feel really mad at the moment. I've been trying to do the best with my girl. She's put on a lot of weight recently, with the new grass coming up after the rain. Asked Y.O if he thought she was fat and should I move her to another field with less grass?but he said he thought she was alright compared to the other cobs ( who I think are overweight anyway)I'm really worried about her getting laminitus so I bought her a grazing muzzle. She really hates it on but she only wears it for a few hours and it means that she can stay in with the same herd. I was putting it on her today and the mother of one of the other livery owners came and asked me what i was doing? I told her she only wore it for a few hours a day to prevent her getting too fat. She looked at me really disgusted and said 'Well I hope you're not going to leave it on all night!' i said no, she was only going to wear it for a few hours. But I'm really annoyed because its got nothing to do with her anyway. Then I went up to the stables later and it was obvious that she had spoken to the Y/O because the first thing he said to me was that he thought it was cruel to keep her in the field with other horses with the muzzle on. I said it only for a few hours and I wanted her to stay in the same herd because she was happy there. I can't believe twice today it has been inferred that I am cruel to my horse when I am only thinking of her well being in preventing laminitus. I feel really unhappy. The trouble is I've only been a horse owner for a year whereas they have kept horses for yeasr, .But I think I am intelligent and would never take a course of action without researching it first. I feel like screaming.
