JustMe22
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'I don't like washing my horse because she's waterproof'....riiiiiiight....
Scariest thing you have heard a person say that owns horses
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Amaranta
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Actually there is an element of truth in that, natural coat oils do keep the horse more waterproof. Washing a horse removes all the natural oils.
sazzle44
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Most of our yard don't have their horses shod untill one falls off. They get very annoyed if they don't stay on for a couple of months at least 
And of course, anything over 14hh can't possibly get laminitis. Nono, his kneck is that size because it's all top line...from being 'parrellied' twice a week?
hmm....
I had one lady telling me how she couldn't understand how I kept the weight off my 13"2 cob even though he was on the same grass as her 16"2. Perhaps something to do with the fact he's in during the day, has the right amount of feed for his size and is worked 6 days a week, often twice a day. Her horse was out 24/7, walked out (either ridden or in hand..) three times a week for 40mins, parellied once a week, and given two enormous feeds a day...and then wondered why it was crippled with laminitis.
They regularly do things like put their horses bit on upside down/back to front and find this hilarious! They ALL ride in pelhams
It just amazes me what people will do or find acceptable...
And of course, anything over 14hh can't possibly get laminitis. Nono, his kneck is that size because it's all top line...from being 'parrellied' twice a week?
hmm....I had one lady telling me how she couldn't understand how I kept the weight off my 13"2 cob even though he was on the same grass as her 16"2. Perhaps something to do with the fact he's in during the day, has the right amount of feed for his size and is worked 6 days a week, often twice a day. Her horse was out 24/7, walked out (either ridden or in hand..) three times a week for 40mins, parellied once a week, and given two enormous feeds a day...and then wondered why it was crippled with laminitis.
They regularly do things like put their horses bit on upside down/back to front and find this hilarious! They ALL ride in pelhams
It just amazes me what people will do or find acceptable...
sakura
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this has made me so glad to be on my yard!
though I did used to know one girl who was convinced her horse had such good feet, it only needed shoeing every 12 weeks or so and then most of the time "he looked at them but left the (same) shoes on"
... the mind boggles
though I did used to know one girl who was convinced her horse had such good feet, it only needed shoeing every 12 weeks or so and then most of the time "he looked at them but left the (same) shoes on"
... the mind boggles
Quadro
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I have just started given a lady lessons, she told me she has endless experiance and she gives other people lessons, and is supposedly high up in endurance.
He horse was cantering round and i told her it was on the wrong leg, she replied "whats wrong with his legs?"
She also told me her friends horse has "spangles"!!!
When she was giving one of her "lessons" she called me to ask what a flash was !!
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He horse was cantering round and i told her it was on the wrong leg, she replied "whats wrong with his legs?"
She also told me her friends horse has "spangles"!!!
When she was giving one of her "lessons" she called me to ask what a flash was !!
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TicTac
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A lady at the stud where I work has just bought a 4 year old unbacked mare. She wants to do a little bit of dressage and showing but she hasn't really got time to ride she just wants her as a pet. She has bought some pig oil to rub into the horses coat as she had heard that it makes them nice and shiny!! And so on...........
StrawberryFish
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Re colic, when my old boy was dying of colic (don't know at the time that he would die obviously) the vet said to let him roll (we were out in a paddock in front of the stables walking him) as horses don't get twisted guys when they roll so why should now be any different. I was so happy she said that because he was in suchagony that we couldn't keep him up and the YO and my mum were cracking lunge whips ag him while we waited for the vet sphere didn't roll. I have never been so distressed in all my life (nor the poor horse ) trying to drag a horse in pure agony round and round while two women screamed and him and cracked whips. Made me feel sick to my stomach
) trying to drag a horse in pure agony round and round while two women screamed and him and cracked whips. Made me feel sick to my stomach
StrawberryFish
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Please excuse this STUPID phone and it's random autocorrect function
JadeWisc
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By the way 
It turns out that the ball-less foal is indeed a filly so there may be hope yet
It turns out that the ball-less foal is indeed a filly so there may be hope yet spotty_pony
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From an Eventer who competed at Badminton this year, 'I didn't realise that pony I sold you was a stallion! I just assumed it was a gelding!!'
