SAMgirl
Well-Known Member
HI All!
This is prob going to end up pretty long winded, apologies in advance, but...
My horse is a bit cheeky, but very well behaved. He managed to escape from my field, into this persons field (person X). The fence wasn't down so he probably just jumped over.
There were no horses in there so he would just have been very contented eating the lovely rich grass (because he's a pig).
Anyway, X comes down first thing, sees my horse in their top field, decides (don't know why) to move him, so catches him leads him through the 3 other fields and by all intents and purposes turns him loose on the road?!?!?!
My friend arrives shortly after; sees my horse loose on the road, panics and blocks him in. Shouts to X for a head collar or something, but X disappeared.
Then I arrive few mins later and was really quite distressed, but put him away, and can't really do anything, so feed the other horses and try to calm down.
By this time X phones my OH leaving a message that we might want to hurry down to the stables because X has turned the horse loose on the road because he was in their field.
Obviously I didn't get the message because I had already put him away at this point.
Later that day, X reappears and my OH goes to speak to X, and X was just pointing effing and blinding at me (i was sat in the car), so I got out,
I will confess I was mad, I was really mad, but I like to think I am capable of expressing my anger at those actions without swearing or going anywhere near the person.
I pointed out that on not one, but 2 occasions when her horses got loose (from their stables, because she "forgot to shut the door") I put them back in!!
Anyway, the long and short of it is, X ran at me, past my OH, and hit me in the face, so i called the police.
We are going to court in about 2 weeks, and the police seem quite confident that they will get a conviction, as there were witnesses that saw X just fly at me!
Also X has previous complaints about this kind of behavior.
I just wondered what everyones perception was of the ILPH loan scheme. I only ask because:
X has 3 (had 5- but one got PTS from laminitis) horses/ponies on loan from the ILPH, and one horse from HAPPA.
X is about 65+ years old, I think the ILPH is irresponsible giving so many to one elderly person.
Every single horse (from 16.3hh old mare, 15.2hh tb x 7yr old and the ponies have all had lami AT LEAST once each last summer - hence one getting PTS and then picked up another from the ILPH a few weeks later?!
The inspector comes down, once a blue moon for about 10mins and looks them over, and of course they look okay (they're not skinny rescue cases) but IMO the carers lack of knowledge, and TBH ignorance, is causing the horses unnecessary suffering.
The inspector doesn't see them walk, which is fortunate for X, because they can only really shuffle on their back feet.
I think the ILPH has a responsibility to AT LEAST educate the carer on the dangers of overfeeding, particularly ponies!!
I cannot understand why the ILPH have no contact with the vet treating the horses for lami, because the ILPH still retain ownership.
I just wondered how the people who donate money to these charities, would feel if they knew this situation.
I appreciate these circumstances are rare, but I am just so mad at the moment!!
I am awaiting a response from the ILPH, because a journalist contacted me, wanting me to sell my story, so I would like to see what their response is first.
Sorry well done to the survivors!!
This is prob going to end up pretty long winded, apologies in advance, but...
My horse is a bit cheeky, but very well behaved. He managed to escape from my field, into this persons field (person X). The fence wasn't down so he probably just jumped over.
There were no horses in there so he would just have been very contented eating the lovely rich grass (because he's a pig).
Anyway, X comes down first thing, sees my horse in their top field, decides (don't know why) to move him, so catches him leads him through the 3 other fields and by all intents and purposes turns him loose on the road?!?!?!
My friend arrives shortly after; sees my horse loose on the road, panics and blocks him in. Shouts to X for a head collar or something, but X disappeared.
Then I arrive few mins later and was really quite distressed, but put him away, and can't really do anything, so feed the other horses and try to calm down.
By this time X phones my OH leaving a message that we might want to hurry down to the stables because X has turned the horse loose on the road because he was in their field.
Obviously I didn't get the message because I had already put him away at this point.
Later that day, X reappears and my OH goes to speak to X, and X was just pointing effing and blinding at me (i was sat in the car), so I got out,
I will confess I was mad, I was really mad, but I like to think I am capable of expressing my anger at those actions without swearing or going anywhere near the person.
I pointed out that on not one, but 2 occasions when her horses got loose (from their stables, because she "forgot to shut the door") I put them back in!!
Anyway, the long and short of it is, X ran at me, past my OH, and hit me in the face, so i called the police.
We are going to court in about 2 weeks, and the police seem quite confident that they will get a conviction, as there were witnesses that saw X just fly at me!
Also X has previous complaints about this kind of behavior.
I just wondered what everyones perception was of the ILPH loan scheme. I only ask because:
X has 3 (had 5- but one got PTS from laminitis) horses/ponies on loan from the ILPH, and one horse from HAPPA.
X is about 65+ years old, I think the ILPH is irresponsible giving so many to one elderly person.
Every single horse (from 16.3hh old mare, 15.2hh tb x 7yr old and the ponies have all had lami AT LEAST once each last summer - hence one getting PTS and then picked up another from the ILPH a few weeks later?!
The inspector comes down, once a blue moon for about 10mins and looks them over, and of course they look okay (they're not skinny rescue cases) but IMO the carers lack of knowledge, and TBH ignorance, is causing the horses unnecessary suffering.
The inspector doesn't see them walk, which is fortunate for X, because they can only really shuffle on their back feet.
I think the ILPH has a responsibility to AT LEAST educate the carer on the dangers of overfeeding, particularly ponies!!
I cannot understand why the ILPH have no contact with the vet treating the horses for lami, because the ILPH still retain ownership.
I just wondered how the people who donate money to these charities, would feel if they knew this situation.
I appreciate these circumstances are rare, but I am just so mad at the moment!!
I am awaiting a response from the ILPH, because a journalist contacted me, wanting me to sell my story, so I would like to see what their response is first.
Sorry well done to the survivors!!
