hackinharry
Well-Known Member
Well!! what an eventful week!! Sold the little horse to the second viewer, after passing the vet with flying colours, I was all smug with myself having one less for a while (I have a project in over the winter to bring on and sell) and sooner than I thought!! Whoopee I think I'll have a little holiday, stick hubby's cob and my lad in full livery for a week and go away.....Hmmmm shouldn't have thought that!
Our next door neighbour, not very horsey but thinks he knows it all bought a welsh cob colt from the sales last october and put it in with the 2 shetties he has, all went o.k until the colt got the measure of him. The cute foal has now grown into a very stroppy young man, and I was horrified one day when the chap let the colt rear up and put it's front feet on his shoulders, the colt was around 8 months at the time, I said this was NOT a good idea and to stop him doing it and get him leading and well mannered, only to be told I didn't know what I was talking about he was doing "natural horsemanship" (I've never seen it done like that and I've been to some demos too) and "bonding" with the colt.
It all came to a head yesterday when the colt knocked him down and trampled him.....he now doesn't want the animal and labelled him dangerous, mind you it was a bluudy good job hubby was fixing our trough and saw it happen and gave the colt a ruddy good wallop and sent him off.
The colt is now in one of my stables - he's really a rather nice looking animal -on the handing over of £50!!!!!! We've had a session to establish that he DOES NOT step over the mark with us -schooling whip across the belly on the first rear, the second rear got the same, he hasn't tried it since! sounds cruel but we need control, and he looks alot happier already, vet is being rung monday to lop his little man bits off,he's nice but not stallion potential.
So there you go, bang goes my holiday!!
Our next door neighbour, not very horsey but thinks he knows it all bought a welsh cob colt from the sales last october and put it in with the 2 shetties he has, all went o.k until the colt got the measure of him. The cute foal has now grown into a very stroppy young man, and I was horrified one day when the chap let the colt rear up and put it's front feet on his shoulders, the colt was around 8 months at the time, I said this was NOT a good idea and to stop him doing it and get him leading and well mannered, only to be told I didn't know what I was talking about he was doing "natural horsemanship" (I've never seen it done like that and I've been to some demos too) and "bonding" with the colt.
It all came to a head yesterday when the colt knocked him down and trampled him.....he now doesn't want the animal and labelled him dangerous, mind you it was a bluudy good job hubby was fixing our trough and saw it happen and gave the colt a ruddy good wallop and sent him off.
The colt is now in one of my stables - he's really a rather nice looking animal -on the handing over of £50!!!!!! We've had a session to establish that he DOES NOT step over the mark with us -schooling whip across the belly on the first rear, the second rear got the same, he hasn't tried it since! sounds cruel but we need control, and he looks alot happier already, vet is being rung monday to lop his little man bits off,he's nice but not stallion potential.
So there you go, bang goes my holiday!!
