What do we all do - but know we shouldn't ?

Same leading as ibbllebibble. Habit that stemmed for nervous littlun hiding behind me and was quicker to just go with it.
Also hug stallion frequently, wrapped round his neck. One day he'll flatten me
 
Auslander said:
Sit on the floor to trim legs
Leave stable door open with horse inside
Leave tacked up horse loose on yard
Leg it and leave him to sort himself out when he's grazing in hand and treads on his rope
Take headcollar off and fire him through open gates/stable doors
Hose excessive mud of his rug while its still on him
Use piaffe instead of a hoofpick

And a whole host of other sins!
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All of those except the bolded one, which I LOVE!
Auslander, you just motivated me to work on my dressage!!
 
Mythical said:
All of those except the bolded one, which I LOVE!
Auslander, you just motivated me to work on my dressage!!
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Sniggers! He already knew how to piaffe when I bought him. I just chose to utilise the skill for another purpose.

He even does it without leg tapping if I bring him in and leave his girlfriend in the field!
 
little neddy said:
Recently a good friend of mine and a good horseman to boot - broke his hand while leading his horse in from the field. He held on to the cheek piece of the head collar, while struggling through the mud in the gateway, and the horse unusually shied, dragging him with trapped hand across the yard breaking his hand in five places. Ouch !

We all get complacence and trust our neddies, but every now and then something happens which gives us all a quick reminder, on how unpredictable horses can be and how accidents or near misses happens so quickly.

So what do we all do that we know we shouldn't ??
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I did this last week. Ended up with a headcollar and no leadrope. Got her out of field, got to next fence but I'd placed the electric handle on floor. Couldn't reach it so went to lead horse past (not thinking) and she snorted and ran backwards. I took her back to field and went to put the handle back on fence. Went back for horse who had gone to bottom of field so took her in that way. I got her in, tacked her up and she was fine for a few minutes and then bucked across school while doing a funny thing with her head. It was getting dark and I decided to call it a day. After putting her back out to field - I wondered if she had gotten shocks/tremors from fence through her barefoot feet. She just kept twitching her head.

Clippy said:
Lead them to and from the field with a leadrope round their necks, occasionally i've been seen leading them by their rugs.
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Do this with one but not the other as she's a scaredy cat and would freak if leadrope was left over her. It resembles a lion don't you know!
my bfg said:
to much to list! :)
-never tieing her up when i groom/change rugs/pick feet out
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Are you supposed to tie them up? :p I groom them loose in the field, stopped rugging them loose though after a bad accident with the scaredy horse.

PandorasJar said:
Stand behind bums for scratches. Littlun is bad for trying to sit on me when I do this.
I forget to tell people that they reverse up for bum scratches so friends often launch out the way when they swing round
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Oh yeah. Scaredy cat LOVES this. I spend hours a week itching her bum. (THAT sounds wrong).
 
Lead by the rug, leave her standing on the yard while I sort her tack out, kneel on the floor to do her feathers, leave her door open until I'm going home, stand directly behind her to brush her tail, lean on her bum when I'm tired. I do trust her 100% though.
 
Ride pony (not the scatty one though) in from the field in just a head collar... no hat. :s
Cause im too lazy to walk haha.

Walk behind my horse.
Dont always groom before I ride.
Rarely pick out feet.
 
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