If you could talk to your horse...

I'd tell B that I love her and thank her for taking charge when we jump because I am not brave, I'd tell her not to change a thing and that I would be privilaged if she will live with us for the rest of her life. I would ask her what she wants changing and if she agrees with me selling I or not.

I'd tell I that I do love her but she is just too much for me and she needs to go and have a career rather than being wasted with me. I would tell her that she must be a good girl and be brave so that her new people will love her and keep her forever.

I would simply tell Lottie thank you and ask her to please enjoy her semi retirement, tell me when you are ready angel and I will let you go but there is no hurry. When you go please watch over B and me.
 
I would thank FB for just being him

Ari would get the standard 'teenager lecture' - Wake up! Do your job! Look at me when I am talking to you (riding) Are you LISTENING to me?? WTF was that buck for you little *****e? I KNOW you CAN canter on the correct leg, you are just being awkward... Do you want me to put spurs on? WAKE UP!!!!!
 
I would say

'J your are one hell of a DUDE' and I think he would say 'Im a dude and it's good to be a dude isn't it' :D

I would also say thank you to him for always trying his hardest for me and that I'm very proud of him and that he is my best friend.

He would say that his life is fun, this I know because he is a very cheeky, happy and playful horse.
 
I'd ask him if he was happy, in any pain, and if he wanted anything changing. I'd also tell him how much I love him and how he's never going to be sold and is going to see out the rest of his days with me :) then give him a great big hug!
 
I would like to be able to reason with my TB, and explain that all the things I do are all entirely for his benefit.

I'd like to tell my youngster to keep his stable a little tidier!
 
I'd like to explain to the Black Git that if he'd just play the game life would be brilliant. Rather than having a chain/bridle/chifney on when led anywhere just in case he decides to do a runner. Just because he can.
Everyone who rides him thinks he's wonderful. I can't ride him, so I only get the trouble, and its hard to see through that. I talk to him sometimes and ask him to just see it our way, but he's 16 and he knows better. Maybe in time.
 
First I'd tell Paddy that I love him to bits

Then I'd tell him that , because he's been soo good i'm going to try to stick with him , even though i think he's too big and too young for me to cope with and that the thought of him not being loved and cared for like i love and care for him is just too sickening to think about.

Then i'm going to tell him FOR GODS SAKE GROW UP AND STOP MUCKING ABOUT111
 
I'd tell my share horse, Jeeves that he is a dude, and that I love him loads.

I'd ask him if he has any pains anywhere and if his tack fits. What saddlepad fits better?

Ask him not to worry when we hack out on our own - drains and tractors won't attack you - promise! Say we have to do the road work to get to the lovely heath where we can have some fun!

Ask him what he did to his leg last tuesday to make him lame (the owner wouldn't get the vet :rolleyes: )

Ask why he insists on chewing his lead rope ALL THE TIME! It's so annoying. You know it will end up with me telling you off!

Why are you so lazy sometimes? Does anything hurt?



And if he could answer back...I'm rich!! :D
 
but we talk all the time, every morning, every time i ride, every time i go into the field to ask 'are you ok' we talk all the time, and they ask me 'are you ok mom' and i say 'yes as long as i have you'

you only have to let go of the world around and listen and you will hear
 
I'd tell the boy, I love him to bits, he's the best pony we've ever had, but will you please please please start picking your feet up over the last fence!!!
 
Aside from the love yous and if he's happy

I would tell mine that the more he tries to turn for home, the longer our hack will get. And that I've already cleared the fields of any horse eating monsters :rolleyes:

He can look at the mares all he wants but nothings going to happen.

And if we're doing a dressage test in our posh clothes, I'd really appreciate it if he could hold on until we're finished before stopping dead for a poo.

And suncream on your nose is not the worse thing in the world, despite what the other horses say.

