Post by Roz on Oct 10, 2005 16:22:20 GMT 1
Oh My God, yes I do know her, not a nice lady, not nice at all. In fact I was desperate to get Harley off her as I hated the way she treated him (he had the sweetest nature). I actually advertised him on the old DG as I was so desperate. Cara Kimber (RA) contacted me as she was looking for a horse for a friend of hers and she, her friend and her friends husband came down to see him. Dawn I think was looking for around £3000 for him (I think she bought him at Priddy Fayre but I can check up on that) then and would not budge on price. Sadly he wasn't what Cara's friend was looking for, but here are some of the things Dawn did that I couldn't bear.
1. To get on him she got him pinned against a low wall, then had ridden horses put in front of him and behind him, effectively blocking him in, he ended up reversing into them.
2. When he was ridden for Cara and her friend, she had him in a three ring gag with the reins on the lowest hole, excuse for this was she left his bridle at home (complete lie)
3. She never bothered to have a saddle fitted to him, and the one he was ridden in obviously didn't fit
4. I found her and a man screaming and shouting at him in the stable trying to put a bridle on him, they had him cornered and where beating him with their hands
5. He was never exercised regularly, and was often left for long periods of time
6. His stable was too small and dark with hardly any straw on the concrete floor and what was there was heavily soiled
7. Dawn was a great believer in whips and spurs
8. She used a very inexperienced man when backing him, ie the man was the one to get up on board, he had no idea of how to use his body or distribute his weight, this was all done on the lunge with alot of yelling and abuse, consequently Harley "lost it"
9. The one good thing Dawn did do for him was to get out one of Sarah Fisher's TTeam practioners, I can't remember her name but can easily find out for you. She was treating Harley on an almost weekly basis but could not work out why the TTeam wasn't working. I enlightened her to Harley's treatment and she soon realised why.
I am so so pleased that Harley has finally found a wonderful home with someone who is going to give him the time, patience and love he truly deserves. He has such a lovely personality and was basically terrorised and brutalised by Dawn, who frankly should never be allowed to keep horses.
Do you have any photos you could post of him.
1. To get on him she got him pinned against a low wall, then had ridden horses put in front of him and behind him, effectively blocking him in, he ended up reversing into them.
2. When he was ridden for Cara and her friend, she had him in a three ring gag with the reins on the lowest hole, excuse for this was she left his bridle at home (complete lie)
3. She never bothered to have a saddle fitted to him, and the one he was ridden in obviously didn't fit
4. I found her and a man screaming and shouting at him in the stable trying to put a bridle on him, they had him cornered and where beating him with their hands
5. He was never exercised regularly, and was often left for long periods of time
6. His stable was too small and dark with hardly any straw on the concrete floor and what was there was heavily soiled
7. Dawn was a great believer in whips and spurs
8. She used a very inexperienced man when backing him, ie the man was the one to get up on board, he had no idea of how to use his body or distribute his weight, this was all done on the lunge with alot of yelling and abuse, consequently Harley "lost it"
9. The one good thing Dawn did do for him was to get out one of Sarah Fisher's TTeam practioners, I can't remember her name but can easily find out for you. She was treating Harley on an almost weekly basis but could not work out why the TTeam wasn't working. I enlightened her to Harley's treatment and she soon realised why.
I am so so pleased that Harley has finally found a wonderful home with someone who is going to give him the time, patience and love he truly deserves. He has such a lovely personality and was basically terrorised and brutalised by Dawn, who frankly should never be allowed to keep horses.
Do you have any photos you could post of him.