The Grumpy Old Fart, Really Arsey, Tell It Like It Is Thread...

[WoopsiiD]

The life of a child should never come after that of the pony!!!
If its dangerous, its dangerous.
Get over it. Accept it and step up and do the right thing.
So it didn't kill your child this week, don't sell it on to the next person for them to be the one burying their child or sitting by a bed in an High Dependancy Unit just because you didn't have the balls to end the viscious circle!

I've been dying to get that off my chest.
I'm sick to the back teeth of people bleeting on.
Accept that some horses are just born bad. It happens. No amount of NH carrot sticking, xraying, teeth checking, back cracking will ever change its personality.

 

[micramadam]

No-one expects people who post on here to have a degree in english language but PLEASE, especially if you are writing a long, rambling post that involves multiple characters -

1) Read it through yourself before you hit the send button. If it doesn't make sense to you and you know the story how are we expected to understand it?

2) Please use punctuation. Capital letters at the beginning of sentences also helps.

3) Please don't use text speak and abbreviations.

4) Spellcheckers are a great invention and most computers have them.












Wow, that does feel better!!

I have wanted to say that for so long!

 

[Munchkin]

Oh, how about; Yes my horse LOOKS completely sane and easy to ride... but that's because YOU'RE not on him/her.

Thanks for this one my youngster needs a very balanced rider who is one step ahead of him - head screwed on but very sharp. An acquaintance is currently trying to sell him as a first pony to most of her friends' kids (he is not for sale) because he's "so quiet" unlike her "crazy mare" (overweight cob that spins occasionally (approx once a year), in slo-mo, sending said acquaintance out the front door).

Yes, I've had people turn up at the yard asking about him!

Now for my personal rant(s).

1. No, your horse doesn't "work in an outline," you have just irritated its mouth to a point where it's more comfortable to tuck its head in to appease you. Do you actually know what an 'outline' is? Do you understand why a horse is supposed to work in that shape, or do you think it's just something we decided looked nice and stuck with it? No, you shouldn't buy gadgets because your horse "doesn't understand how to work correctly." It's not the horse. You need to understand how to ride correctly. Buy a bike.

2. Correct, I do not presently have the WB and ISH jumping horses I once did; I have instead taken on an ex travellers' pony to back and work with and am preparing him to sell to a junior, eventually. This does not mean that I have forgotten how to ride and need to be patronised by you because you are on a 17hh that cost you your life savings. Your riding ability has not altered as a result of your mount, and neither has mine. I simply happen to think that competition horses are best suited to competition homes rather than exhibitionists, and I fully intend to look for another when I have the time to compete again.

I'm sure there's more, but that'll do me for now

 

[blitznbobs]

Oh God I'm a grumpy old woman but this is my last one for today (As I feel I am getting addicted)

Look unless your horse is working thru' it's back from it's back end with plenty of impulsion it doesn't matter if your hands are up in the air, down round your knees or doing the funky chicken in between your horse is never going to work in an outline ALL RIGHT????

 

[Echo Bravo]

Why do people no longer seem to enjoy just riding their horses. It seems a constant battle owner versus Horse posts. I've been there, done that and if had a problem stood back and had a good think about what I was asking horse. I've enjoyed all the horses I've owned over 40 years, good and bad and only once have I sold a pony on, many years ago when I was very young, and always regreted it, seems he had liver cancer and I'd been told it was the way I handled him. The rest have been with me for life and when the time has come, they've been put down at home. To me that is what the love of the horse is all about.

 

[*hic*]

This has been brewing:

It's MY pony - if I don't want it shod (and it has never been shod in it's life) then it won't be shod.

Yes of course you can trot it on the road - it's been a driving pony, it's feet aren't going to drop off now.

That's not a major wound, that's a piece of dried carrot.

Ok so you panicked over the dried carrot. When you noticed the egg-sized lump in her armpit why on earth didn't you ask BEFORE you took her out for two hours?

No I'm not clipping it for your convenience, ride it so as not to bring it back sweaty.

No I'm not rugging it for your convenience, it is a native, it has a thick fluffy coat.

