Totally insignificant horsey pet hate

Ear bonnets, matchy matchy, over-rugging, horse owners who doubt the vet/farrier/YO/YM/riding instructor/fellow liveries (you get the drift) over the most minor issue possible at any given occasion...
 
RunToEarth said:
Why? I will always tie to something solid, and teach ours to tie to a solid object when young - I have never had an issue. The rest of the world manages quite well with this concept, it just seems to be the UK who have an issue with it.

If you're tying up, you shouldn't be far away anyway, so if something genuinely happens, you're on side to quick release - but if it's been taught to stand up when tied, the possibility of something going wrong should be lessened.

The most ridiculous thing is, most yards seem to have twine to tie to, which hasn't been frayed, and yards are full of horses who aren't taught to tie up. People seem to tie their horses up on strong twine and then sod off into the tack room for a natter and a cup of coffee.

Logically, if a horse isn't swung, and is positively reinforced that every time it pulls backwards it gets the result it is looking for, it isn't going to stand tied, is it?

Rant over...
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So do I.
I always use leather headcollars though and never leave the horses unattended.

The other thing it's useful for if well taught is for thwarting the Undoing-knots Experts (I've had a few) - you have a few extra seconds to rescue the situation as they don't automatically leanback and pull.
 
Turitea said:
Ear bonnets, matchy matchy, over-rugging, horse owners who doubt the vet/farrier/YO/YM/riding instructor/fellow liveries (you get the drift) over the most minor issue possible at any given occasion...
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Yeah what's the fascination with ear bonnets?!? I know some horses need them same as any other piece of kit but surely not every horse in the country just because you bought the numnah, jods, hat silk and bandages to match. And why do they all now ride in bandages?!? If not done properly you can do far more harm than good?!?
 
pansymouse said:
The term happy hacker makes my blood boil - choosing not to complete doesn't automatically make a person a lesser rider.

I would have RSI if I had to type up all my physical pet hate crimes...
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That can go with another one I thought of - what is it with most of the equestrian word assuming all those who ride at riding schools are incompetent?
 
teapot said:
That can go with another one I thought of - what is it with most of the equestrian word assuming all those who ride at riding schools are incompetent?
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Oh and another one;
PEOPLE THINKING YOU'RE INCOMPETENT BECAUSE YOU DON'T OWN (even if the only reason why is circumstantial).

Time and time again, no matter your experience level, being treated like you haven't the foggiest about anything at all.
 
RunToEarth said:
Why? I will always tie to something solid, and teach ours to tie to a solid object when young - I have never had an issue. The rest of the world manages quite well with this concept, it just seems to be the UK who have an issue with it.

If you're tying up, you shouldn't be far away anyway, so if something genuinely happens, you're on side to quick release - but if it's been taught to stand up when tied, the possibility of something going wrong should be lessened.

The most ridiculous thing is, most yards seem to have twine to tie to, which hasn't been frayed, and yards are full of horses who aren't taught to tie up. People seem to tie their horses up on strong twine and then sod off into the tack room for a natter and a cup of coffee.

Logically, if a horse isn't swung, and is positively reinforced that every time it pulls backwards it gets the result it is looking for, it isn't going to stand tied, is it?

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Because if a horse pulls back hard then it won't snap. I have heard horror stories of the horse pulling off a wooden panel or whatever because it was tied straight to the ring, then breaking its neck falling over panicking. A horse doesn't need to be ill-manored to pull back if something startles it! Rather be safe than sorry :)

My horse would never pull back intentionally to break the string and get loose so see no issue in being safe in case on emergency.
 
xgemmax said:
Because if a horse pulls back hard then it won't snap. I have heard horror stories of the horse pulling off a wooden panel or whatever because it was tied straight to the ring, then breaking its neck falling over panicking. A horse doesn't need to be ill-manored to pull back if something startles it! Rather be safe than sorry :)

My horse would never pull back intentionally to break the string and get loose so see no issue in being safe in case on emergency.
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But modern baler twine isn't consistent in breaking either unfortunately.