Buzzby84
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Re colic, when my old boy was dying of colic (don't know at the time that he would die obviously) the vet said to let him roll (we were out in a paddock in front of the stables walking him) as horses don't get twisted guys when they roll so why should now be any different. I was so happy she said that because he was in suchagony that we couldn't keep him up and the YO and my mum were cracking lunge whips ag him while we waited for the vet sphere didn't roll. I have never been so distressed in all my life (nor the poor horse
That is utter RUBBISH no wonder the horse died if it was allowed to roll, the people trying to keep him up where doing the right thing and this vet of yours should be struck off!! We had a 18.2hh hunter on my yard as a kid that got coilc, being so big we could NOT keep him up and as such he twisted his gut and had to be put to sleep. I have also known a pony twist her gut having a hooly in the field,
I do hope you have learnt your lesson from this experience.
turkana
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When my old mare had colic she lay down, I rang the vet 3 times while I was waiting for the emergency vet to arrive to check that I didn't need to get her up. I knew I didn't have to get her up but I was panicing.
But according to the yard expert this was wrong, she obviously knows more about colic than a vet who lectures at the Royal Veterinary Collage on colic & operates on colic cases as well!
Thank God it wasn't her that found her, the thought that some know all would drag my dying & in pain mare around makes me feel sick.
That must have been so distressing for you SlingLady but at least the vet was able to advise you.
I can't believe that people are still forcing these poor colicing horses to walk around when they are in so much pain.
But according to the yard expert this was wrong, she obviously knows more about colic than a vet who lectures at the Royal Veterinary Collage on colic & operates on colic cases as well!
Thank God it wasn't her that found her, the thought that some know all would drag my dying & in pain mare around makes me feel sick.
That must have been so distressing for you SlingLady but at least the vet was able to advise you.
I can't believe that people are still forcing these poor colicing horses to walk around when they are in so much pain.
StrawberryFish
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Even though it was over 7 years ago it still makes me feel sick thinking about it, and yes, thank goodness for that vet, I am still so grateful for her, she was the most kind and generous lady who just 'got' my bond with my boy and she was in tears after she put him to sleep after a 3 day ordeal trying to make him better *cry* amazing lady
Alexart
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I know one lady who was trying to get her not quite 3yr old absolute skin and bone filly in foal, thank god it didn't take - can't think why!! - she was happily posting pics every where of it and when asked why she was trying to breed from it now - "I know how to breed horses because I breed dogs" - **bashes head against wall***
We also had the white tracksuit family turn up looking to buy a welsh sec B 3yr old gelding we had at the time, when asked what they wanted it for - "something that would like to play football with their son" - I kid you not!! and the child in question was terrified of horses, needless to say I politely escorted them to the gate!!
A lady we know decided on a whim to buy 4 totally wild welsh ponies that had never been near people let alone anything else, she had no idea that horses needed to be wormed etc and had googled how to look after them - it took one of them 3 days to die with colic as she thought it was just getting up and down because it was tired and was shedding it's winter coat, not that the worms pouring out its butt were of any consequence!! Another got laminitis so badly, as they were on 6 acres of cattle pasture, it had to be put down - she sold the remaining 2 to the meat man.
3yrs later she decided on a whim to buy a shetland and a welsh pony - just for her children to play with and so she could say she had horses to her friends, even though her kids had never been near a horse in their lives! She asked me not long after she got them how to stop the ponies chewing the inside of their kennel!! - she was keeping them on wood shavings all night with no feed/hay - she thought you could keep them like her dogs!!!!!!!!!!
Scary or what!!!!! - people should have to pass an exam to own animals!!!!!!
- she was happily posting pics every where of it and when asked why she was trying to breed from it now - "I know how to breed horses because I breed dogs" - **bashes head against wall***We also had the white tracksuit family turn up looking to buy a welsh sec B 3yr old gelding we had at the time, when asked what they wanted it for - "something that would like to play football with their son" - I kid you not!! and the child in question was terrified of horses, needless to say I politely escorted them to the gate!!
