Meltdown

[Fred]

I NEVER do this but I had major meltdown today. I love horses, I like MOST of my clients but I HATE when stupid owners [^$#$%% instructors no less], can't tell when their flippin horse is being a total butt head. MY job is NOT to train your horse to stand and behave MY job is to trim the darn horse without being beat to a pulp. Yes, the horse LOOKS like it is the picture of cooperation but most owners can't read how you are being pulverized into the ground. The really sad part is my 10 year old daughter can tell better than most of the clients. Thats because she KNOWS how to handle horses and knows how to read their body language pretty sad eh? Anyway after the third horse in a row like this I threw my tools on the floor and said "I'm DONE". I went home. I left because it's not worth me getting hurt or the horse getting hurt. Thanks for listening. Linda

 

[Hosscrazy]

Glad to hear you put down your tools and went home! Not worth the risk nor the potential hospital bills - good for you!

Liz R.

 

[Jill]

Oh, I'm sorry how it went! But, I fully agree that it is NOT your job to train those clients' horses. Personally, when I did have a farrier helping me and now when I have the vet out for things, we have it down to a science with the horses all being ready for whatever so we don't waste the vets' time and the horses do behave except this time my two yearling fillies pitched a fit over their shots :no: (embarassing)

 

[capall beag]

Oh Linda, sorry to hear you had a crappy day!

Well, I need to call you and have you come her and do my little crew and I promise to make sure they behave

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[Pepipony]

Cant blame you one little bit!! Nowadays people seem to think that their horses/pets and kids are the very picture of perfection and never do anything wrong. Sorry, but it is OUR job to make our horses/pets/kids behave. Not the farrier. Not the Vet. Not the teacher. I have ties for the horses in the barn, but I rarely use them when my farrier is out, or if I do, I will still stand at their head so I can better see and feel what is going on. Its just not polite to allow my diddle howsey to sit on my farrier

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[frekles93]

[SIZE=14pt]I work at a vet clinic and we got a horse in the other day that was about a 600 pound yearling UNBROKE filly that had a cut on her leg.... first time to have a halter on was THAT DAY... the owners where not happy with how she came of the trailer and was really unhappy about her first halter lesson but what do people expect when you have one like that!!! They expected to just let her off the trailer with her momma and let her follow her into the clinic.... yeah right and have her go ape doo doo in there.... I mean yeah she was very gental, but come on get a clue.... we where liable for damages caused if that silly thing got out on the road.... by the time she left she was green halter broke.... after the rodeo we had with her she decided pulling back and flopping down wasnt something she wanted to do again..... Horses are so cheap here everyone has on even when they dont have a clue about what to do with them. They also have no clue on how expensive they can get...... $200 for the cut $1000 for the halter lesson.....[/SIZE]

April