Totally insignificant horsey pet hate

People helping themselves but never helping others. Picking up their own horses poo off the yard and then putting the full scoop down next to a horse that has also pood rather than picking it up and taking it to the muck heap. Never sweeping the yard because their horse only walks over it to the field. Taking advantage of people turning out so they don't have to get up in the mornings but never reciprocating.

All in all my pet hate is bone idle lazy people.
 
Might actually not be insignificant now that I think about it , but horse in the field that's left until late in the evening, every time anyone goes in to get their horse it chases , bites , kicks you name it so that getting yours out ends up rather dangerous . Owner comes up to get it , it barges through her and she ends up letting it canter off down the path to it stable . Really boils me. Thankfully we've learnt of you carry a long stick with you it'll back off if you flick it his way , otherwise my guy wouldn't be out at all.

That and general lack of manners that a lot of horses seem to have now a days .

Some insignificant ones now lol , I don't actually get bothered by much now , it all goes over my head unless it directly effects me but here's some -
Folk that only use rubber matting and not a flake of bedding in sight ,
Untidy tack rooms , if there's hooks for bridles and racks for saddles , that's all that should be there , not copious amounts of junk flung over saddle or hanging over bridle space. And sweaty numnahs that haven't been washed or changed in 12 months ... yeah .
Messy feed rooms , how can people spill so much chaff?!
 
mytwofriends said:
Haynets tied up with the knot at the end of the loop, not up against the haynet, making them a b**ger to untie, especially if it's a small holed net.
Click to expand...

JennBags said:
^^^both of these!

Also people who don't seem to know how to tie a quick release. You don't put the rope through the twine first, you make the loop through the twine. Otherwise it's not quick release. Do they just not teach this any more?
Click to expand...

Bayracer said:
Poo left in the yard where horse has been tied up...
Click to expand...

MiJodsR2BlinkinTite said:
- horses that bang the stable door incessantly
Click to expand...

Mine is one of those.. no matter what I do I can't get her to stop and it is one of my pet hates :(

My pet hates are all of the above, including when a flash pulls the noseband down, not putting straps into their keepers (tack and headcollars), boots put on the wrong way (straps to the back isn't that hard, really?), tying up horses and leaving the rope far too long, not sweeping up when you muck out, people grabbing armfuls of hay and not sweeping up..

I could be here all day!
 
V-shaped browbands. They should be banned!

Feed tipped into bins carelessly leaving feed all over the floor.
Carrying hay and leaving a trail of dropped hay behind them.
Not turning clean feed bowls over in the feed room.
Leaving feed bins open.
 
LeneHorse said:
people who leave their stable door open (when horse is in) with only one or those stupid plastic rope things across the doorway. Then the owner disappears for hours. My horse would be through, under or over one of these contraptions in minutes.

there are many others but I don't have all day......
Click to expand...

You'll hate me then! My girl will stay in the stable with the door wide open and nothing across it. I can go off and make feeds and she'll still be there when I get back or as it happened the other day - went to look at a horse trot up and ended up having to lunge the crazy thing, good old girl was still there waiting patiently for dinner to be served.
The youngster on the other hand, he's attempting to escape even when the door is closed.

I hate people just dumping head collars on the floor when leaving them outside the field - secure them to the gate or hang there somewhere neatly out of the horses reach!
 
Haynets not tied right I HATE. And I see I am not the only one haha!

Sheepskin half pads that have been washed and not dried properly, so the sheepskin is all ratty looking! I hate it haha
 
Ok this could a long list but I'll pick a few .
Rugs hung over doors worth fronts showing it has to the back and all the ones in a row need to point the same way I like the stable doors open and pinned back when the horse are not in the stable .
Headcollars on the floor and left tied up.
Water buckets have to have the handles down and to the back not the front .
Water buckets must be filled to the very top .
Gates in empty fields left open MrGS is good at doing this .
Martingales hung from throat lashes ....this drives me nuts that's probably my biggest pet hate .
Not putting things back were they come from .
Stuff 'living' in the horses stable like brushes and hoof picks I don't mind one pot of cream as reminder to do it when you catch the horse but lots of bits and pieces no .
And where do all the hoof picks go I can't work that one out .
Not rakeing under the haynet after a horse has had one in the school or one of the mini paddocks .
Having to buy a lilac or pink leadrope because I was desperate and it was all the shop had .
Right I am stopping now .
 
Long hair not in hairnets at shows/clinics! Not only is it a safety issue but there is nothing I hate more than a long blonde ponytail bouncing over every fence. I ride in a hairnet even at home because of the safety aspect but lacking the respect to put one on at a show is ridiculous in my opinion.

Also riders (especially top riders/head grooms etc) who 'assert their authority' by not riding in a helmet??! Brain damage doesn't show you're a better rider.
 
Haynets, full stop.

People who leave brushes, hoof picks, bands, thread etc etc etc on window ledges - WHY?

Not picking feet out before they leave stables.

Radio playing to itself

Dirty tack

Stable doors left open

Fillet strings caked in crap

People who insist on sticking brushes together - be it the on/off polish brushes (defeats the purpose entirely) or clean body brush again greasy dandy brush, again WHY?

I'm sure there is more, I'm irrational and glad I don't share a yard with anyone.
 