I'd also ask him if when he saw me getting his headcollar to bring in, if he would be so kind as to whinny and canter over straight away, especially if I'm with somebody. I'd promise him a carrot in return :D

Even though I turn to jelly when we leave the floor, jumps are nothing to be scared of and it's all my fault which I'm very sorry for and trying to work on it.

And lastly, I'd ask if he could please stop pooing against his walls.


If he would talk back he probably ask why I've reduced the amount of treats in his ball, or why I insist on cleaning his face when its mucky.
 
I do talk to mine all the time!!!

Every night when I leave the yard I give mine a carrot each and say 'night. I love you' (I really should check no one is around as I guess I look slightly mad)

I tell my horse who is currently recovering from a fractured leg, how special and precious he is, and that he has to continue being sensible until its all better. I frequently remind him that rearing is not a good plan. When he had to stay cross tied at the vets for 10 weeks, we'd tel him we love him every day when we visited. Every time we head off for a hack without him, I tell him he is so nearly better, and he will be coming with us again very soon.

I tell my pony how well I look after him and how much I give up for him, and all I ask in return is that he looks after me when we're out hacking. I keep telling him that when something scares him he should trust that I will protect him, and spinning at speed and buggering off the other way isn't necessary! I also tell him he is pretty when he doesn't have his ears back.

I also tell my friends new addition, a little nervous pony that has only been with us for 2 or so weeks, that he doesn't have to worry anymore and that we will all love him to death and no one will ever hurt him where he is now. Its lovely that he's starting to believe us too.
 
I'm another one who would ask if there was any pain anywhere and if her tack was comfortable.

I would also like to know how I could improve my riding.

And I would also like to know what makes her so jumpy if I so much as raise my hand or voice .....despite me never hitting her or getting cross with her after nearly 18 months of having her.....
 
Please tell me why you don't like my daughter riding when she is in fact the better rider and why you are an absolute angel for me?

Can you please perform dressage like Totilas?

Where does it hurt?

What are we doing wrong?

How would you like to be looked after?

Do you love me?
 
I have 2 horses, and I'd have toilets installed in their stables, and tell them how to use them, and how to flush!!! I'd also tell them that there is no need to spook at anything, and that even if i'm 10 mins late in the mornings feeding, not to throw their feed buckets out the window in protest, as it takes longer for them to get fed, as I have to go get the feed buckets, and I'd def tell them I love them, and while they are here, I wont let anything bad happen to them. xxx
 
1. Stop going through the electric fence...its getting me into trouble.

2. If at all possible could you give me a sign/signal some kind of warning before you do you're Tigger impression again, I know everyone else looking thinks its funny but mum's older now, doesn't bounce so well and is frankly NOT enjoying it!

3. We can't jump every time we ride, sorry... I'm trying to be the sensible one, you're 23yrs old and jumping a pole on the floor by 2 foot then bucking afterwards is not good for your legs... and NO I'm not putting it up bigger.

4. Please don't scratch your bum on the stable and put dirty marks all over the white patch on your bottom exactly 30 seconds after a bath, I know you're not a girly mare but its nice to be clean once in a while.

5. Thankyou for being the sweetest mare and for teaching me so much over these past 18 years, sorry I call you an old trout sometimes, its meant affectionately and I'm pretty sure you've called me worse (particularly at bath times).

6. Let me know when you've had enough, I'll put the saddle away and you can munch in the field to you're hearts content but you'll still have to have a bath occasionally (sorry)
 
