1973horse
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Rudeness,people that over rug and those people that if you had a black cat their cat would be blacker....if you know what i mean
Little things that really grate....
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PaddyMonty
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Oh but it is!. Finishing second makes you the number 1 looser.
Much rather be third, forth etc than second. First is better still.
Tinsel Trouble
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Name dropping... I don't care who your aunt's labrador's breeder sold a pug too, or whose daughter it is that's got kids at school with your kids... It's frustrating!!
Stoxx
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I agree Dollymix, however the alternative is the knot being in a place where it can undo/ break when the horse pulls on the net causing it to fall to the floor and get caught around neddies feet. Can't win with haynets I'm afraid... not nice things.
My pet hates are:
Wheelbarrows being put in doorways to stables with the horse in it. Eeek. Dangerous as hell.
Rugs and headcollars with a clip fastening being fastened with the clip pointing out so that it can hook on to anything and everything.
People not adhering to school rules.
My pet hates are:
Wheelbarrows being put in doorways to stables with the horse in it. Eeek. Dangerous as hell.
Rugs and headcollars with a clip fastening being fastened with the clip pointing out so that it can hook on to anything and everything.
People not adhering to school rules.
moana
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moana's
Sorry, the height issue niggles but I am pretty relaxed and let people get on with their lives. One thing I do dislike very much though is people who disagree with you but won't let you have your own belief. There is rarely one 'right' answer to many equestrian situations.
Sorry, the height issue niggles but I am pretty relaxed and let people get on with their lives. One thing I do dislike very much though is people who disagree with you but won't let you have your own belief. There is rarely one 'right' answer to many equestrian situations.
Ibblebibble
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people constantly ranting about what other people do or don't do with their horses, unless it directly effects you i can't see the need to rant
JFTDWS
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and the horses who are 'really naughty' when they dont do any thing and those who post pictures of them jumping 4ft when its really not even 3ft
Novices who think they know everything, go on about how naughty their pony when it could practially be cannonised, fall off for no apparent reason, dont tell the bleeding animal off when it's ill-mannered and just sit there tense and clinging on, don't appreciate the importance of flatwork and think jumping is just charging round pointing at fences and kicking, think jumps can be used as a reward randomly when trying to settle a horse into a new arena... I could go on
*hic*
village idiot :D
Novices who think they know everything, go on about how naughty their pony when it could practially be cannonised, fall off for no apparent reason, dont tell the bleeding animal off when it's ill-mannered and just sit there tense and clinging on, don't appreciate the importance of flatwork and think jumping is just charging round pointing at fences and kicking, think jumps can be used as a reward randomly when trying to settle a horse into a new arena... I could go on
Go on, go on
dafthoss
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Novices who think they know everything, go on about how naughty their pony when it could practially be cannonised, fall off for no apparent reason, dont tell the bleeding animal off when it's ill-mannered and just sit there tense and clinging on, don't appreciate the importance of flatwork and think jumping is just charging round pointing at fences and kicking, think jumps can be used as a reward randomly when trying to settle a horse into a new arena... I could go on
Yep that person to Although it wasnt originaly written about them just another morning at the yard prompted that rant 
.JFTDWS
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Go on, go on
I cant - it would make that person far too identifiable on here
Then I'd be accused to bullying, probably
OMG. They've multiplied
They're taking over the world We're doomed!dafthoss
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I cant - it would make that person far too identifiable on here
Its ok our secret is safe
and its not bullying as I dont think said person would ever consider them self a novice so we couldnt possibly be talking about them OMG. They've multiplied
No its ok its one of the original muppets I just whitnessed the spactacle that is tacking up the other day
who knew a horse could be so rude and not get told off and a pair of boots could take so long to put on 
Equilibrium Ireland
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To the person that says hate moaning unless it affects you. Well what I typed are just some if the things. When you have a "speshial" gelding that you can't ride when my mares are a field away. Then bitch because my mares are in season 24/7 I get PO'd. Especially when I look in the field and see mine munching grass quietly. FWIW, mares pee too. And if you are too scared to ride in an arena say as much don't blame my mares. FYI I can do anything with my mares in season or not. Go to competitions, ride in fields next to other horses, whatever I want. They are as in mareish as you can get. I don't use hormones as an excuse. If you use them as an excuse for your gelding that's your fault. Quite how this gelding is able to show is beyond me.
