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I'm always so amused talking to Backyard Betsy (or Backyard Ben) about their horse for sale... they always wants to tell you a ton of crap you don't need to know, yet can barely answer the important questions (correctly).
I once had a guy tell me that he didn't even want to show me his horse for sale... (he felt it would be a waste of time for him I guess) because the animal was "too much horse" for a woman, and "needed" a male rider.
hahaha... but also frustrating sometimes... the critter fit all the criteria I was looking for as to breed, conformation, age, size etc... but that idiot predetermined that I couldn't handle the horse simply because I'm not a man.
puhleeze... I was a racehorse jockey for 22 years, and retrained "rogue" horses for 35+ years.
I'm quite confident that I can easily ride the horse.
Another one that gets me... "My horse won't allow anyone but me to ride him"... that one is so rediculous that I can barely stop myself from laughing in their faces when I hear it.
OMG... I won't even go into some of the off-the-wall comments some of my training clients have made about their horses... stuff that just proves they don't "get it"... but I've heard some real doozies over the years.
Does anyone else have any amusing (or rediculous) statements that people have made to you about their horses... you know, stuff that just makes you wonder if these morons are drinking their bathwater for breakfast?
If so, let me know, and I'll compile them into a post that might be fun to read... maybe make you chuckle, maybe make you wonder if some people are on drugs... but could be interesting fodder.
How about the old 'cover every problem" statement:
ReplyDelete"He's never done THAT before. What did you DO to him?".
Covers bolting back to the barn, head tossing, bucking or rearing, any misbehavior.
Covers limping! "Must have bruised his foot on a pebble" on the way to or from that gate at the end of the driveway where you just rode him to try him out! HA!
Must think we are all idiots!