No I'm not bringing it in for your convenience, it doesn't need it and as you pay me nothing towards it's keep why should I increase the cost of keeping it and the amount of work I have to do just because you think it would be nice. (Cost/work argument also holds for clipping, rugging and shoeing issues).

Your daughter cried when I had poo picked the school before she used it. Apparently she LOVES poo picking and wanted to do it. Why then have you failed to poo pick the school on any other occasions, including after the pony has pooed in it during a lesson, you happily park the pony in one of my stables and don't pick up the poo it's done in there and although she has her own little paddock you don't poo pick that either.

What business of yours is it what is in MY tack room? I have provided you with all you need, including a new fitted saddle, you wanted to keep it at home so you felt more like you had your own pony so what the heck were you doing in MY tack room (and why was my brand new saddle upside down on the floor afterwards, scratched on the cantle).

£10 is not sufficient recompense for me loading the pony into my 7.5 tonner, driving for half an hour, waiting for two hours and then driving home again.

Nor is £10 sufficient recompense for me loading the pony into my LandRover and trailer, driving for half an hour, waiting for two hours and then driving home again.

Yep, fine, ring me up and tell me that you aren't coming to ride because it's raining. You want to have this pony on loan and do DIY livery because it's cheaper - boy have you got a lot to learn! And how can DIY livery be cheaper - you pay me precisely NOTHING.

You bring your child to ride my pony, at my house. I can stomach that, I accept that both parents may wish to be present, possibly even older brother (although please keep him out of my stables, tack room, muck heap, lorry, tractor, cars etc) but why on earth do you expect me to welcome the child's aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents etc en masse? Especially when they wander round my place as though it's a petting zoo and block my driveway with their cars.

Great, the pony won a rosette - no it wasn't your child being a brilliant rider, it was the prettiest mare and the pony didn't even NEED a rider. Oh and that second place your daughter brilliantly rode to? Hmm, Thelwell look-a-like and she was second out of two. I'm glad you enjoyed the day and the pony was good but purlease, Facebook updates on what a brilliant rider your child is, I nearly spat!

Titbits - no the pony is not naughty when it bites your child and I am not responsible. YOU are responsible. You have been asked time after time not to feed titbits as we've noticed her behaviour getting worse. You have gone your own sweet way and continued. The last time we fell out about this I told you that if it really made you feel good then put the titbit on the floor in front of the pony and teach her to wait and pick it up on command. But no, the pony knows that every time the child's hand is near it's mouth there is a titbit. Why are you surprised when she goes for a titbit that isn't there and gets your daughter's thumb. Actually what was your daughter doing waving her hands round near the pony's face anyway. Oh and tell the brat to stop crying.

"Please don't feed any of the horses titbits" - well you don't feed Flynn anymore because he learnt very fast that you had treats and bit you. But you still feed the others and Flynn gets upset and that causes tension and fights. You tell me you don't feed titbits but my chestnut welsh perks up as soon as he sees your husband and lunges when he sees his hands go to his pocket. It's nice that your husband loves the Welshy but I've had asked, told, begged you not to feed him and you just can't seem to obey or understand.

If the child has been riding for 3 years and still can't manage to steer perhaps riding is not the sport for her.

If the child has been riding for years and still can't be arsed to carry her own lightweight saddle fifty yards perhaps she's a spoilt brat.

If the child has a paddy when asked to "trot a number 8" after she has been riding for three years she needs a good slap.

If the child is told to sit quietly and insists on kicking the pony with the leg the instructor can't see then she damned well should have been bucked off.

If I see your child abusing my pony through the bit again that will be it. Petulant little brat.

I do not expect to go catch the pony, clean it up, load it and drive it to pony club for your daughter. I do not expect you to do all the work either. Your daughter is supposed to want the pony, she could at least help you get it ready, if not do it herself. It makes me so cross when I see her watching you do the work - although not as cross as when you expected me to do it all!

