Caught short..........what to do?

[breeches]

When you go out on a hack, what do you take in case of emergancy....:rolleyes:

[Bozzy]

I don't, just have to wait!!!

[notpoodle]

uhm, if you can get back on the horse somehow, one could hold the horse (on the very end of the reins) whilst one seeks, er, relief behind a bush or something :)

or, one could just hang in there!

Julia
xx

[domane]

Didn't your mother teach you to go BEFORE you go out?

(and to wear clean undies in case you get run over :p )

[Pudding]

ROFL......I've got off before to have a tinkle......I was behind a bush holding the reins.......don't know if it's a mare thing but, when I'd finished, Astra did one straight after LOL

God forbid if ever it's more than a tinkle....I think I would have to do a mad gallop for home and chuck her in the garden......:eek: ....fortunately that's never happened!!

X

[dcp]

Hang on no way would I get off find some place where hopefully quiet where hopefully no soldiers are around (they do training and running around here), attempt to hold onto charlie and then try get back on no thanks!!

[Tots N Dots]

I have a short lungeline rolled up in my pocket, baby wipes, and pray that there are no farmers about :D :D :D
I was once so desperate that I dived in a hedge, did the business then realised I had just done it on top of a dead chicken :eek: :eek: :eek: why there was a dead chicken in the hedge I dont know,
tis true my friend will back me up on that one :D :D :D

[BeachRiding]

uhm... gallop home!

[domane]

I was once so desperate that I dived in a hedge, did the business then realised I had just done it on top of a dead chicken
Are you sure it was dead to start with? I mean, YOU could have killed it??? :D

[Tots N Dots]

hopefully no soldiers are around (they do training and running around here),
umm just a thought but are they cute soldiers? I have a real uniform thing :D

[Tots N Dots]

Are you sure it was dead to start with? I mean, YOU could have killed it??? :D :D :D umm didnt want to feel how cold it was as it was already wet by the time I realised it was there :(

[domane]

Ewww!

[sweuzo]

heeehee, i would wait and wait, unless i was TOTALLY UTTERLY in pain with holding it, but saying that i can't hold it very long lol :D i get desperate really fast.

as for the other sort, id definately wait.

[Peanut]

I have a short lungeline rolled up in my pocket, baby wipes, and pray that there are no farmers about :D :D :D
I :D :D :D


Do you go prepared everytime you hack?! My mare would have to come behind the bush with me - all girls together and all that :p

[johnb]

Just do sitting trot that soon takes my mind off it.

Johnb

[horse__obsessed]

Do you go prepared everytime you hack?! My mare would have to come behind the bush with me - all girls together and all that :p
I would go in a bush personally, unless there were loads of poeple about. The horse would come into the bush with me on the end of the reins, and tehn i cuold hide behind it. If i was anywhere near the yard I would gallop home though! I usually have tissues in my pocket anyway:D

[Tots N Dots]

Do you go prepared everytime you hack?! My mare would have to come behind the bush with me - all girls together and all that :p
yep, my view is reins are short, if you imagine the picture? umm horse spooks, reins are short, there is not much room for negotiation with entrapment round your ankles :D :D :D
I always have carried a short lungeline when out riding comes in so handy:)

[Pudding]

Am really really laughing at the vision of being dragged out, face down, from behind bush with knickers round ankles!!!! I think I'll take a long lead-rope with me in future LOL.....

X

[carrimclaren]

I ignore it and carry on riding and then tend to shove her into her stable and run for the loo when we return:D

When i went out with a hunt for the first time it amazed me how many people just ran behind bushes etc. Blokes were the funniest as they'd just go into the corner, get their mate to hold the horse and then hide behind their own so nobody could see them. Best moment was when one of the field staff did this and the hunt buggered off at canter across the field and left them trying to zip up and get back on pronto :p

[*Sez*]

Lol! I tend to just hang on. I don't go very far at the moment, so I go before I leave the yard and wait until we return. I'm actually very bad when I hack out and despite having loads of emergency stuff (spare leadropes, folding hoof pick, "hacking out" phone, I rarely remember to take any of it :o ).

