Is there a second thread for the horse/obsessive ex owner?

[ExtraordinaryQuince]

Just that really.

That photo 😍

I’m a Bit of a freak I suppose, but I love the smell of a horse’s face.

I used to get to ride when I was in the forces. I used to give them a wee kiss goodbye.

Happy times and that photo took me back there. Thank you.

@BlueEyesWhiteDragon

I haven't made one because I've got nothing to report although I debated it just to continue chatting horses :)

Noone else has seen anything suspicious so its likely Farmer Dave being overly cautious. He's a good egg though for all he acts like Victor Meldrew! I've been down the yard this afternoon as have taken T out for a delightful hack in the sunshine and so noones been around that I've seen. I have shut them down the bottom track though whilst I ponder what to do longer term.

Farmer Dave and the Shitlands sounds like an amazing band. I imagine them being very Wurzels like!

Hope I haven't harassed you into reporting back @BlueEyesWhiteDragon. I too enjoyed the gentle horse chat and educated myself about tracking systems! Haven't ridden/had ponies for 30 years but still miss the smell of a horse's muzzle and told DH today that I'd like to have an old retired horse just to sniff!

@Grendalsmum

I was really invested in the Horse Stalker Saga - l now know what a track system is and the poem made me all sniffy. Thanks to everyone who took the time to answer my question about horse-bonding, too - l had a mad day at work and didn't get back to the thread before it closed. I hope we get a part 2!

Same here.

I searched wondering if there'd been another thread, just in case there was an update, but also because the general horse talk, pony anecdotes and general horse-related comments have been great fun.

The recumbent pony snoring gently against the gates still tickles me.

I will never be able to afford a horse, but I can enjoy them vicariously via other people. I get all the fun bits - horsey jokes etc, but remain unbitten and unticked. Result!

[Farmer Dave and The Shitlands sound like a band that plays at weddings]

Do they do ceilidhs?

Plus I probably was the first one out of said field

Followed by a whole herd of us, whooping and shrieking!

still miss the smell of a horse's muzzle and told DH today that I'd like to have an old retired horse just to sniff

Sounds like a good suggestion for a Yankee Candle. My DD used to enjoy riding, and once told me my skin was "as soft as a horse's back". Greatest compliment I have ever received.

This thread has got me through several nights of breastfeeding. Thank you OP.

And I now know Shetlands are shitlands.

I am a complete non-horsey person and got a huge kick out of the "I think your horse is dead!" sleeping horses anecdotes. I learned so much on your thread @BlueEyesWhiteDragon. Thank you for sharing with us!

And thank you to @ExtraordinaryQuince for starting this thread too. I was also curious as well.

@JingsMahBucket

And thank you to *@ExtraordinaryQuince* for starting this thread too. I was also curious as well.

Aww, thank you not quite what the old nags upthread said

**my ears pricked up at this thread title.

"It's the mane topic today it seems. the original thread

Reading the original thread certainly spurred me to post on here."

I wanted another thread.

I also want another thread . Who would believe it... Horses go to sleep standing up! No personal experience of horses but I loved reading the thread Hopefully the silly woman has gotten the message and won't bother the horse lady again. 🐎🐎🐎

@SheldonesqueIsUnwell

Someone’s left the gate open to the cunty field again.

Brilliant 😂 😂

When I was young I used to ride a Shitland called Morris, he was enormously lazy and would dawdle behind the other ponies across the hills, until he would fart and then he would get a burst of speed for a moment.

One glorious day he was farting so much we stop-start cantered all the way home, propelled merrily by gas.

Oh that made me laugh! The farting Morris.

If you will all excuse me making a slight segue into discussing dogs, we have a beautiful dog who is sadly brain damaged due to abuse as a puppy. Every time she farts she scares herself. She is 11.

(She also does not understand where our legs go when we are in bed. So if we move our legs in bed under the cover she freaks out. We always have to pat her gently and try and warn her first!).

I too lurked on the previous thread. I did find myself briefly wondering whether the was ANY way a horse might be able to live in my small back garden.

Oh your poor dog Apples.

There is a special place in Hell for people who abuse animals - but our dog often shocked himself farting, too - it's hilarious, but he hasn't been frightened.

We do have one who had a very hard early life, poor love and often has nightmares. She wakes us up, crying and whimpering and trembling (like yours, she sleeps on our bed), and we have to gently stroke and softly soothe her until she calms down. She's wet herself in her sleep before (we've got one of those Kylie incontinence things for her to sleep on), and once actually nipped me (defensively) when I stroked her. God knows what she was experiencing in her poor mind at that moment. Normally she doesn't wake up - her crying just gradually subsides until she's sleeping normally again.

