I've just found out the extent of how much my sharer has been riding my big 'un She had a lesson last tues with her RI, and pushed him to his limits, then took him out for a supposedly "quiet" hack, I assumed to cool him off..
NO she took him down one of the local bridle ways all the way to the end, and around the two local reserviors
I'm fuming!!!
My recent posts have been about his saddle and his bad back, but this probably has a lot to do with it..... He's been losing muscle condition, and I've just put 2 and 2 together, and made 1000! I have explained to her he has a bad back and to take it easy, but its either ignorance, or stupidity that's caused this.
When she had her lesson, she never explained to the RI about his back and saddle, the RI was left to think it was mild arthritis or laziness that he was slightly dragging his toes on his hind feet.
STUPID, STUPID, STUPID!! What was she thinking???? She knows I'm worried about him, but she's trying to impress her big headed friends, and my respect for her has gone out the window!!
I hate confrontations, but this has took the biscuit, and things are coming to a head. She's letting other people ride without my knowing.. and their riding abilities are no where near good enough!!
One had the bare faced cheek to suggest that he was lazy in picking his back feet up! He had lost some muscle tone in his left hind quarter due to being unable to use it properly with the saddle restricting him, he hasn't been able to do it because he couldn't!
How can I correct this when she's undoing it on the next breath? I've tried to explain, that he can't do what's she's asking of him, because he's not up to it physically, but I think its on deaf ears.
I've been having problems with them as mentioned in a previous thread about my youngster supposedly biting their horse and not wanting me to give my horse haylage in the field, as they don't want theirs to get fat (I always split a full net into 2 piles in the field which worked well in my eyes) their horse is a growing youngster (a 3 year old) who isn't fat, and I think I'm gonna tell her not to bother riding my horse again.
Tonight, I've taken my big 'un out of the field, and put him in the small field where my youngsters stable is, with a huge pile of haylage, and lots of grass, where I'll keep him at night 'til a stable becomes available, and he'll be in at night.
I'm not a happy chappie tonight... mint choc chip icecream and G&T Sorry if I seem harsh, I'm just so angry.. thanks for baring with me
NO she took him down one of the local bridle ways all the way to the end, and around the two local reserviors
I'm fuming!!!
My recent posts have been about his saddle and his bad back, but this probably has a lot to do with it..... He's been losing muscle condition, and I've just put 2 and 2 together, and made 1000! I have explained to her he has a bad back and to take it easy, but its either ignorance, or stupidity that's caused this.
When she had her lesson, she never explained to the RI about his back and saddle, the RI was left to think it was mild arthritis or laziness that he was slightly dragging his toes on his hind feet.
STUPID, STUPID, STUPID!! What was she thinking???? She knows I'm worried about him, but she's trying to impress her big headed friends, and my respect for her has gone out the window!!
I hate confrontations, but this has took the biscuit, and things are coming to a head. She's letting other people ride without my knowing.. and their riding abilities are no where near good enough!!
One had the bare faced cheek to suggest that he was lazy in picking his back feet up! He had lost some muscle tone in his left hind quarter due to being unable to use it properly with the saddle restricting him, he hasn't been able to do it because he couldn't!
How can I correct this when she's undoing it on the next breath? I've tried to explain, that he can't do what's she's asking of him, because he's not up to it physically, but I think its on deaf ears.
I've been having problems with them as mentioned in a previous thread about my youngster supposedly biting their horse and not wanting me to give my horse haylage in the field, as they don't want theirs to get fat (I always split a full net into 2 piles in the field which worked well in my eyes) their horse is a growing youngster (a 3 year old) who isn't fat, and I think I'm gonna tell her not to bother riding my horse again.
Tonight, I've taken my big 'un out of the field, and put him in the small field where my youngsters stable is, with a huge pile of haylage, and lots of grass, where I'll keep him at night 'til a stable becomes available, and he'll be in at night.
I'm not a happy chappie tonight... mint choc chip icecream and G&T Sorry if I seem harsh, I'm just so angry.. thanks for baring with me
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