Ridecamp: Re: [RC] [RC] Leaving after rides

> Suppose the percentage of people not taking proper care of their mounts IS
> edging upward as people come to the sport from a show or pleasure
background
> rather than the working background that was more common years ago. (I
> believe "someone" pointed out in a different thread that that is one way
the
> sport has changed.)

Deanna, I really appreciate input from newbies, as you are right that
sometimes things take fresh eyes.   But I can assure you that the abuse rate
appears to be going down.  Standards have tightened, knowledge is
increasing, and most abusers get weeded out.  Much as I loved the "good old
days" and still appreciate the level of horsemanship that was brought into
the sport by many "back then", we also had the syndrome that ANY new sport
goes through, where everyone who was disenfranchised by everything else or
had been run out of everything else had to try us out.  We've matured to
where we no longer see as much of that, thank heavens.  Some of the new
people may occasionally "abuse" their horses through ignorance, but most are
trying and willing to learn, and therefore tend not to repeat their
mistakes.  The chronic abusers in our sport are a tiny minority.

Heidi


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