would you keep this horse?

Suziq77 said:
I'm with you on this one.

I can't imagine having enough time to sit around thinking about what other liveries should be doing rather than working my own horses ;)
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I'm giggling a bit at this, as we all seem to have time to come on this forum and talk about other people's problems! I for one, far too much!!
 
I'm aware its "none of my business" but there's no doubt that the horse is dangerous. It's not a competition horse, just a "happy" hacker, and I'm not trying to poke my nose, iv given her my opinion and she said it was b*****ks. I was just wondering whether I was alone in thinking this, and what other peoples views on the horse were :-)
 
Iv got a 3 year old myself, that I have just broken so I am very aware of how unpredictable babies can be, but the way she is going about handling her baby just doesn't seem right to me. She isn't disciplining the horse at all, never schools it, she only hacks it out and thinks its funny when the cars in the road have to stop for her as her horse is mearly going over backwards! In my opinion she's a danger to herself, the horse and other road users. And why is it none of my business? Arnt I allowed to have an opinion?
 
Honey08 said:
I'm giggling a bit at this, as we all seem to have time to come on this forum and talk about other people's problems! I for one, far too much!!
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LOL, that's cos I have an office job and sit in front of a computer all day unless I'm in meetings - did you see the thread where it got discovered that mumsnet has a horse section? That nearly sucked me in for the whole day :eek:
 
Uraeus said:
I'm aware its "none of my business" but there's no doubt that the horse is dangerous. It's not a competition horse, just a "happy" hacker, and I'm not trying to poke my nose, iv given her my opinion and she said it was b*****ks. I was just wondering whether I was alone in thinking this, and what other peoples views on the horse were :-)
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In that case all you can do is take a deep breath and try not to notice what's going on, and then when it all goes totally tits up you will be safe in the knowledge that you tried to help but were told to butt out. If it was me I'd try not to be the only other person around when she's riding and I would let the YO know I felt this way.
 
I'm not quite sure what the relevance of it being a competition horse or happy hacker is to its behavior.
But while I have met many fools who think it clever to have a badly behaved horse, is it possible she isn't happy about it & is just getting defensive?
I had an extremely difficult & frequently naughty youngster as an early teen. I knew better than anyone else just how far from ideal her behavior was. But I wouldn't ever tolerate anybody else saying so & would defend her to the end of the earth. I also swore blind I'd never sell her. I'd also pretend I liked the bad behavior, whilst doing my best to stop it just to stop comments like, 'isn't she a bitch, I'd hate mine to do that'. Obvious response for a pig headed teenager who loves her pony is 'I don't mind, I enjoy it'. She's now 23 & nobody would ever guess she was the same horse.
Not saying its the same for your situation necessarily, just trying to play devils advocate.
 
Lots of teenagers love it when their horse behaves like this.
Personally it sounds a bit like my first pony, although he bolted as well. He was in a gag, flash and martingale as a 5 year old, on the advice of several different instructors. I would have told any livery on the yard to go forth and multiply if they had had a go at me about him, although they wre rather more practical, simply encouraging me to ride more (5 hours a day during the holidays) and several of them holding him down for me to get on him. There were no physical issues with him, he was just a toe rag. Now of course he is Mr Perfect, and even though he is 14.2, he's on loan to a young girl who was only 9 when she got him.At least she rides, its not like she has buzzed him up and is now winging cos she's too scared to get on!
 
To be honest if you came up to me and said I wasn't suited to my Horse and was ruining her I would have more to say then "thats b******s" she is causing no harm to you so leave her be. It is her Horse not yours, its not as if she is asking you too ride it too. What does it matter that she only hacks?
 
To answer the question, yes I'd probably keep it - I can't see many people queuing up to offer money for it so if it was ridable I suppose it would stay.
 
I think you are right to be concerned about the horses, drivers and riders safety but there is nothing you can do about it.

You have tried to talk to her, she doesn't want your opinion and she hadn't asked for it so I'm not surprised she was a little defensive.

I think you need to 'look away'...the horse is clearly loved and looked after from what you have said.

You mentioned she isn't schooling...thats not an issue IMO...you can do everything you need to do hacking. I personally do a mixture but my YO never school in the arena, they do it out hacking and they are very successful in many disciplines.

You are obviously upset about the treatment of this horse and I do feel for you, it isn't nice to feel that way, but there is nothing you can do. If she feels safe then I would leave her to it, hopefully the horse will gain its confidence in time
 
She obviously enjoys riding a 'naughty' horse. Is she a teenager as suspect?
I don't think a martingale and a flash are horrible pieces of equipment that should be stripped from this animal immediately! I do think that a gag has the effect of lifting, and I've seen it not cause but aid rearing in the past. So I would suggest to her a change of bit. But then she never asked for your opinion did she?
 
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