Shamelessly judgemental thread!

JFTD said:
No I think she was so upset by your comment, she developed stable vices, weaved off two more pounds and slipped into a two dimensional reality whereby she can no longer interact with a 3-D universe.

Not a problem for us fat cattle-types :D I'm thinking of taking up windsucking as the latest fad diet...
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I did an actual LOL at this. I did not, spit tea all over my laptop or snort wine up my nose, or laugh 'til I cried. Must try harder.
 
Billie1007 said:
I did an actual LOL at this. I did not, spit tea all over my laptop or snort wine up my nose, or laugh 'til I cried. Must try harder.
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I would be impressed if you had simultaneously inhaled wine up your nose and spat tea over your laptop... :D
 
People who don't treat their horses with respect and kindness.
Unnecessary gadgets.
People who don't realise how lucky they are to be horse owners in the first place and take it for granted.

That's generally it, although dirty tack/numnahs/saddlecloths are also a bugbear :D
 
I was here all along billy, I'd just turned sideways so I was invisible. I was actually so upset, I had to go & make a few rounds of cheese & onion toasties & hot chocolate to dip my mars bars in. But I will defend myself enough to say I do NOT tuck my tops in! I either wear stupidly long ones, or being a gangly person they are too short & ride up, displaying knobbly spine most attractively. I do have an advantage though, in summer I can ride in vest top & jods & use the hollows of my collar bone to store phone & cigs!
 
Equilibrium Ireland said:
Re flash straps. Agree, too tight is just stupid. I don't use them. However, they can serve a purpose. Such as in racing. Horses can't breathe through their mouths so not a good analogy about trying to run with your mouth clamped shut. But some horses will lob their tongue about and roll it back and it will cause issues to proper airway function. And no not because hands are pulling their mouth open. They do serve a purpose and can be fitted correctly.

Terri
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Natch said:
Hi Terri

I'm not concerned that a flash prevents mouth breathing which as you say isn't something that occurs in horses, but how every concussive force is felt through gritted teeth ;)

Interesting to hear that about tongues and airway function, not heard that before :)

Of course there is a place for flashes, but on the whole I'd argue they are generally being used to fix a symptom, not a cause. And I've been guilty of that.
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I have a paper on that somewhere done by Rossdales. I will try and look it out, it's quite an easy one to read and it does conclude that horses with their mouths kept shut take in more air I think. Although I haven't read it for a while so don't quote me on that ;)
 
Ha! @LL. I love a bit of what I call 'Dragon Spine'. My incredibly thin and beautiful sister also displays hers at times. Go eat some more pies, the fewer there are on the shelves for me to buy the better!
 
OldNag said:
People who always look elegant,whatever, whenever. I never seem to escape the Worzel Gummage look when I am around horses.
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I rock Worzel Gummage chique all the time. When "scarecrow" come back into fashion, I will be so on trend :D
 
I am an expert
I am right
I am never wrong
I am slim
I am fat
I am perfect is that enough now?
Shame not everyone is like me.
Good night.
 
There are lots of things, many of them mentioned above but the one that really winds me up is;

Posters on here who ask for advice and then come up with as many reasons as possible to not take the emminently sensible advice given.

I also get annoyed by those who think that they have become experts because they have some micky-mouse degree from a 'university' that no-one has ever heard of.
They are very often the same people.
 
Pearlsasinger said:
There are lots of things, many of them mentioned above but the one that really winds me up is;

Posters on here who ask for advice and then come up with as many reasons as possible to not take the emminently sensible advice given.

I also get annoyed by those who think that they have become experts because they have some micky-mouse degree from a 'university' that no-one has ever heard of.
They are very often the same people.
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Delicious_D said:
^^^^ agreed
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Can't imagine which thread you are referring to:rolleyes:
 
And another, tackling the symptoms without even looking at the cause, happens in so many situations. Eg horse is bargey on way in at night. Don't bother changing your routine so it isn't left out 2hrs after the rest & coming in starving, just whack a dually on. Horse naps, don't bother considering its young & green & needs its confidence building, whack it for disobedience. Horse is too lively to ride, don't bother thinking that 24/7 stabling & comp mix might not be conducive to an hours slow plod, just mix some calmer in with the mollassed feed & stick a load of gadgets on. Horse pulls, don't even consider your riding or its training, buy a waterford.
 
Over rugging is a massive bug bear of mine. 2 hw's, a mw, and a fleece on a shetland is absolutely insane and quite often I find some of the rugging regimes of posters on this forum borderline a welfare issue.

Tack. There was a thread on here not so long ago of someone jumping their horse in an indoor school over a 1ft course of jumps, with a five point breastplate, stud girth, and fly veil on. :rolleyes:

The word 'rescue' being so over used and fashionable these days. If someone so much as buys a horse with no topline and a cracked hoof they have 'rescued it'.

People who seem to think that everyone on this forum should only say fluffy wuffy nicey things and suck up to other posters. The term 'if you haven't got anything nice to say, don't say it' really gets on my goat. If we all had that attitude in life people would be getting away with allsorts left, right and centre and advice giving would be a crime!

People who have horses yet lack the most basic of knowledge. Things as simple as what a flash noseband is, or what the 'function' of a cavesson noseband is, or posting pics of a simple basic common ailment such as rainscald or mud fever, and asking what on earth it could be, really is shocking.
 
Sorry... this one's going to upset people!

People who rely on the word of a so called "professional saddle fitter" to fit the most important piece of tack they'll ever own, then blindly sit on it regardless of whether their horse changes shape, whether how they ride changes, whether the saddle gets worn and then argue "but the fitter said it fit" when you point out they're hurting their horses.

Why are horse owners so incapable of paying attention to how a saddle sits?

Pee's me off a good 'un!
 
People who spend all winter stuffing haylege, feed and many supplements into their mostly stabled, scarcely worked horses, then wonder why; 1, It's virtually unridable 2, It goes off it's feet when they turn it out on the spring grass.
And then spend the whole summer trying to get weight off.

People putting small kids/toddlers with no hats, up on big tied up horses for a photo.

Feet not in stirrups correctly, and not corrected by instructor.

Smoking on yards is the worst though.
 
Liveries not coming to see to their horses until after 9am on weekends, the horses don't know its a weekend and you want a lie in!

Owners not getting the farrier until the shoes are either worn to the hoof or they fall off, even though they have been on for nearly three months :(

Not taking the time or effort to understand about everything, ie feed, feet, tack etc.

People not getting the vet out sooner if their horse has something wrong with it
 
It is probably because I'm not competitive (at least where my horses are concerned) but I don't like seeing horses / ponies being treated as disposable bits of sports equipment. To me, they are family members.
 
Loving the fatty/thinny war going on...:D

Another thing -

What's the point in buying a £200 comfort bridle with padded headpiece, browband and noseband, if you are going to strap on a thin flash and fasten it so tight it must be stopping the blood supply? :confused:
 
Or the heavily padded crank nosebands - I mean what IS the point. To make it "comfortable" when you've cranked it up so hard the leather's stretching?
 
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