Well, I went to ride Cora today, but the arena was being used for roping, so I will have to wait until later on.
Anyways, I went inside to check it out and this is what I saw.
I man was walking up to his horse, and I saw an OBVIOUS look of fear on that horse, as the man neared. So, the horse tried to flee by moving over. Well, the man got an OBVIOUS look of pure anger on his face. He proceeded to untie his horse, which then realised this was not good! So, the horse tried to flee AGAIN, slipping on the cement and falling to the ground. This is when the man continued to kick and whip his horse while it struggled to get to his feet. When he got up, he was whipped some more. That stopped, and the man tried to lead the horse, who was slightly delayed in stepping forward (CAN YOU BLAME IT?!?!) Where it was then beat again. And again. And again.
Ugh I tried so hard SO ARD not to say anyting since it was not my horse, and none of my usiness but seriously WO BEATS A SCARED HORSE WHEN THE HORSE IS OBVIOUSLY SCARED OF YOU!?!?!?!?!
That is sick. No wonder the horse is so terrified of him...shame.
You must report that. It is very wrong, and hopefully he can be removed, or if the guy has a history with beating his horses, the horse can be taken away from him. That would be much better.
Exactly! But the problem is I dont know who that person was, and I dont think he boards there. I think he just uses the arena. If I see him again doing the same thing, I am going to tell the BO.
I personally am the type of snotty teenager that will walk right up to the man and give him a nice big hunk of my mind. I then explain to the person that if I see them continue their stupid acts that I will happily grab my whip and physically show them exactly what they doing to the animal, of course I must demonstrate it on the human just so they get the whole picture.
Not that I've actually done that last part, but I do march up to people and give them a darned good cussin' if they need it.
you put yourself in a very dangerous situation by confronting him. take a video on your phone or picture if you can. call the barn owner, figure out who he is and report him to the spca or police.
I agree I think you should tell someone, we meaning the people that are for the animals have to speak for the animals.... take pictures, take videos tell the BO, tell someone!!!
Well I havent seen him after that. How can I even tel someone about him, if I have no idea who he was, or even really what he looked like. As far as I know, he hasnt come back.
Perhaps you remember what his horse looked like? If it had a distinguishing mark? then you could describe his horse and if he uses the arena often the BO might know who his is based on that...like he might know who owned the horse?
That way even if you dont have a good description of the man you might be able to have him idetified by his horse...thats if the horse had anything good to identify by...
I remember the horse quite clearly. He was a tall, very thick stocky, red/bay roan. I believe gelding. And, he was flinchy. Well.. when I go to pay my board fee, I will tell him about what happened I guess. Hes not there all the time either, so I doubt he'd be able to catch anything.
Just be careful if you see him again and go to confront him. When people are that mad, they have a hard time stopping from hitting their horse, to hitting a human. Just don't put yourself in a situation where you will get hurt.
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