PapaFrita
Well-Known Member
Well, I think by now it has been established without a doubt that my part of the world contains a higher than average proportion of eejits/ignoramuses/pig-ignorant w*nkers/f*ckwits, so on and so forth...
A few days ago I hear that one of the liveries (a chap who hauls his butt onto his mare's back twice a week, then pounds her into the ground for an hour or more and puts her back in her stable DRIPPING with sweat and heaving for breath AND refuses to have her wormed or vaccinated OR have the COMPULSORY Coggins tests every 2 mths) is bringing a new horse onto the yard.... I started to bristle even before I found out that this horse was an unbroken 2 year old Arab that he plans to 'show'; he describes the sort of showing he has in mind as chasing said horse round a pen until he's "crazy" (I kid you not!) Then somehow expecting said horse to settle instantly and respond to certain commands.... at this point the blood rushing to my head and in my ears prevented me from hearing any more.
Imagine my DELIGHT when I found out that said neddy is also ENTIRE. Owner says there's "no sense" in gelding him. It took me a few seconds to pick my jaw up off the ground and control the irresistible urge to damage this person quite seriously...
Erm Hellooooo??? Now apart from knowing feck all about breeding, this bloke is a skinflint of the highest order so whilst I'm sure this pony is 'pretty' or 'eyecatching' I'm sure he has neither the bloodlines nor the conformation to justify his becoming a stud- This IS of course Cheapskate's goal; to make money from his ned.
Apart from anything else, our yard is simply not equipped to 'contain' a randy colt safely; said neddy will spend his days in the stable or tethered to keep him from harm's way (and the mares!) I've already told owner that if I catch his horse anywhere near PF, he won't have to get anyone out to geld the colt... I'll do it myself and probably do him as well!
Anyway, HOW can he not understand the liability of an uncut colt on a not-very secure yard (horses escape regularly but there's nowhere for them to go, so they're not in any physical danger) full of slutty mares like PF?? It it not cruel???
Am I overreacting??
A few days ago I hear that one of the liveries (a chap who hauls his butt onto his mare's back twice a week, then pounds her into the ground for an hour or more and puts her back in her stable DRIPPING with sweat and heaving for breath AND refuses to have her wormed or vaccinated OR have the COMPULSORY Coggins tests every 2 mths) is bringing a new horse onto the yard.... I started to bristle even before I found out that this horse was an unbroken 2 year old Arab that he plans to 'show'; he describes the sort of showing he has in mind as chasing said horse round a pen until he's "crazy" (I kid you not!) Then somehow expecting said horse to settle instantly and respond to certain commands.... at this point the blood rushing to my head and in my ears prevented me from hearing any more.
Imagine my DELIGHT when I found out that said neddy is also ENTIRE. Owner says there's "no sense" in gelding him. It took me a few seconds to pick my jaw up off the ground and control the irresistible urge to damage this person quite seriously...
Erm Hellooooo??? Now apart from knowing feck all about breeding, this bloke is a skinflint of the highest order so whilst I'm sure this pony is 'pretty' or 'eyecatching' I'm sure he has neither the bloodlines nor the conformation to justify his becoming a stud- This IS of course Cheapskate's goal; to make money from his ned.
Apart from anything else, our yard is simply not equipped to 'contain' a randy colt safely; said neddy will spend his days in the stable or tethered to keep him from harm's way (and the mares!) I've already told owner that if I catch his horse anywhere near PF, he won't have to get anyone out to geld the colt... I'll do it myself and probably do him as well!
Anyway, HOW can he not understand the liability of an uncut colt on a not-very secure yard (horses escape regularly but there's nowhere for them to go, so they're not in any physical danger) full of slutty mares like PF?? It it not cruel???
Am I overreacting??
