I was brought up on a farm and trained as a riding instructor.

I have just had a slanging match with a young man from the local kennels who was out excercising a young horse. The horse shyed at traffic, and big nasty tractors in the street, and instead of calming the horse and comforting it,building its confidence, he gave it a nasty whack with his whip and jabbed it the mouth at the same time. This reinforces fear which in turn receives more punisment. The horse now has two fears; 1)tractors 2)tractors mean pain. I was told to keep my f***king mouth shut.

Ah the joys of autumn mists and mellow fruitfulness.

Very Fruity!