[breeches]

Didn't your mother teach you to go BEFORE you go out?

(and to wear clean undies in case you get run over :p )
Dont have any!!!

[breeches]

I have a short lungeline rolled up in my pocket, baby wipes, and pray that there are no farmers about :D :D :D
I was once so desperate that I dived in a hedge, did the business then realised I had just done it on top of a dead chicken :eek: :eek: :eek: why there was a dead chicken in the hedge I dont know,
tis true my friend will back me up on that one :D :D :D
thank goodness it wasnt a turkey........
You are crazy....
STB

[RustyMary]

Men have it so easy! Pro cyclists 'p on the wing' while they are riding along if necessary - my OH just pulls over to the side of the road if no-one is around and doesn't even bother to get off his bike. I wonder how he'll manage if he ever learns to ride a horse :eek: On the other hand I'm floundering around in the bushes for 5 min - I love that image of being pulled over, knickers round ankles, by a bored horse... a long lead-rope indeed sounds like a good idea!

[breeches]

Men have it so easy! Pro cyclists 'p on the wing' while they are riding along if necessary - my OH just pulls over to the side of the road if no-one is around and doesn't even bother to get off his bike. I wonder how he'll manage if he ever learns to ride a horse :eek: On the other hand I'm floundering around in the bushes for 5 min - I love that image of being pulled over, knickers round ankles, by a bored horse... a long lead-rope indeed sounds like a good idea!
sounds like a film i once watched.........:eek:

[domane]

So.... Breeches..... what do you do in the "caught short" situation?????

[RustyMary]

I don't even want to ask what kind of films you watch...:eek:

[RustyMary]

So.... Breeches..... what do you do in the "caught short" situation?????
Ah good question domane, I see he's keeping very quiet about that :rolleyes:

[breeches]

So.... Breeches..... what do you do in the "caught short" situation?????
well, i was a little short the other morning, do you know that dustbin, the one with dapple painted on it, outside Cherrys stable, black, not Really much in it, weeelllllllllllll..............it looked comfy enough, :eek:

[domane]

I don't even want to ask what kind of films you watch...:eek:
I reckon it's an old Super8 home movie!!!

[domane]

well, i was a little short the other morning, do you know that dustbin, the one with dapple painted on it, outside Cherrys stable, black, not Really much in it, weeelllllllllllll..............it looked comfy enough, :eek:
:D For someone of small(ish) stature, you really are the BIGGEST wind-up merchant!!!!

[l7oopys]

I had to get off and go for a "tinkle" behind a hedge once half way around a fun ride!!

[Skib]

This is not a NR problem. I've walked all my life and a horse sure provides more cover than some of the moorland I've seen.

[breeches]

:D For someone of small(ish) stature, you really are the BIGGEST wind-up merchant!!!!
but in perfect proportions.

[RustyMary]

This is not a NR problem. I've walked all my life and a horse sure provides more cover than some of the moorland I've seen.

You are so right!!
Congratulations - I see you've just passed your 1000th post - and very good ones they are too :)

[Guest]

I was once so desperate that I dived in a hedge, did the business then realised I had just done it on top of a dead chicken :eek: :eek: :eek: why there was a dead chicken in the hedge I dont know,


Snorted really loud and everybody in the office stopped and starred at me:p

[Lucyad]

When I was pregnant I used to jump off and pee behind bushes, rocks etc. all the time. All my hacks were punctuated with possible spots at about 5 minute intervals!

[Tots N Dots]

but in perfect proportions.

and we STILL await the photographic evidence!


Snorted really loud and everybody in the office stopped and starred at me
sorry Bobbin :o :p :D

[domane]

and we STILL await the photographic evidence!

