Oy, you with the arthritic mare ......

cptrayes said:
Have I missed something here? Wasn't I being criticised by you for publicly criticising an unidentified person about a welfare case?

And yet you feel this level of personal criticism is perfectly acceptable just because you don't personally like my use of English and some of my opinions?

Go figure
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Well you have put your opinions and posting style out on this platform for people to judge and challenge and argue against. The horse's owners haven't, so its really not the same.

However if the horse is in the condition you say then personally I'm all for you directly confronting the owners about it and tbh the message is as likely to reach them from HHO as any other way so job done.
 
Jeez, are we into voting for our chosen candidate now? How juvenile. Posters with grudges & their not so hidden agendas - utter nonsense. I don't remember (age-related & actually having a life) who I have or have not had a tiff with. Hot Fuzz is on at 9.00. Pour yourselves a drink, have a chuckle & reeeeelax.
 
Probably will be viewed as being old fashioned but what about sending them a letter? If you drive past, you would know the address and just send a nicely worded letter explaining your concerns about the mare, maybe quote the rspca's standard five welfare rules and that although she is well loved and obviously cherished, they are in fact breaching one of those rules by allowing her to be in pain and immobile.
 
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But Cptrayes you do love to bang your drum, quiet a lot in fact. :) :)
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I'm a prolific poster in common with a long list of other people. Without us, this forum would die and not produce enough revenues for ipc magazines to continue it.

I try to help people who post about problems, and post about things I care about. I put little that is personal about me on this forum, unlike a lot of other people, but because you disagree with some of my views or the grammar I use to express them, you describe it as banging my drum.

Beats me.
 
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JFTD said:
Really poor taste - call the BHS / WHW if you genuinely believe it is a welfare issue. I honestly cannot imagine why any "experienced" horse owner would not call the appropriate organisations first, before coming on here to educate the ignorant masses...
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Its not very often I agree with JFTD, in fairness more her posting style than anything else, but the above is absolutely spot on and could not be put any better.

CPTrayes, I don't disagree that any animal in such pain should be PTS, but to come on a forum and post the location of anyones horse really is not on
 
cronkmooar said:
Its not very often I agree with JFTD, in fairness more her posting style than anything else, but the above is absolutely spot on and could not be put any better.

CPTrayes, I don't disagree that any animal in such pain should be PTS, but to come on a forum and post the location of anyones horse really is not on
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Why on earth not just report the poor horse to whw or red wings or bhs or rspca???
What's the point on posting it on here where most likely the owner won't see it?
How would the op like it if someone posted something like it about their horse and gave the location?
 
Elliesmemory1 said:
How would the op like it if someone posted something like it about their horse and gave the location?
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In the not too distant past, a posters IPad did something to the OP's name on a post, and she had a fit because it "was her real name" and demanded an apology over and over again

That should give you some idea!
 
cptrayes said:
Have I missed something here? Wasn't I being criticised by you for publicly criticising an unidentified person about a welfare case?

And yet you feel this level of personal criticism is perfectly acceptable just because you don't personally like my use of English and some of my opinions?

Go figure
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Nope, not me. I have not criticised you for criticising the owner of said mare.
I have criticised the holier than thou way you do it. Shouting about it here whist doing absolutely nothing useful about it. I know you said you are going to ring welfare tomorrow, but that was a decision you made after several posts, not your opening intention.
As I said earlier, I would probably agree with you about the mare had I seen it. I just find your displays of expert opinion to much to ignore sometimes, and feel the need to comment. Although mostly I don't bother.
 
cronkmooar said:
In the not too distant past, a posters IPad did something to the OP's name on a post, and she had a fit because it "was her real name" and demanded an apology over and over again

That should give you some idea!
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I demanded an apology because I had not had one. The typo, which I had no way of knowing was a typo at first, called me called me crap. If I had made a mistake like that I would have been on my knees grovelling to the person I had inadvertently offended. Mongoose just laughed.
 
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cptrayes said:
That could not happen. If the horse had been mine I would have had her put down two years ago.
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But rightly or wrongly, I'm fairly sure other people on here have disputed the welfare basis of some of your previous choices with horses, no? As I recall, you didn't appreciate them making their thoughts known on here, because you didn't agree with them. I imagine the owner of this horse has a similar mentality and will be similarly receptive to your comments...
 
cptrayes said:
I demanded an apology because I had not had one. The typo, which I had no way of knowing was a typo at first, called me called me crap. If I had made a mistake like that I would have been on my knees grovelling to the person I had inadvertently offended. Mongoose just laughed.
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Did I? Were you in my lounge with me? I think I remember writing something like 'oh come on, you can see the funny side' or something like that. Why don't you run along and check?

My iPad corrected your username to CRAPTRAYS. I'm not responsible for its actions in the case of autocorrect and so I did not apologise.
 