Terri
Terri
*hic*
village idiot :D
Its ok our secret is safe
No its ok its one of the original muppets I just whitnessed the spactacle that is tacking up the other day
Oh 4*, you weren't watching me with my big lad yesterday were you? Or that farce that was me trying to get him to get his big foot off the mare's travel boot, for about five minutes*wails*
dollymix
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haha soooooo annoying!!!
Stoxx
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I agree Dollymix, however the alternative is the knot being in a place where it can undo/ break when the horse pulls on the net causing it to fall to the floor and get caught around neddies feet. Can't win with haynets I'm afraid... not nice things.
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I don't really like haynets either...but to stop the knot coming undonw, just tie a quick release and put the end of the rope, through the loop and pull. Still easy to undo!!!
JFTDWS
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Its ok our secret is safe
I suspect "oblivious" would cover it
No its ok its one of the original muppets I just whitnessed the spactacle that is tacking up the other day
Argh I can't stand fidgeters! Drives me up the bloody wall
btw - how's the ice, dh?
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dafthoss
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Ha no but it sounds funny
this one is plain rude and is going to become dangerous at this rate Argh I can't stand fidgeters! Drives me up the bloody wall
It was going for her head with a front leg!! but not once was it told off
then there was the please open your mouth for the bit whilst not even holding the horse.... unsuprisingly the rude git shoved it head straight up and clamped its mouth shut 
. I think you need to come down just for a laugh one day .The ice was just about do-able yesterday but now theres more snow I dont know
but we are getting out some how because we are jumping at college tomorrow morning
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JFTDWS
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It was going for her head with a front leg!! but not once was it told off
Sometimes I think the best thing for all concerned would be a bullet. In the head. Of the owner
The ice was just about do-able yesterday but now theres more snow I dont know
Urg, I'm jealous, seriously jealous
dafthoss
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I so want to teach it some manners, it may be horrificlly put together and to stupid for its own good (although it seems to have got the better of its owner so I'll let you draw your own conclusions about her ) but its going to hurt her some time soon.
Come join us theres only 2 of us jumping now and you get to meet the person who you agree with so much, in person
) but its going to hurt her some time soon. Come join us theres only 2 of us jumping now and you get to meet the person who you agree with so much, in person
Jesstickle
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Novices who think they know everything, go on about how naughty their pony when it could practially be cannonised, fall off for no apparent reason, dont tell the bleeding animal off when it's ill-mannered and just sit there tense and clinging on, don't appreciate the importance of flatwork and think jumping is just charging round pointing at fences and kicking, think jumps can be used as a reward randomly when trying to settle a horse into a new arena... I could go on
s'me isn't it
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village idiot :D
s'me isn't it
Well I was wondering that . . . . . *sniggers and runs off*
Waffles
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I used to pretend my 12.3 pony was 12.2 so I could go in 12.2 gymkhana classes - to be fair, he probably would have been 12.2 with his shoes off
Lolo
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People who make stuff up on here. I know they're lying/ exaggerating but calling them out on it is nigh on impossible. Pisses me right off, especially when I see them giving advice- I want to then add a disclaimer going "Please take with several handfuls of salt, and mostly ignore"...
Also, when people make all their horses have issues or be really naughty/ abused (pref both). It annoys me, and also I think it hinders any progress if you make excuses. It especially annoys me when I KNOW it isn't true. I desperately want to tell the old owners what some of the people are saying about them, then stand back and watch the fight!!
Oh, and people who don't think Reg is 16.3hh- "Oh, he can't be!"... Measuring stick puts him between 16.2hh/17hh, depending on how lit up he's feeling. He doesn't look quite as huge as his jockey is very leggy (5'6 tall, but her legs come to the bottom of my ribs... Cow!).
Also, when people make all their horses have issues or be really naughty/ abused (pref both). It annoys me, and also I think it hinders any progress if you make excuses. It especially annoys me when I KNOW it isn't true. I desperately want to tell the old owners what some of the people are saying about them, then stand back and watch the fight!!