I would tell him that he means the world to me and I will never put him in a situation where I know he will be hurt. I love him to bits even if the girls on the yard don't and when they pull the chain round you nose for no reason you are allowed to kick or bite them as much as you want as you don't deserve that. I would say thank you for being so good with my mum so that she is now confident enough to handle you. If you would just walk in the trailer then that would be great as we can then go out and have fun and as I said above nothing will hurt you in there. Well done for trusting me with the jumping thing I hope you find it as fun as I do now. Well done for coming as far as you have with your flat work but I would love for you to be a bit more trusting of a contact as you will never be forced to work in ways you find uncomfortable again and if you could avoid the giraffe impressions that occasionally still pop up then that would be great. As much as I love your silly games from earlier please don't tell me you have tons of energy then have none when I take you to let it off. The fly mask is to keep the flys off of you and to stop your nose getting burnt not for a game of hide and seek and its not a race to see if you can have it off before I leave you little monkey. Other than that I hope you are happy and enjoying your new lifestyle and you are comfortable in your work and if not is there anything I can change? But most of all I love you to bits you cheeky little monkey you make me smile an laugh everyday.
What would he say back..... I think he would just laugh as he power trotted across the fields with me and tell me I provide him good entertainment from time to time and hopefully that he has fun with me, trusts me and loves me.
 
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I would tell my mare not to be such a prude! and that being stabled in between 2 stallions is not such a bad thing, and to hurry up and come into season!
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I'd tell my girl quite the opposite - to stop being such a tart, and that every horse does NOT have to become her new toyboy, and to hurry up and finish her season! :mad:

I'd also ask her to kindly stop mashing her manure it the smallest particles possible, to cease leaving one poo intact in her horselix tub, and whether by any chance she has any springbok in her heritage?

Then I'd tell her she's indeed my dream gal and to continue being a bit challenging while we progress as it's so much more fun that way! :cool:
 
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I'd ask her what happened to her with her previous owners and what they did to her (shes a rescue pony and was abuse) i'd tell her that i love her millions and that i would never sell her and that she will be with me now for the rest of her life (and my life!). I would tell her that picking her back feet up really wont result in her keeling over and dying and that water and things that are wet really arnt going to kill her!
I would also ask her if she had any aches and pains anywhere and if i was too heavy to ride her. I would also ask if she could work in a nice outline when i school her and that refusing jumps and throwing mummy out of the side door isnt very kind and that it would be much easier to just jump the jumps.
Also that she means the world to me and i hope that she enjoys the her life because i try and give her the best i can. :D
Oh and also that i would never do anything on purpose to hurt her, and that bombing isnt really what shes supposed to do when i ask for canter, we do that when we are loose schooled or in the field playing!xxx
 
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I'd say: Thanks for being brilliant with me, the friends, their kids, the boys and everyone else who wants to sit on a big horse.

Then if I got another chance: Would you mind going a bit faster?
 
To the big grey one I would say "Why do you panic when you are left in the stable on your own? Please calm down and chill - it's your home, you are safe in it and no-one has forgotten you. Sometimes you need to stay in but it is never for very long. And can you just please stop rubbing your tail and watch where you are putting your feet."

To the small brown one I would say "If you don't stop stuffing yourself with grass you will end up with sore feet again and have to stay in your box for weeks with practically no hay! And while we are about it, stop bucking with your riders in the school - they don't like it, it puts them off and then they don't want to ride you any more!"
 
I chatter to mine all the time, moved yard recently and the others think I'm nuts. My horses are healthy and well cared for so now I've been there a little while they have decided I'm nuts but harmless!! (I caught one of the others talking to my youngster the other day!!)
 
Gosh, I must be really weird because I do talk to my horse and always have done. I tell her what I'm cooking for dinner later, tell her that she's a silly old sausage, that she is more loved than she will ever know, that the vet is coming to see her tomorrow (or whenever) and so on. I always tell her if a horse she knows is leaving or being put down and if I have to be away, that person X is looking after her and I'll be back in Y number of days. In return she asks me to scratch her itchy bits and is very specific about where they are, that she wants in or she wants out, that she is ready for her haynet, wants to go to the toilet if she is tied up outside her stable, that I'm a mean mummy when she has to do things she doesn't really want to (takes my wrist in her teeth gently), wants my attention if she feels I am ignoring her (tugs on my clothes), that she loves me (leans her head against my chest) and that actually, she would prefer it if I just left now please! I can't imagine not talking to my animals :)
 
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