Very "knowledgeable" people- but they are wrong!

[Wolfie]

BBlleeuurrghh- thats just very very wrong ;-) - the particular horse i was told this one had several tight on scabs from cuts and the person showing me scraped (really hard) with her long nails then asked me to to do the other legs, ewww

You don;t know what you are missing! My horse had a lump on his chest, which I thought was a sarcoid, then it burst and turned out that it was a walled in abscess. I was so annoyed - I could have popped that! I wouldn;t pick a super tight scab, but anything that looks even slightly suspect will be attacked vigorously!

My last yo also believed vices were copied, so made my horse wear a collar which had zero effect because of how he windsucked. He has a thickened bit of skin on his neck now. I'm a nail biter, doesn't mean everyone who sees me is going to develop the same habit!

Another top piece of advice given was to tie a horse that wouldn't lead to a tractor and drag it along 'til it did. Needless to say that piece of advice was ignored!

 

[Molly'sMama]

Someone told me once that when their horse refused to jump a hedge they tied it to the back of a tractor and dragged it through the hedge.

You see, the others made me laugh, but that is just plain......i don't know. <The english language hasnt got the words for the disgust of the owners and pain i feel for the horse.That actually is horrific. >
With me , the worst advice I've had is , " you can't catch your flighty, previous abused pony? You need to take a whip down and chase her round til she gives in. yeah , smack her if you want to as well. "
WTF? the person in question KNOWS Molly is terrified of whips, for good reason, and that we're working on it....Ta for the advice sweetie?!
( I do sometimes make her stop eating til she comes over, but thats after the calling , pony nuts and carrots have failed and at a walk.. :L )

 

[Tnavas]

ive read this with much interest. Can you tell me what you use the manuka honey for?
Ive heard it mentioned before but your reply has really interested me as i do believe that many times the old ways are the best

It's used on open wounds for its healing properties. It contains natural hydrogen peroxide which cleanses the wound, generates oxygen which assists in rapid healing.

 

[dominobrown]

where to start...

"synthetic saddles are one size fits all - they we actually referred to as 'ann summers saddles'"
I often find they dont fit anything! Nevermind one size fits all.
"you need to bring a sledgehammer down on a horse that rears" how would you lift it to swing it?!?
Yeh i think it would be difficult to stay on and do that as well!
"you can't keep shoes on a horse with white feet"

my favourite - "if a horse is slightly lame you 'oat it up' that well they are forward thinking and forget about their leg!
Yeh and damage it more!"you shouldn't bath them - strips their coat and it will end up dull"
There is truth in this, the horses coat has natural oil and constantly washing it doesn't do it any favours. Even on the show horse we don't bathe more than once a fortnight
"numnahs give horses saddle sores"
Dirty one deffo do! And badly fitting ones.
"to make shoes last longer you put weld on them then you don't have to have them shod so often"

"if the horse coughs in the stable on a straw bed you are to water the bed to get rid of the dust"
Well the water would reduce the amount of airbourne particles in the air and help actually. Don't soak the bed, but dry dusty straw won't help a coughing horse.
"rugs are dangerous - their legs get tangled in them and then they break their legs"
Well it has happened. Badly fitting rugs are dangerous, and I have got a horse that shredded a rug and ended up with it tangled around its legs, luckily its not the panicking type that god!

I hate the TB have bad feet, as there a plenty of other breeds of horses with awful feet!
I think people lose sight of common sense really!
I do think alway old is bad, some grooms 100 years ago a lot more than probably most people combined on here!

p.s manuka honey is good, but we used to use normal 'set' honey, spread on dressing and bandaged on and it works well too. I beleive honey has antibacterial agents in, and is soothing, as creates a moist environment for healing.

 

[BMA]

domino brown....

the 'ann summers saddle started on a 16hh cob and ended up on a 13hh pony...just when you thought it was dead it was stiched back together. it was one of the very first ones and was horrid

the 'you shouldn't bath horses...' was EVER.

the numnah thing was any numnah...although i did get him to use polypads in the end...but only some horses...about 3!!!!never a cob or a pony!!!

the problem with the watering the straw was it was probably the mould spores in the terrible straw that caused the coughing so an army of kids soaking the bed i'm sure made it worse...shavings were regarded an an invention of the devil!

p.s i used to have to scrub the ann summers saddle under the yard tap with a dandy brush to get the grease off.

don't get me wrong...i would say i am quite old fashioned. and i agree with sum of the old ways but jeeese...they had some crazy ideas!!!

 

[McNally]

It's used on open wounds for its healing properties. It contains natural hydrogen peroxide which cleanses the wound, generates oxygen which assists in rapid healing.

It actually amazing! My horse had a really yuck wound and my vet recommended honey- It cleared up and is now well on the way to healing completely.
I *think* you mustn't over use it though?