emma69
Well-Known Member
I'll keep this brief.
I have never beaten a horse but I have intervened a fair few times. I've taken crops off people and snapped them in half. I will speak up.
However, I know that one person's 'beating the ****' is another person's give it a smack. I was once called over to a school because 'the rider was beating seven shades out of their horse' - the culprit was a 5 year old child with a handy bat, smacking her pony every time it went to eat grass, as had she got into a tug of war she would have been pulled over his neck. Yes grass reins were the solution but as an immediate fix, was it really 'beating seven shades'? Do I tend to be a little wary of other people's potential over reactions.
Had I been in the car I would have stopped. I know because I have stopped to assist riders having problems before. If I was slightly suspicious I might stay in the car and offer to call her yard etc. On one occasion I drove behind a horse all the way to her yard as cars kept whizzing up behind and freaking the horse out for example. There is no way I would have driven on.
As for 'work clothes' how lame. I once caught a loose horse in a pencil skirt and heels.
If the rider was genuinely abusing the horse I would have been non confontational and got the pair back to the yard before saying anything. I've seen people fall off for the first time and it can scare the poop out of them. not an excuse but a reason. It is also damn scary being off a horse, with no control (bits are not typically designed to be effective from the ground) and a scared / naughty horse will pull. I will not $&@) around with half a ton of horse flesh in oncoming traffic. If I need to smack it on the butt to get it over to the verge I will.
The person who said 'you don't think quick enough to be logical in a crisis' well, all I can say is I wouldn't want you around in an emergency. There are plenty of us who can react quickly (like emergency service staff for example) and logically, and evaluate our own safety first and foremost.
I can see things from a numberof points of view. Without knowing more that's all I can say.
I have never beaten a horse but I have intervened a fair few times. I've taken crops off people and snapped them in half. I will speak up.
However, I know that one person's 'beating the ****' is another person's give it a smack. I was once called over to a school because 'the rider was beating seven shades out of their horse' - the culprit was a 5 year old child with a handy bat, smacking her pony every time it went to eat grass, as had she got into a tug of war she would have been pulled over his neck. Yes grass reins were the solution but as an immediate fix, was it really 'beating seven shades'? Do I tend to be a little wary of other people's potential over reactions.
Had I been in the car I would have stopped. I know because I have stopped to assist riders having problems before. If I was slightly suspicious I might stay in the car and offer to call her yard etc. On one occasion I drove behind a horse all the way to her yard as cars kept whizzing up behind and freaking the horse out for example. There is no way I would have driven on.
As for 'work clothes' how lame. I once caught a loose horse in a pencil skirt and heels.
If the rider was genuinely abusing the horse I would have been non confontational and got the pair back to the yard before saying anything. I've seen people fall off for the first time and it can scare the poop out of them. not an excuse but a reason. It is also damn scary being off a horse, with no control (bits are not typically designed to be effective from the ground) and a scared / naughty horse will pull. I will not $&@) around with half a ton of horse flesh in oncoming traffic. If I need to smack it on the butt to get it over to the verge I will.
The person who said 'you don't think quick enough to be logical in a crisis' well, all I can say is I wouldn't want you around in an emergency. There are plenty of us who can react quickly (like emergency service staff for example) and logically, and evaluate our own safety first and foremost.
I can see things from a numberof points of view. Without knowing more that's all I can say.
