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I wouldn't expect a horse to do more than 3 days a fortnight. I did that with my older mare, and yes she was poor and tired by March - so was I - but then she had the summer off. She worked hard but was much loved and well looked after.
This season I'm on a youngster so she has only gone one day a week and if she gets tired I pack up before the hounds. :shocked:!!
I don't think hunting horses generally are treated like machines any more than any other discipline. you get d**kheads in every sport.
This season I'm on a youngster so she has only gone one day a week and if she gets tired I pack up before the hounds. :shocked:!!
I don't think hunting horses generally are treated like machines any more than any other discipline. you get d**kheads in every sport.
Eagle_day
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I was always taught to look after my pony/horse and give my mount a rest at all opportunities. So when hounds are running you should look ahead for the best going (eg water lying in a furrow would indicate firm going). At a check, you should at least face your horse to the wind but ideally after a long run you should dismount. How many people just sit there, as if they're 'sitting on a wall' as I once heard it described?
AmyMay
Situation normal
FoxIII
Now that is possibly the funniest - or stupidest - thing I have ever, ever read on HHO. I can assure you that the hunters on my yard are absolutely sound every day that they go out, and if there is any doubt about their soundness at home they stay.
I don't know anyone that hunts an unsound horse buted up either.
Funny...........
Now that is possibly the funniest - or stupidest - thing I have ever, ever read on HHO. I can assure you that the hunters on my yard are absolutely sound every day that they go out, and if there is any doubt about their soundness at home they stay.
I don't know anyone that hunts an unsound horse buted up either.
Funny...........
fruity
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I know and have seen many a people treat their horse like s**t out hunting,one time we were coming up a steep hill and at the top was an almighty fence,next to it 2 riders were stood with their horses-turned out one had caught it's leg in barbed wire before it got to the fence,and it was bleeding badly,the local vet was out that day and soon came from the back of the field and assessed it,my mouth nearly dropped open after he'd stuck someones tail bandage on it's leg and said 'he'll be fine now carry on not much to worry about',from where i was it looked like it'd slashed a tendon or something serious anyway and i couldn't believe these people carried on the rest of the day,i swore to myself i'd never have that vet out to my horse,EVER.
AmyMay
Situation normal
Oh don't be ridiculous.
Blizzard
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I used to work at a hunting / p2p yard and NONE of our horses would hunt if they were not 100%
The first thing we always did on returning home from hunting was look after the horses, usually meaning we didnt get to sit down ourselves for a good few hours.
I think most people who hunt are like this, its only the few who think they have some image to uphold that go around talking about their horses as an 'it' and like the horse doesnt matter.
The first thing we always did on returning home from hunting was look after the horses, usually meaning we didnt get to sit down ourselves for a good few hours.
I think most people who hunt are like this, its only the few who think they have some image to uphold that go around talking about their horses as an 'it' and like the horse doesnt matter.