Oh, and people who don't think Reg is 16.3hh- "Oh, he can't be!"... Measuring stick puts him between 16.2hh/17hh, depending on how lit up he's feeling. He doesn't look quite as huge as his jockey is very leggy (5'6 tall, but her legs come to the bottom of my ribs... Cow!).
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Jesstickle
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I am useless. I freely admit it! I hope no one takes my advice too seriously as it is probably at best unhelpful and at worse dangerous. What can you do though hey?!
Stoxx
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You misunderstand me ;-) If the knot (of the long piece of string that makes up the haynet) is not in the excess (ie. in the way of it being undone easily) then it will be where the main bag of the net rucks up to close the net at the top. These can come undone if tugged hard enough when the net is fastened correctly. So the net can either be done up in a quick release knot so that it isn't quick release anymore (with the knot in the excess) or so it does work as a quick release but the knot is in the body and therefore can come undone.
No win!
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village idiot :D
I am useless. I freely admit it! I hope no one takes my advice too seriously as it is probably at best unhelpful and at worse dangerous. What can you do though hey?!
Yesterday I wished I had had a video camera on me. It was like the horsey version of the film "The Plank", honestly it was comical. I just give up and smile and play up to being a dotty old lady now - what's your excuse
JFTDWS
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Jesstickle
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Yesterday I wished I had had a video camera on me. It was like the horsey version of the film "The Plank", honestly it was comical. I just give up and smile and play up to being a dotty old lady now - what's your excuse
Dropped on the head as a child? My mother did throw me down the stairs as a baby. Well, she says she dropped me, but I have my doubts that it wasn't an accident
forestfantasy
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People who 'mushroom' haylage bales! grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!
Also people who can't teach their horses basic manners & then expect me to handle them while they proceed to try and drag me to the field/barge/nip etc.
People who ride 2 abreast on country lanes and don't get in single file for a car to pass, expecting you to squeeze past, then glare at you for being to close.
People who don't thank drivers that slow down or/and talk on mobiles on the main rode while riding.
I could go on................
grrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!Also people who can't teach their horses basic manners & then expect me to handle them while they proceed to try and drag me to the field/barge/nip etc.
People who ride 2 abreast on country lanes and don't get in single file for a car to pass, expecting you to squeeze past, then glare at you for being to close.
People who don't thank drivers that slow down or/and talk on mobiles on the main rode while riding.
I could go on................
JFTDWS
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Dropped on the head as a child? My mother did throw me down the stairs as a baby. Well, she says she dropped me, but I have my doubts that it wasn't an accident
I love your mother
vieshot
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Muzzles. Horrible things. Ride it, don't muzzle it! (serious slating coming my way!!)
Obsessive grooming. People that groom their ponies to an inch of their life before they would contemplate going for a hack. Nothing wrong with it, just wonder where people find the time! A quick sweep with a brush over tack area do mine fine.
People who ride in treeless saddles without the necessary saddle pad! Argh!
People who don't get their tack and horses back checked regularly. In my opinion it needs doing yearly AT LEAST irregardless of if you think anything is wrong.
The 'don't smack him!' owner. When I was young, there was a lady that took lessons at the riding school. A pony there full on tried to take a chunk out of a young girls arm, the girl was told off for giving him a smack. That really annoys me, a well timed smack is often the easiest thing for a horse to understand!
Obsessive grooming. People that groom their ponies to an inch of their life before they would contemplate going for a hack. Nothing wrong with it, just wonder where people find the time! A quick sweep with a brush over tack area do mine fine.
People who ride in treeless saddles without the necessary saddle pad! Argh!
People who don't get their tack and horses back checked regularly. In my opinion it needs doing yearly AT LEAST irregardless of if you think anything is wrong.
The 'don't smack him!' owner. When I was young, there was a lady that took lessons at the riding school. A pony there full on tried to take a chunk out of a young girls arm, the girl was told off for giving him a smack. That really annoys me, a well timed smack is often the easiest thing for a horse to understand!