One more - those really "helpful" people who are just casually walking past your lorry when you're trying to load a young/green/difficult horse who decide in their infinite wisdom that spontaneously hissing/clapping/jeering/whistling/slapping/poking-with-a-shovel is going to be well received.
 
oh there are so many... here's a few...

- haynets/lead ropes not using quick release knot
- those who ride but don't think that warm up or cool down is important
- ***** left in the arena
- those who think its acceptable to ride their ponies in from the fields bareback with no form of head protection!!!
- buckets of soaked beet left for long enough they have gone foosty/mouldy yuk!
- slimy waterbuckets
 
Oh I have another one :)

Water buckets that are that big that they can't pyshically be moved so only get topped up daily leaving grot and slime to fester . That seemed to be a common one at the last yard .
 
Bridles parts not threaded into keepers

Flashes on upside down

Too much tack when its not needed

Overreach boots on in field when not needed (especially when the owner then goes off on holiday for two weeks in mud season without asking you to keep an eye on ponies legs!)

Parents doing jobs for children so all they have to do is ride (they will never learn not puling their weight)

Horses not getting a hot cloth after a clip
 
Most of the above but I'd like to add my winter specific issues:
People who empty their horse's left over water by throwing it across the yard when it's going to freeze overnight resulting in a skating rink of a yard in the morning.
People who leave it to someone else to break the ice in the field water tank every morning
People who don't pick up their horse's droppings leaving them for me to trip over in the dark
People who turn on every light they can find in the morning/evening and them go home without turning them off
 
I think the majority that has been mentioned I could also repeat...
But, I'll add..
* Stable door bolts left 'outward' ... I always push them down. (not only helps stop horses trying to let themselves out, but helps prevent bridles, headcollars or whatever from getting caught on said bolt.)
* clipped 'pulled' tails.. (either pull it or leave it)
* Bridle paths (as in trimming of mane) that have practically taken half the mane away.
* Trace or blanket clipped horses who have been clipped up the side of the tail (apart from a cold bum, what does this do?)
* Wheel barrows that haven't been emptied
* Lorries and trailers that haven't been cleaned out
 
Horses stressing for food, kicking the door and calling. Understandable but annoying and I don't have time to feed everyone.

Lights being left on, only going to cause the livery bill to have to increase!

Poo left in schools, why would you want to spoil the surface.

Haylage bales being attacked so you have to pull rather than just easily take a layer off.
 
people calling people who don't buy their horse timewasters, starting their advert, due to time wasters ......no one cares

people starting horses too young, esp jumping them too young

people going gooey on FB about kids jumping horses and ponies and they are clearly hanging on with the reins and jerking out said animals teeth

people wanting "bomb proof" horses when they clearly want rocking horses !!
 
The headcollar thing
The haynet thing
The spilled water thing when it's freezing
The open gate thing

These make my blood boil.

Oh and the radio turned to a volume that is supposed to be not too loud but that actually just turns it into a fuzz of background white noise - either ON so that it can be heard or OFF please folks.
 
Fools Motto said:
* Trace or blanket clipped horses who have been clipped up the side of the tail (apart from a cold bum, what does this do?)
Click to expand...

think there's 2 things here - firstly we do a lot of clips in a way that makes them aesthetically pleasing rather than functional (that little half moon over the whorl on the flank?) and clipping a neat line up to the dock finishes off a clip quite nicely

But also - if a horse has a full tail they can get hot and sweaty there when in work. Both of mine get quite long hair between their legs and by the tail so clipping this off makes them easier to wash down and quicker to dry :)
 
Hmmm...
Horses that are clipped despite only being ridden quietly for a couple of hours a week
Rubber mats with a sprinkling of shavings - they don't do away with the need for a bed
People filling up my wheelbarrow with yard muck (it's the closest) so I have to go and empty it before I muck out
Small haynets that are empty by 9pm..
Horses that are tacked up to the eyeballs but owner doesn't know what the tack does
People borrowing my stuff and either not returning it or returning it (anonymously) but broken or filthy
The comment 'oh you're so lucky that she's so well behaved'. Yep - lucky that I have a brain that I employed to do some training with :P
 
Saddle cloths or numnahs that are not pulled up into the gullet of the saddle
People that put red ribbons on their horses tail then ride at the front of the hunting field & expect everyone to keep out there way
 
- People who tie their horse up at the main access point to the building, then get the face on when you ask them to move it so you can get another horse safely in / out.
- People who won't groom / tack up their horse in a stable. Not a problem when it is quiet but annoying when it is job time and they are in the way.
- People who tie their fully clipped horse up, take all its rugs off and then leave it for ten minutes in an ice cold wind whilst they disappear.
- People who, when you are putting the feeds together and feeding ten horses, take over the feed room half way through so you have five waiting for their teas. Please, just wait 2 minutes whilst I finish.
 
Tying a haynet with the knot at the end!!!
Horses not given enough hay/ water to last them through the night.
Not taking the girth off the saddle fully, not tying the bridle up properly with reins/martingale threaded.
 
most of these don't apply, as its only me and my daughter so we have everything just how we want it.

So will have to think about things we see out and about.

My biggest insignificant horsey pet hate has to be synthetic tack. Its just yuk. Coloured bridles - pink / green etc Sends shivers down my spine.
Rude /inconsiderate people in the warm up
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top