midgey
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Post by midgey on Nov 29, 2012 8:59:36 GMT 1
Why do people with tb types think my horse is neglected.
He lives out on long grass with a shelter and company fed twice a day field regularly pooh picked. OK he is only ridden once a week at present. He does not need a bath even though he is harirey and muddy he is happy .
I will have to start telling them to stop over rugging and turn their horses out .
Please report me to RSPCA if you feel this is neccessay.
Rant over.x
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Post by curlytobiano on Nov 29, 2012 9:04:22 GMT 1
Goodness if people think he needs a bath in this weather its them that needs reporting to rspca! He is going to be far better with his mud and his oils on!
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Post by mandal on Nov 29, 2012 9:15:52 GMT 1
I don't get this obsession with bathing. Surely it removes oils from the coat which repel rain and yes... mud.  My lot would be blocks of ice if I had bathed them yesterday. We have freezing temperatures here. |
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Post by marsayy on Nov 29, 2012 10:20:10 GMT 1
Ha HA, I have a white hairy highland who is 50 shades of brown!! and a gray highland who is gray but when you stroke her she is just as dirty!!
I have a friend who said she would never have a white horse as they constantly look negleted but my pony is the most wonderful natured horse you could ever want so who cares what colour she is, it's only mud. I never ever wash her only her tail as it does get really poopy. No blankets but has a shelter.
I have also been called by the SSPCA several years ago because they were aparently negleted no blankets and not fed, luckily the officer had a good sense of humour and was only doing his job, we had a giggle about my fat hairy highlands and to be fare the tourist that reported me didn't see the shelter which was an old horse box at the time and I apprecaited that they didn't know where I lived so called them. It's funny how people think they should be in a stable every night and a blanket on the minute its winter.
You have got to laugh and appreiate we all have different opinions but either way most of us look after our horses and we all put a lot of hard work into it, so people shouldn't be too quick to judge and the worst culprits is other horse owners who are set in their ways!! ;D
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Post by cheekychops on Nov 29, 2012 10:52:36 GMT 1
We are a laughing stock at the yard, he comes in, quick flick of girth area and bridle track and off we go, otherwise plastered nose to tail in mud. Life is just too short, and what is the point? I could spend 2 hours grooming for it all to be done in 30 seconds the minute I turn him out!
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Post by KimT on Nov 29, 2012 12:49:24 GMT 1
Hehe. I wonder what they would have thought of Lady yesterday. She normally has 3 white socks. Well not yesterday. She was black with 3 brown socks. I wont hose her off becasue she has lots of feather which is currently protecting her legs. I just brush the dry mud off. Same for Ellie but her legs werent too bad yesterday. She did manage to cover half the blaze on her forehead though. lol.
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Post by janwilky on Nov 29, 2012 12:56:19 GMT 1
Well, I have a hairy black horse who's currently pink with dried-on clay. He's happy and he's most definitely not neglected, though if you asked him he might say otherwise ;D
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Post by zack&buffysmum on Nov 29, 2012 15:38:26 GMT 1
My Buffy and her field companion Billy are a pair of hairy mud monsters, I'm afraid I'm another who just 'de-muds' where the tack is going and away we go! I've tried telling her she is 'A laaaydeee' but it never seens to make any difference!!
A little girl who lives locally likes to come a couple of times a week and groom Billy - which he endures as long as he has a nice big haynet.
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Post by clipclop on Nov 29, 2012 16:35:47 GMT 1
Just one quick question for those of you who just de-mud tack areas - surely it's very easy to miss a cut or graze and thus end up with infection?
Mine are all rugged and do get legs washed off when required as it means I can do a thorough check over. They live in a herd and the odd scrape is inevitable so the sooner it's caught, the less likely to cause a problem :-)
I'm not saying that there's a right and wrong way, just that there are two sides to every coin!
Sent from my ST18i using proboards
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Post by mandal on Nov 29, 2012 16:47:12 GMT 1
I may miss the odd minor cut or graze under the Shetlands coats but I don't feel it's fair to wash them at this time of year. They have two coats and if the under coat gets wet it will take ages to dry and no doubt they will end up shivering and cold. Even Sophie has a thick coat this year. I do check them over each day but they don't seem to get injuries. The only one was Sophie and she hasn't had a graze for yonks. Hope I haven't spoken too soon. lol That is my feeling and I am aware others don't agree.  |
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Post by BJMM on Nov 29, 2012 17:09:14 GMT 1
Had to laugh at this ;D you ought to see my TB. She was jet black and shiny in the summer - is now a disgusting shade of...............mud! She is plastered in the stuff and happy as a pig in the proverbial, so's my hairy cob and my PBA ;D All are checked daily, poo picked, fed, hayed, well loved and ridden. The one thing they are not is clean or tidy! I scrape off the tacked up areas and take the very worst off the rest. Time is of a premium and it is more important that they are exercised (mainly for feet health - all barefoot) than look pristine. I have had smart people on beautifully turned out horses give mine questioning looks, Am I bovvered? Not in the least!! And neither are my girls  |
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Post by ladyndibs on Nov 29, 2012 17:44:57 GMT 1
Had to laugh at this ;D you ought to see my TB. She was jet black and shiny in the summer - is now a disgusting shade of...............mud! She is plastered in the stuff and happy as a pig in the proverbial, so's my hairy cob and my PBA ;D All are checked daily, poo picked, fed, hayed, well loved and ridden. The one thing they are not is clean or tidy! I scrape off the tacked up areas and take the very worst off the rest. Time is of a premium and it is more important that they are exercised (mainly for feet health - all barefoot) than look pristine. I have had smart people on beautifully turned out horses give mine questioning looks, Am I bovvered? Not in the least!! And neither are my girls Judging by the way they strode out this morning Blaze and Marygold are wearing their winter look with pride and more than a hint of a swagger ;D |
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Post by BJMM on Nov 29, 2012 19:04:51 GMT 1
I also do not give a flying you-know-what what I look like either ;D As long as I am a)safe b)highly visible to other road users and c)warm and dry, I really don't mind resembling an eccentric bag lady ;D
Was a lovely ride this morning, although flippin' freezing! Must dig out my salopettes, then I'll resemble a FAT bag lady ;D
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Post by sophieandmaisie on Nov 29, 2012 19:25:43 GMT 1
My two are now in, as fields are horrific! But until then, Bonnie, AKA mud-monster, was groomed where her girth went, the saddle area, and her head! She was only going to go out the next day and get plastered again, so what was the point of getting it all off?!
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Post by Beth&Rosie on Nov 29, 2012 20:21:59 GMT 1
Crazy people if they think he needs a bath! I am normally just a flick the mud off type too,but this year she is now rugged up as she is fully clipped, (and before people say anything about unnecessary clipping, she is worked hard for about 45 mins 5x a week and during my school holidays she hunts once or twice a week, does pc and competes, so gets really sweaty and then cold otherwise)
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My lot would be blocks of ice if I had bathed them yesterday. We have freezing temperatures here.
