I hate winter, and I'm not too fond of my horse...

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Tiddlypom said:
What on earth :eek3:?? A disembodied hand? A muddy limb? What's been going on?
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That's my leg!

be positive said:
I guess someone pushed you over in the mud, naughty boy I hope he was apologetic and not too pleased with himself.
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He wasn't in the least bit sorry. Having pushed me over, he then stood on my jacket, pinning me to the ground, and proceeded to frisk me for polos. Every time I swore at him - he fluttered his nostrils at me!
 
Auslander said:
That's my leg!



He wasn't in the least bit sorry. Having pushed me over, he then stood on my jacket, pinning me to the ground, and proceeded to frisk me for polos. Every time I swore at him - he fluttered his nostrils at me!
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I'm really sorry but after a bad day, poorly guinea pig, this made me giggle.
 
At least they're right outside your house so you didn't have to drive home like that?

Bright side? Well... Slightly less muddy. :)
 
Oh dear, haven't we all been there! I bet the air was blue! I so don't miss this aspect of winter. It is only November too :(
 
Auslander said:
That's my leg!



He wasn't in the least bit sorry. Having pushed me over, he then stood on my jacket, pinning me to the ground, and proceeded to frisk me for polos. Every time I swore at him - he fluttered his nostrils at me!
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Auslander, I think you need to take up some form of 'natural horsemanship' whereby the above qualifies as a huge leap forward in the bond between you and your horse :D
 
I'm so sorry but when I saw this, I couldn't stop laughing.

The same will probably happen to me at some point this year, as punishment.

After managing to reconcile, have you considered a career as a diplomat? I'm not sure I would forgive so easily :-P
 
Sniggering quietly but with sympathy - been there, done that...

Best one at current yard was when I slipped and went right under horse when bringing in. He stood there like a rock, looking very worried, while I scrambled up.

However, worse one was at my old yard when the YO's dog spooked my horse while I was tightening my girth, so knee up in front of saddle. He shot across the yard, hit the field gate which miraculously opened and dumped me in about a foot of mud and water on a cold January day, before beggaring off up the field fully tacked up. After a 14 mile drive home, cold and muddy and cold and very muddy and did I mention cold, after wading through the mud to catch, untack and rug him, I learnt to keep a spare set of clothes in the car.

However, there is usually a silver lining and mine was that for some reason the fall completely fixed my painful frozen shoulder and it has been fine ever since!

I reckon that if you didn't get a faceful or hairful of mud that is your silver lining!
 
Mine once pushed me face down into mud.....this was whilst I could not move due to being stuck in it......result was mud in face, hair and front of me......humiliation when I dragged it(Cob) into yard....due to a lot of sniggering from my so called yard friends....one even offered to hose me down:(
 
I feel for you.

I have been there, although mine didn't even have the decency to stay with me, he bogged off and hit me with the mud that had been compacted in his hooves, but flew off as he made his getaway. I think that sound of me yelling 'you utter sod!' echoed throughout the valley. :o It was then that I discovered that horses can look smug. Very smug indeed. Grrrr.
 
Got the 22 year old school master in last night who is usually an absolute gent.

Never have I seen such gymnastics from him. Pirouetting, bucking, rearing, boxing. It was entirely high jinx and because once I realised I had no chance of holding onto him (and neither did I want a hoof to the face), he proceeded to bog off for a good gallop round the field, round the yard and then to the nice green grass near his mates field!

Agree with Faracat at the smug look they can have....

At least however.... I didn't get covered I mud heheh :D
 
Why do they wait till it's really muddy before they start to play up when you are bringing them in? My normally gentlemanly horse took off last night leaving me stuck in the mud. He then proceeded to be a total git to catch and the love had completely gone by the time I had retrieved him. Bringing in is the very worst job as on an incline, clay and very very muddy. I also had to bring in my friends 2 equally large horses. It is only a matter of time before one of us ends up face down in the mud...and join you auslander in the cold walk of doom home! (Or in my filthy muddy doggy paw covered jeep..)
 
Sooo much on this thread I can relate to, wind, rain, and mud seem to bring out the devil in even the nicest horses!
 
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