HORSE POO

When I was a child all the deliveries were by horse and cart
The poo was not so bad but the urine did smell and stained the road

Not acceptable if you live in a suburban location where children frequently play outside their own home but not much you can do if rural other than shovel it up and use on your garden.

Grannysyb. My friend, who was a dog trainer, taught her dogs to ‘go’ on command, by saying “be clean” when they pooed, as puppies, then rewarding them.
I wonder if it would work with horses? ?

Rowyn Thu 16-Apr-20 11:54:44
Or maybe horse riders should stick to the countryside and use bridle paths, not roads ?
I'll run and hide now whilst the flak hits!

Great idea - police horses and Household Cavalry included?

Very often riders have to use the roads to get to the bridle paths, and, as the bridle paths are usually separate to one another and not joined up there are usually yet more roads to go on.

Some years ago in fields about a mile away a farmer grew those big poppies as a crop for their seeds. A friend asked me for some bags of horse manure from my horse's field. A few weeks later he sent me a message to thank me for all the lovely poppies that had grown. Obviously, being tiny, they had blown on the wind, landed in my paddock and been ingested by my horses ?

Oh for goodness sake Brunette10. I do hope your post is a wind-up. It’s certainly wound me up!

There are areas of the country actually (remember going on a ride in Devon and it was all road work) where there are no bridlepaths at all, so that would be a little difficult - maybe they could fly to them like Pegasus? Most of them you still need to get to by road ... then you get ruddy cyclists coming up behind you silently and scaring the bejesus out of the poor horses when they go flying past - motor bikers are far nicer, you can hear them coming and the majority stop for you especially if the horses are a bit scared.

What are you going to do with that manure? Put it on my rhubarb. Oh, we have custard on ours.

I have always gone out with a pail and a shovel if any horse had been by.

It is the world's best manure, not only for roses but for vegetables as well.

I agree it not funny having to clean muck of shoes or carpets.

I find it a much better idea to watch where I put my feet.

fluttERBY

Surprising though it may seem, I have read that horses and cyclists (and, I assume, pedestrians) are the only 'traffic' using the roads 'by right'. Everything else has to be licensed...

I'd suggest that the chance of a random dog eating a random bit of horse dung and getting ivermectin poisoning is so low as to be almost invisible. It's mostly likely to happen to dogs that are around horses a great deal (like, most horse owners seem to have dogs which go everywhere they and the horse goes). And horses aren't continually fed with wormer - they're probably. wormed 2 or three times a year. I've no idea how long the ivermectin remains potent.

And, if you can't see a steaming great pile of horse droppings and avoid standing in it....

If you do manage to tread in some, they don't have the same adhesive quality as dog or cow poo...

Well Gransnet, what a wimpy lot. How ever did we win any wars, colonise a world or achieve anything: one post muck spreading the next horse manure, just enjoy life’s rich tapestry.

Yes, when I was young people all dashed out with shovels to get it for their garden

Horses are described as 'Scrupulous herbivores' - I would shovel it up and put it on the garden. I fear being locked up for a few weeks is sending some a little stir crazy!

As you know which farm the horses come from, why not give them a call and ask them to come and pick up the poo, if you really object to it so much?

Rosina I think you’re right. We’ve actually just spent 24 hrs discussing horse poo!

Oh dear! I consider it a privilege to live near a farm and my grandchildren never tire of watching the horses going up and down the road.

Seriously?? What on earth are you meant to do with it? If my pony poos near someone's house and they are in the garden I do always apologise. Having said that most people don't mind. As already stated it is nothing like dog mess.
On another note I'm surprised at how many people are still hacking out around us. I haven't been out on my pony since lock down. Much as I'd like to take advantage of the lovely weather, I feel it would be irresponsible.

Much the same as some of the political discussions Grannynannywanny

musicgirl, I see you take umbrage at horses in your residential area - what on earth is your problem. I much prefer the horses and ponies we see around our 'residential area" than the cars. I also wish many car drivers or cyclists would be more courteous to pedestrians and especially to horses and ponies.

Mollyplop I don't think it would be irresponsible. Both you and your pony would be getting exercise and fresh air (anyone who thinks riding isn't exercise has obviously never done it!) Unless of course you are in total lockdown, and not going out at all?

If people can cycle, then why not ride?

I must say that I've never seen a horse and rider
going along a pavement.

I grew up with horses and love the smell of poo. Sends me into bliss. No other smell does that. Well Van Cleef and Arpels First maybe.

* horse poo !!!!