What is so difficult to understand about "Do not tie the pony to the gate". I have explained about the risk to the pony, I have explained that it churns the gateway up. I'm not sure if I'm more annoyed that you ignore me or that you think I'm so stupid that I can't tell from the footprints and ring of white fluff that you have done it. You have never had to deal with the aftermath of a pony that has put it's foot through a metal gate and broken it's leg I have. I turned up on the scene just after my friend's pony had done it and found her and her son in hysterics, the pony was remarkably calm for a pony with only three feet but I'd really rather that didn't happen to my pony. I haven't gone into detail in front of your child about that one yet but since you made us lie to her about where the pigs had gone I think that maybe if you persist in putting the pony in danger it may have to be done.

Oh God - I could keep on and on like this. It doesn't seem to be helping much, it's actually winding me up more and more!

 

[Saucisson]

It's a horse, not a human being.

They're brains aren't much bigger than a spud and most of that's devoted to where they put their feet.

Lovely as they are, THEY DON'T BLIMMIN CARE ALRIGHT!!!!

 

[Groom42]

Oh, Jemima - I REALLY feel for you! THAT has been brewing a long time

 

[Zebedee]

Oh, Jemima - I REALLY feel for you! THAT has been brewing a long time

You must have the patience of a saint to have kept that under wraps for so long ! I wouldn't have done thats for sure.

On the other hand it did make me laugh

 

[PapaFrita]

This has been brewing:

It's MY pony - if I don't want it shod (and it has never been shod in it's life) then it won't be shod.

Yes of course you can trot it on the road - it's been a driving pony, it's feet aren't going to drop off now.

That's not a major wound, that's a piece of dried carrot.

Ok so you panicked over the dried carrot. When you noticed the egg-sized lump in her armpit why on earth didn't you ask BEFORE you took her out for two hours?

No I'm not clipping it for your convenience, ride it so as not to bring it back sweaty.

No I'm not rugging it for your convenience, it is a native, it has a thick fluffy coat.

No I'm not bringing it in for your convenience, it doesn't need it and as you pay me nothing towards it's keep why should I increase the cost of keeping it and the amount of work I have to do just because you think it would be nice. (Cost/work argument also holds for clipping, rugging and shoeing issues).

Your daughter cried when I had poo picked the school before she used it. Apparently she LOVES poo picking and wanted to do it. Why then have you failed to poo pick the school on any other occasions, including after the pony has pooed in it during a lesson, you happily park the pony in one of my stables and don't pick up the poo it's done in there and although she has her own little paddock you don't poo pick that either.

What business of yours is it what is in MY tack room? I have provided you with all you need, including a new fitted saddle, you wanted to keep it at home so you felt more like you had your own pony so what the heck were you doing in MY tack room (and why was my brand new saddle upside down on the floor afterwards, scratched on the cantle).

£10 is not sufficient recompense for me loading the pony into my 7.5 tonner, driving for half an hour, waiting for two hours and then driving home again.

Nor is £10 sufficient recompense for me loading the pony into my LandRover and trailer, driving for half an hour, waiting for two hours and then driving home again.

Yep, fine, ring me up and tell me that you aren't coming to ride because it's raining. You want to have this pony on loan and do DIY livery because it's cheaper - boy have you got a lot to learn! And how can DIY livery be cheaper - you pay me precisely NOTHING.

You bring your child to ride my pony, at my house. I can stomach that, I accept that both parents may wish to be present, possibly even older brother (although please keep him out of my stables, tack room, muck heap, lorry, tractor, cars etc) but why on earth do you expect me to welcome the child's aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents etc en masse? Especially when they wander round my place as though it's a petting zoo and block my driveway with their cars.

Great, the pony won a rosette - no it wasn't your child being a brilliant rider, it was the prettiest mare and the pony didn't even NEED a rider. Oh and that second place your daughter brilliantly rode to? Hmm, Thelwell look-a-like and she was second out of two. I'm glad you enjoyed the day and the pony was good but purlease, Facebook updates on what a brilliant rider your child is, I nearly spat!

