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Lynne · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject: RAGING

IM BLOODY RAGING. my ponies and the farmers horse, 4 of which are chronic lamanitics, are kept between two small paddocks to restrict grazing, because of the laminitis which can kill them. today i went down to move the 6 of them into thier other paddock, in which the grass has grown a wee bit, and find the guy who lives in the cottage flinging grass cuttings over the wall. which are toxic to horses.

i politely(honest)asked him not to feed them grass cuttings to which i was told 'aw bugger off, i'v been feeding cuttings to horses for 12 years'. this i took as the signal for battle to commence and i bloody let rip. i told him to open his garden gates at around 6. he asked why. so i said 'cause am coming down wi a bag of dried biscuits to feed your bloody dogs'.

i have written him a polite(!!!!)letter detailing why he cant feed these to my horses, and telling him if i have to get a vet out he will be footing the bill. am so bloody angry. they are my damn horses and tbh, IF i let them loose in a twenty acre field full of rich lush grass, it would kill them. but they see them in a paddock with very little grass, but with a huge round bale of hay, and think im being cruel!!!!

sorry about the rant, i am just so angry. am off to shove my letter through his door, AND feed his bloody dogs!!!!
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Azza · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject:

If its causing damage to your animals you can send him some solicitor's letters, if he continues you can take him to county(Civil) court I beleive. Try to get a video or pictures of him giving the grass to the horses and get a vet to say that it is hamrful.

Azza
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SteveL · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 5:43 pm Post subject:

horses are always eating grass ? im not sure whats bad about grass but where i work i regulary see horses grazing on grass? have i missed somthing?
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PaulG · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:20 pm Post subject:

aye Lynne, my old horse that i had ages ago lol got this.
Then we had to make him have not as much grass.
He was called george.
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Lynne · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject:

Lynne · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject:

i didny know you had a horse paul!!!!!
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PaulG · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:39 pm Post subject:

No I used to have one at dads when i was like 8 or 9.
It was so random, it just turned up for me bday.
Buit i was rubish and it used to bend down to eat grass and i would fall over the top of it PMSL
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Lynne · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:43 pm Post subject:

Lynne · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:50 pm Post subject:

grass reins, thats what they were called. they stopped the horse getting its head down to eat while you were on it. cause that can be really dangerous.
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Jack · Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 7:14 pm Post subject:

well when i had my horse she use to do that and cuse she was small (shetland pony) i could just lean back and pull the rains tight and thats worked on everyhorse i have ever riddin

christ i miss riding sooooo much Sad

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