Would you be angry if someone hogged your horse without your permission?

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As title really.

I don't want to share too much detail as don't want to identify the yard, but my horse is temporarily on working livery at an equestrian college; and whilst I said they could clip him, I sent him there with a full mane which I've spent the last six months growing out, and now its all gone!

I'm blimmin furious. So angry about it that I'm calm, if that makes sense. OK so I know it will grow again, but I didn't give permission for that so FFS I can't understand WHY someone pea-brained crettin did it. He had a mane growing, it wasn't like he was already hogged.

Nothing I can do now but wait till he's back in my own yard at the end of term and start growing again.

Grrrrggghhh.
 
Yes I would be annoyed. Sounds as though it was an inexperienced student learning to clip who probably got the clippers too close to his mane by mistake.
 
hmm.... did you specify that the college were not to hog the horse? im not sayin they were correct in doing so but when i was at college, all the cobs were hogged... and many of horses had clipped tails to save pulling and time and im pretty sure the owners weren't consulted. a horse is sent to college to have student learn things... i guess hogging is one! in future id suggest specifying so then they dont have any excuse :( x
 
There are not words i can use on here that would show just how angry i would be, fuming does not even come close.
Yes it will grow back but its the fact they just went and done it without even asking you, if they have a full mane it should stay that way.
I feel so cross for you
 
Just curious... whilst you don't want to go into details... are you sure there isn't a reason behind it?

It might be that he's developed a bit of an itch due to more midges than he has at home. Or maybe a student did slip and clip his mane.

I'd be cross, but if there was a reason then I'd understand.

(I clipped a chunk out of Dorey's mane this year, but I decided to stick with the mohawk look than hog her!)
 
I've just e-mailed the Yard Manager - and had a good rant. Basically I was doing the college a favour, as they were short of horses for exams etc, and because mine had been there before, they rang up and asked if they could borrow him again just for a few weeks this term. I had promised they could have him again for short-term use, so was quite happy for him to go, and now this has happened.

FFS!
 
Serenity087 said:
Just curious... whilst you don't want to go into details... are you sure there isn't a reason behind it?

It might be that he's developed a bit of an itch due to more midges than he has at home. Or maybe a student did slip and clip his mane.

I'd be cross, but if there was a reason then I'd understand.

(I clipped a chunk out of Dorey's mane this year, but I decided to stick with the mohawk look than hog her!)
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the reason will most probably be management! OP was the horse on loan to the college? because thats how our college had their horses ... if it was only on livery and you still paid costs etc then i suppose its different! but if the horse was on loan to the college surely its kinda their horse to do with as they see fit??


eta - just read last post! its not the same agreement as we had! so yes i would be cross!!!
 
MrVelvet said:
the reason will most probably be management! OP was the horse on loan to the college? because thats how our college had their horses ... if it was only on livery and you still paid costs etc then i suppose its different! but if the horse was on loan to the college surely its kinda their horse to do with as they see fit??


eta - just read last post! its not the same agreement as we had! so yes i would be cross!!!
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no a horse on loan is not yours to do whatever you want with it, for big things (like hogging) you should ALWAYS ask the owners permission :mad:
 
OK just to confirm sit: when my horse was there on working livery, it was for a commitment of a whole academic year, i.e. 3 terms, and I gave them carte blanch (hope I spent that right?) to clip, pull tail, hogg mane, etc etc., coz I felt that as they had the general management of the horse, that was only fair, and he in common with most of the cobs there was hogged.

But this is different this time around, coz he's only gonna be at college for three-and-a-bit weeks until the end of term coz apparently they're short of the right sort of horses for exams etc., so coz he'd been there before, they asked me (and other owners) whether they could "borrow" him again just for a very short period for this specific purpose.

To be fair, they may have assumed that as he was hogged before, I'd be happy for him to be hogged again, BUT all they had to do was pick up the poxy phone & ask FGS!!

My poor boy, as bald as a coot! - and there was nothing I could do to stop it.
 
I would be picking the horse up straight away and the air would be blue after I'd finished with them! :mad:



I have serious mane/hogging issues though. :o
 
As you said they probably assumed you wouldnt mind as you didnt specifically say you did not want him hogged. Personally i think cobs look alot smarter with everything clipped off but each to there own :D
 
I would feel just the same...

I would go to college, pretend it was first time you'd seen it... BURST into fits of tears, SOB uncontrollably until they offer free EVERYTHING forever for the hurt they have just caused you.

My heart bleeds x
 
I went mental when a friend's daughter tried to 'pull' my horses' mane. He is *******ing Spanish!!!! Thankfully she only managed a few hairs. She thought his mane was 'getting in the way'...

So yeah I would go ballistic!!!!
 
I'd be annoyed initially but by the sounds of it, its seems like a very unfortunate mis-understanding, let's hope the don't make the same thoughtless mistake again.

If you've voiced your anger about it there's not much more you can do now, no point thinking about it too much now, have a glass of wine mi dear and put it down to experience.:)
 
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