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trisha
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precious
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England
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 Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 1:25:25 PM
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| I know i remember seeing it, that would have taken years and years to get like that, evil person |
     
Gemma Thompson
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geegee
Platinum Member
England
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Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 1:28:57 PM
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Absolutely disgusting. I can't believe she had the audacity to say that she suffered from a depressive illness and was lethargic.
It doesn't take much effort to pick up the phone for a farrier 
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NUTTER
Platinum Member
England
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Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 1:29:14 PM
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You would be surprised!!
I would love more than anything to name and shame a top name/yard!!
Where they had turned away and forgotten theyre top pony from when they were kids winning everything on this pony at top level in this country..
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fidodido
Gold Member
England
797 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 2:21:26 PM
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OMG!
Drepressed or not you do not forget that you have a responsilbilty to care for something, and why has she only been banned for three years, it should be life. |
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GHALEEM
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United Kingdom
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nikki
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Wales
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donna72_uk
Gold Member
England
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Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 3:18:36 PM
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| omgthat is disgusting and to get a ban for just 3years is a joke she should be banned for life! |
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vjc
Platinum Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 3:25:00 PM
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| we are to soft in this country on the ba**ards that do this to their horses, we need serious changes in the law! |
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alison
Platinum Member
Wales
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Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 3:39:38 PM
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I remember years ago visiting an animal 'Sanctuary' where two donkeys had very overgrown hooves that were curled up like Aladdin's slippers. When I sought out the owner to complain he said I didn’t know what I was talking about? I soom put him straight on that point and reported him to the RSPCA who took action. What was surprising was there were a lot of visiting families and nobody seemed to notice. I think you sould always speak out in a constructive way when you see this sort of thing happening.
The poor boy on this link also looks like he was probably confined to a stable as he also looks in pretty poor condition weight wise.
I do hope he has ended up in a good home as he looks so nic.
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Montikka
Platinum Member
United Kingdom
2653 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 6:06:25 PM
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This pony must have had limited exercise, as in 'the wild' horses don't need farriers.
It is a shocking example - but depression is also a serious illness, and maybe the owner didn't have the strength to ask for help.
I don't know the full facts - but it all looks rather sad. |
   
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Baikala
Gold Member
571 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 6:35:53 PM
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Strewth.
Poor little bugger.
Ha! Brian Griffin used to do my horses, I can bet that he had PLENTY to say on the subject and very little of it would have been printable! |
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Suelin
Platinum Member
England
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Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 7:59:07 PM
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| Poor little chap. I'm not sure that banning has the desired effect. An RSPCA officer said to me once that banned people usually just move and start again and the RSPCA doesn't have the resources to keep tabs on them. Public flogging through the streets would work for me. |
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bagface
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Wales
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Posted - 09 Oct 2008 : 8:30:35 PM
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I have to say that unfortunately I have first hand experience of this, I took on Merrylegs who was 25 and her filly, Lunar, who was around 4/5 yrs old at the time and they had feet not far off this plus Lunar had the most awful laminitus, they had both suffered from recurrent lami over the years and had just been left in a feild to fend for themselves. The worst thing was their owner was a really sweet man but totally ignorant and hadn't a clue that this was a potential welfare case, he even asked me when I said ''you have to give me these ponies right away'',
'' you won't sell them for meat will you?''
Sad really as he cared enough about them that he didn't want to sell them to someone awful but at the sametime was being neglectful and cruel to them through ignorance. Luckily they made a full recovery. Lunar is with lovely lady and doing dressage and Merrylegs is my daughters trusty steed and fit as a fiddle at 30 Sad thing is, this won't be the last case and certainly isn't the first |
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geegee
Platinum Member
England
3682 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 11:39:50 AM
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Perhaps the answer is then to have a compulsory owners certificate for an animal that you want to own. i.e horse, dog, cat etc. This way you have to pay for a small course covering the basic welfare, care and feeding that an animal would require. No excuse for ignorance then.
Same should apply to parents....
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polly
Platinum Member
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Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 1:39:02 PM
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| RUBBISH!! I know a very elderly lady who has very severe Sjogren's Sydrome ....and it does not stop you S P E A K I N G ! after all that is all you have to do, on one of your good days, ..if you are able to eat, and sleep and speak to another HUMAN BEING you can tell some one to sort out your horse. ...even if it is the one call you make , you can make it to ILPH...!! |
   
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Montikka
Platinum Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11 Oct 2008 : 10:18:57 AM
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I agree Bagface and GeeGee, sometimes it is genuine ignorance or illness on the owners part and sadly that is part of life.
Polly - I think deliberate cruelty - the thread on 'beating of a dressage horse' is utterly deplorable. The pointless, sustained, beating acheiving nothing but a 'broken' horse Now THAT is the sort of person I would describe as evil.
I think there is a world of difference between the two, and still believe some people need help.
I care about people too and Bagfaces example shows that genuine nice people can sometimes get it wrong.
A certificate in basic horse management would be an excellent idea. |
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