by Hanoverian » Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:02 pm
I am pretty pissed at the barn "helper" at the stables I ride at right now. >.>
I was riding a pony (Merlin) who likes to gallop to his stall. (Only when there is grain in it. X3) So, I was walking down the barn isle to his stall and he tried to run, pulling me with him. I stopped him and circled him, and when he started to spped up I did it again. Then, I didn't circle him and he bolted into his stall. The barn "helper" (who I will call.....Jesse) marched into his stall (which I was ABOUT to do) and started beating him multiple times with the lead rope, poor Merlin Flinching each time. She yanked him out and circled him and tried to bring him to his stall, but he started to trot. She yanked him to a stop and beat him again with the lead rope. Then, as she was starting down the isle again, he was walking like a gentleman, but when she looked at him, he would stop and flinch. Jesse just laughed and said, "Oh my gosh, what a STUPID horse! He stops when I look at him! So stupid!" And threw him in his stall.
I mean, I understand if you would smack him if he galloped to his stall, but not 10 times.
And I understand smacking him again the 2nd time, but not 20 times.
And I don't get why you would call a pony that stops and flinches when his beater looks at him stupid.
But, on the bright side, our lesson was AMAZING. We did a super fun course: Canter the vertical(no standards) to vertical bending line, canter up the steep part of the grand-prix hill, trot down the grand prix hill, pick up the canter at the bottom, jump an oxer diagonal line and halt at the light post. :3 FUN!