Lady, One Week After The Move

OP - There's nothing the HHO mob likes more than a teenager to pick on. Well done for asking for advice and don't let this place put you off doing so in the future. Mob - hope your "one of the gang" feelings are not in the least marred by the fact you've had a go at a kid! I'm sure they're not.
 
Bloody hell, I wish I had read this thread earlier.

I offered J help before and she didn't want it, which is fine. I monitored Lady as I knew where she was and I drive past the field regularly. I must say that Lady photographs badly and at no point have I had to contact J and say OI THIS HAS TO STOP. The field she was in was less than ideal for sure, the grass was not abundant, however, most every time I went past there WAS hay or haylage (cannot tell from a distance) present or evidence that it HAD been there. There were also usually feed bowls there too.

It is NOT J's fault that her friend let her down...easy enough to say that she should be there at all hours but anyone with a busy life knows that that is not always possible. There was concern a month or so ago about Lady, but I knew first hand that she was being well guided and taking everything into hand...hence the change of location.

Lady's confo is poor, and now she is older she won't ever look like a show horse and, due to her poor confo, I would not want to see her heavy as I think it would cause distress.

J loves her horse and yes, she may not be a nutritional expert but when you rely on others to feed for you you can only do so much.

I won't sit quietly and listen to all the outpourings of hate, it sucks. Give constructive crit but saying that you would remove a horse is utterly wrong.
 
skewby said:
OP - There's nothing the HHO mob likes more than a teenager to pick on. Well done for asking for advice and don't let this place put you off doing so in the future. Mob - hope your "one of the gang" feelings are not in the least marred by the fact you've had a go at a kid! I'm sure they're not.
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Just to say i'm 19 also, and if i posted photos of my horse looking like this i would more than expect a reaction like this one!!

Glad your trying to get things in hand Jadine, that's really fab. Hope we see some photos of her looking very well soon, then you just need to work on keeping the weight on :)
 
I see the 'if it's not the size of a hippopotamus it's emaciated' brigade are at it again. ;)

Lady is far from emaciated and by the sounds of it Jade is doing something to help with her weight. She looks better after 1 week!! Imagine how great she will look in a month.
 
Weezy said:
Bloody hell, I wish I had read this thread earlier.

I offered J help before and she didn't want it, which is fine. I monitored Lady as I knew where she was and I drive past the field regularly. I must say that Lady photographs badly and at no point have I had to contact J and say OI THIS HAS TO STOP. The field she was in was less than ideal for sure, the grass was not abundant, however, most every time I went past there WAS hay or haylage (cannot tell from a distance) present or evidence that it HAD been there. There were also usually feed bowls there too.

It is NOT J's fault that her friend let her down...easy enough to say that she should be there at all hours but anyone with a busy life knows that that is not always possible. There was concern a month or so ago about Lady, but I knew first hand that she was being well guided and taking everything into hand...hence the change of location.

Lady's confo is poor, and now she is older she won't ever look like a show horse and, due to her poor confo, I would not want to see her heavy as I think it would cause distress.

J loves her horse and yes, she may not be a nutritional expert but when you rely on others to feed for you you can only do so much.

I won't sit quietly and listen to all the outpourings of hate, it sucks. Give constructive crit but saying that you would remove a horse is utterly wrong.
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Finally!

Thanks for putting it better than I could have,
 
skewby said:
OP - There's nothing the HHO mob likes more than a teenager to pick on. Well done for asking for advice and don't let this place put you off doing so in the future. Mob - hope your "one of the gang" feelings are not in the least marred by the fact you've had a go at a kid! I'm sure they're not.
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The OP is 19 years old, classes as an adult. Over time, various offers of help have been given, and the OP has neither bothered or ignored. The MOB then, has lost patience, and cannot be arsed with skirting over things anymore.
 
i think people on here seem to over react and go off the subject alot... jades showing her mare IMPROVING condition and yes i can understand why some people would crit shes skinny in the first pic but im sure she wouldt mind about a few people critting etc but theres a differents between that and being so d@mn right rude!
by saying rude nasty thoughtless comments wheres it going to get the mare? no where, just makes people feel bad about themselves. im pretty sure jade loves this mare more than anything so i highy expect shes trying her hardest and not making excuses about her feeding etc, and theres so many worse things happening to horses in the world and some people feel the need to have a petty arugement over a post thats showing jades doing GOOD! and trying her very best to improve her condition...
 
Good luck Jade, just keep us updated and more photos if you are brave enough. I have to admire the fact that you never get angry or resentful and conduct yourself in a very mature manner. I hope Ladey is improving even more.
 
Weezy said:
Bloody hell, I wish I had read this thread earlier.

I offered J help before and she didn't want it, which is fine. I monitored Lady as I knew where she was and I drive past the field regularly. I must say that Lady photographs badly and at no point have I had to contact J and say OI THIS HAS TO STOP. The field she was in was less than ideal for sure, the grass was not abundant, however, most every time I went past there WAS hay or haylage (cannot tell from a distance) present or evidence that it HAD been there. There were also usually feed bowls there too.