Were my recent piccies of Breeches not enough for you??? :D

[joey_olop]

Go in the bush-I have no shame haha:D

[Trewsers]

Hehe, as a former fell walker (5 miles plus at a time) I can highly recommend not drinking too much before you set off and be prepared to make friends with the bushes...........:D :p Oh, and don't wear pants that you can't get up or down easily (thats not meant to sound rude:p ) mind you, its easy for your chaps, relief is only a zipper away.....:D

[Trewsers]

I was once so desperate that I dived in a hedge, did the business then realised I had just done it on top of a dead chicken :eek: :eek: :eek: why there was a dead chicken in the hedge I dont know,
D :D


lol, thats cheered me up:D :D

[breeches]

Men have it so easy! Pro cyclists 'p on the wing' while they are riding along if necessary - my OH just pulls over to the side of the road if no-one is around and doesn't even bother to get off his bike. !
i would have to be careful not to get tangled in the stirup leathers:eek:

[Peace]

Am really really laughing at the vision of being dragged out, face down, from behind bush with knickers round ankles!!!!

That's exactly what happened to a friend of mine at a hunter's pace a couple of years ago. Her horse spooked at an inopportune moment and she was dragged out into full view just as the members of the sponsoring hunt came around the bend.:D

[CrisO]

Once tied my pony up and went the other side of a gate only to have other riders come along the bridleway. They saw a horse tied up and looked over the gate to see where the rider got to and there I was crouching down, knickers round my ankles. Another time I was in what appeared to be a completely empty field when a tractor came over the brow of the hill.

[Greentchr]

Oh, thanks, everyone-I needed a good laugh!!

Have to tell you about a similar need... on a ski hill in dead of winter, forgetting about the chair lift that ran right above the chosen tree...

I suspect you can fill in the details. I hasten to add that I don't ski and it wasn't me :p

[Mossy]

One poor lady out hunting nipped behind a gorse bush out of sight of the field. Right in midflow the boss came over the brow of the hill behind her! Ooops.

[breeches]

keep this to yourselves , but i know someone who went hacking in a really heavy storm and was soaked, they are always saying they ride in any weather, anyway whilst they were out they were caught short and seeing as tho they were soaked already.......they had a sprinkle whilst riding.......
thats not right,,,,,,,,,,,terrible behaviour:eek:

[domane]

keep this to yourselves , but i know someone who went hacking in a really heavy storm and was soaked, they are always saying they ride in any weather, anyway whilst they were out they were caught short and seeing as tho they were soaked already.......they had a sprinkle whilst riding.......
thats not right,,,,,,,,,,,terrible behaviour:eek:
Eww! That's as bad as peeing in the sports centre swimming pool :eek:

[breeches]

Eww! That's as bad as peeing in the sports centre swimming pool :eek:
wasnt that bad, i mean they said it wasnt that bad:eek:

[Tots N Dots]

keep this to yourselves , but i know someone who went hacking in a really heavy storm and was soaked, they are always saying they ride in any weather, anyway whilst they were out they were caught short and seeing as tho they were soaked already.......they had a sprinkle whilst riding.......
thats not right,,,,,,,,,,,terrible behaviour:eek:
I hope they had a waterproof saddle cover on! :eek:

[breeches]

I hope they had a waterproof saddle cover on! :eek:
was a synthetic one, it all just soaked in.....:(

[Tots N Dots]

was a synthetic one, it all just soaked in.....:(
gross!

[RustyMary]

Ugh, what a pong, I don't think I want to hear any more!

[breeches]

Ugh, what a pong, I don't think I want to hear any more!
no pong, horse now sold, complete with nearly new tack :D

[domane]

no pong, horse now sold, complete with nearly new tack :D
No wonder little Rosie was so affectionate with that new lady! She couldn't wait to get away from you....

Now... when you said you were caught short in the rain.... you didn't actually have a leaky accident did you? I mean at your age, with your muscles not being what they were and all.... and with sound of running water from the rain.... ;)

Talking of little Rosie... have you heard anything from her new owner?