A lady we know decided on a whim to buy 4 totally wild welsh ponies that had never been near people let alone anything else, she had no idea that horses needed to be wormed etc and had googled how to look after them - it took one of them 3 days to die with colic as she thought it was just getting up and down because it was tired and was shedding it's winter coat, not that the worms pouring out its butt were of any consequence!! Another got laminitis so badly, as they were on 6 acres of cattle pasture, it had to be put down - she sold the remaining 2 to the meat man.
3yrs later she decided on a whim to buy a shetland and a welsh pony - just for her children to play with and so she could say she had horses to her friends, even though her kids had never been near a horse in their lives! She asked me not long after she got them how to stop the ponies chewing the inside of their kennel!! - she was keeping them on wood shavings all night with no feed/hay - she thought you could keep them like her dogs!!!!!!!!!!
Scary or what!!!!! - people should have to pass an exam to own animals!!!!!!
Blaise
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"No, there's noting you can do. If they're going to get laminitis then they're going to get it"
"I wouldn't bother vaccinating them for flu or tetanus to be honest, mine has never been done and she's never got either, and they're not that bad if they do anyway"
Both said by a qualified (human) nurse to a very novice & easily led owner of a very overweight haflinger! I couldn't believe my ears when she said tetanus 'wasn't that bad'!!
Also heard owner of above haffy say she purposely fed her loads and let her out on the spring grass without a muzzle as "she's too fiery for me to ride when she's thinner. She's slower when she's fat and i can control her then"
I'm so glad i'm not on that yard anymore!!
"I wouldn't bother vaccinating them for flu or tetanus to be honest, mine has never been done and she's never got either, and they're not that bad if they do anyway"
Both said by a qualified (human) nurse to a very novice & easily led owner of a very overweight haflinger! I couldn't believe my ears when she said tetanus 'wasn't that bad'!!
Also heard owner of above haffy say she purposely fed her loads and let her out on the spring grass without a muzzle as "she's too fiery for me to ride when she's thinner. She's slower when she's fat and i can control her then"
I'm so glad i'm not on that yard anymore!!
harmonica
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oh, this thread is so entertaining (and frightening) that i had to sign up to HHO just so i could share! i used to be at a yard with a girl who bought a horse on a whim - £3k and she couldn't catch it, pick it's feet out or get on it, and passport was on the dodgy side... she came out with many many jewels, the best one was when my horse had an abcess and she asked the vet if it was in the foot or the hoof... this girl also wanted to train as a barefoot trimmer and offered to do my horse for free so she could practise! i politely told her i would stick with my regular farrier...
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Foaling Around
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From an Eventer who competed at Badminton this year, 'I didn't realise that pony I sold you was a stallion! I just assumed it was a gelding!!'
HAHA!! This is hilarious..... I would so do this
jeeve
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At a pony club committee meeting one of the dads said "if you see some one's child having a problem with their pony, you should just grab it and get it going or whack it to make it go. More parents should step in to make sure the kids ponies dont get away with anything".
I straight away said, that I did not want any one else with no knowledge about my kid or pony touching either. My kids would be annoyed that some one jumped in and grabbed or whacked their pony, and the ponies could at sudden uncalled for behaviour by rogue parent, rear, kick or take off.
He also added that all the kids should get a trophy at the end of the year. This pony club had the most number of closed comps you could get in a year, and no one went without a ribbon ever.
I straight away said, that I did not want any one else with no knowledge about my kid or pony touching either. My kids would be annoyed that some one jumped in and grabbed or whacked their pony, and the ponies could at sudden uncalled for behaviour by rogue parent, rear, kick or take off.
He also added that all the kids should get a trophy at the end of the year. This pony club had the most number of closed comps you could get in a year, and no one went without a ribbon ever.
Damnation
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When I worked on a livery yard:
Me: Your horse is going to get laminitus, hes overweight with a massive lumpy cresty neck.
Owner: But hes a cob, hes supposed to have that..
Horse came VERY close to laminitus...
Me: You shouldn't have let the pony winter fat, because now he has to be starved and its not fair, correct management could have avoided this!
Owner's dad: Oh it doesn't matter the muzzle will cure it..
Me: NO! The pony now has to be dieted to within an inch of his life, ridden ALOT (he was 17) and muzzled all because you cba monitoring his weight properly..