It is NOT J's fault that her friend let her down...easy enough to say that she should be there at all hours but anyone with a busy life knows that that is not always possible. There was concern a month or so ago about Lady, but I knew first hand that she was being well guided and taking everything into hand...hence the change of location.

Lady's confo is poor, and now she is older she won't ever look like a show horse and, due to her poor confo, I would not want to see her heavy as I think it would cause distress.

J loves her horse and yes, she may not be a nutritional expert but when you rely on others to feed for you you can only do so much.

I won't sit quietly and listen to all the outpourings of hate, it sucks. Give constructive crit but saying that you would remove a horse is utterly wrong.
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Amen to that.
 
If my 20 year old looked like this I have to say I would have my friends causing me some serious physical harm jade.

There is no excuse what so ever for the way your mare looks. That didnt happen in a week that took Weeks and if I took a rug off one of mines, and they looked like that they would have been straight in a stable on good feeding. and I would have been putting bales out in the field for them.

Another recommendation for buckets of veteran vitality, and oil. also get a multivit with a decent level of selenium for the oil
 
As most of you will know I'm good friends with Jadine and I've tried to support her as much as possible but I'm about ready to give up as I've just read that Lady was taken out on a hack a few days ago.

Hopefully someone else can offer he some more advice as I don't know what to suggest anymore.
 
equestrianabbie said:
As most of you will know I'm good friends with Jadine and I've tried to support her as much as possible but I'm about ready to give up as I've just read that Lady was taken out on a hack a few days ago.

Hopefully someone else can offer he some more advice as I don't know what to suggest anymore.
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Clearly the good advice that was offered to her on here wasnt taken into account, i feel for this mare. Shame.
 
equestrianabbie said:
As most of you will know I'm good friends with Jadine and I've tried to support her as much as possible but I'm about ready to give up as I've just read that Lady was taken out on a hack a few days ago.

Hopefully someone else can offer he some more advice as I don't know what to suggest anymore.
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Very sorry to read this and I'm afraid if that is true it's just confirmed the negative reactions were warranted. She obviously hasn't listened and thinks more about herself than the poor horse. :( Lets hope this is one time that the authorities do step in and take action.
 
equestrianabbie said:
As most of you will know I'm good friends with Jadine and I've tried to support her as much as possible but I'm about ready to give up as I've just read that Lady was taken out on a hack a few days ago.

Hopefully someone else can offer he some more advice as I don't know what to suggest anymore.
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That is a real shame. Some people like to present their problems and when others try to help they make all the right noises but take no notice. Poor mare. :(
 
Oh no!

That has literally made me deflate. Surely now is the time to report her to the rspca. that horse cannot be hacked, look at it, its not fair.
 
I sent her a text to see what she said about it but I couldn't get much from her. I'm putting a lot on the line posting this as we're good friends but I thought things would get better and they aren't. I just don't know what to suggest anymore.
 
Again then. i know the RSPCA are rubbish but its worth a try, anything to get this horse away.

EA... you arent a bad friend. if this was my mate then id have done much worse. she obviously doesnt love the horse at all, can you imagine how its suffering?
 
Unfortunately some horses geuninely are hard to get weight onto. Especially one who is older, and after such a hard winter. Plus I believe it has been mentioned in previous threads that the mare wouldn't be stabled.
There are pictures on the OP's HHO profiley thing with the mare looking fab.
As I said in my previous post, I wish the OP the best of luck this winter, armed with the feeding advice of the forum. Hopefully she will keep ontop of the mares weight.
As Weezy said, if your relying on someone to feed your horse and they don't.. what can you do? When you are a young girl who can't yet drive, you HAVE to rely on other people.
All the best OP, hope your pony is looking much better already!
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ETA: Just saw Jade hacked the mare out. I hope her the mare has put weight on before she was taken hacking :(
 
ThePinkPony said:
Again then. i know the RSPCA are rubbish but its worth a try, anything to get this horse away.

EA... you arent a bad friend. if this was my mate then id have done much worse. she obviously doesnt love the horse at all, can you imagine how its suffering?
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I know but I only went up last week and Jadine was doing so well, she really does care for Lady so I'm not sure why she rode her, when she knows she's in no state to be ridden. I just can't understand it :-(
 
By the looks of things nobody. The owner doesnt care, the RSPCA doesnt care so who else is there??? WHW??? Do they even do this sort of thing???

Disgusted is all I can say after hearing that the poor mare is being ridden, no wonder her back looks like a banana :( I know her conformation isnt great in that Dept but a wee bit of covering wouldnt go miss, and in the pcs someone posted of this mare in the summer I wouldnt call that condition I would even call that poor.

Poor poor mare :(
 
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