[breeches]

No wonder little Rosie was so affectionate with that new lady! She couldn't wait to get away from you....

Now... when you said you were caught short in the rain.... you didn't actually have a leaky accident did you? I mean at your age, with your muscles not being what they were and all.... and with sound of running water from the rain.... ;)

Talking of little Rosie... have you heard anything from her new owner?
i didnt say it was me cheeky :rolleyes:

i have spoken to her about 2 weeks ago and she was fine, i think they will be happy together.

[raingodz]

Is this not what you are all looking for:

http://www.shewee.com/

Saw it on the Dragons Den a few months ago, apparently it is very popular with endurence riders who are always on the go... as it were :o

[Tots N Dots]

Is this not what you are all looking for:

http://www.shewee.com/

Saw it on the Dragons Den a few months ago, apparently it is very popular with endurence riders who are always on the go... as it were :o
excellent as long as we dont mistake it for our hip flask :D

[breeches]

Is this not what you are all looking for:

http://www.shewee.com/

Saw it on the Dragons Den a few months ago, apparently it is very popular with endurence riders who are always on the go... as it were :o
they look like the scoops at the pick and mix counter, put me right of a quarter of sherbert lemons:eek:

[johnb]

I Normally carry a plastic bottle so I can wee on the hoof lol
john

[martini55]

Never been caught short :p Don't know about those shepee things! My friend got a peemate at T in the Park one year, don't think I'd trust one... esp considering it was cardboard!

[breeches]

I Normally carry a plastic bottle so I can wee on the hoof lol
john
wide neck of course Johnb:D

[nicolaj]

Just reading this has sent me dashing to the the Little Girls room!!

I'm not sure what would be worse, your horse shying and pulling you out of the hedge head first with said knicers round your ankles or being caught using one of those Shewee things!!!!:rolleyes: :o :eek:

[CrisO]

I used one of those Shepee things at Glastonbury one year - very strange. Not sure it saves time either because you still need to pull everything down to use it and could be embarassing if someone came.

[Tots N Dots]

I Normally carry a plastic bottle so I can wee on the hoof lol
john
ewww bet your horse doesnt like you weeing on its hoof :eek:

[Tootsie4U]

Just dont squat with your spurs on...:eek:

[breeches]

Just dont squat with your spurs on...:eek:
especially those with the wheels on, yeeee haaaaa

[johnb]

wide neck of course Johnb:D
wide neck indeed Breeches with a funnel on it lol:D :D

[johnb]

Men have it so easy! Pro cyclists 'p on the wing' while they are riding along if necessary - my OH just pulls over to the side of the road if no-one is around and doesn't even bother to get off his bike. I wonder how he'll manage if he ever learns to ride a horse :eek: On the other hand I'm floundering around in the bushes for 5 min - I love that image of being pulled over, knickers round ankles, by a bored horse... a long lead-rope indeed sounds like a good idea!

Men dont have it easy when we catch our dangley bits in the zip :eek: :eek:

[dotsanddashes]

Just had to nick in and ad my "two pee" worth....:rolleyes:

Long time ago when I was a teenager in country victoria, I was out on a cattle drive - only girl - LOADS of guys, most of them intent on embarrassing me acutely at every given opportunity. I needed to go and, having hung on for an eternity, was almost back to the yard when I decided (heaven only knows why) that it would be less embarrassing to stop at the edge of the field in some bushes than to ride into the yard, jump straight off the horse and make a bolt for the loo.

I drop back from herd, head for bushes and, trying to be extra quick so I might not be noticed, dive off horse - having already undone button and fly, and squat with back to bush facing away from edge of field - begin to pee - I slightly over balance and tip backwards, falling directly into the single strand electric fence that was strung to divide that area up - and yes, it was on:eek:

Suffice to say, it was a very, very long time before I lived it down (you could hear my scream for miles apparently).:cool:

[johnb]

Just had to nick in and ad my "two pee" worth....:rolleyes:

Long time ago when I was a teenager in country victoria, I was out on a cattle drive - only girl - LOADS of guys, most of them intent on embarrassing me acutely at every given opportunity. I needed to go and, having hung on for an eternity, was almost back to the yard when I decided (heaven only knows why) that it would be less embarrassing to stop at the edge of the field in some bushes than to ride into the yard, jump straight off the horse and make a bolt for the loo.

