people who think your abusing your horse

My ISH is a bit of an escape artist when in the field and often jumps in and puts himself to bed, everyone that knows him is aware of this but i had some nosey bugger from the farm next door to our yard report me for keeping him locked up all day, what a load of b******s,he would go out at 8am with my others and by lunch time he'd have jumped in, so whoever was on the yard would shut his door for me, Rspca didnt believe me so decided to spend the day at the yard to see if he'd do it, and what d'ya know they'd been there maybe an hour when potts appears in the car park, they attemp to catch him, he charged past and went home and the Rspca where firmly put in there place!! they also suggested i video him and send it to you've been framed!!
 
I know what you mean! People accuse me of being cruel as my Natives (1 welsh and 1 New Forest) live out all year with no rugs....er, natives!! Hello! Thick coat so warm and snuggly they make me jealous. Also I get "ooh, it's cruel they have no stable" They have field shelters which they don't use in the winter, only in summer to keep in the cool. They don't mind wind and rain, and anyone can see they are fed incredibly well on piles of hay, hard feed and veggies! Latest thing is I am a bad owner because I have fenced half the paddock off! I strip graze cos my New Forest is a piglet and is prone to Lammy. They are on restricted grass in the day, but get more than enough chance to have a gallop and mooch about in the evenings when I turn them out! Plus they get hard feed all year! I have had people feed them ("cute horsies!") and even come into the field. Which quite frankly is tresspassing. I wouldn't go into someone's house and stroke their cat, let alone feed them, so why the hell do people think they can poke about on my property? My blacksmith feels the same as me about all this, and think he says it all when he says "would Boomy (my Welshie) have got to 29 and the New Forest to 18 if you were badly treating them?" They whinny when I come home, are genuinely pleased to see me and follow me round the field looking for treats - does that sound like ponies who are badly treated?! People ought to mind their own business!
 
A friend of mine has similar problems with her pony who was in a starvation paddock. She got to the yard one day to find someone had dumped a sack full of grass cuttings (straight from the lawnmower!) into the field, along with various food items (a loaf of bread/ about 20 apples etc)

She had a couple of signs made and laminated that she put on the gates - explaining why her pony had to be on restricted grazing - and info about laminitis. A few days later she found a card to say 'sorry' from the person who'd put the food & cuttings in, a local older lady who genuinely didn't realise what she'd done.

Sometimes people think they are helping and given info will understand a bit better.
 
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