Horse manure problems

olias

This thread is turning into a load of !!!!........

Olias

fiendishlyclever

How come people get fined for dropping biodegradable litter like banana skins, but these horse riders can selfishly leave steaming piles of crap wherever they want. I think a fixed penalty fine would be in order!

chewynut

fiendishlyclever wrote: »

How come people get fined for dropping biodegradable litter like banana skins, but these horse riders can selfishly leave steaming piles of crap wherever they want. I think a fixed penalty fine would be in order!

Because a human being should've been taught not to drop their litter from a young age. We have bins to dispose of our litter.

How exactly do you train a horse not to poop?

welshbookworm

Could always supply the stables with these
http://www.bunbag.com/

tankgirl1

If you live in a rural or semi rural area OP then you need to get a grip! Horse manure is not offensive in the way carnivore poo is. Horse manure is just basically water and grass.

I was thinking about this today as I poo picked my boys field, the only poos he does that I don't pick up are the ones he does on a ride.

No one round here complains about the odd horse poo, it amuses me that you have taken the time to post a thread about it. Are you Disgusted and from Tunbridge Wells by any chance?

tankgirl1

This thread is funny

lostinrates

welshbookworm wrote: »

Could always supply the stables with these
http://www.bunbag.com/

I have seen a variety of these, but not that particular type. I have not yet seen one I think is particularly fair on the animal....

Greenst

I also live in a semi-rural area and think it's a part of living in this area along with the farmer that's currently muck spreading the fields at the back of our garden, much more offensive than a few horse droppings on the road. As for kids playing in the street they are clever enough to run, scoot or cycle round any droppings!

We often get a couple of horse riders along the road early on a Sunday morning and it's a lovely clip clop sound and I can't think that any poo has been a problem, the old boy that lived next door, sadly he's passed away now, used to rush out with a bucket and spade if a horse left a 'present' in the road and put it on his roses!

I'd much prefer the horses going down our road than the teenagers in their Corsa's whom you can hear from half a mile off with their thumping stereos and more often than not speeding.

I used to go horse riding as a child and remember people shouting at us to 'get off the bloody roads', what they didn't realise was to be honest we didn't want to be on the roads, but to get to the places where we could ride we had to go on the roads!

Also the bridle paths could be used not only by horses but by walkers, people walking nutty dogs that they didn't have control over and which chased the horses on a regular basis, even though we said to the owners that the dog could easily be kicked or trampled by a horse and killed or at least seriously injured. One woman had her horse attacked by a black labrador, it was awful like a wolf it jumped up at the underside of the horse trying to bit it's stomach. I remember it to this day it came running out of some woods onto the bridle path.

Also we had to put up with mountain bikers, ramblers, kids on scramble bikes. Another incident was where a horse was spooked by a motorbike on the bridle path that came haring round the corner and the horse took off and crashed into a load of wire and concrete dumped at the end of the bridle path, the horse was injured so badly it eventually had to be put to sleep.

And also people 'off roading' or 'green laning" is another thing that we had to be aware of. Horses aren't allowed on public footpaths, and from memory most grass verges or anywhere else that's not a road or bridle way, correct me if I'm wrong it may have changed now, and when people would shout to get in the fields they obviously didn't realise that the fields are owned by farmers that also don't want horses riding round them.

I don't know why farmers though can't allow the outside edge of a field to be used for riding? often there's a wide strip around fields where it could be used?

Then again as a driver now what does irritate me is that I know that horses can be spooky animals and I really don't want one sitting on my bonnet and coming through my windscreen, let alone what would happen to the rider if I was to pass too close or fast, but it does annoy me when riders don't even thank drivers for being curteous! Or the riders that ride a brown horse wearing brown or black clothing! I passed a rider once and could hardly see him as the road was over hung by trees and I'd driven from bright sunlight to shade, I did slow down and say if he had brighter clothing on I'd see him better and was promptly told to F off! Nice!

Any riders out there it really does make a difference if you wear even a little bit of high-viz, to a driver you are seen that bit sooner as with cyclists!!

What I am saddened by though is the coloured trotters that we are seeing more and more of round here being whipped and they are covered in sweat and to my eye look much too young to be pushed this hard often with a couple of men or kids in the buggy. They then stand them outside our local shop the horses look completely done in, then again I doubt anyone will tell them to pick up any poo, that's if the poor things have any energy or food inside them to do a poo, very sad. Lady at work said she saw some the other day and she said one of the horses looked pregnant and completely worn out and they were whipping it to go on faster, maybe rather than complain about a bit of poo you should be thinking about the distress of some of these poor animals not the ones that are well looked after and being enjoyed as a hobby by well meaning and kind considerate people?

olias

Greenst wrote: »

I don't know why farmers though can't allow the outside edge of a field to be used for riding? often there's a wide strip around fields where it could be used?

I often wondered about this. The reason is that they are paid a subsidy to leave these wide 'wildlife strips' and they are not supposed to be walked or ridden on, to protect the delicate habitats. I personally know of one farmer who had this subsidy taken away because when he was inspected, they found hoof prints along the strip.

Any riders out there it really does make a difference if you wear even a little bit of high-viz, to a driver you are seen that bit sooner as with cyclists!!

:T:T:T^^^^^^^^^^^^^Here here !

What I am saddened by though is the coloured trotters that we are seeing more and more of round here being whipped and they are covered in sweat and to my eye look much too young to be pushed this hard often with a couple of men or kids in the buggy. They then stand them outside our local shop the horses look completely done in, then again I doubt anyone will tell them to pick up any poo, that's if the poor things have any energy or food inside them to do a poo, very sad. Lady at work said she saw some the other day and she said one of the horses looked pregnant and completely worn out and they were whipping it to go on faster, maybe rather than complain about a bit of poo you should be thinking about the distress of some of these poor animals not the ones that are well looked after and being enjoyed as a hobby by well meaning and kind considerate people?

:T:T:T^^^^^^^^^^^^ I agree. Trouble is there is a lot of money for the 'travellers' in betting on the trotters, together with the kudos among there peers for having the best/fastest trotter. They do not care, as once they have flogged it half to death, they will just sell it on at Appleby or somewhere similar, or to the knacker man for meat/glue.

Olias

Olias

moggymutt

I would be more worried about all the chemicals and additives in household products and foods than horse manure on a road.