Horses..

[Vader]

Just an observation last night as driving home.
Lot of horse paddocks on rough ground. At the moment lot I went past are just muddy bogs. Some right against the river. (if was cattle then would be hell to pay...)
Nothing against horses, but surely would be better covering the pony paddocks in wild flowers, trees and wild bird cover than arable land..?

 

[M-J-G]

Just an observation last night as driving home.
Lot of horse paddocks on rough ground. At the moment lot I went past are just muddy bogs. Some right against the river. (if was cattle then would be hell to pay...)
Nothing against horses, but surely would be better covering the pony paddocks in wild flowers, trees and wild bird cover than arable land..?

Or eat the horses, red meat, no methane

 

[slackjawedyokel]

Just an observation last night as driving home.
Lot of horse paddocks on rough ground. At the moment lot I went past are just muddy bogs. Some right against the river. (if was cattle then would be hell to pay...)
Nothing against horses, but surely would be better covering the pony paddocks in wild flowers, trees and wild bird cover than arable land..?

Just let the fields re-wild to docks and ragwort.

Oh.

 

[robs1]

Just an observation last night as driving home.
Lot of horse paddocks on rough ground. At the moment lot I went past are just muddy bogs. Some right against the river. (if was cattle then would be hell to pay...)
Nothing against horses, but surely would be better covering the pony paddocks in wild flowers, trees and wild bird cover than arable land..?

Horses pay a lot better than wild flowers

 

[rusty]

Horses pay a lot better than wild flowers

Not when they belong to your wife/daughters!

 

[Dry Rot]

Just an observation last night as driving home.
Lot of horse paddocks on rough ground. At the moment lot I went past are just muddy bogs. Some right against the river. (if was cattle then would be hell to pay...)
Nothing against horses, but surely would be better covering the pony paddocks in wild flowers, trees and wild bird cover than arable land..?

The ignorance of animal management in the general population is simply appalling. I consider myself a beginner with horses (don't ride and only been at it a dozen or so years) and I've always thought the knowledge about dogs in the general population very bad but the world of horses is ten times worse.

 

[Tamar]

Just an observation last night as driving home.
Lot of horse paddocks on rough ground.

Probably wasn't rough ground until the horses got on it !

 

[Welderloon]

Going forward does anyone think that any of the non essential animals like Horses, Camelids, Donkeys etc & cats will be priced out of regular ownership or taxed to the point of non ownership in the drive to minimise Methane, improve diversity, improve wildlife?

 

[JWL]

To most of the Happy Hackers horses are like drugs, they'll lie, cheat and steal to pay for them. Or just not pay any bills

 

[robs1]

To most of the Happy Hackers horses are like drugs, they'll lie, cheat and steal to pay for them. Or just not pay any bills

I think that's a bit unfair virtually all the ones I deal with are fine for paying, but I do agree that they are like drugs to them, they will starve themselves to keep their nags.

 

[uztrac]

Going forward does anyone think that any of the non essential animals like Horses, Camelids, Donkeys etc & cats will be priced out of regular ownership or taxed to the point of non ownership in the drive to minimise Methane, improve diversity, improve wildlife?

What a sad third world country we have become.If people succumb to pressure from defra and others then they will of course price ownership of " any animal" out of existence.Vets & farriers are just the thin end of the wedge.How restricting ownership of animals will improve wildlife is utter bullocks.

 

[David.]

What I want to know is, the damned things have to be housed, rugged, clipped, fed special diets, mustn't go near a speck of dust, have to be attended by an entourage of people dressed in Dubarry; how do they survive in the wild, like in Yellowstone, etc?

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Best horse is a dead horse ! .....unless your selling fodder to them

 

[uztrac]

What I want to know is, the damned things have to be housed, rugged, clipped, fed special diets, mustn't go near a speck of dust, have to be attended by an entourage of people dressed in Dubarry; how do they survive in the wild, like in Yellowstone, etc?

Genetics,most of our equines have some arab equine blood.The wild horses in USA have not had their lineage diluted,and are very capable of happily surviving in the wild without mans intervention.

 

[Welderloon]

Best horse is a dead horse ! .....unless your selling fodder to them

or trying to remove it from a stable

 

[uztrac]

Best horse is a dead horse ! .....unless your selling fodder to them

How can you say that ? and its only a month until The Cheltenham Festival !!!!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

12 million dogs in UK and nearly a million Horses
If you think that will get less then dream on
In a woman's eyes a man is well down in the pecking order
But there is good news in that there are 8 million cyclists and growing and to a lot of cyclist a Female is well down the pecking order
But she already knows that

 

[Vader]

12 million dogs in UK and nearly a million Horses
If you think that will get less then dream on
In a woman's eyes a man is well down in the pecking order

1+ acre per horse recommended.
So thats 1 million acres of land for horses...

 

[thorpe]

mate of mine phoned this morning, he's on the knacker job, your not going to belive this ive turned a hos job down ££££$$$£££ , why ? it's in a six acre field that's had 9 mate's wallowing round it all winter! i told em get it to the gate and ring me

 

[Foxcover]

12 million dogs in UK and nearly a million Horses
If you think that will get less then dream on
In a woman's eyes a man is well down in the pecking order
But there is good news in that there are 8 million cyclists and growing and to a lot of cyclist a Female is well down the pecking order
But she already knows that

About 800 thousand at the moment, down from 1.2mil in 2008 just before the financial crash. Numbers dropping quickly too.