tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post8257339239371630164..comments2023-10-16T08:25:47.205-05:00Comments on PARSLEY'S PICS: The Big Lick Tennessee Walking Horse – Part 2Leslie Parsleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-90814797686012518982013-12-05T08:21:44.041-06:002013-12-05T08:21:44.041-06:00Thanks for these stats. The soring is the most gru...Thanks for these stats. The soring is the most gruesome aspect of the Big Lick's life in the show ring but it isn't the only form of cruelty that befalls these poor creatures. It's a sorry industry.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-27960692439726099972013-12-04T12:21:30.217-06:002013-12-04T12:21:30.217-06:00Same old song and dance that's been repeated b...Same old song and dance that's been repeated by every horse abuser in the country for 78 years. <br /><br />Why do people believe them? People who torture horses don't often tell the truth, especially when the torturing is the only job in the country they're qualified to do. <br /><br />In 1970 Auburn University, Alice Higgins of Sports Illustrated and The Portsmouth Times knew and John Disquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054339258075552287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-55219294214624568492013-11-16T16:26:01.412-06:002013-11-16T16:26:01.412-06:00So? Not the same thing at all.So? Not the same thing at all.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-31685239109184775742013-11-15T22:56:21.971-06:002013-11-15T22:56:21.971-06:00and race horses die on the track..and race horses die on the track..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-72200582413710712562012-09-04T18:11:12.348-05:002012-09-04T18:11:12.348-05:00Thanks, Jeannie. Normally I don't even publish...Thanks, Jeannie. Normally I don't even publish comments from Anons but on this subject, I can see why some would not want their names published. Who wants their barn burned down? In this latest Anon post, though, I felt it was important for more honest, more humane and more knowledgeable people to be able to respond appropriately. Good jobby.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-42754773224589840202012-09-04T15:56:55.450-05:002012-09-04T15:56:55.450-05:00Mr. or Ms Anonymous..if you have any balls you'...Mr. or Ms Anonymous..if you have any balls you'd put your name out here and let us rip you apart one by one. But you hide in the shadows just like the trainers do, sore horses, hurt horses then try to blast people that HAVE GONE into trainers barns and HAVE gone to shows and got documented proof of the consistent and constant abuse. Yes there is cruelty in most all horse events but THIS out Jeannie Webbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-91192841440414089642012-08-30T12:03:49.102-05:002012-08-30T12:03:49.102-05:00Straight from the mouth of convicted horse trainer...Straight from the mouth of convicted horse trainer Barney Davis (8/26/12):<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZTIbwaibOE&feature=share<br /><br />The TWH shows are the ONLY breed shows that are required to have inspectors.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-44413674935106211492012-08-30T08:26:10.233-05:002012-08-30T08:26:10.233-05:00What a crock of S%$#!!!!! This guy is so one side...What a crock of S%$#!!!!! This guy is so one sided he couldnt walk a straight line. Not all trainers sore, not all walkers on pads were sored. Open your eyes. The USDA only focus on this breed, but the horse act law was written for all breeds and all equine. I can see the last comment on this was way back on 2011. What about the drugs in the AQHA, the cruely behind certain dressage trainers and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-61063309668893607242011-12-01T15:50:29.170-06:002011-12-01T15:50:29.170-06:00Thanks, Anon. They are lovely loving horses and I&...Thanks, Anon. They are lovely loving horses and I'm glad you care about them and how they're treated. Get active to help expose this industry because the cruelty just doesn't stop.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-40717032134767894542011-12-01T15:44:18.004-06:002011-12-01T15:44:18.004-06:00I just get sick when I see this done to the TWH. ...I just get sick when I see this done to the TWH. I have 2 TWH and one QH. Both my Walkers have such peronality and they love to be loved. Will do anything I ask, even if they are not sure... I can't imagine doing such cruelty. But their willingess to do what is asked of them allows our fellow "human beings" and I use the term lightly, to abuse them. I don't know why these Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-37864954150271481982010-12-16T00:08:25.565-06:002010-12-16T00:08:25.565-06:00Thank you for your comment and I'm well aware ...Thank you for your comment and I'm well aware that not all gaited horses are treated in this way, thank goodness. I was addressing only the Tennessee Walking Horses. I grew up in TN and had several natural gaited walkers while living in CO, so have a deep love for and interest in the well-being of this breed. But yes, the Rocky Mountain is indeed beautiful and I'm very familiar with the Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-3933619850316245132010-12-15T22:23:49.818-06:002010-12-15T22:23:49.818-06:00Thank you for your concern for horses being traine...Thank you for your concern for horses being trained in this abusive manner. However, I would like to mak it clear that not all gaited horses are treated like this. For example, the Rocky Mountain breed has a natural four-beat gait. It is prohibited by the Rocky Mountain Horse Association to use any cruel training to make these outstanding horses step higher. While witnessing a RMHA show, you may Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-79004957801552117552010-08-05T14:00:45.443-05:002010-08-05T14:00:45.443-05:00The third picture shown is not of a "stack&qu...The third picture shown is not of a "stack" but of a heavy plantaion shoe with caulks and a band that has a partialy torn off hoof probably due to the band being chronically to tight thus cutting off normal blood supply and normal development of the growing hoof.