Titbits - no the pony is not naughty when it bites your child and I am not responsible. YOU are responsible. You have been asked time after time not to feed titbits as we've noticed her behaviour getting worse. You have gone your own sweet way and continued. The last time we fell out about this I told you that if it really made you feel good then put the titbit on the floor in front of the pony and teach her to wait and pick it up on command. But no, the pony knows that every time the child's hand is near it's mouth there is a titbit. Why are you surprised when she goes for a titbit that isn't there and gets your daughter's thumb. Actually what was your daughter doing waving her hands round near the pony's face anyway. Oh and tell the brat to stop crying.

"Please don't feed any of the horses titbits" - well you don't feed Flynn anymore because he learnt very fast that you had treats and bit you. But you still feed the others and Flynn gets upset and that causes tension and fights. You tell me you don't feed titbits but my chestnut welsh perks up as soon as he sees your husband and lunges when he sees his hands go to his pocket. It's nice that your husband loves the Welshy but I've had asked, told, begged you not to feed him and you just can't seem to obey or understand.

If the child has been riding for 3 years and still can't manage to steer perhaps riding is not the sport for her.

If the child has been riding for years and still can't be arsed to carry her own lightweight saddle fifty yards perhaps she's a spoilt brat.

If the child has a paddy when asked to "trot a number 8" after she has been riding for three years she needs a good slap.

If the child is told to sit quietly and insists on kicking the pony with the leg the instructor can't see then she damned well should have been bucked off.

If I see your child abusing my pony through the bit again that will be it. Petulant little brat.

I do not expect to go catch the pony, clean it up, load it and drive it to pony club for your daughter. I do not expect you to do all the work either. Your daughter is supposed to want the pony, she could at least help you get it ready, if not do it herself. It makes me so cross when I see her watching you do the work - although not as cross as when you expected me to do it all!

What is so difficult to understand about "Do not tie the pony to the gate". I have explained about the risk to the pony, I have explained that it churns the gateway up. I'm not sure if I'm more annoyed that you ignore me or that you think I'm so stupid that I can't tell from the footprints and ring of white fluff that you have done it. You have never had to deal with the aftermath of a pony that has put it's foot through a metal gate and broken it's leg I have. I turned up on the scene just after my friend's pony had done it and found her and her son in hysterics, the pony was remarkably calm for a pony with only three feet but I'd really rather that didn't happen to my pony. I haven't gone into detail in front of your child about that one yet but since you made us lie to her about where the pigs had gone I think that maybe if you persist in putting the pony in danger it may have to be done.

Oh God - I could keep on and on like this. It doesn't seem to be helping much, it's actually winding me up more and more!

Oh. My. God. Poor you!!!

 

[Chico Mio]

It's a horse, not a human being.

They're brains aren't much bigger than a spud and most of that's devoted to where they put their feet.

Lovely as they are, THEY DON'T BLIMMIN CARE ALRIGHT!!!!

LOL!! Indeed....and the part that is not thinking about their feet is thinking about when The Bucket will come....

 

[Spudlet]

YES, cobs DO GET LAMINITIS! STOP FEEDING IT! It is obese, lives out with grass and hay, you ride it once a week - IT DOES NOT NEED HARD FEED AS WELL

God, I feel better for that

 

[Saucisson]

LOL!! Indeed....and the part that is not thinking about their feet is thinking about when The Bucket will come....

Can I eat it? Can I sh*g it? When's dinner? Not you again? I'm tired......

Can I eat it? Can I sh*g it? When's dinner? Not you again? I'm tired......

Can I eat it? Can I sh*g it? When's dinner? Not you again? I'm tired......

See, I'm a horse communicator!

(apologies to all for my their/they're error - unforgiveable!)

 

[spotty_pony]

Can I eat it? Can I sh*g it? When's dinner? Not you again? I'm tired......

Can I eat it? Can I sh*g it? When's dinner? Not you again? I'm tired......

Can I eat it? Can I sh*g it? When's dinner? Not you again? I'm tired......

See, I'm a horse communicator!

(apologies to all for my their/they're error - unforgiveable!)

Whoever said Natural Horsemanship and Parelli were technical stuff should have spoken to you first!

