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Trish C

Trish C

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Wanted:

17 hands 1/2 inch, 9years 11months and 23days old chestnut gelding with white star, snip and one white sock, to exchange for very similar type.

Exchange horse must
  • see a clean stable as a privilege not a challenge
  • not 'save' every bowel movement for the stable rather than field/hack/school
  • love to be groomed
  • yet avoid mud at all costs
  • be at least indifferent to calves, if not enjoy their company
  • not see buckets as play-things
  • see the benefit of the halt
  • not do an impression of a hippo doing an impression of a balletic impala when being mounted in sand-arena or from evil 'very-slightly-taller-than-the-otherwise-identical-one-which-he-now-stands-still-for' white bucket

Would like if
  • he could muck himself out on hungover sunday mornings
  • on any mornings, he would NOT cover his sh@te and p*ss with clean straw as a deception tactic
  • he didn't find a new way in which to block his automatic waterer every day
  • he couldn't undo zips
  • he didn't find car keys irresistable
  • the command "leave it" were not required in the repertoire
  • he could learn how to place his feedbucket BACK in its rack
  • he knew when to stop eating
  • he saw little black yard kitten as a friend, not evil arch-enemy
  • it were possible to transfer fancy huge dressagey "going home" walk and trot from last section of hacks into schoolwork, even rest of hacks
  • he could tidy away brushes rather than throwing them out of grooming box
  • he would come when called instead of hearing his name as a cue to explore the furthest possible corner of the field

Am I asking too much?! :D

Actually, no, screw it, I love my big ginger monster :rolleyes:
 
Haha, some of those points are so valid!! B adores opening his grooming kit and taking everything out and throwing them around the yard!! He now responds when I shout at him by pawing at the grooming box until it falls over....

Horses, who would have them??!!
 
I have one the same as yours unforunately, bury poo so mummy thinks i have a nice clean stable, also takes the brushes out so i can find what i want easier.
Mine also manages air vents in their rugs very well, and feed bowls they have to die as they are deffo hiding more food somewhere and only when dead will it let the rest of the food out
 
BH also thinks feed bowls have to die! Or at the very least be flung violently over the door into my face!

Great post :)
 
I'll swap you yours that burys poo to make the stable look clean for mine who grins it into teeny tiny pieces and evenly distributes them through her bed
 
Hehe, good to know I'm not the only one ;)

He can also play the 'grind it up and hide the tiny little pieces' game KK, if he's left in for long enough... luckily his laziness normally prevents it though!

Air vents in rugs - I'd forgotten that one, seeing as how his rug is stashed away somewhere since he won't wear it. I put it on in a fit of sympathy one particularly cold/wet/windy day and, not two minutes later, it was on the floor, all straps done up, with a new huge 'air vent' down the side.

I gave him the horseball once, he played with it 'properly' for about five minutes and then got bored with it dispensing food so slowly... so he began kicking the bejebus out of it and belting it mercilessly against the wall until YO lost the plot and went to have 'an encounter' :D
 
My gelding has the stable hygiene down to a t. He soaks the floor in wee, poos then mixes it all together to form a paste. Smells best when your hungover ;)

My mare rips down all the rugs and numnahs to mix with her poo...eurgh!

OP I think your budget isn't high enough. You should be spending at least £12 million for such an animal ;)
 
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