Some people just should'nt be allowed to own a horse!

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Just got back from the yard and am in a rage!
Few weeks ago I posted about the new owners on our yard-two lessons at a riding school and they buy a horse. They chose not to listen to friendly advice they knew it all.

Well, vet is now on his way and its not looking good for the poor horse. They have owned him since Christmas-yep he was a present, bows an' all.
They have been repeatedly told that riding straight after a huge feed is not wise, nor is taking tack off sweaty horse and shoving another huge feed in its face.
Looks like the poor horse is suffering from a very serious bout of colic TBH when I was up there earlier I thought he was a goner. Horse box is on standby but I'm not really sure that I want him to be saved. I know that sounds evil but these people just dont have a clue and wont sell as that would be losing face.
aargh!!
He is such an honest horse too!
 

sorry to jump on this but whilst I sort of agree with you in terms of ignorant owners, (and some really don't take advice)
it is awful that their horse has colic & I would be very upset if someone took this attitude about my horse.

Perhaps they need a bit of support and not criticism/judgement at this time.
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Poor horsey
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Sadly there is no telling some people but maybe if the vet points out the colic was caused by their poor horse management skills they might make more of an effort to learn the correct way of doing things - perhaps they just need to realise that we do things in certain ways for a reason! Sad that it is always the horse that has to suffer as a consequence of the actions of irresponsible owners like these though
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Poor horse. Some people do not realise what a huge responsibility it is to own a horse. Some see them as dogs that live away from home. The fact is horses are so much more sensitive and even their very basic needs can be complicated and require a lot of knowledge and understanding.

Hopefully this will be a wake up call and they will either sell him or start listening to others and getting their heads in some good horse care books.
 
Arwen-normally I would agree and be the first to offer to go with the horse. HOWEVER these people are the most arrogant and self righteous people I have ever had the displeasure of meeting.
They honestly believe that they know best. They come up, tack up-no grooming-gallop across the fields, untack feed and go home. There really is no telling them and believe me I have tried-in a nice manner but I gave up as it was going in one ear and out of the other.
 
Panda and Vic- yep all of us on the yard are now hoping that they will learn a bit of humility and see that we are trying to help them.
Lets hope that a huge vets bill and a talking to from a 'professional' will be the kick they need!!
 

Fair enough - think we have all met these sorts of people. What a shame for the poor horse though. I hope he pulls through though and that they learn a lesson from it, rather than losing a decent horse for no good reason.
 
Quick update
Just got off phone with YO's daughter, vet has given them stern talking too and told them its a surgery job. He also told them the price-a couple of grand possibly-horse is not insured- and offered to PTS...
They have opted for surgery, box is ready and it looks like a break through has been made!!
Fingers crossed now for the outcome..really hoping that they get the chance to put right all the wrongs they done to this poor horse!
 
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Don't count your chicken's, it's got to get to the hospital, through the surgery, through recovery, and through post surgery nursing by people who don't know what they're doing(??)

Wonder what your YO has been doing about all this??????
 
YO has kept an eye, but as he said if he keeps on at them all they will do is move on and the cycle starts again.
TBH YO is a bit of a waste of time. He is never on the yard...only to collect rent once a month.
 
To be fair to your YO it isn't his responsibility.

My YO is the same, she will never see a horse knowingly mistreated but is sick of giving advice and it not being listened to.

I have been involved with horses for more years than I care to put in black & white and I would still ask her advice.

There seems to be a growing number of these types of know it all owners these days and it makes me crazy.

If it wouldn't be suck a damned inconvenience to all us conscientious owners I would be all for having to pass an exam and yearly retests for horse ownership!

AArrrrggghhh
 
We have some of those at our yard, the thing is you try to e really nice and they just dont listen, we have one who brough a horse un-vetted we all told her there was something wrong with it from the start it a polish warmblood and massive it just wasnt moving correctly behind, well a year later it is completly ****ed and cant be riden it has nerve damage in its back and basically one day it will go down and never come up!!!! So SAD it is a lovely horse, well now she is feeding it buckets full of feed, mine is in hard word and eats about a 1/3 of what hers does, if the horse gets to fat it wont be able to move I have tried to tell her but she wont listen, so have given uo I just feel so sorry for the horse, but there is only so much you can do I would br happy to have my horse checked once a year for horse ownership!!!!
 
I hope the horse is ok BUT how will these people cope with post operative care?
The horse will be on box rest and need a lot of careful feeding, care etc. If they won't listen to advice, I don't hold out much hope for a successful recovery. Sadly.
 
Be careful you are not leaping to assumptions.
My 2yo colicked last year...blood clot causing decreased blood supply to the colon...and partial impaction. Perhaps you'd like to identify which part of my mismanagement that could be attributed to?
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I very much doubt you actually tack up while your horse is still eating?
Or proceed to gallop endlessly round the field disturbing the other liveries.
Or clip because 'everyone else has'
Or feed again while untacking.
Or throw out straight afterwards.
Or run out of feed and as feedstores are closed go to the supermarket for cornflakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Hopefully a talk from teh vet will do some good. Could you get him to suggest doing the BHS horse owners exams?

S - I agree colic can happen to anyone
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My TBx had it twice as a youngster and I was devestated and went over and over my care routine etc but the vet said it sometimes just happens and we can;t stop it. Hope your minion is ok now
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that sounds just like a novice livery i know. her horse is thankfully on full livery tho, but she pops down very rarely with a box of cereal for her horse! plus 1 day she decided to feed him and ended up using up the last few scoops of stud mix i buy for my youngster!
thankfully the horse was fine. i was also so relieved she didn't try to feed her horse unsoaked suger beet pellets. she's so clueless and the feeds are all unlabeled in containers it's a miracle she didn't.
hope the poor horse is going to be ok after his surgery and well looked after. also hope this will be a good wake up call for his owners.
 
Its easy to jump to the wrong conculsion, but its hard for us loyal horse owners to see the new owners or those that shouldnt be near horses when things are going wrong or have gone very wrong
 
I really can't believe some people can be like that towards a horse. I'm the first one to admit I don't know much about horses but I've learnt so much in the last three years mostly through reading and asking other liveries advice. I hope my little horse is healthy and happy he seems to be and I would be mortified if I ever did anything to cause him a problem.
 
Poor horse, wish i could have afforded to have a horse before i had to prove i was ready for one!! I had a livery on my old yard that use to feed her horse coco pops every day, i kept on at them and eventually had to remove them from the yard, felt sorry for the pony but they had no knowledge wouldnt except any advice and pony was going mad !
 
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I very much doubt you actually tack up while your horse is still eating? Very common in Europe at the big barns.
Or proceed to gallop endlessly round the field disturbing the other liveries. Very common with children; I'm sure I did this as a child.
Or clip because 'everyone else has' Can't see anything wrong with this.
Or feed again while untacking. Again, very common elsewhere in the world.
Or throw out straight afterwards. My horses are all turned out, so yes I "throw them out" straight after riding.
Or run out of feed and as feedstores are closed go to the supermarket for cornflakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Doubtful cornflakes will do any harm.

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I'm not saying I agree with any of those things, but none of them sound like a hanging offence to me, and are indeed commonplace in many parts of the world. Now they may well be responsible for the attack of colic, however, they may not so I don't think it would be right for anyone to be judgemental without further information.
 
Well just to put my two penneth worth in.

My horse had colic last week - becuase I fed him too soon after hard work!

So good on ya Country_Gal - but be warned of the consequences...........
 
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