OH help! she has been back.

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before christmas i had someone report me to the RSPCA for having naked, starved ponys out in the snow (they are hairy, slightly overweight natives) it was a long post back then.

well she has been back complaining that we were abusing them last wednesday, she saw us with the white one all tied up & being hit (he was being trimmed by farrier) & then later bound up to move him (we went for a walk around the feilds in harness as he is nearly ready to put to a tyre)

silly woman, cant wait untill she see's the tyre treatment
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mind you i have now met the local RSPCA officer and they are very nice & unlike many do know her stuff on horses (was really impressed by the weight on 31yo native, unrugged out in snow) i even offered her a cuppa & biccy
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Oh 'eck
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At least you know the RSPCA are OK, even if they do end up having to do another visit whether they like it or not!
 
I'm sorry but this is actually quite funny!

I'm sniggering about your poor bound pony!!!!

At least the RSPCA get it, bet they think she is a loony too.
 
you should probably be a little bit grateful! Chances are that if ever one of your ponies ever gets into real trouble she will be there to call for help (or probably not - she will go off and phone the RSPCA rather than get emergency help!) She has introduced you to your RSPCA officer, this may come in useful in the future!

Do you know who this woman is, could you give her your phone number so she can ring you if she is concerned - I was being a little bit serious about if they ever get into trouble, you can never have too many eyes watching your ponies if you can't be there. Our foal was saved by a nosy dog walker when he had his accident. Maybe introduce yourself to her and the ponies and explain things to her about why things are done in a certain way. Of course it could be malicious which is another thing altogether!
 
I think it is meddling and not right at all for this woman to ring the RSPCA. There are true cases of abuse that would be a much better use of their precious time and resources. For responsible owners, we do not need another pair of eyes looking out; we are there with the horses twice a day and know what to look out for.
I would not give her my phone number! However, if you are more chilled than i am (i am cross reading what she has done, I see it as very intrusive and typical of the PC brigade who are taking over from sensible people) then you could try talking to her but she obviously knows little about horses if she cannot spot a farrier!
as the others say though, at least the RSPCA now know you are a competent owner and will not come out again to your premesis, knowing who who are, so hopefully this is the last time you will be hassled by this woman. I hope so.
 
You're prob pretty local to me - we've got a nutter too - reported 2 poor horses unrugged and tunred out in the snow, in the arena with no food or water - RSPCA chap turned up to find 2 probably on the plump side, fully rugged (neck covers), hayed horses stood in the field eating grass with obvious water!

He didn't even bother accepting my offer to come and see them unrugged!
 
Annoying isnt it....

The RSPCA will turn up to see a perfectly healthy horse after a non-horsey person calls and reports abuse

But

If someone who actually KNOWS about horses phones up to report abuse, there is no visit.
 
she works in petererborough and drives past twice daily so must live gedney hill/wisbech way, the first time she waved at me from the fence i alked over with my very nervy lad to see what she wanted & she ranted at me and scared the S***E out of him.

tis funny though as my new mare is a very hairy bear at the moment (soon to be clipped to deal with the lice/mites she came with
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ho hum at least there is no chance of her doing much to them, one is impossible to catch if he dont know ya & the other is so overfriendly you geet trampled by the excitement & if she tries i will post the vdeo fun on here (its all remote monitored
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Nosey neighbours can be annoying but equally mine keep an eye out when I'm at work and take the registration of any vehicles which come down our lane during the day. It didn't stop them ringing me one day and making me panic though. They said that my old pony was laid in the field dead! I asked my son to walk over to her in the field and ring me if the inevitable had happened. He rang me later to say she was laid out in the sun snoring her head off! With all the reports of attempted thefts in the country, hopefully this woman is keeping such a close eye on your equines that she would notice anyone acting suspiciously.
 
Angua2, Pebbles is 4ft 3" rugs.

chestnuttymare, yes her all bound up was him in basic driving harness & once he gets the hang of it all i wil be getting him to pull a tyre around to get him used to the feeling of weight behind & sound/sight.

Johnrobert, she has no idea on horses & knows i dont own the land i graze so not sure if she wants it but know she wont get it.

shame she diddnt spot & report the day SWA got himself trapped in his own rug (twit had somehow put a back leg through both sursingles on T/O rug
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This is not as bad as when a friend of mine and I used to put grazing muzzles on our two fatties over the summer- Her horse's muzzle ended up being cut off her horse- becuase she was 'being cruel' - the only reason mine was not done was because he looked 'big and scary and so hungry he could be dangerous' some people have so idea- that what they are doing to try and help is actually worse!

Im sure there were needy cases that the officer should have been attending to
 
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This is not as bad as when a friend of mine and I used to put grazing muzzles on our two fatties over the summer- Her horse's muzzle ended up being cut off her horse- becuase she was 'being cruel' - the only reason mine was not done was because he looked 'big and scary and so hungry he could be dangerous' some people have so idea- that what they are doing to try and help is actually worse!

Im sure there were needy cases that the officer should have been attending to

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I've had the same. My lad is 1) greedy and 2) an extremely good doer, so he spends the summer in a grazing muzzle.

Last summer several (teenage female) helpful people repeatedly undid his muzzle which resulted in him putting on a considerable amount of weight just before we were due to go xc schooling for the first time.

We use Greenguard muzzles and at the time I thought he was breaking the straps. It was only later when I found four straps hidden near our fence in perfect condition that the penny dropped.

We also have a local resident (read miserable interfering old scrote) who has repeatedly reported us to the Council, including for having hay bales in an enclosure, which he considered untidy, building a structure in the field (this was the enclosure) and for dumping horse manure in the hedge! Our hedge in our field, with our horses in it!

Oh I just love people who think they know best, don't you?
 
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