I was talking to a friend of mine about the simple mistakes that we have made with horses that have caused or could have caused major problems. We were both saying there should be a list of things that you should never do with horses that you could study and learn from! So lets make one!
1) If you use a western saddle with a back cinch NEVER undo the front cinch first! Or fasten the back cinch first!
Never keep a horse in a pasture with t-posts, (unless they all have covers on) no matter how big the pasture. The horses will be drawn to the fence posts like magnets.
Um can i say to " Just Dressage it" that with the blanket thats actually how you are suppose to do it. You do the leg straps up first when putting on the rug so if the horse runs away the rug will slip off and then when taking the rug off you undo the chest strap first so that again if the take off the rug will slip off. This was a reallly big rule at the stud i use to work at because they had a horse take off with the chest strap done up and it tripped on the rug and got caught up and broke its neck
Never tack up your horse without first checking over your equipment. You never know when you may have something that's a little to worn out or coming loose or something. I learned that the hard way
Never think your anti-social three year old is really that interested in being petted in the middle of eating his hay.
Never think your lawn tractor is faster than your horses.
Never tie the rope closing off pasture from paddock durning feeding time to high, or three-year will crawl under it. Never tie it to low, or he will jump it. (rescue will then proceed to wander away from his feed)
Never expect your hay-focused horse to notice your there, then walk up and say 'Hi!'. May result in horse-heart-attack.
Never sit on your horse wondering 'what's that noise coming down the road?' Remove horse far from road....or horse will remove itself, with or without you.
Never think 'Aw, he won't go over there and bother him' during feeding time.
That cute little bumble bee is not cute.
Diving into the tack room from said bumble bee is never a good idea.
The barn will not move out of the way for your lawn tractor.
Chasing a horse with a halter only results in a tired owner, never a tired horse.
No matter how long you walk them, the horse will roll at the first possible opportunity. Do not tell yourself he won't.
Horseshoes and sneakers do not go hand in hand.
Do not assume your horse will be okay with having ticks picked off his butt.
Never assume there is no one around when doing something questionable. Like...picking ticks off your horses butt.
Halter breaking is never easy. No matter how cute the horse is!
Fart when riding your horse - the loudness of the ripple effect between your butt cheeks, and your saddle can, and may, spook your horse to the point of doing "Airs Above The Ground"
You have 5 acres, 3 horses, and a 16hp lawn tractor.
You think "Ah! I'll just herd them suckers up from the back pasture and into the paddock on this here speed mobile!"
I gave up after about half an hour of driving allll the way to one side of the pasture...then allll the way to the other side of the pasture (by the time I got there, said horses were already back over on the other side). Then allll the way back over to the other side of the pasture...again. At full speed. Without any attachments.
I remind myself every time I let them out that my coot little tractor is NOT in fact faster than an adult horse. Not even an old adult horse. I can just picture Red jumping over the rope gate then I trundling after him yelling 'GET BACK HERE YOU ******! NO DON'T STOMP THE DOG...'
Oh, I just thought of another one......never give a bunch of sugary feed to a horse that is already hyper and spooky :shock: I learned this the hard way too lol
In the words of my horse April: "Never use a pail other then having it hung on the stall for water or delivering my grain... those things can be scary!!!!!"
Never assume that your seasoned show horse is going just jump in the trailer after a long hot day at a show...
Never wear a rail shirt (one with a zipper in front) with a heavy zipper pull and expect it to stay up for your entire class- but it will get a young male judge to smile...
Never yell at or discipline your horse when you catch him/her after an escape!!!!If you do,you wont be catching them the next time they get out......
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