JFTD said:
But rightly or wrongly, I'm fairly sure other people on here have disputed the welfare basis of some of your previous choices with horses, no? As I recall, you didn't appreciate them making their thoughts known on here, because you didn't agree with them. I imagine the owner of this horse has a similar mentality and will be similarly receptive to your comments...
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I do not try to stop people posting their opinions. I am not obliged to agree with them. All welfare decisions that people on this thread have disagreed with were supported by my vet.
 
JFTD said:
But rightly or wrongly, I'm fairly sure other people on here have disputed the welfare basis of some of your previous choices with horses, no? As I recall, you didn't appreciate them making their thoughts known on here, because you didn't agree with them. I imagine the owner of this horse has a similar mentality and will be similarly receptive to your comments...
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This rings a bell, so does OP asking those who disagree not to bother posting on her thread...

Sorry to quote you above JFTD. I don't like to make it appear gang like.
 
Mongoose11 said:
Did I? Were you in my lounge with me? I think I remember writing something like 'oh come on, you can see the funny side' or something like that. Why don't you run along and check?

My iPad corrected your username to CRAPTRAYS. I'm not responsible for its actions in the case of autocorrect and so I did not apologise.
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Yes, you posted smiley symbols and asked me if I could not see the funny side. It took me several attempts to get your very insincere apology, which I still had the grace to give you an unqualified thank you for.

You aren't responsible for what you press 'post reply' on? Don't make me laugh, please.
 
Mongoose11 said:
Did I? Were you in my lounge with me? I think I remember writing something like 'oh come on, you can see the funny side' or something like that. Why don't you run along and check?

My iPad corrected your username to CRAPTRAYS. I'm not responsible for its actions in the case of autocorrect and so I did not apologise.
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Well although I confess that did make me laugh IMO you should have said sorry that was not pleasant .I have got into bother with autocorrect but never as 'good ' a one as that.
 
If just like to thank you all for bumping this thread endlessly folks. The welfare issue of old horses left to fall to pieces in fields is certainly on the map now :)
 
Mongoose11 said:
This rings a bell, so does OP asking those who disagree not to bother posting on her thread...

Sorry to quote you above JFTD. I don't like to make it appear gang like.
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Ah yes, we're ganging up now of course... I was starting to wonder if I'd invented that memory ;)
 
cptrayes said:
Yes, you posted smiley symbols and asked me if I could not see the funny side. It took me several attempts to get your very insincere apology, which I still had the grace to give you an unqualified thank you for.

You aren't responsible for what you press 'post reply' on? Don't make me laugh, please.
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You're changing the goalposts. I said I wasn't responsible for the iPads autocorrect. I am entirely responsible for pressing 'post reply' and so it was my proofing that failed me.
 
Mongoose11 said:
Did I? Were you in my lounge with me? I think I remember writing something like 'oh come on, you can see the funny side' or something like that. Why don't you run along and check?

My iPad corrected your username to CRAPTRAYS. I'm not responsible for its actions in the case of autocorrect and so I did not apologise.
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Steve Jobs would be turning in his grave (RIP) Craptrayes - since when was that a recognised word. Mongoose, your IPad is having a breakdown
 
Op please let us know the outcome of the welfare call you are making tomorrow!

Mongoose - crikey im guilty of this all the time! My ipad will change innocent words into something outrageous and then it's too late after you've pressed send! To be fair, I would of just laughed it off because it's not really your fault re auto correct...
 
cptrayes said:
If just like to thank you all for bumping this thread endlessly folks. The welfare issue of old horses left to fall to pieces in fields is certainly on the map now :)
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I doubt anyone reading this is thinking about the welfare of old horses and if they are better off dead.....the whole thread is now about you, which I think was the idea in the first place. I appreciate you'll tell me that I'm wrong.
 
Morongoose. There. Called her a moron and a goose all in one go (no offence to morons or geese). And I did it intentionally. No crying now MG, take it like a man.
 
cptrayes said:
Yes, you posted smiley symbols and asked me if I could not see the funny side. It took me several attempts to get your very insincere apology, which I still had the grace to give you an unqualified thank you for.

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You didn't just want an apology, you wanted a kidney chucked in as well
 
bonny said:
I doubt anyone reading this is thinking about the welfare of old horses and if they are better off dead.....the whole thread is now about you, which I think was the idea in the first place. I appreciate you'll tell me that I'm wrong.
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Priceless!!!!!

I start a thread about a horse on a horse forum. Other people turn it into an extensive critique of me, and you think

I

am to blame for that?

You couldn't make it up!
 
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blazingsaddles said:
Steve Jobs would be turning in his grave (RIP) Craptrayes - since when was that a recognised word. Mongoose, your IPad is having a breakdown
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To be honest I think it is because I had recently been looking into the possibility of training my mother's dog to use a litter tray. I had favourited a link which used the word 'craptray'. It's the only thing I can think of? I'm no computer wizard.

Then there's always the argument that I did it on purpose and this is all a ruse...
 
cronkmooar said:
You didn't just want an apology, you wanted a kidney chucked in as well
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No, I wanted an apology. The word sorry. And as soon as I got it, even though it was clearly insincere, I said thank you, and only that, and the thread moved on. If only this one would!
 
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