Oh dear

sussexbythesea said:
Yes you are mean - I don't like the way some people seem to enjoy ridiculing others especially poor horses without much hope of enjoying a half decent life - it makes me very sad. Your comments reminds me of certain yard witches. Have you ever heard the phrase "if you can't say something nice then don't say anything at all".

Don't see the point of your post at all.
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I am no witch thank you very much!

But i do also laugh at my neighbours dog who is a mongrel with a normal sized dogs body with the smallest stumpiest legs you have ever seen. Always makes me think someone has come a long and chopped off his legs.

Just having some light hearted fun! Sorry to the PC police
 
I actually dont think its as bad as it looks. I am assuming its standing downhill and facing away from the camera which give it this strange look. As has been said before with some food and care it might not be that bad.
She actually has a look of my first ever horse, about 45 years ago. She came looking a bit like that and with a bit of love and care turned into the best horse I have ever owned.

Hope someone does buy her, poor thing.
 
I thought the ad had been posted because the OP was concerned about the animal's condition. I'm quite uncomfortable that in fact we were being invited to have a laugh at the little horse. :(
 
as a professional photographer for a living its the photographer who took this picture that needs to be taken out and shot not the horse.
If i was asked to make a horse look its absolute worst i dont think i could have done a better job.

Having said that, if you put a photo on the internet to sell a horse thats going to hopefully attract some buyers and not look like you couldnt give a cr@p could you at least please borrow a saddle and a yard broom?


the words barge and pole spring to mind for the dealer not the poor horse.
 
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I think its a reasonable horse for the price tbh. Not my cup of tea, but looks sweet enough :) Hope someone snaps her up - could be a bargain :)
 
No price is reasonable from that yard barge and pole, just feel sorry for the poor things that have landed up and the bottom of the food chain. Because believe me the meatman would be a blessing:(
 
Poor creature, is there anybody in that neck of the woods who could take her on?

Oh and Trot_On_Nonsense, you are vile to invite us all to laugh at this poor little thing, yes you are a witch - of the worst kind in fact because you see now wrong in making fun of another living thing's misery, now crawl away won't you....
 
Trot_On_Dressage said:
i do also laugh at my neighbours dog who is a mongrel with a normal sized dogs body with the smallest stumpiest legs you have ever seen.

Just having some light hearted fun! Sorry to the PC police
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By pc police I guess you mean people who don't find animals who aren't perfectly put together hilarious?

You'd find my dogs over the years hysterically funny I'm sure.. "mongrels" the lot of them. :rolleyes:
 
FionaM12 said:
You'd find my dogs over the years hysterically funny I'm sure.. "mongrels" the lot of them. :rolleyes:
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Sure there is practically no such thing as a mongrel these days.. they get a fancy new name and are touted as a designer breed.. eg labradoodle, schnug, puggle.. etc! ;)

Anyway, I hope this little horse does end up in the right hands, bless her.
 
I could find tonnes of awful photos of Nits that make her look just as bad as this. It certainly isn't the strangest looking horse I've ever seen. Don't know anything of the dealer so can't comment on that front
 
sheep said:
Sure there is practically no such thing as a mongrel these days.. they get a fancy new name and are touted as a designer breed.. eg labradoodle, schnug, puggle.. etc! ;)
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Nope, there are still some bona fide mongrels about, here is my mutt, yes not put together brilliantly but she's the best dog I've ever had :)
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rhino said:
Nope, there are still some bona fide mongrels about, here is my mutt, yes not put together brilliantly but she's the best dog I've ever had :)
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Looks cute to me! Anyway, with a mixed breed, you tend to avoid the horrible diseases that pedigree dogs tend to be genetically predisposed towards, don't you? I would apologise to OP for hijacking the thread, but I think the whole idea behind it was mean spirited, so I shall keep quiet on that front.
 
sheep said:
I would apologise to OP for hijacking the thread, but I think the whole idea behind it was mean spirited, so I shall keep quiet on that front.
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That's right, how dare you, we're supposed to be splitting our sides at that poor little horse and poking fun at it.
 
If I lived closer I'd buy her, I'm even tempted to get a delivery firm in to pick her up and bring her here this week! Yes, I'm crazy, but I think with my heart n not my head!! I don't compete so a horse is a horse to me, whatever it looks like!
 
Here we go look. Here is Nits with her head lower than her bum and her backside in the air. Shall we all have a chuckle at her instead? I don't mind. She is well loved and how she looks is unimportant to me really :)

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Or T, not only looking croup high (actually he isn't) but horrendously long backed (he is this!)
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The fact he got to 20 without a day's lameness, is unbeaten ODE, and has often won team chasing, sj (has a national title), TREC and hunter trialling, and is the easiest, nicest horse I have ever met means I don't actually care if you want to have a laugh at his expense...
 
Well I think she's rather cute actually. There's nothing glaringly obviously wrong with her conformation going on that photo. The photo is not great and maybe in real life she's dreadfully put together, but maybe she's not. As for bum-high, skinny neck and overall looking very immature, well I can tell you some TB bloodlines really do have horses take their time about maturing. I have some who never came into themselves till they were 6-7 years old and some of them were pretty gangly as youngsters but they are unrecognisable now with a few more calories, muscled up and with some extra years on them. Now this mare may be a nutcase in real life but she may not be too. The negativity on here must surely be unfounded many times over given the law of averages?
 
On a roll now, here is BH

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He is nearly five in this photo. Doesn't exactly look like something you'd want to buy does he? Infact, I'd say he looks much worse than the little mare we're supposed to be laughing at!
 
Something odd I've just noticed about the ad: It says she's "TBx" which I take to mean not pure-bred? Yet it says she's an ex-racer.

Don't horses have to be pure TB in order to race? :confused:
 
I don't know how anyone could laugh at the condition of that poor little horse, with that great lump sitting on her. You are some sick puppies (those who think its funny).

Go and look on the Brooke Hospital website, theres some hilarious photos of donkeys and horses working in Egypt and so on that you will really split your sides over.
 
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