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Post by Machogirl on Jun 29, 2005 8:39:00 GMT -5
For western pleasure Quarter horses, some trainers tie the horses head up really high and leave it tied to a wall all day. That stretches out the neck muscles and makes the head "drag" on the ground.
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Post by SaddlebredChick08 on Jun 29, 2005 12:34:51 GMT -5
they use to do that in hunt seat too...
also in western pleasure if the horse is too high strung for a pleasure horse before a show they drain blood to make them really tired (if your blood has ever been low you would understand this...its aweful)
and forcing horses to jump over 4 foot jumps..when you can see in their eyes that they dont like it and knowing that this will give the horse problems in the next years.
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Post by Machogirl on Jun 29, 2005 13:40:53 GMT -5
I've heard the blood one and I think that the people who do that should have all of their blood drained, Lol! I know, horses don't like to jump huge fences, especially ten of them in a row!
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Post by SaddlebredChick08 on Jun 29, 2005 14:19:27 GMT -5
yeah no kidding
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Post by Emily-Moe on Jun 29, 2005 16:32:53 GMT -5
lol, come on guys, yall can admit that none of that is CLOSE to burning a horses legs with chemicals...id MUCH rather be tired or have my head tied that have the flesh burned off my legs!
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Post by SaddlebredChick08 on Jun 29, 2005 18:45:08 GMT -5
they dont burn the flesh off of their legs!!!! the sored walking horses probably get more care and attention than all of those other breeds that get attention...
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Post by Machogirl on Jun 30, 2005 8:16:40 GMT -5
/\ I agree. Lol, Emily! They don't burn the flesh! Soring isn't a big issue anymore though with all of the inspectors and such.
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Post by Emily-Moe on Jun 30, 2005 8:42:47 GMT -5
i didnt mean to burn it OFF, but it burns them, like a chemical burn feeling, that is a lot more painful than having your head tied up. Also, laura, i had gotten the impression from Ashley that it was still a big problem with the walkers.
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Post by Machogirl on Jun 30, 2005 8:56:37 GMT -5
It's more of a problem down south than here, but I think in general it has decreased.
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Post by anheiraboutme on Jun 30, 2005 13:17:07 GMT -5
I've always wanted to try riding a padded walker or saddlebred, it looks like fun
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Post by anheiraboutme on Jun 30, 2005 13:18:11 GMT -5
Oh, I don't think it's cruel to pad any horse as long as you take care of it properly
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Post by SaddlebredChick08 on Jun 30, 2005 13:38:33 GMT -5
they still do it..its not a secret at all in the walking horse world. the only thing that has really decreesed is the people that show their horses...people are stopping! the USDA is starting to show up at a WHOLE lot more shows now and at this one show there was like 43 classes and 41 horses and when you leave they have video cameras set up and they get your tag number!! and when they are checking the horses they get swabs that tells if there is anything thats been on the horses leg in 72 hours..and a lasor something or another..its really bad and its making people quit the walking/racking horses... another thing thats decreased is the chemicals that they use now is less harsh and they dont pressure shoe anymore.
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Post by Machogirl on Jun 30, 2005 14:02:31 GMT -5
I've always wanted to try riding a padded walker or saddlebred, it looks like fun Lol, another poor deprived person!
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Post by SaddlebredChick08 on Jun 30, 2005 14:49:31 GMT -5
lol awww!!! you need to its super fun!!
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Post by Gracie on Jun 30, 2005 23:47:32 GMT -5
well i would offer you my padded asb to ride....but im kind of overprotective of her and so is my trainer, but i definitely think you need to get on a padded horse now! its way too much fun to miss out on it and i cant believe that i rode for such a long time before figuring that out myself.
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