Shamelessly judgemental thread!

Wagtail said:
Touche :D

Actually didn't expect it to be good quality, but did expect it to be basically safe and comfortable for the horse. 'German' and £200. Thought it may do my mare for a couple of months whilst I was assessing if she would stay sound...

But hey...learnt my lesson there.
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Ohh!! I've seen those on eBay. Are they awful then? They look fine in the photos although the price did seem far too low.
 
coffeeandabagel said:
Whats wrong with flash straps and what happens if you pull a horse forwards with the bit in? Think I can imagine but not sure
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Dont know that i explained this one too well, Ill try again....
Horse has bridle on (with bit in!) Person leading it from the ground stands slightly in front and yanks the pony forward with the reins....very unfair I think, on the pony's mouth.... I want to scream 'Stand to the side and your pony will move forwards!!! doesnt need to be dragged by the bit running through its mouth!!!
Sorry about the 'flash' one - no offence to anyone using them - i know some horses go better in one - but its just a pet hate of mine - horse opens mouth to avoid something uncomfortable in mouth so we strap it shut!
 
Haha!! What a great thread for a crappy March/nearly April afternoon!!

I have LOTS of bugbears in life generally (I am Grumpy Old Women personified:rolleyes:) but horsey ones?

Feeding treats indiscriminately - EVEN when the horse is kicking the stable door GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Wet people, I have my fluffy moments :eek: but at the end of the day, horses are too big to have bad manners

People who should know better NOT KNOWING BETTER

Over breeding. I'm sorry you maybe in a position to breed from your mare, but can you guarantee the long term future of the foal?

Saddles from EBay? I bought what I wanted (and not seen another one since ANYWHERE) No it didn't fit originally, but I got the saddler out within the the week, she fitted a new headplate and objected to the dead sheep I wanted underneath :eek::p:o:rolleyes: Now have a saddle Lyla and myself like :) there are good and bad alike as with everything in life ;)
 
Bestdogdash said:
The appalling use of grammar and the exceptionally bad spelling that pervades practically every post on this forum, e.g 'I bought my saddle of EBay'. It should be I bought my saddle through eBay from so and so .....
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How dare you !

When you understand that not everyone can have a 1st in English, and that some people may be fantastic with animals but pretty poor on the grammer side of things, when you understand that posts like yours make others feel inferior and will put many off posting on forums that may suffer with dyslexia - you may then feel rather small - just like your doing to others.
 
Donnie Darco said:
Over breeding. I'm sorry you maybe in a position to breed from your mare, but can you guarantee the long term future of the foal?
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But that arguement can be made irrelevant...so say you lost your job...coud you afford to keep your horse? Or would you find a way? whats to say the breeder isnt the same...

Overbreeding yes....but not all breeding is overbreeding...there is to much overbreeding of crap mare and crap stallion....
 
People who moan their fields have no grass but then never look after their fields by poop picking, pulling rag and turning their horses out even in the worst weather, all hours and then moaning to the YO demanding a new field...so they can trash that one too!

People who turn out 24/7 who think they are superior to those who stable their horses, same as people who go barefoot looking down their noses at people who shoe...both work for different horses.

People who buy the latest gadget with no idea how it works, how to use or even if their horse needs it, just because they saw a professional use one or it was in a magazine.

People who own mares who think its ok to breed because the mare can no longer be ridden.

People who advertise their aged horses as companions or light hacks because after years if that horse providing its best years of its life to he owner, the owner wants to move on.

The list goes on :rolleyes:
 
My pet hates are people with superiority complexes who think they are better than anyone else, think they know it all, yet have done ****** all.

Instructors who think they are great instructors because they have a qualification. I would prefer unqualified any time - PROVIDING they have a track record which proves their achievements.

People who feed competition mix and molassed chaff and then say "oh he/she's really hyper today"......
 
Orls said:
I hate judgemental people! I have a reason behind everything I do with my horses, if you don't understand the background story to my actions don't judge me! There's too much of this on livery yards.

People who treat their horses as if they were made of glass, it's a horse .... Let it act like one!

People who insist on acting superior with no grounds for it.

Inverted snobbery!
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Well said couldn't have put it better myself :)
 
Gingerwitch said:
How dare you !

When you understand that not everyone can have a 1st in English, and that some people may be fantastic with animals but pretty poor on the grammer side of things, when you understand that posts like yours make others feel inferior and will put many off posting on forums that may suffer with dyslexia - you may then feel rather small - just like your doing to others.
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I dare, because I was asked, via the title of the thread, to comment on issues I find myself being 'shamefully judgemental' about, which is precisely what I have done. Please note the word 'shamefully' in the title. I can recommend a dictionary, should you need to clarify the meaning.

I don't have any guilt and neither do I feel small. Furthermore I suspect that all of the posts commenting on a persons weight, for example, don't feel guilty about the fact that it may be offensive to others here. Nor should they. We are all entitled to a view.

For the record, I am actually dyslexic and have worked and continue to work exceptionally hard to ensure that my spelling, use of english and grammar are correct - as a mark of respect for all those who have to or choose to read it.

How dare you berate me, for expressing a view I was invited to make?
 
EKW... I used to work in racing and my brother us a jockey.. Mum and dad had a horse but now it just annoys me! I don't know why lol!

Think it's because stable staff cab pretty much ride anything and are skinny lol

Since I left racing I have got fat and fall off a lot!

Was just a joke really without people in racing I wouldnt have 4 crazy tbs!!
 
Bestdogdash said:
I dare, because I was asked, via the title of the thread, to comment on issues I find myself being 'shamefully judgemental' about, which is precisely what I have done. Please note the word 'shamefully' in the title. I can recommend a dictionary, should you need to clarify the meaning.