Owner's dad: The Muzzle always cures it..
ARGH
It annoys me when people put their horses health at risk like that >:[
ETA: I am not against muzzling. But in this instance, correct management of the pony's weight over the winter would have been adequate to sort this situation out. Pony was being fed half bucket fuls of competition mix twice a day He was a Welsh D..
Me: Your horse is going to get laminitus, hes overweight with a massive lumpy cresty neck.
Owner: But hes a cob, hes supposed to have that..
Horse came VERY close to laminitus...
Me: You shouldn't have let the pony winter fat, because now he has to be starved and its not fair, correct management could have avoided this!
Owner's dad: Oh it doesn't matter the muzzle will cure it..
Me: NO! The pony now has to be dieted to within an inch of his life, ridden ALOT (he was 17) and muzzled all because you cba monitoring his weight properly..
Owner's dad: The Muzzle always cures it..
ARGH
It annoys me when people put their horses health at risk like that >:[ETA: I am not against muzzling. But in this instance, correct management of the pony's weight over the winter would have been adequate to sort this situation out. Pony was being fed half bucket fuls of competition mix twice a day
He was a Welsh D..
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Damnation
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The same girl as above.
Owner: Dad says I am not allowed to do XC anymore because my pony is 17.
Me: If he is fit then why not? He doesn't have arthuritis or anything..
Owner: It doesn't matter I won't miss XC that much, we are going hunting instead..
Not allowed to do a 10min XC course. But is allowed to do a full days hunting.. logic?
Owner: Dad says I am not allowed to do XC anymore because my pony is 17.
Me: If he is fit then why not? He doesn't have arthuritis or anything..
Owner: It doesn't matter I won't miss XC that much, we are going hunting instead..
Not allowed to do a 10min XC course. But is allowed to do a full days hunting.. logic?
Ginger Bear
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My horse has a scar on the corner of his mouth & the PO told me to always ride his in a straight bar pelham because it's softer on his scar!! I swiftly changed his bit as soon as I got him home.. had the dentist out yesterday & he showed me the extent of the scarring inside his mouth..omg, he reckons someone has stuck a lead rope with a metal clip in his mouth, I told him about the pelham & he said thank goodness I swapped his bit as a hard, strong bit could easily rip such scar tissue!!
Hippona
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When I was on livery......I was told that my horse must be tired- he had been seen yawning in the field and after all, its such a long day for him when you put him out so early ( 6.30am)
After all.....when you bring them in , they just lie down and go to sleep all night, don't they
After all.....when you bring them in , they just lie down and go to sleep all night, don't they
FizzyFanta
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My Gelding is such a good looker I may offer him up as a stud!!!!!!
Q-Do you think my new Cob will take my weight as i would like it as a mother and daughter share?
A-No!!!!! your cob is a 10h Dartmore Hill pony that your daughter will out grow in a year or 2!
Q-Do you think my new Cob will take my weight as i would like it as a mother and daughter share?
A-No!!!!! your cob is a 10h Dartmore Hill pony that your daughter will out grow in a year or 2!
pip6
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Would like to point out as an advanced level affiliated endurance rider I do know about canter leads.............
One guy at a yard with a small arab that was never sat on apart from the odd occasion (by his tall fat male owner), claimed he did long distance riding. Apparently he rode from Reading to High Wycombe & back in a couple of hours. Amazing, takes very nearly that long in a car!
One guy at a yard with a small arab that was never sat on apart from the odd occasion (by his tall fat male owner), claimed he did long distance riding. Apparently he rode from Reading to High Wycombe & back in a couple of hours. Amazing, takes very nearly that long in a car!
jaspejoo
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We had a cracker the other day...a couple at our yard think they know it all and bought a 6yr old failed TB national hunt horse for showjumping...they throw it in at the deep end and have it jumping fences before they have even got it working properly with its neck and back...literally runs around with its nose hitting the roof...she announces to me after a week of having him...well he's too strong so im putting him in a three ring dutch gaga with double reins on the bottom loop...tried to help them but no no avail.
a couple of months later i get a report from their first show jumping competition....
me - "how did it go"
couple - "he was really good...although he had 4 poles down and one refusal in the one stride double because he is such a baby he jumps so far to the right that he jumped out of a one stride double"
i was in shock for days...
a couple of months later i get a report from their first show jumping competition....
me - "how did it go"
couple - "he was really good...although he had 4 poles down and one refusal in the one stride double because he is such a baby he jumps so far to the right that he jumped out of a one stride double"
i was in shock for days...
jenz87
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quite a few over the years, but a new one this week.