<br />Just some of my techniques and veiws: <br />Heavy shod plantation shoes, in my opinion, are just as bad as stacks in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-169513951445260582010-03-24T17:02:08.488-05:002010-03-24T17:02:08.488-05:00There are plenty of abuses with the Saddlebred sho...There are plenty of abuses with the Saddlebred show horses (and the Quarter Horse, and, and and. . .). They are all horrible. The main difference with the TWH is the soring and being the only breed used for show that requires federal inspectors. However, I think their days may be numbered. At least I hope so but it's taken a heck of a long time to get the TWH industry regulated at all and so Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-90561624277089421082010-03-24T16:10:21.746-05:002010-03-24T16:10:21.746-05:00I was wondering if anyone had looked into the Sadd...I was wondering if anyone had looked into the Saddlebred's for this same practice. I know in some states it was banded but I also know that it is practiced among the Saddlebreds as well. The movement of the Saddlebred is not as exaggerated as the Tennesse Walker but still needs the same motion in the front end, high and expressive. The back end does not need to extend as far as with the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-1152343795732387162010-02-20T19:54:35.575-06:002010-02-20T19:54:35.575-06:00Thanks, Bee. Only a breed as loving and docile as ...Thanks, Bee. Only a breed as loving and docile as a TWH would let this kind of thing be done to them. A Thoroughbred would kick them in their family jewels. Even after all these years I get very angry and emotional when I think about it.<br /><br />You seem to know quite a bit about this breed. Do you ride or . . .?Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-17908092190423696762010-02-20T06:52:30.810-06:002010-02-20T06:52:30.810-06:00tnlib, I'm glad you posted on the Big Lick. A...tnlib, I'm glad you posted on the Big Lick. After your first post, I was hoping you would post on this barbarism. Most people don't know this exists, but it's been done for years.<br /><br />The Tennessee Walkers you showed in your first post - wonderful to see, nice natural gaits. But the Big Lick - it takes a hell of a lot of hell on those horses to get that freakish gait to comeBeekeepers Apprenticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03147256400096114177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-41883159200940939482010-02-20T00:18:19.674-06:002010-02-20T00:18:19.674-06:00Pam: Maybe I should do something on the laws?
The...Pam: Maybe I should do something on the laws?<br /><br />The next brief post should be of special interest to all of us political animals.<br /><br />Drum roll ; )Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-7283933426509613502010-02-19T23:58:54.282-06:002010-02-19T23:58:54.282-06:00While the soring is the biggest and worst part of ...While the soring is the biggest and worst part of the story, there are so many layers - crooks, greased palms, more cruelty - that what I have written is only the tiniest tip of the iceberg. The whole industry is corrupt and they have national politicians on their side.<br /><br />Horses will go around the ring with bleeding feet. One dropped dead in the show ring.<br /><br />The trainers who areLeslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-57986949968580596782010-02-19T23:42:52.078-06:002010-02-19T23:42:52.078-06:00Leslie: I am a horse lover and this broke my heart...Leslie: I am a horse lover and this broke my heart. [I also read part 1, which was a nice story; Gracie is a beautiful horse!] I know there is big money in these shows/contests and that’s exactly why we need Federal regulations! And I don’t say that lightly as I’m one of those “smaller govt. type of people”! But where we have animal abuse, we need laws, because animals cannot speak for themselvesPamela Zydelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00455065276657597689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-17308001392790883302010-02-19T23:40:50.806-06:002010-02-19T23:40:50.806-06:00Sue: It's been a real struggle even though I&#...Sue: It's been a real struggle even though I've known all about this for years. The research alone was bad enough but when I started writing, I had to take it in very small steps which is why it's taken so long. <br /><br />Rocky: I have to confess that I know nothing about hackamores and such, so it was a learning experience for me. Knew a little about the slobbering. Hell my dogs Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-36646758786972221942010-02-19T21:13:52.356-06:002010-02-19T21:13:52.356-06:00Leslie I don't know much about dressage so I&#...Leslie I don't know much about dressage so I'm glad to know the Lippizans are actually not being injured.<br />As for hackamore "bits", I guess I should have been a little more clear. The hackamore can be used in a very abusive manner causing injury to the nose and jaw.<br />And we may be talking about different types of hackamores. There is a type used with western style ridingrockynchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00772988855661101621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-28183948253450007402010-02-19T20:57:43.866-06:002010-02-19T20:57:43.866-06:00Leslie I can see now why you were so upset writing...Leslie I can see now why you were so upset writing this! I could not read it all, I'm sorry I just can't, I wouldn't be able to get the pictures out of my mind. There are so many sports that abuse animals for man's pleasure, it's a pitiful thing and it happens all over the country.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18303260031729868857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-14044727910206359752010-02-19T20:15:04.386-06:002010-02-19T20:15:04.386-06:00CM: You're obviously a horse person who's ...CM: You're obviously a horse person who's had a lot of experience and knows quite a bit about them. But, I think rocky was merely speaking out of concern and love for the horse. The only breed I really know anything about is the TWH.Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125940219291633674.post-69446411906079924202010-02-19T19:21:40.035-06:002010-02-19T19:21:40.035-06:00I completely support the termination of Big Lick c...I completely support the termination of Big Lick classes from TWH shows as the abusive practices seem midieval. <br /><br />However, I completely disagree with two points made by "rockync" in her post. First, Lippizaners "slob saliva" and "work their tongues constantly" when they are properly trained in the bridle. This white saliva means that the horse is Charlotte Meadenoreply@blogger.com