 

[brighteyes]

My turn!

If you are 'fresh out of a riding school' and/or under sixteen, will you bloody-well listen to good advice given by those ancient old buggers who might be a tad cranky, but are trying to pass on sound knowledge which has been gained through bitter experience, listening carefully to, watching and following the old-timers whose methods and reasoning still hold good in many cases.

*takes deep breath*

Your pony is FAT and you are killing it.

No, you are too heavy for that pony/TB - GET OFF IT.

There is NO EXCUSE for neglecting your horses - their feet, teeth or sanity.

Use spellcheck and punctuation and proper English if you are coming on here.

Use the search facility before asking any questions about which trailer to buy, if wood pellets are really any good as bedding or whether to avoid E&L Insurance Company.

Oh, and NO, it is NOT a good idea to breed off your old/young/lame mare because she is not doing anything useful. Not this year, not next year, NOT EVER.

OK?

 

[micramadam]

You asked what I think of your horse.
I thing its ugly, it's confirmation is all wrong, its a nag and can't imagine why anyone would want to own it, god forbid try to breed from it.

 

[Mistletoe-Kiss]

You asked what I think of your horse.
I thing its ugly, it's confirmation is all wrong, its a nag and can't imagine why anyone would want to own it, god forbid try to breed from it.

Here's another one; people should learn the difference in conformation and confirmation!

 

[PapaFrita]

You asked what I think of your horse.
I thing its ugly, it's confirmation is all wrong, its a nag and can't imagine why anyone would want to own it, god forbid try to breed from it.

ConfOrmation. But I agree with the sentiment

 

[spotty_pony]

Regarding a post titled 'Why is he doing this?' I really felt like typing back: 'I don't know, why don't you ask him?'

 

[PapaFrita]

Here's another one; people should learn the difference in conformation and confirmation!

You beat me to it. HOWEVER, that is not NEARLY as bad as saying "I should of got my 'air bleached by a qualified 'airdresser, innit"
Should HAVE, would HAVE, could HAVE. HAVE HAVE HAVE HAVE HAVE. Modal verb + HAVE + past participle. Trust me on this. PLEASE.
Phew.

 

[micramadam]

ConfOrmation. But I agree with the sentiment

Good one guys. Holds her hands up in despair. Not like me to make a spelling mistake.

 

[nativetyponies]

And have you brought or maybe bought your horse?

 

[pintoarabian]

No, my Arabs won’t snap in two if anyone over 10 stones rides them. They were originally bred as warhorses FFS!

They are NOT mad, they LIKE being jet-washed and they ARE more intelligent than many people I have had the misfortune of knowing.

I don’t give a damn whether people like them or not. I do and I DON”T WANT TO SHARE!

Their legs are not spindly. Their density of bone is greater than any other breed and they have tendons of steel. They can cover the marathon distance in around an hour and a half and still stay sound. Why the friggin’ Hell do you think they have been used to improve almost ALL OTHER BREEDS?

They only need ONE haynet at night. CLUE…they still usually have some left in it by morning!!!

No, I don’t want to trade them in for a bigger horse. Why? Because they can beat all the bigger horses hands down in a jump off, that’s why!

I am not being cruel that my Welsh Sec A mares have NEVER seen a vet. They may be 30, 29 and 24 but they have NEVER NEEDED TO and I have had the older two since they were 2 and bred the third. Neither am I being cruel taking them off the grazing for a chunk of every day and giving them NOTHING to eat. They are still fatter than I would like them to be and they have NEVER had laminitis nor anything else, unlike your over-protected, over-fat, over-indulged, over-dressed, lazy good for nothing that only has to fart loudly and the vet is there, rubbing his hands and planning his next exotic holiday.

My stallions do not try to kill each other stabled together. They are able to touch and talk to each other because horses are HERD animals and NOT supposed to be kept in isolation. They are totally chilled out and do not give a flying ***** if they are turned out every day or not. I do not like getting wet and neither do they! As long as they have food, water and company, they are perfectly sane, contented and manageable. When they are out and they come to the gate, they are telling me that they want to come back in again.

