What things do you do that other HHO mightn't approve of!!

charlimouse said:
I do so many things HHO wouldn't approve of, a small sample is:

I only wear hi viz when hacking in dull weather

I sometimes wear a beagler for dressage competitions

I wear a point 2 for XC

I don't have an exo bodycage

I only wear a body protector for XC

My horses all go out what ever the weather

I turn mares and geldings out together

I love waterfords

I have been known to use draw reins at times

I ride one of my horses in a double bridle when I am allowed in dressage

I use travel boots

My spelling and punctuation isn't always perfect

I just don't 'get' showing

The list goes on........................................................
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OOhh...I also ride in a double! Slapped wrist for me then!
 
Mine live out 24/7, including my ex racing TB, although he does come in overnight in the winter *if he wants to*

I got a barefoot trimmer out to do my navicular mare, god forbid! Even more terrible is that she is sounder now than she ever was from all the meddling by the vets!

I muzzle the same mare 24/7

I sometimes mount by clambering up the 5 bar gate

I keep them all at my own little rented field with stables, un-supervised complete DIYer, strangely though they are still alive

Oh and I normally ride bareback in a headcoller on the 13hh pony when I am turning him out - so accountable for 3 crimes there, pony squishing, riding bareback AND no hat on
 
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Not not seriously, sorry, couldn't help myself! Course I don't. I did see a baby coloured being led last weekend though from the back of a pick up truck in deepest darkest Cheshire (near Delemere Forest).
 
I turn my horse out in a field fenced with barbed wire, and use a metal cow hayrack. In winter it resembles a freshly ploughed field.

He has gone up to 12 weeks between shoeings.

I tie up to solid objects.

God forbid, my bit collection includes a Dr Bristol, a pelham and a double bridle to be used depending on the circumstances.

And I am a vet, how bad a horse owner am I!
 
My horse frequently goes 10 weeks between shoeings and once managed 14 weeks (shoes and feet both fine, I only had them done as they were wearing a bit thin - had no idea they'd lasted so long).

She's never seen a 'back person'.

We trot on roads for long distances and have done so at a stonking pace out hunting.

She used to wear a pelham, running martingale and a flash all at once.

I've only worn a body protector once, when I was forced to for a hunter trial - hate the bloody things!

That said, the idea of not grooming thoroughly before a ride makes me shudder in disgust. :p
 
Oh, I forgot!

I regularly trot on the roads for decent distances (and have been known to canter out hunting).
I canter up stony tracks.
I have jumped barbed wire more than once.
Horse only wears boots for XC.
I proudly take my hairy unplaited section D in 'normal' working hunter classes (and beat the plaited ones, sometimes!).
 
I trot every day and sometime canters on roads.
I canter on every verge I can find.
I dont pick out feet.
I only brush the bits that matter -back/legs.
I keep 9 mixed sex horses together.
I let my 2 yr old still suckle his mum.
I turn out everyday all year round.
I sometimes leave them all out at night, cos it suits me or I'm away.
I don't change their water everyday.

That'll do for starters.
 
I use a waterford

I don't use travel boots ever

I have an equitrek that doesn't drop to bits and I love it

My horse hates wind, rain, snow and sun and preferrs to be in his stable.

Our oldie will stand in for 23 hours a day in winter and is happy and doesn't get stiff. honestly.

Both ours eat their straw beds.

I have cantered down the road out hunting, and I could hear all the bystanders tutting..

They both only eat chaff and fibre cubes.
 
I never dismount properly, I swing my leg over the horse's neck instead.

I canter my "dressage horse" out on hacks and trot on the roads

I never warm up with bandages or boots at a show as its too much fuss finding someone to take them off!

Occasionally I'll ride without a hat, like if I've just had my hair done and am going out that same night!

I've used scissors on my horse's mane!

I've ridden him in draw reins when he's been an exceptional handful (very rarely though!)
 
DipseyDeb said:
I have england flags on my car and a big one staple gunned to the front of my house!!!!!! :D
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Me tooo does that make us naughty?

For the horsey one I firmly believe if my horse deserves it he will get disaplined!(sp) i also very rarely brush mainly when im riding I rarely wash his rugs! Have been known to lead 3 horses together! he is stabled 24/7 in winter apart from riding and a couple of hours a week in winter turnout! Gosh im sooooo bad!
 
Well this thread is wonderful, the flack I got from another thread about no Hi Viz and the lemons in mouths, now we can all laugh joke about our faillings and it is totally exceptable. Thank God for that!!!!!
 
With my old girl I used to

forget to tie her up and only notice when she followed me into the feed room
hack her on the buckle
give her treats just to see the delighted look on her face
left her unshod
let her follow me through the yard after a ride with no hand on her reins (but only if we were the only ones there)
I didn't clip her
I only rugged in the very worst of winter weather
I let her decide when she wanted to be in at night
I also own a body protector but never wear it (don't tell OH, he bought it for me)
 
Do you all feel better after being so honest??!!!! lol

OK my turn -

I love horse racing!
I dont fasten my body protector (racetech with zip up the front,i wear it like a open gilet!)
My 2 horses are barefoot as it suits me better!
I only hack
I have more rugs than you could imagine!
I ride and lead and text all at the same time! (now thats multi-tasking)
My horses lived out in the worst winter even when one day the snow came over there knees!
I dont go to my horses at the same time every day!
Never tie my horses up

I am sure i do much more "wrong" than this!!
 
