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Posted
7 minutes ago, Page Scrawler said:

I was reading some Reddit stories on YouTube. An Entitled Daughter refused to care for her own horse, so another student (the original poster) had to put the saddle and bridle on it. ED also showed up for lessons wearing the white pants reserved for "formal" events, and then used a whip inappropriately (at her mother's instructions), causing the horse to bolt, and ED fell off. There's more to the story, but I don't care to repeat it here.

Hope she landed in a mud puddle with her pretty white britches

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Posted
14 minutes ago, Kitt said:

Hope she landed in a mud puddle with her pretty white britches

Physically, she was fine. Not sure about the clothes. After the mayhem was settled, the EM caused the first horse to bolt again, on purpose, because the OP was doing a better job of riding than the ED. She fell off too, but then her arm collided with a fence. The radius and ulna had hairline fractures, but the humerus basically got split down the middle. Sadly, the instructor was distracted and didn't see the Entitled Mother's actions. The EM then proceeded to taunt the OP about her apparent lack of skill, and how ED is such a better rider than her. When the OP eventually returned to riding, the entitled duo was still there. Disgusting.  :(

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Posted (edited)

Entitled families have been told they are no longer welcome at our place when they mistreat horses like that.  I have gone so far as to escort one "gentleman" off the property at the end of a dressage whip when he hit a horse between the eyes with what I think was a rock, though I am not sure.  Lets just say I have given more whip marks to people like him than all the horses I have ever ridden in my life!

 

 

The horse staggered but was ok as pronounced by a vet btw.  I sent him the bill. 

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Posted
7 minutes ago, Kitt said:

Entitled families have been told they are no longer welcome at our place when they mistreat horses like that.  

One of my best friends was this kid named Jesse, who lived maybe a mile down the road. His adoptive parents owned horses, and he was really sweet and gentle with them. I only ever saw him get angry once, when a boarder used a whip inappropriately. That person never returned, but my neighbors ended up keeping the horse because the owner said "they're too much work, anyways."  <_<

Once, I was trying to climb onto a horse. Guess I accidentally pulled his mane (sorry, horsie!), because he shook me off. Jesse caught me when I fell, and he had some pretty strong arms for a twelve-year-old.  :blushing:

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Posted
5 minutes ago, clochette said:

Evening lovely people! :hug:

It rained all day long and every days of the week so far that I'm afraid I might drown if I open the front door! 

Hey, Clo.   :hug:

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Posted
7 minutes ago, Kitt said:

You did not hurt him by grabbing mane. Its what you are supposed to do if you need help staying on. There are minimal nerve endings in their mane. In fact when you braid manes for shows you leave one handful at the withers unbraided. We call it the OS (oh shit!) lock.

Huh. I didn't know that about horses. Maybe he didn't like the smell of my deodorant, or something.  :huh:

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Posted
8 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

I've done that before with biters.  I had a horse once who I had to tack up with a whip in my back pocket.  He was a great horse, but the minute you turned your back, he'd go for you with teeth bared.  But not if he saw a whip in your hand.  

LOL Some of our lesson horses will be difficult till you hand the rider a crop or bat. Instant attitude adjustment! Don't even need to touch them with it!

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Posted
35 minutes ago, Kitt said:

 

Could be he just didnt feel like going for a ride.

It's possible. It was almost 13 years ago, so who knows why it happened?

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Posted
22 minutes ago, Albert1434 said:

Aloha Page :hug::kiss:

We're having bacon, broccoli, and cheese frittata for dinner. The crust is made from shredded hashbrown potatoes and pre-baked until it gets crispy.   :yes:

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