"High Horses" = I consider a horse to be high if he is past 15.3
hands tall. Hehehehe....just kidding.
I was asked to explain what I meant by that statement and would be happy to
do so.
Lets see if I can do it in two minutes before I have to RUN to
work.....
I live in NH, way across the country from most of you (I think) and there
arent a lot of big rides or lots of endurance people around. I came to
ridecamp to learn. And I learned how to take a balanced view of many
subjects such as drinking from water troughs, how to look at breeding, showing,
the different things one has to consider in clothing for rides, ah, and my
personal favorite - tailing. Of which Henry thinks I am an idiot to try
with him. Saddle fitting was a big one, and I appreciate all those who did
help me in finding what I needed and wanted. That is what ridecamp is
advertised as, and educational forum for endurance riders.
However, when things such as gross complaints surface, and blunt defenses
are made - in public - that should not be acceptable. I dont know Voodoo,
I dont know Lynne, I dont know Heidi, I dont know Bette, or Sylvia, or ANYONE on
ridecamp personally. I bet I am not the only one here who
has never met any of you. I think that is a shame, because you all seem
like great, bold horse people who I would feel privileged to meet. But
that doesnt mean I want to hear every word of an arguement between you and
another.
I think it is sad that some dont respect what RMs can do for us, and I
think that it is sad that some feel as though they must raise themselves over
one another - again and again and again and again - just to try and prove a
point and "win".
I have learned that one can not make someone else believe something just
because they want to
Ridecamp, like you said is a forum open to anyone, which is part of its
appeal. But its not a complaint center and its not a place to hold
arguements where your only perogative "seems" to prove how right you are and how
wrong the other person is.
I hold to the fact that I am completely and utterly neutral in the past
discussions and only hope that it will end soon. I want to stay and learn
more, but its a waste for me to spend 90% of my time hitting the delete button,
I have more important things to do.
If this is not the norm for Ridecamp, please prove me wrong. Plus, I
have many more questions to ask! Like what should I use to clean my
brushes and grooming gear? I have a ton of brushes but they are SO gross -
is Dawn okay or should I use something else?