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WoopsiiD said:
Just thought of a reallly bad one.....but in my defence it was not my idea but I was party to it....
Friend bought a minature shetland at Henley from a 'person of travelling origin'. We had gone to Henley for tack but felt so sorry for the little guy, because of this we were unprepared to travel him home and BLUSH did try to encourage him into the back of a Fiesta!!!
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Can totally understand buying a Shetland from Henley. Been sorely tempted by a couple of youngsters myself. But a fiesta??? :eek: :p
 
I trot on roads. Usually on the buckle.

I go for sneaky canters in a farmers field, but only if the gates open, ground is good and no crops etc. Oh and always the edge of the field.

I use my phone out hacking

I dont turn my horse out in boots.

he goes out in the jumping field with 2 donkeys.

Oh and I jump in the field with the donkeys loose!

I own a "useless" racesafe bp

I dont tie horse up to tack up/groom/wash


Whats wrong with clambering up gates to get on? better than their back i always say :D
 
OK my confessions are as follows:

When I had my first pony I had to ride after school, and in the winter he'd grow a coat like a mammoth, soooo, in order that I could get out before it got dark, I'd just clear a space for the saddle and leave the rest of the mud and gunge; later on in adult life I'd do the same, go out with a mucky horse looking like a mammoth in need of the ILPH coz time was again of the essence.

Gosh, another fess up is not picking out feet before riding and you go down the road and fling bits of hoof filler everywhere (but at least everyone knows if I've been for a hack!).

Oh, and riding in sandals: I've got endurance stirrups with cages which are designed so trainer/joddy boots can be worn.

Riding down from the field bareback, bareheaded, and with just a headcollar on - no reins. Horse is on auto pilot to feed bowl anyway so no worries.

No doubt many more sins will come to mind, but this will have to do for now.
 
Where do I begin?!!

I just sent 9 rugs to the cleaning lady and I'm still not short :rolleyes:

My girl feels the cold and I probably do over rug her as far as lots of peeps are concerned but she has never sweated under any rugs and I like her toasty, so does she

I turn her out in boots and she is always ridden in brushing boots and often knee boots as well

She hates the rain and would much rather be in her nice warm stable in her jim jams than roaring around the field screaming her head off to come in

She didn't go out for 3 weeks during the snow, she is not sensible enough and would of broken a leg, but, she was ridden every day for excercise.

We hack out in a pelham with just one rein, martingale and flash. I prefer to keep my teeth when she gets excited on the gallops and the pelham gives me brakes and steering, also an advantage at speed.

I give her treats, lots of them if she is good and she always gets an apple when I turn her out.

She is mollycoddled, her feet are done every 5-6 weeks, her back done every 6-8 weeks, I take her to the vet at the drop of a hat and she is spoilt.

But I love her to bits and she normally loves me too.....moreso when i've got treats ;)
 
Do my own horses feet (there is a reason for that).

Keep stallions.

Ride bareback, use different brands to everyone else.

Use a dually halter and not a bridle.

God knows but know one is perfect and your never going to please everyone!
 
Have seriously considered having a ramp fitted to the pick up (it has side bars) to take 11hh section A to the local show, she looks lost in the back of our lorry which was built especially for OH's 18.2! I know she would happily load into the pick up, she used to spend a happy half hour in the kitchen with the kids eating carrots out of the fridge:)
 
I'm so glad for this opportunity to confess!

When I was about 10 or 11 I backed our little welsh section a three year old myself - bareback and in a headcollar and often without a hat - in the side paddock when I knew my Mum was out! Mum had planned on getting me to sit on her soon anyway but hadn't go round to getting her a saddle/bridle. I think I was fairly sensible about it and only ever rode her for very short periods of time at walk and trot. She was a complete angel about it! Mum was very surprised at how quick and easy she was to 'back' later on...

She's since gone on to have many happy years as a children's pony so no harm done :D
 
If you put the seats forward theres plenty of room in the back of a fiesta! Piglet..as we named him was more than happy to get in! We had opened the both doors so as he could see out....but we didn't get to close one quick enough and he climbed out of it. I have never laughed so hard in my entire life.
We started walking him home-a good 10 miles when a horsebox pulled up and offered us a lift. The chaps had bought a 3yr old TB colt and warned us that they were happy to take piglet but if their TB harmed in it wasn't their fault. All the way home all we heard was bashing and squealing. We arrived at the yard to find TB quivering wreck at back of box and all 9hh of Piglet stood looking triumphant!
 
I used to catch in eventers (from a field far from the yard, up a hill) by catching two, hanging an arm over each wither, and then making them trot/canter to the yard with me swinging in between them with my knees tucked up.
Fast, but perhaps not safe.
S :D
 
Three of my mini ponies have never seen inside a proper horsebox either, two arrived in transit vans as six month old foals, and the other travelled in the back of my Delica. I got followed by the police too but fortunately he didn't put his head up so they probably thought he was a big dog!
 
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