A livery on my yard comes over, proud as punch " ive bought some farrier equipment"...
me - oh....but why...?
Livery: well i dont like my farrier, so ive decided to shoe my horses myself.
me....... ..... ..... ... what like....do their feet?!!!......
Livery: yeah i can buy some shoes, and im good with wood, so i figured id be fine.
Me: erm...you know thats illegal??!
livery: is it? ah well as i said im sure ill be good at it.
???!?!?!?!?!?
A livery on my yard comes over, proud as punch " ive bought some farrier equipment"...
me - oh....but why...?
Livery: well i dont like my farrier, so ive decided to shoe my horses myself.
me....... ..... ..... ... what like....do their feet?!!!......
Livery: yeah i can buy some shoes, and im good with wood, so i figured id be fine.
Me: erm...you know thats illegal??!
livery: is it? ah well as i said im sure ill be good at it.
???!?!?!?!?!?
Groom42
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An owner, ringing a vet who had attended his severely colicking OAP twice in one day,
"He's feeling much better, he's been having a jolly good roll ........."
I should add that the vet had suggested on the first visit that the poor old thing was in serious distress and should be put down, but the owner flatly refused to countenance it - the same on the second visit. Vet decided the third visit would be the last.
"He's feeling much better, he's been having a jolly good roll ........."
I should add that the vet had suggested on the first visit that the poor old thing was in serious distress and should be put down, but the owner flatly refused to countenance it - the same on the second visit. Vet decided the third visit would be the last.
mini-eventer
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ha ha these are funny....
Someone came for a lesson yesterday, not ridden for 20yrs & very wobbly in trot.
Here husband wanted to buy her a 15hh steady school master. She wanted one "That nobody has ever sat on before"!!!!
She is now the proud owner of a 17hh unbroken 3 year old.... :s
Someone came for a lesson yesterday, not ridden for 20yrs & very wobbly in trot.
Here husband wanted to buy her a 15hh steady school master. She wanted one "That nobody has ever sat on before"!!!!
She is now the proud owner of a 17hh unbroken 3 year old.... :s
fidgeuk
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At a vet seminar earlier this year listening to Jenny Loriston-Clark, the guest speaker discuss her life with horses - a sort of brief biography. Funniest thing i heard all night was when she described how Dutch Gold wouldn't get off the lorry after he had been shipped over from abroad so she hit him on the arse with a shovel... aparently he shot off the truck without a problem!!! hahaha i nearly choked on my lemonade
howengold
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Someone on my farm recently said she was taking her coloured county showing next month, she apparently is an expert at showing, another resident said "Oh are you a member of CHAPS?" the other woman looked perplexed then asked "whats chaps?"......dear god...
Same know it all said I have soaked enough sugar beet for the two weeks I am away (height of summer and nowhere cool so even stuff we were soaking overnight was fermenting) I pointed out it probably wasn't a good idea and showed her mine from the night before nicely frmented and wiffy, oh thats ok she always has it that way...errr, the horse has already got livery damage so I guess it won't make that much difference????
Same woman was talking about why my 36 year old had been placed above her in a VHS class, apparent her combintaion was all wrong ......I didn't see any combinations but I saw bad copnformation....
Same know it all said I have soaked enough sugar beet for the two weeks I am away (height of summer and nowhere cool so even stuff we were soaking overnight was fermenting) I pointed out it probably wasn't a good idea and showed her mine from the night before nicely frmented and wiffy, oh thats ok she always has it that way...errr, the horse has already got livery damage so I guess it won't make that much difference????
Same woman was talking about why my 36 year old had been placed above her in a VHS class, apparent her combintaion was all wrong ......I didn't see any combinations but I saw bad copnformation....