I don't have any guilt and neither do I feel small. Furthermore I suspect that all of the posts commenting on a persons weight, for example, don't feel guilty about the fact that it may be offensive to others here. Nor should they. We are all entitled to a view.

For the record, I am actually dyslexic and have worked and continue to work exceptionally hard to ensure that my spelling, use of english and grammar are correct - as a mark of respect for all those who have to or choose to read it.

How dare you berate me, for expressing a view I was invited to make?
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Really i thought the word in the title was Shamelessly....but you obvioulsy read what you want to - just like the fact that this is a thread about issues to do with horses ie. worming, shoeing etc.... not about grammer and spelling
 
Flump, why do people in racing annoy you?

Because I like to turn the tables on myself to keep perspective. This really annoys me but its my problem and I should lighten up. We have a big water barrel that gets filled from hose. This means no one has to wait on slow pressure to fill buckets. Or that we have no water when taps are frozen. I keep that thing meticulously clean. I also keep the dip bucket clean. The dip bucket is so people don't put in their own buckets to scoop out water that might have bits of shavings and hay on the outside. The hose and barrel are mine. Nothing when I moved here. I also am the only one capable of blowing out hose at night and putting it away. So it really makes me flip when I need water and there's none, people getting nasty crap in it, or my personal favorite. Geez, that needs cleaned! Or when I go out about now the barrel will be 1/4 full. I've done all my chores bar feed but schmuck here will have to sit out in the cold to let barrel fill and then put hose away. Also, teach your horses how to freaking stand still so he isn't tramping all over my hose in his shoes and making holes.

Thus concludes why I'm a judgemental freak show! This above all else, besides neglect or stupidity, really gets to me and I don't know why! LOL!

Terri
 
I am shamelessly annoyed by women who wear belted jods with a vest tucked in who then proceed to ride moving nothing but their damn stomach muscles.

*This post was brought to you by the feelings of jealousy and irrational hatred*
 
Thats the one thing I have never understood about racing - why have the smallest, lightest people work ride them?! Put 13st+ on at home and when they get to the track they carry a feather weight compared to what they are used to :D

P.s. The above is very much a not very serious post!
 
Wagtail said:
Some of us occasionally get called judgemental when we comment on some topics that are regularly discussed. Whilst I maintain that horse welfare is the reason for virtually all of my arguments, I admit that there are one or two topics on which I am judgemental, but I think, justifiably so. My own bugbears relating to horses are:

Keeping horses alone (I don't mean individual turnout here).
People who are too heavy to ride their horses (but they ride them anyway).
Allowing horses to drop too much weight in winter (as a lazy way to counter the summer gorging, or at least using this as an excuse :rolleyes:)
Over feeding on starchy hard feed
Allowing horses to get fat.

So what are yours?
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now.... blow me down -my view??? lol ! does this bit I have highlighted in bold not say "relating to horses" - and check the title again... it definatley says Shamelessly !... and considering this thread is in Tack Room... which is for issues to do with HORSES... not for grammer and spelling
 
- Overrugging. If your horse really needs 2 HWs, a MW and a fleece to go in a field for a few hours, you need a vet!
- People who buy horses but are complete novices and don't know what even a flash strap is.
- Mucky beds. My boy is on deep litter but always has a nice looking bed once mucked out. You can't see any wet anywhere, which is the point but seems so often overlooked.
- People who don't wear hats and people who then claim it's their head, forgetting about those around them should they suffer an injury.
- People who don't wear hi viz ('Oh, but my horse is grey so easily seen....:rolleyes:).
- People who judge others on their horse (I have a 13.3hh pony and am 21, ergo I'm an idiot who owns a common pony who should be with a 9 year old).
- 3 ring gags.
- Disrespectful liveries.
- People who ride on the road and are discourteous to road users.
- People who boot their horse to the eyeballs for turnout. 99% of field injuries that I have seen have been on an area that a boot wouldn't cover. And it just looks daft.

There are many more but I'm just waiting for my hypertension to ease :o
 
That one person on the yard who thinks they know everything and are extremely bossy/won't take no for an answer types. :rolleyes:

People on here who rip apart new members or post something from on line for others to degrade and make fun of.

People who are too overweight to ride their horse so instead decide to breed from their mares instead.

Me replying to this thread I sound like a right moan.:p
 
PapaFrita said:
Ohh!! I've seen those on eBay. Are they awful then? They look fine in the photos although the price did seem far too low.
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Yes, they have all the girth straps on the same piece of cheap webbing. The stirp bars are rough and sharp and would rub through the leathers. In addition they can only be used with the hinge in the upwards position, so unsafe should you fall off. The flocking is really hard and very lumpy too. I was swayed by the 'German' reference I guess as have had good quality cheap German tack before. But these are actually made in India! Rant over.
 
I agree with most of these.
One of mine is closed minded people. I've recently gone bitless with my ex racer and had very little support from other people on my yard... They told me a stronger bit is the only option. My horse is now the happiest and most relaxed i've ever known him to be ridden in a bitless bridle :)
 
Dumbo said:
I agree with most of these.
One of mine is closed minded people. I've recently gone bitless with my ex racer and had very little support from other people on my yard... They told me a stronger bit is the only option. My horse is now the happiest and most relaxed i've ever known him to be ridden in a bitless bridle :)
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I agree. Most horses I have tried bitless go far better that way. Sadly, my main interest is dressage and they don't allow bitless. Doesn't stop me doing the majority of my schooling and teaching of new movements bitless though.
 
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