I tie to a metal ring, but using the loop through quick release. Its a bit too quick release, in that a horse pulls hard enough (as in walking off) it has been known to undo, but on the whole it holds enough for fidgeting, but so far *touch wood* it has undone in emergency.

Nugz knows how to undo quick release, so I've discovered if I wrap the rope once round the fence, it holds him put, but one flick over and it's released :D
 
When sharing the school and there is always that one person on the other rein. And then they leave the school without closing the gate.
Haynets with small holes and another vote for the knot at the end!
Wheelbarrows with punctures which are then filled up and left full for ages cos it's impossible to push
Shavings forks with missing prongs
Turnout rug leg straps
Shaving off feathers and whiskers
 
EKW said:
I have never mastered how to do that! Mine always come undone in seconds so through the string it goes!

I also hate ropes with knots at the end of them. They don't come out of the ruddy string when you are untying the horse!

Rugs that have clips on the front! Yes it's easy to undo and do up and saves a whole 30seconds of your time but they are just dangerous! I've seen numerous horses clipped to fences!

And if you insist on using them then at least put the clip into the horse and not on the outside!

Same for clippy fill it strings! My lot like to itch their backsides on fences so all ofine are replaced with twine before the rug even gets near the horse!
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Ahh I forgot clips on the front of rugs! I always do them up so the clip is facing inwards so they don't get caught on things.

One of mine will clip himself to his haynet if not turned the right way 😁
 
Mine are taught to stand properly (aside from one which I'm working on!) as a result for their safety, despite the fact they're never left they get tied to some (old!) string. Last thing I want to do is go near a horse if it has somehow come a cropper tied to a ring and is flailing around.

Even the mule stands tied (about the only thing he will do), spent time holding him on a lunge line through the ring whilst I did him. He soon learnt he couldn't go anywhere.
 
People with millions of buckets/bins/shelves and every other conceivable bit of c**p piled up outside their stable, spilling onto the walkway so the rest of us can trip over it. It makes the place look so untidy!
People who don't think it's their responsibility to sweep up any other part of the yard other than a small square in front of their stable (and some don't even do that).
 
SaddleUpSin said:
So tying the string to itself rather than tying through the haynet?
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No, I think it's when you hold the haynet by picking it up by the knot on the end of the string .... So when you've tied the quick release, the knot is right at the end and makes the quick release difficult to undo if it gets pulled tight.
 
SaddleUpSin said:
So tying the string to itself rather than tying through the haynet?
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If its what annoys me, its where the knot of string (from making it a continuous piece at the top of the net, before tying up), is at the point of where you would normally feed it through the net, to then pull up and tie off. If the knot is there, you either can't push through the net if small holed, or if someone can and you come to undo to take down it always seems to get itself wedged somehow making it an ass to undo :)

Not sure if that's really helped...!
 
cobgoblin said:
No, I think it's when you hold the haynet by picking it up by the knot on the end of the string .... So when you've tied the quick release, the knot is right at the end and makes the quick release difficult to undo if it gets pulled tight.
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Just re-read that and it won't make sense to anyone who just does a quick release...I always pull the end back through the quick release loop because my horses will undo it in seconds. If this is tightened against the knot you'll lose a few fingernails trying to undo it.
 
Little ponies that wear every piece of tack known to human kind to aid their stopping while being ridden by even littler kids in spurs who have next to no control over their lower leg, and alternate between pony club kicking away to their hearts content and yanking the poor pony in the mouth.

People who think not wearing a hat equates to their superior riding ability when it just equates to their ignorance.

Out of control kids on livery yards/at shows/basically in any public place really. My horses are at home in a child free zone but I don't take my horses or dogs out in public and let them run wild so I don't get why some people think it's ok to do that with their kids. It is not cute when your 2yo wearing no hat/body protector and having something like sandals on their feet is unsupervised and skipping merrily round the backs of big horses, trying to pat them on their hocks or whatever is the highest part they can reach, it is dangerous!
 
