Is it ok to release a pony into the wild if you really, REALLY don't like it?

Once I was doing the RC challenge at Blenheim, and to top off a particularly awful day, my horse managed to catch his headcollar under the ramp spring, snap it, and run amok in the lorry park. I confess that for about 10 seconds I stood there doing nothing thinking 'that's a brown horse, no markings, no freezemark, no microchip, I could lift the ramp, drive off and no-one would know....'.
 
SpottedCat said:
Once I was doing the RC challenge at Blenheim, and to top off a particularly awful day, my horse managed to catch his headcollar under the ramp spring, snap it, and run amok in the lorry park. I confess that for about 10 seconds I stood there doing nothing thinking 'that's a brown horse, no markings, no freezemark, no microchip, I could lift the ramp, drive off and no-one would know....'.
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Lol:)

In the mayhem perhaps you could have substituted him for a different coloured one before driving off;):D
 
SpottedCat said:
Once I was doing the RC challenge at Blenheim, and to top off a particularly awful day, my horse managed to catch his headcollar under the ramp spring, snap it, and run amok in the lorry park. I confess that for about 10 seconds I stood there doing nothing thinking 'that's a brown horse, no markings, no freezemark, no microchip, I could lift the ramp, drive off and no-one would know....'.
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That's brilliant!
 
Hippona said:
A passing dog walker was treated to me shouting in his face.. 'Im gonna skin you and wear you, you shyting horrible thing':o Very BHS.
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Oh God, this is the kind of thing I dread. I turn into such a foul-mouhted SOB when I'm angry or upset. When I first tried taking Chloe out alone, she screamed the whole way round. At one point she just yanked me once too often (going for nice stuff) and I laid into her verbally. I was so ashamed, after, but I called her a effin slaaag, stupid fookin bitcch, the works. THEN I remembered that I'd passed the field neighbour's kids not long back. To this day I don't know if they heard. If they did, they were very polite.

Thing is, I know if I released mine they'd do great, apart from killing themselves over-eating!
 
or on second thoughts.. would he pass as a dartmoor hill job? you could just send him down to longleat, no chance of the little fecker finding his way home to taunt you when he had lost weight, was dehydrated and had a trail of rspca officers trying to catch it.
 
I have a TB thats up for coming.. Just had to lead the bugger with a lead rope over his poll. He's not impressed but I'm not impressed with his attitude today..

Anyway, where do I drop him off? Are we all chipping in for petrol? :D
 
SpottedCat I can top that! after a day of my mare trying to kill me at a show because I made her leave her boyfriend I decided she needed some time out so i tied her to my friends G reg horse box whilst I got my stuff ready for my next class...well how very dare I leave her there all by herself with just a haynet whilst I was in the front of the box? she broke free and decided to rampage around the car park and then load herself in to a big expensive lorry with living :( with me walking up to the box shouting "**********G pedigreee chum" i was so embarrassed I did consider disowning her then I had a fab idea I told them she was a rescue and that I was very sorry to which they replied "dont you dare shout at her" ...ok shes yours take her away please :D x
 
Ill chip in for petrol!!! Ill even buy a wagon to get rid of the buggers!!

As my horse was dragging me across the yard (all because his friend has gone to graze on a grass patch 10 metres away in full view of him chomping on his Haynet) I was not proud of the language used or the smack on the bum he got (through a heavy weight rug, don't really think he noticed, or cared) or the thoughts going through my mind of what I could do to him!!! I'm lucky really he's not a kicker, that would have been his perfect revenge for me leaving him to eat haylage!!!!
 
Can you take half of the yaks I work with too please? Bunch of mannerless pigs that they are!

I did make the boss laugh today as one horse that really doesn't like me - and the feeling is mutual - was digging his heels in and had to be dragged back to his box from the horse walker - he got every swear word known to the English language, and a few choice foreign ones too! None of it was said with a raised voice, it was a perfectly conversational tone he just got a stream of profanities thrown at him. The last time I souted at him and gave him a smack in the gut to make him walk faster next to me he shot backwards, spun and then ran backwards to his box. The horrible little sod only ever does it with me! With everyone else he walks along quite the bloomin thing!!!
 