As I say - a special place in Hell.

@Silvercatowner

I too lurked on the previous thread. I did find myself briefly wondering whether the was ANY way a horse might be able to live in my small back garden.

Reminds me of when my son was about four and decided he wanted a gorilla as a pet.

I went into his bedroom and one end was festooned with string for it to swing on.

I'm with you I want a second thread too! This will probably be deleted because it's a thread about a thread!

It was a great thread and I too have been googling track systems (brilliant idea) and dreaming quietly of acreage and horses. Does anyone have a link to the story of the palomino pony in the stable?

@Silvercatowner

I too lurked on the previous thread. I did find myself briefly wondering whether the was ANY way a horse might be able to live in my small back garden.

Nooo! Don’t do it.

My DD was out hacking quite close to home last summer and needed the loo. Using teenage girl logic she decided to pop home, leave her pony in the garden and run indoors for a wee.

Pony was only out there for 5 minutes and she ruined my runner beans, broke a garden chair and then completely lost her mind when it came to going back out the gate (that she’d happily come through a few minutes before). I came home from the supermarket like this , to utter devastation, wondering what the fuck had happened

Gardens and horses do not mix ! Nor peacocks, escaped pigs, llamas, wild pony herd (is herd the word?), calfs. I’ve dealt with all before. After the drama (and laughs, partic pigs - the grunting and charging! ) the devastation has been astonishing. ‘Honoured’ by damage caused by badgers, fox dens, wild deer - I seem to have a hierarchy of what I to accept.

@Silvercatowner

I too lurked on the previous thread. I did find myself briefly wondering whether the was ANY way a horse might be able to live in my small back garden.

So did I! I got as far as looking at yhe RSPCA sites.

There were lots of young 11-12 hands ponies. Does anyone know why that would have been? Some of them seemed to have been backed and I wondered why they didn't sell them rather than have them up for £50-150 (no idea how much a pay is worth these days but I'm sure it's more than that.

There were lots of young 11-12 hands ponies. Does anyone know why that would have been?

The problems with littler ones, and only my pondering (I could be talking out of my arse) is that they’re really only suitable for children so they need to be fairly sane and sensible. Children grow out of them fairly quickly and unless they a great little lead rein or first ridden pony it’s difficult to sell them on.

If they’re young, they’ve probably not been backed long so they’ll be quite green - again, not a great for children.

There are so many of them - lots of irresponsible breeding and it’s a bit of a flooded market and they’re, sadly, just not worth much.

We were lucky when DD was ready for her first pony, a brilliant bomb-proof first ridden pony virtually fell into our laps, and he was absolutely fantastic so when DD grew out of him, we had a queue of people wanting him and he’s been happily teaching various little girls the ropes ever since. Ponies like that tend to get sold on through word of mouth/pony club/through families and rarely come onto the market.

To whoever said they'd like an old retired horse - don't do it, just don't.

My horse retired early (15) due to issues that affect him ridden, and will probably end his days sooner, but he's pain free at the moment when not ridden, he lives with a 30 year old horse that is also retired.

I've worked with breeding stallions, youngsters, ex racers, fit event horses, started and trained youngsters, a lot of different breeds that are known for being highly strung, and yet never have I had so many issues with horses behaving like arseholes that the two twat bags described above.

They jump out if they fancy a new field, and if they can't jump it, they find a weak spot, in fact any spot they like and push it down, even with electric fence. They take turns in getting shocked.

They had a field shelter built with great care for their comfort and needs, which they have destroyed scratching their arses on.
They tag team you when poo picking, and whilst one distracts, the other will push the barrow over, then both run away in mock terror of the monster.
They stand at the field gate and whinny pitifully at the other liveries, delivery men, the postman and in fact anyone for food, when they have full haynets in the shelter and 2 hard feeds a day and have come out of winter looking better than they went in. They want carrots and apparently I don't supply enough.
They like to rip their own and each others rugs with expensive regularity, by hedge diving and mutual grooming - the same hedges which an hour later will be terrifying and impossible to walk past sensibly, but rather need lots of flying around snorting with tails over their backs.

Despite the fact both were trained, and stood for many years being shod quietly, treated by vets and led in headcollars, they now think the farrier is fair game to be dragged around, the vet stood on multiple times, and their headcollars would have more effect on a ten tonne truck than they do on them some days.
Horses grow old disgracefully! And I love every minute of it ❤
I am off to finish the other thread now 😊