The haynet thing definitely😂
Also not really a 'pet hate' but my pony being put out with a thoroughbred who makes it a nightmare for me to get her in - as I lead her back down the field the thoroughbred bolts after us and almost knocks me over every time, then makes my pony excited so I end up being dragged to the gate while being almost trampled to death😀 too polite to say anything to YO though
 
cobgoblin said:
I 'think' it means having the knot at the end of the loop that you pull through.
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No most haynets have a knot at the end of the draw string to make it a continous loop round the top once filled that knot should be pulled round so it lies agains the net giving a smooth run of drawstring to tie up with. If the knot is not against the net it is difficult to get through the base of the net to hang it up and if you use a quick release knot to tie it up the knot gets caught in the net or ring once it is empty and you want to take it down
 
Running martingales. Can't stand 'em. I mean, I get why some people use them, but I don't like riding in them - they make the contact feel all weird and laggy. Slightly better if used old-school with two reins and a plain snaffle (one rein goes through the martingale; the other straight to the hand), but still not fab. If I ever have a horse that needs a martingale, it can have a standing one (adjusted properly: over-tight martingales of any variety are another pet hate of mine).

Also, gag bits with only one rein. It is designed to have two; use two. See also: pelham roundings.

'Gag snaffles' in general (bubble bits; dutch gags; whatever you want to call them) are a bit of a blunt instrument to my mind. I have yet to meet a horse that doesn't go better in something else (usually a set-up that involves two reins, admittedly, and I get that not everyone feels comfortable with that, but surely they could find either an instructor or a more suitable horse).

People spelling grakle with a c ('grackle'). The noseband is named after the racehorse, and it's really not difficult to spell it right.
 
Out of control kids on livery yards/at shows/basically in any public place really. My horses are at home in a child free zone but I don't take my horses or dogs out in public and let them run wild so I don't get why some people think it's ok to do that with their kids. It is not cute when your 2yo wearing no hat/body protector and having something like sandals on their feet is unsupervised and skipping merrily round the backs of big horses, trying to pat them on their hocks or whatever is the highest part they can reach, it is dangerous![/QUOTE]


God, yes. I visited a yard in the summer where a farrier was seeing to a nervous young horse. The owner's two young children were having a water fight round and around the horse.
 
Girths left attached to saddles and saddles not put properly on racks. When they are hanging off it drives me mad.

Parents doing all the work and then moaning that their kids are lazy.

Poo left in the school.

People riding lame horses when they know dam well they are lame!

Horses who nap constantly and riders/owners
who accept it as something the horse does. Sort it out.

Kids running or playing ball by horses.

Horses who drag people around

I could go on and on, but I'll stop there!
 
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I just hate people with no common sense children that are not on leads and bad mannered horses :D other than that most things have already been mentioned other than manes that are cut with scissors in a straight line or that are so short that they cannot lay over.
 
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YO throwing my leather head collar on the floor in front of my stable rather than hanging it on the hook which is RIGHT above the place they drop it. Also people leaving poles in the outside track cause they can't be bothered to lift them. Also people making poles/jumps right in the way of the letters C/A
 
-rude horses and owners that don't try to teach them some manners. Even worse if they reward said bad behaviour eg give it some food so it shuts up. No! New Yo is good as she also doesn't "do" door kickers but old yo made you give a handful of feed to ones that door kicked but were being worked so they shut up. Also included are horses that try and flatten you.

-people who use spare stables but don't pick up the poo so you have to do it so you don't get the blame.

-fortunately no longer happens but people who helped themselves to your feeds and supplements

-riders in no hi vis and ones who don't say thank you or are too busy on their phone to notice you (usually all 3 link together)

-not exactly a pet hate but annoying- when you have too much mucking out to fit in one Barrow but only about 2 fork loads to put in the second one having returned from the muck heap.
 
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