Yes, I do trim ALL of their feet and rasp their teeth myself. It’s not rocket science. Even the VET commented on how well they looked and borrowed my dental gag, saying it was better than his! I didn’t even bill him for it.

Your horse keeps putting its ears back when it sees you because it doesn’t like you and it lifts its back leg when you go behind it because it want to kick the livin’ ***** out of you because you are a mean, arrogant, little know-it-all with only one viable brain cell.


Oooh, I feel better already.

 

[Honey08]

This has been brewing:

It's MY pony - if I don't want it shod (and it has never been shod in it's life) then it won't be shod.

Yes of course you can trot it on the road - it's been a driving pony, it's feet aren't going to drop off now.

That's not a major wound, that's a piece of dried carrot.

Ok so you panicked over the dried carrot. When you noticed the egg-sized lump in her armpit why on earth didn't you ask BEFORE you took her out for two hours?

No I'm not clipping it for your convenience, ride it so as not to bring it back sweaty.

No I'm not rugging it for your convenience, it is a native, it has a thick fluffy coat.

No I'm not bringing it in for your convenience, it doesn't need it and as you pay me nothing towards it's keep why should I increase the cost of keeping it and the amount of work I have to do just because you think it would be nice. (Cost/work argument also holds for clipping, rugging and shoeing issues).

Your daughter cried when I had poo picked the school before she used it. Apparently she LOVES poo picking and wanted to do it. Why then have you failed to poo pick the school on any other occasions, including after the pony has pooed in it during a lesson, you happily park the pony in one of my stables and don't pick up the poo it's done in there and although she has her own little paddock you don't poo pick that either.

What business of yours is it what is in MY tack room? I have provided you with all you need, including a new fitted saddle, you wanted to keep it at home so you felt more like you had your own pony so what the heck were you doing in MY tack room (and why was my brand new saddle upside down on the floor afterwards, scratched on the cantle).

£10 is not sufficient recompense for me loading the pony into my 7.5 tonner, driving for half an hour, waiting for two hours and then driving home again.

Nor is £10 sufficient recompense for me loading the pony into my LandRover and trailer, driving for half an hour, waiting for two hours and then driving home again.

Yep, fine, ring me up and tell me that you aren't coming to ride because it's raining. You want to have this pony on loan and do DIY livery because it's cheaper - boy have you got a lot to learn! And how can DIY livery be cheaper - you pay me precisely NOTHING.

You bring your child to ride my pony, at my house. I can stomach that, I accept that both parents may wish to be present, possibly even older brother (although please keep him out of my stables, tack room, muck heap, lorry, tractor, cars etc) but why on earth do you expect me to welcome the child's aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents etc en masse? Especially when they wander round my place as though it's a petting zoo and block my driveway with their cars.

Great, the pony won a rosette - no it wasn't your child being a brilliant rider, it was the prettiest mare and the pony didn't even NEED a rider. Oh and that second place your daughter brilliantly rode to? Hmm, Thelwell look-a-like and she was second out of two. I'm glad you enjoyed the day and the pony was good but purlease, Facebook updates on what a brilliant rider your child is, I nearly spat!

Titbits - no the pony is not naughty when it bites your child and I am not responsible. YOU are responsible. You have been asked time after time not to feed titbits as we've noticed her behaviour getting worse. You have gone your own sweet way and continued. The last time we fell out about this I told you that if it really made you feel good then put the titbit on the floor in front of the pony and teach her to wait and pick it up on command. But no, the pony knows that every time the child's hand is near it's mouth there is a titbit. Why are you surprised when she goes for a titbit that isn't there and gets your daughter's thumb. Actually what was your daughter doing waving her hands round near the pony's face anyway. Oh and tell the brat to stop crying.

"Please don't feed any of the horses titbits" - well you don't feed Flynn anymore because he learnt very fast that you had treats and bit you. But you still feed the others and Flynn gets upset and that causes tension and fights. You tell me you don't feed titbits but my chestnut welsh perks up as soon as he sees your husband and lunges when he sees his hands go to his pocket. It's nice that your husband loves the Welshy but I've had asked, told, begged you not to feed him and you just can't seem to obey or understand.

