Horse Eden : Hall of Fame: ABLB Eventing & Top EEE Producers

11:48:58 Rapcoon | Jester

hummer
I'm looking to get one soon, they're actually very secure and people jump crss country in them o.o I love that they conform to the horse, and there are TONS of styles of pads to go with them :D

Rockwall Eventing

11:47:35

My horse was at least 200 pounds under weight, but when I'd ask to up his feed or up his hay intake or anything to try and put on weight, I was told "He's just fit, that's what show horses are supposed to look like" mind you, this trainer's personal horses were very well fed and not skinny at all

Hummingbird Meadows

11:46:52 Hummer

@KPH, I have not. I just looked them up. Those are interesting looking saddles. Might help me learn how to ride bareback. XD I always struggled with that.

Mythological

11:45:37 Crowley | Myth

-Click-

KPH Equestrian

11:45:24 Rapcoon | Jester

hummer
oof gross. It's so weird to say that to someone to be honest. The horse isn't ALL that matters, if the saddle fits him but not you it's pointless to have fitted. By the way, have you heard of a Total Contact Saddle?

Rockwall Eventing

11:45:20

Hummer
I plenty get that. There's bad apples everywhere. The trainer before I moved barns is known for her poor care and her interesting choices of training

Hummingbird Meadows

11:44:59 Hummer

The english riding scene where I live is small so I would undoubtedly encounter that trainer again.

Rockwall Eventing

11:44:04

I had a nasty trainer whom I bought my horse from. The baggage that horse came with is insane and I feel bad for him

Hummingbird Meadows

11:43:37 Hummer

@Rockwall, I dealt with a lot of that and my whole experience of owning a horse kind of turned me off from the horse world. Had a trainer scam me out of $1,000 because she was supposed to be training my horse, but wasn't. If I ever get back into horseback riding it will be western to avoid the people I dealt with while riding english.

Boulder Creek

11:43:32

The probability might be small. But dealing with enough animals in a year, I've seen enough.
I had 20+ colic episodes in a single summer. Two horses went in surgery and only one came out.

Yes you can become paranoid - but also seeing it in person brings it to a whole other level.

Mythological

11:42:53 Crowley | Myth

Hummer
Asshole.

Rockwall Eventing

11:42:22

Hummer
That sounds awful, I'm sorry you had to deal with that

Mythological

11:41:46 Crowley | Myth

Oh May is officially 1!

Mythological

11:41:18 Crowley | Myth

Ugh

Hummingbird Meadows

11:40:07 Hummer

The saddle fitter did the same thing when she tried to sell me a jumping saddle that was too small for me, but fit my horse. "You aren't going to find a saddle that fits you in your price range and all that matters is the horse. Don't you care about him?"

Hummingbird Meadows

11:38:52 Hummer

@Rapcoon, proper fitting saddles are important, but you don't have to buy a $3,500 custom one. My trainer and the saddle fitter made it sound like if I truly cared about my horse I would spend that much money.

Hummingbird Meadows

11:37:53 Hummer

Thankfully around the time I sold him I had run out of money to continue keeping him.

KPH Equestrian

11:37:44 Rapcoon | Jester

hummer
proper fitting saddles are way more important than some people will tell you. Fancy tack not so much, but it can be fun to splurge xD

Hummingbird Meadows

11:34:38 Hummer

I mean, I owned a horse for less than a year and used up ALL my savings. Granted, I probably provided him extra things he didn't need, but was told he did such as a custom fitted saddle, chiropractor, and fancy tack.

KPH Equestrian

11:32:52 Rapcoon | Jester

boulder
the only way we can afford 2 horses + 7 ponies and a menagerie of other creatures is that my mother trims their feet herself(and has done corrective trimming for 3 of them) and uses some natural remedies for minor issues.

→ Horse Eden is a fun game! Sign Up Now! ←