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Post by esme on Jan 2, 2006 18:20:13 GMT 1
Was in extremly bad mood when got to the yard today, boyfriends mother had pulled a brilliant stunt and wound me up very well. So when a pony barged out of it stable, galloped up and down the yard a bit before being caught and was then beaten up i flipped! The girl who caught the pony was not the owner, she was staff. She hit the pony several times with the lead rope, yanked at its mouth several times, hit it some more with the lead rope, smacked it on the neck, dragged it across the yard and hit it and yanked it some more. All I said was I didnt think it was helping as she started to beat it up and I got thanked for my interference. I then got angrier and shouted at her to stop but she just shouted at me to stop interfering. Was I in the wrong? I only ask as the others at the yard will not say anthing to this girl and she does it regularly if a horse steps out of line! Maybe Im too soft? I tell my horse off I admit but certainly not to that extent and I would never want someone else to touch my horse like that. Any advice or thoughts, I have a feeling I will not be popular tomorrow morning.
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Post by Louise C on Jan 2, 2006 18:34:02 GMT 1
I would be vv cross as well - no pony deserves treatment like that - what does the owner think I guess is the first question? It's up to them if they want to take things further surely, but you could say you would support them.
I would also be very wary aobut the treatment dealt out to your equines in that sort of place while you arn't there.
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Post by Ryan&Dizzy on Jan 2, 2006 18:35:53 GMT 1
oh dear!!!
i must admit my horse stable barges and he does get told off for it and i have given him a smack on the nose with the end of my lead rope on a few occasions. but never have i held grudges (ie do it more than once!) and under no circumstances would i hit somebody elses horse! (i mean you wouldnt ever think of hitting somes child so why is a horse any different?)
as far as im concerned you were right to step in if you felt she was being over agressive!
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Post by KimT on Jan 2, 2006 19:08:24 GMT 1
i dont think you were in the wrong. not only was it bad for the horse to be beaten up but also hitting it when caught will make it not want to be caught. i know someone who has done this to her pony, Blue. Blue will come to me but not her as if Blue plays up she gets smacked for finally allowing herself to be caught. its like sayin come near me an u get smacked. i will admit that i hate to be barged and will push the horse back into place. i wouldnt hit it like that though.
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Post by sulasmum on Jan 2, 2006 19:24:34 GMT 1
I would have done exactly the same in your position, and if I came across someone treating my horse like that I would lose it bigtime.
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Post by esme on Jan 2, 2006 20:27:18 GMT 1
Hello, Esme here, Mazzrat now calming down a bit but I was there and she was right to speak up. However, I did take her away from the situation as I also knew that we would get no-where with this girl or any of the others on the yard - they think she is brave and right to discipline horses in this way! As we came away though I made sure to say loudly that she will NEVER touch our horse and have the opportunity of doing this to him. The owner of the pony wasn't there, she had him booked for being "put to bed", one of the other witnesses at the time is a friend of hers, it will be interesting to see if she tells her anything about the incident and what she thinks if she does. This pony regularly barges out and charges off down the yard and it does need the problem sorting, but having said that this was an experienced girl and she most probably was aware of the problem so should have been prepared!
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Post by maislow on Jan 2, 2006 21:26:14 GMT 1
Well if she did it to my horse I'd bater her. Not very encouraging for the pony either as he'll associate being caught with being battered & bog off next time
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Post by Lydia00 on Jan 2, 2006 21:38:17 GMT 1
OMG! i hate witnessing these things! I get so upset! Once i was walking through the carpark of a showground and i had my eye on this woman near her waggon. She had two horses tied up to the wagon and she untied the first one and loaded it up. The horse went in absoloutely fine, but when she tied it up INSIDE the wagon, the horse whinnied to the other horse OUTSIDE the wagon. The woman went ABSOLOUTELY balistic and proceeded to beat the horse sensless with the end of the leadrope!  She did it across his head, neck, bum, back u name it! The horse didnt know what to do! I was in absoloute dibelief! After that, she stepped onto the ramp and shouted at a girl to pass her the next horse, who she practically dragged up onto the lorry! She probably did it because she didnt get placed in a class. I was literally stood at the bottom of the ramp crying! She saw me but i couldnt speak! I took note of the wagon and rote down the reg number so that if i saw her there again (i liveried there) i would have serious words! I really could have beaten her up like she did to that poor horse that had done nothing wrong! sorry to rant |
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Post by mellymoo on Jan 2, 2006 22:34:03 GMT 1
People like that make me sick! That's verging on cruelty, and if anyone did that to my boy I would murder them! Damn sure they wouldn't raise a rope against a horse again cos they'd ahve been beaten senseless by me with it! I wonder if treating people like that would make a difference to the way they treat other animals - sadly probably not.
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Post by Carole2 on Jan 2, 2006 22:36:32 GMT 1
There is absolutely no excuse for this behaviour. What on earth was she trying to achieve? I think to intervene was the ONLY thing to do; I'm just surprised that no-one else did. I deplore this kind of behaviour. You could try reporting her to the RSPCA. If you don't want to cause trouble, I would suggest you speak to the owner of the yard and the owner of the pony. She'll only do it again.
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Post by jor on Jan 2, 2006 22:45:26 GMT 1
what confuses me is that noone thinks to stop the pony being able to barge?!
A chain across the stable at base of neck height is sufficient to stop the horse barging past someone as they open the door and the horse can then be told to 'go back' and rewarded by stepping away from the chain...simple safe and easy and would prevent the poor horse being at the end of an idiots anger.
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Post by rosemaryhannah on Jan 2, 2006 23:36:54 GMT 1
It is, IMHO, utterly untterly unacceptable to hit somebody else's pony/horse. Ever. To beat one up is totally out of order, and if mine I would have been incandescent with anger!
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She did it across his head, neck, bum, back u name it! The horse didnt know what to do! I was in absoloute dibelief! After that, she stepped onto the ramp and shouted at a girl to pass her the next horse, who she practically dragged up onto the lorry! She probably did it because she didnt get placed in a class. I was literally stood at the bottom of the ramp crying! She saw me but i couldnt speak! I took note of the wagon and rote down the reg number so that if i saw her there again (i liveried there) i would have serious words! I really could have beaten her up like she did to that poor horse that had done nothing wrong!