OMG, my horse has been tagged with a plait!

[Kallibear]

My long maned coloured cob (and therefore very desirable to nick!) has been tagged They must have spent AGES put these plaits in Which has obviously shown them he's good natured and tolerant so now I'm extra worried he's going to stolen

And this one's extra neat - does that mean he's extra desirable to nick?

SO, as it's far to cold to sit outside his field and keep vigal, and to make sure he doesn't get nicked I've:

Employed a security horse:

Teaching his self defence and Attack Tactics

And failing that I've bought a pair of shackles:

Sorted.

 

[WoopsiiD]

LOL
I like the way its only the black part that was plaited.....

 

[custard]

You can breathe easy it's not a plait or a tag just a tangle. My Arab mare (and her sisters) used to get them in her mane quite a bit when she lived out, anti tangle spray used to help.

 

[Tormenta]

At last! Some evidence! My cob is still waiting to be picked up.....

Loving the security btw, cost much?

p.s and you are obviously a neglectful owner and don't groom anywhere near enough!

 

[tinkandlily]

Oh my, this is serious, you need to have a 24 hour stake out just to be sure, if thats not possible, could he go in your kitchen? he'd be safe there. lol

 

[somethingorother]

Haha love it! Where did you find your trained security horse? I would love one

 

[Toast]

Still waiting for my 2yo to disappear!! Maybe they came and decided they didnt want him, hes a grumpy little bugger!
x

 

[DollyDolls]

Have you not noticed that they stole your rug first?!!!

 

[Toast]

Yes thats a point how cruel! he must be so cold out in all that snow!
Naughty!
x

 

[Crazy Friesian]

Gotta give them credit for the artistic flair....

 

[Clippy]

Hog him!
That'll confuzzle the thieving swines

 

[MurphysMinder]

I want a security horse!

 

[Hippona]

PMSL.....

 

[Janah]

Love this thread! What breed is your dun, same colour as my boy and same stamp.

Jane

 

[Rowreach]

You can breathe easy it's not a plait or a tag just a tangle. My Arab mare (and her sisters) used to get them in her mane quite a bit when she lived out, anti tangle spray used to help.

 

[appylass]

Excellent post. No one has come for my plaited ones yet, either. I'm loving your highland in security mode, maybe I should train mine up too - oh wait, he's usually the one with the worst 'plaits'!

 

[PerdixPerdix]

aww bless.....

 

[hairycob]

Love it. I must get a security horse as some one must be determined to nick my cobs as I'm taking out "plaits" everyday! Perhaps I can train the 28yo pony.

 

[cobgirlie]

Lol!! Brilliant...although now I've seen him I might be tempted to come plait him myself and then come back in 2 days with a lorry and nick him!!

 

[lochpearl]

LOL!!

With the dire prices of horses these days, i'd reckon you'd be in more danger of having the Fencing nicked for firewood..

Didn't you have a similar pic NP, a little coloured with identical plaits??

 

[Kenzo]

he hee great pics.

Although those shackles don't look like they would last 2 minutes

.... specially on a cob!

 

[Kallibear]

Hum, I think maybe custard didn't get the point of the thread

Security Horses are expensive to keep in cuddles, scratches and haylege (she's an (18mionths) pure highland Janah, as is the small backside you can see poking out the back of the small blue rug behind in the second last photo) but easily trained. You can see Commander Toby behind keeping an eye on the situation and making sure she does her job properly. And if they do somehow get past that security then they still have to deal with this highly trained Attack Horse, who watches like a hawk, stalks you and will rip your legs off and eat your liver if provocked.

And OMG, how did I miss that they're nicked Pips rug?! He beautiful 400g combo with 200g underrug? He must have been soooooooo cold. Maybe that's why they never took him - he was frozen to the spot? It was -15degrees the night before after all

 

[Kallibear]

With the dire prices of horses these days, i'd reckon you'd be in more danger of having the Fencing nicked for firewood..

Are you tell me they're going to come back and plait my fencing too??! I'll need to breif my security team on that asap!

 

[Jesstickle]

Hehe

 

[lochpearl]

this one?

That's the one!! Pleased you finally brushed him lol!!

 

[lochpearl]

Lochpearl, are you suggesting i dont brush my ponies often?...

Just saying, he didn't look like that when he arrived lol

 

[MosMum]

Sorry, I know I'm missing it, but why is this funny? I understand you're making a joke about the horses who's manes are being braided as a sign to steal them, and that you're horse's tangles aren't braids...

or is that the joke- was there never such a thief and people who thought there was were naive enough to believe that tangles = braids and intent to steal?

I'm still not up on the whole UK humor thing :| Sorry!

 

[Queenbee]

he hee great pics.

Although those shackles don't look like they would last 2 minutes

.... specially on a cob!

He He, thats because they are not english made, nasty foreign cheap stuff!

 

[mcnaughty]

I really think you should camp out in the field with them............

 

[MosMum]

Ohhhh right thanks NP, I didn't realize it was a myth, I thought it really was a problem but that you were joking about it with these particular horses!!!

If those were plaits then God help every horse kept outdoors that's not hogged and tied