I drop back from herd, head for bushes and, trying to be extra quick so I might not be noticed, dive off horse - having already undone button and fly, and squat with back to bush facing away from edge of field - begin to pee - I slightly over balance and tip backwards, falling directly into the single strand electric fence that was strung to divide that area up - and yes, it was on:eek:

Suffice to say, it was a very, very long time before I lived it down (you could hear my scream for miles apparently).:cool:

shocking :D

[HairyCob]

As one with a weak bladder, I have lost all shame, and regularly hop off, drop my johds and pee... side of the hill, side of the road, side of the field, I don't care! Dolly stands like a statue and provides me with some 'shielding' providing she has some grass to eat!;)

[hannah:)]

Do a Paula Radcliffe...;)

[Afellpony]

Has anyone thought of using those incontinence pads? I would've thought they'd be ideal for your situation.!!!!!!!!

[Sparkie]

Just never ride a bouncy pony on a hack... halfway up the road and I need the loo already, and not many bushes in sight! :eek: Have made everyone stop before and wait for me to find a suitable bush and relieve myself!! Pony was not impressed about having to watch me!

[domane]

Just never ride a bouncy pony on a hack... halfway up the road and I need the loo already, and not many bushes in sight! :eek: Have made everyone stop before and wait for me to find a suitable bush and relieve myself!! Pony was not impressed about having to watch me!
Tsk! That's a bit of a double standard from your pony :p .... our equines have no shame when it comes to peeing or droppings!!!! ;)

[Sparkie]

Tsk! That's a bit of a double standard from your pony :p .... our equines have no shame when it comes to peeing or droppings!!!! ;)

I know :p !!! She has embarassed me before by going to the toilet whilst I was talking to my non-horsy friends who I'd spotted whilst hacking :o ! Oh the shame!!

[benslieblue]

my horse has a phobia about relieving himself out on hack - he waits till comes home and does it.
maybe he caught it from me - no chance would do it in public would scare the animals!!:D

[fuglyjowls]

my horse has a phobia about relieving himself out on hack - he waits till comes home and does it.
maybe he caught it from me - no chance would do it in public would scare the animals!!:D

I used to ride a horse like that at a RS - he would pee just before you got on him every time so that he didn't have to do it once he was out:D

[Ruskii]

I have a funny story about this as well ;)

Was out with a friend back when I lived in WA and we used to do a lot of hacking in the hills, anyway friend and I are going along what seems a quiet road when she says 'Right I cant hold on any longer!'. So we both dismount and she hands me the reins, I'm standing there waiting whilst she goes behind a bush, after about 5 mins I hear a big shriek. She comes running back and I thought she must have seen a snake or something, nooooo it only happens to be that the bit she decided to go and do her business on, is only right in front of a carpark near a view point and there were loads of Japanese Tourists with camera's. :eek: They got a great view of her behind ;) :D :D

I couldnt help but laugh, she didnt speak to me for the rest of the ride. :o :D

[jenren!!]

Not sure if anyone read one of the horse magazines (might have been Your Horse once, cant remember) once but there was a short article about a woman 'pee' thing which you could use on a hack, like a 'funnel' but not quite. Cant remember what its called though...:rolleyes:

Jenny xx

[Mossy]

Tsk! That's a bit of a double standard from your pony :p .... our equines have no shame when it comes to peeing or droppings!!!! ;)
Moss goes when and where he needs to. Con goes just after saddling, and then not often unless excited in which case .... just don't get behind her. She rarely wees under saddle

[jenren!!]

