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Natalieshort said:
What the hell has it got to do with you? This is making me laugh now! LOL! If you actually see my horse you wouldn't be saying all of this :) infact I should put a before and after picture up! Rub it in your faces abit! Oh and ACTUALLY "amaranta" she isn't lame through an infection I'm sure the vet has more knowledge than you ;)
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Does she have an infection in her foot/hoof like thrush or maybe an abscess?.I would love to see some photo's she sounds a real sweetie..
 
Yeah I did ask for advice but not for nasty people like you! If you actually said it nicely and not comment on everything then fair enough!! But it isn't fair when I'm trying to do somethig good but people still say **** and nasty comments, just pathetic
 
Natalieshort said:
Yeah I did ask for advice but not for nasty people like you! If you actually said it nicely and not comment on everything then fair enough!! But it isn't fair when I'm trying to do somethig good but people still say **** and nasty comments, just pathetic
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the only one being foul mouthed and nasty is yourself. if you want advice you have to be prepared to have comments that might not be all sweetness and sugar, life is like that, no one is being nasty, just trying to make you see that taking on a young filly when you have already said you didn't think you were experienced enough is probably not a great idea.
 
Amaranta has summed it up pretty well for me.
Just to add in, I have a pony who was 'rescued' with her dam by a well meaning person with no experience or back up. The result was it ending in such a state I bought it on impulse as a yearling & brought it home in a car boot late one Sunday evening, an hour after I saw it. The state of tilly is not half as upsetting as the state mine was in after a year with a do gooder who didn't have a clue. Would have bought dam too but had died under the well wishers care when mine was 3 months old. Now 5 & fab though!
 
Goldenstar, while natalieshort may have the best of intentions, fom her other posts it is clear that :
She does not know when she needs to consult a Vet. Surely if you are a sensible novice, your horse is hopping & tripping & an experienced person suggests navicular you do 2 things - google it & talk to your vet.
She has also stated that this is a project for the whole yard because she doesn't have the experience but I don't get the impression that she has spent much of today discussing how this will work. See also the above point where she doesn't seem to have taken on board advice from more experienced people.
She also has a history of poor purchasing decisions e.g. not realising how small a pony was until she got it home.
I agree that a level headed novice who has a very experienced person they can trust & rely on & is good at asking for & taking advice may actually be a very good owner of a youngster. However natalieshort does not give that impression in her posts & I suspect that if she had managed to buy the filly 3 months down the line she would be a failed project looking for a new home again. I suspect that although she started out with the best of intentions it was an ill thought out kneejerk reaction based on a fantasy outcome.
 
Well i'm sorry but i think if this person want to get this filly then it is her money,her choice...I think that if she does then both she and Tilly could benefit from some Parelli work to build up some trust and confidence..I do not expect this filly has had alot of handling in it's poor little life.
 
This has gone on long enough . We have totally digressed away from the original topic which was about Tilly. Then Natalie said she would go view her and we were waiting for the update . Now it seems like ever one but a view members are s going on and on at her,

I wish H&H could lock threads like some other forums do so no more can be added too it once a climax is reached.
 
Natalie, if you feel you are ready and the time is right to buy a foal (although evidence suggests you may be being rather optimistic) you should go to a reputable breeder and pay the sort of money it costs to breed and raise a healthy, quality animal, not giving a few hundred quid to the muppet who bred this. It would be a wiser investment for you and these are the breeders who deserve support.
 
littlelegs said:
Amaranta has summed it up pretty well for me.
Just to add in, I have a pony who was 'rescued' with her dam by a well meaning person with no experience or back up. The result was it ending in such a state I bought it on impulse as a yearling & brought it home in a car boot late one Sunday evening, an hour after I saw it. The state of tilly is not half as upsetting as the state mine was in after a year with a do gooder who didn't have a clue. Would have bought dam too but had died under the well wishers care when mine was 3 months old. Now 5 & fab though!
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This was not a rescue but a purchase and why would anyone assume that Natalie would not feed and care for the filly well .
Every one learns as they go along I dont know how else you gain experiance.
 
Ah, well, me and the other posters who were offended by her comments about DD are obviously not in the 'know', hey? ;) I take people at face value, on what they post, regardless of who they are in 'real life;' bit hard to identify tongue in cheek comments on a forum, unless I'm especially dumb?!
 
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Goldenstar said:
If a novice consults a good equine vet gets an experianced person to help her with the handling then why should it be a disaster it's not the same as a novice saying I bought this thin poor six yo racehorse and I am going to retrain him it's ok because I have had a twenty year old to ride.
Handling horses is not rocket science and one thing I don't like on here is when less experianced people are ridiculed and this thread has verged on that at times Natalie may not be the most experianced HHOer but this filly needs handling the correct food a health check apporiate worming under veterinary supervision and someone to care for her .
When I was a welfare officer I saw many horses who needed a knight in shining armor they usually did not get one I became cynical in the end but I hope perhaps for this little horse there are better times ahead, and from the look of her it's not going to be worse.
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Agreed...

Maybe we should decide that novice parents should be presumed incapable of turning out well rounded humans if bringing on a young horse is such a herculean task... :)

I thought experience was a learning process...
 
Sorry if it came across as a direct comparison between Natalie & the previous owner of mine, didn't mean it that way. Granted mine was at the extreme end of the spectrum but the fact is, like Natalie hoped to do, mine was bought out of a desire to help & 'save' for want of a better description. And the owner of mine had less experience than Natalie appears to. But without the knowledge or back up to tell you how to feed or care for them, the best intentions can become monumental screw ups very quickly. No argument everyone has to learn & that a beginner can do well with sufficient help. But on a forum, I can only go off previous posts, & Natalies don't lead me to believe she has either, despite having the best intentions.
 
Dolcé;10797112 said:
Aw, and I was soooo tempted to make that call and ask, I thought they would think I was mad. Why am I not surprised, getting intuitive in my old age I think!
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Oh well it saved me from the housework yesterday sadly it's all still there today.
 
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