Haha, I once spent a merry ten minutes at the end of my teather with my welsh-that-doesn't-always-catch after about an hour trying to get him (and I was in a rush to get to the bank) hurling carrots and expletives at his arse and scoring myself at how high the buck was. Didn't affect te little get at all, caught fine once I'd finished at the bank.

Mine get called all sorts, and I often plan the welshie's disappearance on the hills of his homelands and a nice insurance claim on his behalf. Doesn't mean I love him any less mind you ;)
 
Last Friday as mine was planted in the middle of the forest one hour and twenty minutes into what should be a ten minute walk up the road, I very nearly got off and left her there ... Figured she'd probably know her way home from there though :rolleyes:
 
Can I add a disgraceful veteran to the mix? At 13.3hh and 32 years old he refuses to be left in the field alone without squealing like a pig but then he also refuses to stay in his stable.

He's taken the sliding door off more times than I care to remember and is now living behind bars and MDF. YO wants to get him an Alcatraz sign!!!

He also splatted me in the mud the other week by dragging me and then hid behind my ever loving and dopey 17hh. I drove home wrapped in a towel!!!! GRRR
 
Following what was possibly the worst dressage test ever performed (it got 27%, my darling horse refused to go near A or C, spooked at every marker, did his ministry of silly walks/trots/canters and pissed off with me twice. And then he stopped for a piss in the free walk.) my younger self reached the stage by the salute of wanting to clobber him about the head with a hammer. To prevent the need for the RSPCA to be called, I got off and walked off as soon as we'd exited, abandoning him by the arena. Funnily enogh, no one came to claim him... Mum had to do a mercy run and collect him.
 
The way my children are acting today, perhaps they could be set free with all these lovely ponies? Then they can check whether they are warm / not eating too much/ trying to find their way home?
 
god hope my Mum doesn't see this...

my supposedly crippled, geriatric, retired TB decided to try his damndest to double barrel the vet today- cue another visit next week to give him the damn injections when he's been dosed with sedalin :o

after he ran her over in an escape bid to the field the other morning, still in his stable rug, jaunting around the yard refusing to be caught, I strongly suspect he might be bunged on a wagon in disgrace, either to Aberdeen, or she might try releasing him with you lot... it's a toss up :( lol


(glad the bugger's feeling well though- sorry mum haha :D:D:D )
 
I feel like I should add a disclaimer incase my horse reads this... I love you really and please be well behaved tomorrow morning!!

Well you know just in case.....!!!!!
 
Lol at all of these - mind you my alltime favourite horse was bought from the sales as a 'dumpee' , must be about 40+ years ago - I remember seeing him in the pen and bid for him on a whim thinking I wouldn't be lucky enough. I was the only bidder and when I went to collect him I only had one headcollar and rope - as I walked away the man yelled after me - Oi you, what about the others...... Turns out I bought a job lot, not so much a BOGOF but BOG6F. Oh the wonders of baling twine. Looped it up, made a running headcollar and lead rope and walked off down the road with them in tow - all walked perfectly to the yard and field.
 
Ha ha I love this thread; fantastic.

I remember having a pony here in my yard on livery a few years back and yes, of ALL the ponies that I really DID have a serious temptation about to ring kennels, that was the one. Horrid, wicked, evil creature. It only stayed here a month though thank god. The owner wasn't any better either.

We've all been there, for sure...... but having had my boy come back to me TWICE after being on loan (not his fault I have to say) after I'd decided to kiss goodbye to his great hairy @rse - I reckon I'm stuck with his great big expensive presence for ever now.

Bless 'im, I do love him, really (I think....???). But there's no way I could release him into the wild - his ugly face is far too well known around here and wherever he was in the world he'd find himself back here pronto for supper time. Nope, it just wouldn't work unfortunately.
 
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