critique my mare please

[storminthenight]

these pictures are of Saydy my 9 year old Tennessee walker:-

[dctrainingandlessons]

No offense, but does anyone care to comment on the ten million reasons this set up is not safe for horses??? I see disasters waiting to happen everywhere I look.

[horsewoman1965]

was the picture deleted or something??
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[skipitgirl]

Yep

[storminthenight]

ok, i put the pictures back, if you want to comment on other things you can, but id really like to talk about the horse.

When we first got her she was very nervous, we think who ever had her when she was young was cruel to her, she is alot better now though.

[dctrainingandlessons]

As I said, I ment no offense to you.. But for the safety of your horses, wouldn't you be concerned as to what I or anyone else had to say about your property??? I know you mention that your horses have never been cut on barb, but that doesn't mean it can't happen, either. I DO know from experience, I'm REQUIRED by my insurance company to have 5 strands of barb wire running along the front of our pasture along the highway. For 6 years I never had a problem but ours is stretched tight and even, but I always say this while knocking on wood.

There were several issues I saw in your photo's that made me cringe as potential disasters waiting to happen. I would think that as a horse owner you would be concerned and want opinions on what can be changed, if you do not know already.

How am I supposed to comment on your mare when every thing I see in the picture screams out "DANGER"?? Your mare was the center of the picture, but there was so much going on around her I was worried for her. And what I saw were lazy type problems, things that would take a half a day to fix. Sorry for being concerned for your horses, dang!

[storminthenight]

The barb wire you saw was going through are fields, it doesnt go out onto the highway from there, but i know it does need some work, and it does look better than it did in those pics.

if you were refering to the extention cord it was only out there while we were there for electrizity into the barn

[dctrainingandlessons]

Well, you cropped the pictures now so everything is less noticeable or not there at all.. I guess that helps put my mind at ease..

About your mare, she looks sweet. But these photo's don't help me much with her conformation, other than that I don't see any glaring faults and she looks like a good riding companion.

If you put up the original picture of your mare I would comment on the dangers I see, or could also PM you for privacy if you wish.. If you were closer I would gladly come help you set it up in a safe way. The price you pay to have your horses in a safe environment is way cheaper than dealing with accidents and injury that may arise. And yes, the extension cord was one of the issues, why not purchase another cord to run around the outside of your pasture if the need be? Extension cords running around your horse's legs are dangerous even if they aren't live electricity.. Now you say it was electrifying your barn, obviously it was even more of a danger, especially with a water trough (now outside the picture) right there and horses roaming around with hooves that can cut through the cord. I don't say any of this to be mean, I'm only trying to get through to you that your pastures, while in some pictures look great, are accidents waiting to happen. I would really kick myself if I came online one day to see a post of yours about one of your horses being injured, or worse, dead and I hadn't said anything.

[storminthenight]

and we dont have water trophs in the barn, we are in the middle of making stalls, none of them have doors at the moment.

that extension cord isnt there anymore, it was my mums boyfriends, but he is out of the picture now, which is good, but we now have 5 stalls with no doors