dododo
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I know this is a long post but please please read it. I want everyone to know how rude these people were.
An R.S.P.C.A inspector ran upon us begging us for help whilst we were on a ride.
There was a tiny pony stranded on a river bank.
The original plan by the inspector and us was that the pony be taken to our yard with OUR horse as a chaperone, to ease stress of the little one, and given a temporary stable once recovered from the river to rest in.
I travelled as fast as I could back to my yard to collect a head collar and lead rope.
(Note: I was instructed by the inspector to do this under alot of panic and pressure and I didnt want to disappoint so I did it as fast as i could).
Stopped lots of times to catch my breath and propped myself up against a wall at one point, and goodness knows how many puffs on my inhaler I took! Lol.
After I arrived on the yard my friend to drove me back to the river as I physically could not walk and had to catch my breath again.
[Just to illustrate -I am quite a sickly teenager, severe asthma, ive had heart problems & surgery, and other problems)
Fair enough they didnt know this, but I dont think they would have cared.
The way they treated me proved that. Not even a thank you!
Another new inspector arrived who was a very young blonde woman, she had a rather cold blunt dig at us for not bringing the correct size and made a totally unnecessary snide comment about the fact that it was a waste of time this is stupid it is flipping shire horse size. Or something along those lines.
(It was actually pony/cob size. Btw.
I told them this was the smallest one i could find as I have a big horse.)
That wasnt the only unnecessary thing she said either!
Along with comments and very nasty dirty looks I felt humiliated.
We didnt have to be there.
Remember, we were INSTRUCTED to help by an official; we were not interfering or being nosy.
Afterwards, when the horse was out, we walked directly behind them.
But they hurried away from us as if we were diseased.
It was truly horrible to be brushed off in such a way after waiting for so long with our horse.
Obviously their plans had changed. It would have been nice if they had let us know!
<font color="red"> I am very happy that the pony was rescued of course! </font>
My own horse was tired and restless for 2 whole hours waiting to chaperone the pony; he didnt know what was happening and neither did we after they blanked us.
NO 'GOODBYE'
NO SMILE.
NOT A 'THANKYOU FOR YOUR TIME'... they disappeared and that was that.
They were offensive and cold. I hope that if my horse was lost, I wouldn't get these unkind people dealing with him and we do plan to write a serious letter of complaint for the way they treated us.
An R.S.P.C.A inspector ran upon us begging us for help whilst we were on a ride.
There was a tiny pony stranded on a river bank.
The original plan by the inspector and us was that the pony be taken to our yard with OUR horse as a chaperone, to ease stress of the little one, and given a temporary stable once recovered from the river to rest in.
I travelled as fast as I could back to my yard to collect a head collar and lead rope.
(Note: I was instructed by the inspector to do this under alot of panic and pressure and I didnt want to disappoint so I did it as fast as i could).
Stopped lots of times to catch my breath and propped myself up against a wall at one point, and goodness knows how many puffs on my inhaler I took! Lol.
After I arrived on the yard my friend to drove me back to the river as I physically could not walk and had to catch my breath again.
[Just to illustrate -I am quite a sickly teenager, severe asthma, ive had heart problems & surgery, and other problems)
Fair enough they didnt know this, but I dont think they would have cared.
The way they treated me proved that. Not even a thank you!
Another new inspector arrived who was a very young blonde woman, she had a rather cold blunt dig at us for not bringing the correct size and made a totally unnecessary snide comment about the fact that it was a waste of time this is stupid it is flipping shire horse size. Or something along those lines.
(It was actually pony/cob size. Btw.
I told them this was the smallest one i could find as I have a big horse.)
That wasnt the only unnecessary thing she said either!
Along with comments and very nasty dirty looks I felt humiliated.
We didnt have to be there.
Remember, we were INSTRUCTED to help by an official; we were not interfering or being nosy.
Afterwards, when the horse was out, we walked directly behind them.
But they hurried away from us as if we were diseased.
It was truly horrible to be brushed off in such a way after waiting for so long with our horse.
Obviously their plans had changed. It would have been nice if they had let us know!
<font color="red"> I am very happy that the pony was rescued of course! </font>
My own horse was tired and restless for 2 whole hours waiting to chaperone the pony; he didnt know what was happening and neither did we after they blanked us.
NO 'GOODBYE'
NO SMILE.
NOT A 'THANKYOU FOR YOUR TIME'... they disappeared and that was that.
They were offensive and cold. I hope that if my horse was lost, I wouldn't get these unkind people dealing with him and we do plan to write a serious letter of complaint for the way they treated us.
