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<blockquote data-quote="Valtron" data-source="post: 2654114" data-attributes="member: 898023">Well, I&#039;ve got a couple of rants on my barn in particular.I hate it when I&#039;m lunging my horse in the round pin and people walking by tell me to stop while they pass by. No! I will not! You either find an alternate route or make your horse deal with it, like they should. I&#039;m not stopping what I&#039;m doing just for you.I hate it when people get mad when I let my horse &quot;visit&quot; the other horses in their stalls (basically let them touch noses and say hi). People! We don&#039;t have the luxury of pasture in Orange County, so it&#039;s bad enough that we&#039;re depriving our horses of that lifestyle, but depriving them of even a little bit of interaction with other horses? That&#039;s sad and evil on your part. No wonder we have so many stall protective horses.I hate how I have to leave the arena so the trainers can give lessons. Screw you, I was here first. And also: quit hogging the arena. You can take one half, and I&#039;ll take the other. Okay?I can only turn my horse out in the arena BEFORE 9:00 AM? Are you kidding me? First of all, I could get there at 6:00, and there would be people riding in there (it&#039;s a busy place). You start giving lessons at around 8:00, and you&#039;re going to complain that my horse it disturbing you. Also, nobody ever rides past 7:00 PM. So your rules suck (and I break that one......I just go to the arena all the way in the back)Then there was that one time I rode up to Charlie&#039;s stall and wanted to say hi to the cute TB next door, Finbar (I love that horse). While I was distracted, Charlie quickly took a bite of his hay and, of course, I pulled him away as soon as I could. But the lady who owns him saw me and started flipping her lid because &quot;I shouldn&#039;t allow my horse to eat other horse&#039;s food.&quot; Chill out, lady. I corrected it. So obnoxious.....Speaking of ol&#039; Finbar. That poor horse. He&#039;s NEVER RIDDEN. You want to know his life? I&#039;ll tell ya. He&#039;s in his stall all day and get&#039;s turned out in 20 minute increments a couple times a day. That&#039;s it. That&#039;s his life. It just......breaks my heart. He&#039;s this gorgeous 8 year old bay TB, incredibly intelligent. There&#039;s so much potential in that horse, it&#039;s not even funny. He just stands there in his stall, wasting away. I&#039;d absolutely volunteer to ride him if she let me, but he has so much energy that, frankly, I&#039;d be frightened. Last I heard he was on stall rest, but that was two months ago. I&#039;ve seen him run around when he&#039;s turned out and he&#039;s clearly not in pain. So I don&#039;t know what the excuse is, but it&#039;s unacceptable. Pisses me off so much! That&#039;s the sad truth in my area: we&#039;re forced to stall our horses because there&#039;s no alternative. I have a saying: taking care of a horse requires 100% commitment. But owning a stalled horse takes 105%. These people don&#039;t spend enough time with their horses, and so many of them just rot away in their stalls. It&#039;s despicable, but inevitable given the circumstances. Finally, Sometimes when I turn our my horse to let him roll, he lays there and relaxes. Of course, I always get people coming up to me and asking if he&#039;s okay. Kind of annoying after a while, but I suppose I appreciate the concern.Think that covers most of it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Valtron, post: 2654114, member: 898023"] Well, I've got a couple of rants on my barn in particular. I hate it when I'm lunging my horse in the round pin and people walking by tell me to stop while they pass by. No! I will not! You either find an alternate route or make your horse deal with it, like they should. I'm not stopping what I'm doing just for you. I hate it when people get mad when I let my horse "visit" the other horses in their stalls (basically let them touch noses and say hi). People! We don't have the luxury of pasture in Orange County, so it's bad enough that we're depriving our horses of that lifestyle, but depriving them of even a little bit of interaction with other horses? That's sad and evil on your part. No wonder we have so many stall protective horses. I hate how I have to leave the arena so the trainers can give lessons. Screw you, I was here first. And also: quit hogging the arena. You can take one half, and I'll take the other. Okay? I can only turn my horse out in the arena BEFORE 9:00 AM? Are you kidding me? First of all, I could get there at 6:00, and there would be people riding in there (it's a busy place). You start giving lessons at around 8:00, and you're going to complain that my horse it disturbing you. Also, nobody ever rides past 7:00 PM. So your rules suck (and I break that one......I just go to the arena all the way in the back) Then there was that one time I rode up to Charlie's stall and wanted to say hi to the cute TB next door, Finbar (I love that horse). While I was distracted, Charlie quickly took a bite of his hay and, of course, I pulled him away as soon as I could. But the lady who owns him saw me and started flipping her lid because "I shouldn't allow my horse to eat other horse's food." Chill out, lady. I corrected it. So obnoxious..... Speaking of ol' Finbar. That poor horse. He's NEVER RIDDEN. You want to know his life? I'll tell ya. He's in his stall all day and get's turned out in 20 minute increments a couple times a day. That's it. That's his life. It just......breaks my heart. He's this gorgeous 8 year old bay TB, incredibly intelligent. There's so much potential in that horse, it's not even funny. He just stands there in his stall, wasting away. I'd absolutely volunteer to ride him if she let me, but he has so much energy that, frankly, I'd be frightened. Last I heard he was on stall rest, but that was two months ago. I've seen him run around when he's turned out and he's clearly not in pain. So I don't know what the excuse is, but it's unacceptable. Pisses me off so much! That's the sad truth in my area: we're forced to stall our horses because there's no alternative. I have a saying: taking care of a horse requires 100% commitment. But owning a stalled horse takes 105%. These people don't spend enough time with their horses, and so many of them just rot away in their stalls. It's despicable, but inevitable given the circumstances. Finally, Sometimes when I turn our my horse to let him roll, he lays there and relaxes. Of course, I always get people coming up to me and asking if he's okay. Kind of annoying after a while, but I suppose I appreciate the concern. Think that covers most of it. [/QUOTE]

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