On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:51:56 +, you wrote:
>then I honestly turned to him and said "if this mare was in my herd and the
>animal inspector came to my place I would get a warning" I said and looked him
>in the eye´s.
I told the owner of the chestnut mare exactly the same thing -
basically I s
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:32:47 -0600, you wrote:
>If not, keep an eye on the horses as much as possible and keep going for
>visits and just go out and throw them hay (if there is some available).
>
Trouble is, it's 5 hours drive from me. I've not had a reply to the
email asking about her.
>
>What ar
Mic
Hard situation.
Seems they have the 'right' answers.however you could ask what is
their next step since what they have done is not working.
We had a 14 horse barn, wealthy clients, whose horses were
boney...all the time. We mentioned it every 6 weeks...we watched as
they fed those arab
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 06:28:51PM +, Mic Rushen wrote:
> What would you do if you visited someone you have known very well for
> many years, and found several horses so thin they are bordering on
> emaciated (even though the person has plenty of feed, and plenty of
> money), kept in an exposed
Hi Mic
I had this experience last week when I went down to Reykjavik to ride with a
friend and it turned out that the horse I was gonna ride was in a thin
condition (brown gelding) and I pointed that out that "this horse shouldn´t get
any thiner to just be able to build more mucles and so on...
On 25/03/2008, Mic Rushen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >The only thing you can do is present the facts in straight
> >forward manner and try to stay calm no matter how they respond.
>
> I did that, but the person concerned always had an answer and a
> justification
>
> I just emailed to ask h
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:10:16 -0400, you wrote:
>The only thing you can do is present the facts in straight
>forward manner and try to stay calm no matter how they respond.
I did that, but the person concerned always had an answer and a
justification
I just emailed to ask how much for the ch
On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Mic Rushen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What would you do if you visited someone you have known very well for
> many years, and found several horses so thin they are bordering on
> emaciated (even though the person has plenty of feed, and plenty of
> money), kept in
> But - people who keep their horses there say they have already tried> to get
> something done about the state of the owner's horses, and> nothing has
> happened. That those horses are not being fed anything> extra, and don't
> even get much haylage - and what they are fed is not> good qual
This brought tears to my eyes, I'm not kidding. I have been in this
circumstance with others a few times. It is so so hard. I have
always said something, in a kind way. I have understood sometimes,
they were taking bad vet advice or worried themselves, grasping at
straws trying to figure it out
Mic,
Ugh.You're in a hard place. But the horses are in a harder one.
It would seem your friend has the "correct" answers for all your
questions. . . What if you pulled him/her out in the field and had the bare
evidence standing before you while you discussed things further?I thi
What would you do if you visited someone you have known very well for
many years, and found several horses so thin they are bordering on
emaciated (even though the person has plenty of feed, and plenty of
money), kept in an exposed field, with no shelter? Someone who claims
to be a "natural horse t
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