You just need a horse which will stand for you whilst you go in a hedge :):p

Jenny xx

[DavidH]

Ok being serious. My other pastime is gliding. We are constantly reminded NEVER to land with a full bladder. Apparently a heavy landing could cause a full bladder to burst with pretty dire consequences. A fall from a horse would probably have the same result. There are a wide range of both male and female devices available for glider pilots caught short whilst flying. Bear in mind we could be airborn for 6+ hours, the cockpit is very small and fully strapped in with a parachute. You think horses are a problem?
Could provide links to some of these devices if required. ;)

[HairyCob]

Links would probably be helpful David, if you would be so kind:o

[xoxmissy]

I have a short lungeline rolled up in my pocket, baby wipes, and pray that there are no farmers about :D :D :D
I was once so desperate that I dived in a hedge, did the business then realised I had just done it on top of a dead chicken :eek: :eek: :eek: why there was a dead chicken in the hedge I dont know,
tis true my friend will back me up on that one :D :D :D


Thats HILARIOUS (sp?) !! Last time I had to go, while I was on a hack, I made my friend hold onto Missy and I jumped into the bush, but there wasnt a dead chiken :P To my relief :D

[Herbie's mummy]

You should really take:
Hoof pick-incase of stones in the foot.
spare set of rains-incase they snap
Lead rope- incase you need to leasd your horse/snapped rains.

I thinks thats it.....
but i take NOTHING just me and Herbie LOL wwwooppss

[Holly B]

Is this not what you are all looking for:

http://www.shewee.com/


Curious, I clicked on the link... on the buy online page you can have one GIFT WRAPPED. Please tell me... would you buy one for someone as a gift?! :confused: :eek: :D

[Rips]

Bizarre - I can't remember ever needing to go to the loo whilst riding :confused: I've never even hopped off quickly after a ride because I needed to :confused: I just don't seem to need to go around horses!!
Even 4/5 hour hunts! At shows too, I think I've really only needed to use rotten portaloos once in about 4years... how strange. It never occured to me and now that the threads popped up I'll probably need to go all the time :rolleyes: !

That shewee site is a bit disturbing though - imagine going into the jax and standing at the urinals :o although, after coming back from France where sometimes you are confronted with just a drain in the floor I can see it having its uses :p

[breeches]

Curious, I clicked on the link... on the buy online page you can have one GIFT WRAPPED. Please tell me... would you buy one for someone as a gift?! :confused: :eek: :D
would you really want it turning up with out it being wrapped, imagine that.....it would need to turn up in plain brown paper packaging, like my monthy magazine turns up in....:eek:

[teabiscuit]

once read a story of a woman out riding in countryside being caught short.
found a handy bush and did the deed, only to find that she'd been observed by a coach load of oap's on a day trip :eek:

[Angel2]

I've observed a huntsman just whip it out whilst mounted and do the deed, it was rather windy and and I felt very sorry for the foot follower down wind of him.

Whilst out Autumn Hunting a few years back I had a very dodgy tummy from a bit of a funny curry. I got caught short out in the country and then luckily came across a farm cottage. I jumped off, handed the horse to the farmers wife asked to use the loo, filled it almost to the brim, hounds moved off, loo would'nt flush, horse got very restless, lady shouting to hurry up, legged (or rather hooved) it and hoped she didnt go upstairs for a bit and we did'nt go back that way again:o

[Trewsers]

I've observed a huntsman just whip it out whilst mounted and do the deed, it was rather windy and and I felt very sorry for the foot follower down wind of him.

Whilst out Autumn Hunting a few years back I had a very dodgy tummy from a bit of a funny curry. I got caught short out in the country and then luckily came across a farm cottage. I jumped off, handed the horse to the farmers wife asked to use the loo, filled it almost to the brim, hounds moved off, loo would'nt flush, horse got very restless, lady shouting to hurry up, legged (or rather hooved) it and hoped she didnt go upstairs for a bit and we did'nt go back that way again:o

Well, that'll teach you to eat a dodgy curry the night before a hunt:p :D :D