If the child has been riding for 3 years and still can't manage to steer perhaps riding is not the sport for her.

If the child has been riding for years and still can't be arsed to carry her own lightweight saddle fifty yards perhaps she's a spoilt brat.

If the child has a paddy when asked to "trot a number 8" after she has been riding for three years she needs a good slap.

If the child is told to sit quietly and insists on kicking the pony with the leg the instructor can't see then she damned well should have been bucked off.

If I see your child abusing my pony through the bit again that will be it. Petulant little brat.

I do not expect to go catch the pony, clean it up, load it and drive it to pony club for your daughter. I do not expect you to do all the work either. Your daughter is supposed to want the pony, she could at least help you get it ready, if not do it herself. It makes me so cross when I see her watching you do the work - although not as cross as when you expected me to do it all!

What is so difficult to understand about "Do not tie the pony to the gate". I have explained about the risk to the pony, I have explained that it churns the gateway up. I'm not sure if I'm more annoyed that you ignore me or that you think I'm so stupid that I can't tell from the footprints and ring of white fluff that you have done it. You have never had to deal with the aftermath of a pony that has put it's foot through a metal gate and broken it's leg I have. I turned up on the scene just after my friend's pony had done it and found her and her son in hysterics, the pony was remarkably calm for a pony with only three feet but I'd really rather that didn't happen to my pony. I haven't gone into detail in front of your child about that one yet but since you made us lie to her about where the pigs had gone I think that maybe if you persist in putting the pony in danger it may have to be done.

Oh God - I could keep on and on like this. It doesn't seem to be helping much, it's actually winding me up more and more!

Oh dear! We once had someone like them loan our pony! Can I be blunt....
Its not working out! Get rid of them..xx

 

[PapaFrita]

And have you brought or maybe bought your horse?

Stop!! The English teacher in me is having a coronary. Hang on while I give her a large g&t.
Ok. All better now

 

[spotty_pony]

Yes I own two coloured cobs, no they are not gypsy ponies.

It's not just flashy Thoroughbreds and Warmbloods that can do Dressage and Jump - Cobs can do it too!

Does it really matter what colour horse you buy? It's just a colour.

No he is not napping... he's just green and because all he has ever seen are carrot sticks and lunge lines what do you expect his reaction to be when you take him on a hack? He is probably just enjoying himself!

 

[Mistletoe-Kiss]

My stallions do not try to kill each other stabled together. They are able to touch and talk to each other because horses are HERD animals and NOT supposed to be kept in isolation. They are totally chilled out and do not give a flying ***** if they are turned out every day or not. I do not like getting wet and neither do they! As long as they have food, water and company, they are perfectly sane, contented and manageable. When they are out and they come to the gate, they are telling me that they want to come back in again.

I don't see why people don't understand this! H and S are stabled near each other, are turned out in adjacent paddocks, travel in the same horsebox, and school in the same arena. All without killing each other!
I mean, do they look like vicious man-eating stallions?!

 

[nativetyponies]

I don't see why people don't understand this! H and S are stabled near each other, are turned out in adjacent paddocks, travel in the same horsebox, and school in the same arena. All without killing each other!
I mean, do they look like vicious man-eating stallions?!

OMG!!

nee-naw, nee-naw...call the Forum Police...

2 riders WITHOUT a hat.............

 

[Munchkin]

Your horse keeps putting its ears back when it sees you because it doesn’t like you and it lifts its back leg when you go behind it because it want to kick the livin’ ***** out of you because you are a mean, arrogant, little know-it-all with only one viable brain cell.

Ha, I like you.

 

[Mistletoe-Kiss]

OMG!!

nee-naw, nee-naw...call the Forum Police...

2 riders WITHOUT a hat.............

Shall I go hang my head in shame?

To point out ; we both compete in toppers, and wear hats to jump, ride young horses and hack.

It may be viewed as stupid, but it'll be my medical bill and insurance that goes up