Really worried, am I a tree hugger?

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I am worried that I am becoming a tree hugger.

I have this year kept my pony out 24/7 and am trying barefoot.

I had better confess I also wear a lot of pink and purple when riding. I also make my boy wear pink hi viz leg bands when hacking.

Does this mean I am a tree hugger. Do I hang my head in shame or do I get a medal?

Jane
 
I don't know about tree-hugging, but the standard "insult" on here seems to be bunny-hugger. It's targetted at anyone who seems sentimental, but also anyone who shows concern or empathy with certain people or animals.

My mare is now barefoot and bitless, I'm not interested in competing and I will argue the right of people to keep a horse with little experience and money if they do so responsibly.

I think that might make me a bunny hugger.
 
I dont think I count as a bunny hugger given that ive just advocated dartmoor foals going to slaughter so endangered species have something to eat.....

However I am of the barefoot and live out brigade - more and more I cannot convince myself that stabling is little short of cruel in 99.9% of cases :eek:

*must stop going to livery yards!*
 
I'm not a bunny hugger. I'm allergic to the little feckers.

I do have unshod horses who live out and wear purple though :p
 
I hate bunnies they dig holes in my paddocks and make them dangerous, but don't think thats got anything to do with wearing pink and lilac.
 
OMG

Serial lurker - also now a bunny hugger - pony barefoot (unshod ???) out 24/7 and NAKED.

However also own Anky bandages and a matchy matchy numnah.

Hmmmmmm which label ?????
 
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That is a serious question? :eek:

Do you really care what others think?

Are you/the horses happy? Yes? Right then, all is rosy in your world.

I'm a bunny hugger, I have 12 of the little darlings. I also hug cats, dogs and, very occasionally, my husband, I don't think I have hugged any trees though, unless you count carrying armfuls of logs indoors to cremate them on the fire.

So what if you wear pink, or even make your horses wear pink, or if you keep them out and they don't wear shoes - far cheaper for a start. Your horses, your business - end of story, if people don't like it they can go whistle.:)
 
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Isnt wearing pink the opposite of bunnyhugging? I thought that all about being natural......

Pink conjurs up Katie Price esk images to me lol so if thats bunny hugging i am def not one of those!

PS horse also naked but has a brown rambo optimo if needed

PPS my field mates horse has a baby pink rug on, it offends my eyes and my horse wont go near her in it :p
 
OMG my horses all live out 24/7 and are barehooved:eek: but i can't be a bunny hugger as i prefer to shoot the digging little paddock wreckers and being married to a chainsaw wielding OH rules out much tree hugging too, he'd rather fell it:rolleyes:
The big girl does have a pink headcollar though and hot pink brushing boots:eek: only because i got fed up of everyone assuming she was a boy due to her height:rolleyes:
 
TigerTail said:
I more and more I cannot convince myself that stabling is little short of cruel in 99.9% of cases :eek:
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I'm sorry but i find this highly offensive, you try having a horse that WILL NOT stay out in a field and will happily risk injury to himself to come back in.
 
Janah said:
I am worried that I am becoming a tree hugger.

I have this year kept my pony out 24/7 and am trying barefoot.

I had better confess I also wear a lot of pink and purple when riding. I also make my boy wear pink hi viz leg bands when hacking.

Does this mean I am a tree hugger. Do I hang my head in shame or do I get a medal?

Jane
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Lol! It's a slippery slope. Next you'll be a member of the barefoot taliban! :D
 
TigerTail said:
Thats interesting, what were the circumstances here?
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I have had him 7 almost 8 years now, in those years I have managed to keep him out for longer than and hour twice, both times with his buddy, but he soon get's bored and paces up and down the fence line, if anyone passes the field he screams at them and charges up and down the fence line, he has frequently jumped in over the fence, the one time we put him out with 6ft high fencing he crashed through it and almost killed himself. so now he lives in both happily ad healthily, no one's view or advise will change the way I keep him as I have tried everything else.
 
How much do you know of his history? Has he been out as a herd, ie 4+ and what sized field and how much grazing/interest is there?

Sorry just find that an interesting one.
 
TigerTail said:
How much do you know of his history? Has he been out as a herd, ie 4+ and what sized field and how much grazing/interest is there?

Sorry just find that an interesting one.
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He is an ex JA jumping pony who has only ever had restricted turnout due to competition, since I have had him he has had all the turn out he wants, in pairs/alone and in a heard but he hates it all! over the summer he went out in a field that had been rested for two years, loads of grass but was at the gate within 45 minutes, he was in a field that had been cut for hay and was at the gate after 20 minutes, he is more than happy living how he does so this is the way he will stay.
 
Goldenstar said:
I hate bunnies they dig holes in my paddocks and make them dangerous, but don't think thats got anything to do with wearing pink and lilac.
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I had a friend who hated the rabbits which dug up her garden and was happy to let her lurcher kill them. However she used to buy treats for my pet rabbit and loved to cuddle him. I pointed this out to her and she explained the others were evil garden-wrecking rabbits whereas Buster was a bunny. :rolleyes:
 
Kobie said:
He is an ex JA jumping pony who has only ever had restricted turnout due to competition, since I have had him he has had all the turn out he wants, in pairs/alone and in a heard but he hates it all! over the summer he went out in a field that had been rested for two years, loads of grass but was at the gate within 45 minutes, he was in a field that had been cut for hay and was at the gate after 20 minutes, he is more than happy living how he does so this is the way he will stay.
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Sounds to me then that hes been very much indoctrinated to being in from a young age, think Stockholm syndrome, and wouldve needed very careful, probably specialist handling to break that mental thought process he had lived with all his life. Makes me rather sad really to think that a herd animal feels safer within 4 walls on his own. Thats not a dig at you, just musing on the thought process he might have.

I still stand by my original statement though.
 
TigerTail said:
Sounds to me then that hes been very much indoctrinated to being in from a young age, think Stockholm syndrome, and wouldve needed very careful, probably specialist handling to break that mental thought process he had lived with all his life. Makes me rather sad really to think that a herd animal feels safer within 4 walls on his own. Thats not a dig at you, just musing on the thought process he might have.

I still stand by my original statement though.
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Sorry but that is utter *******s, horses are not that intelligent, nothing at all to do with feeling safe, he just prefers to be indoors, Simple.

Sorry to hijack your post OP
 
I had a lovely mare who came from an SJ background she did not do turnout she was happy to go out for 30 mins but would stand at the gate pawing after that, Shea got a bit better over time but really liked being in her stable watching what was going on the yard she loved to work just loved it. When a injury made her unrideable I PTS as I knew she would have hated being turned out all day and even though she was sucessful and well bred I did not consider breeding from her as I could not see how I would settle her to it.
 
Kobie said:
Sorry but that is utter *******s, horses are not that intelligent, nothing at all to do with feeling safe, he just prefers to be indoors, Simple.
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:D Haha, do I feel another thread coming on?

"Do some horses really like to be in a stable the majority of the time?"
 
Blitzenfys said:
:D Haha, do I feel another thread coming on?

"Do some horses really like to be in a stable the majority of the time?"
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Haha, that'd be a big fat no! from Ned! He once broke a stable door off it's hinges with ease, when someone stupidly put him in one at a show. He doesn't go in stables at the best of times, let alone with all the excitement of a show!
 
Kobie said:
horses are not that intelligent, nothing at all to do with feeling safe, he just prefers to be indoors, Simple.
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I think an awful lot of what horses "like" and "dislike" is all about feeling safe. Not because they're very intelligent, it's all about instinct and being hard-wired to avoid being lunch.
 
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