Really?! That is awful. Is the lawsuit still active?
I should not have looked at the pictures. I can never unsee that. She should not be allowed to “care” for another horse.
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Late to the party here, but how in the hell does a failure to load in a trailer result in hanging a horse tied in its stall? How is the horse supposed to relate the loading issue with punishment in the stall? Not only is this animal cruelty, its piss poor training. The trainer has no business hanging a shingle out and taking people’s money.
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She has been spending a lot of time out of state but appears to back in aiken again and getting her business back up and running here. She seems to be doing a lot with polo these days.
I have seen her tie a horse to a post outside and beat on it - her neighbor does this as well
I wish I picked up my phone to get a video because she definitely would be banned from the sport
She didn’t see me as I had shown up slightly early and I left in a hurry and didn’t even look at the horse I was there to try……horrified
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I haven’t seen her or had any interaction with her since I bought a horse from her in 2018. And my impression was qualified by the fact that it was limited-- all I did was buy a horse she was representing. Nothing more.
She seems to still have a thriving business according to social media. It doesn’t appear that the lawsuit meaningfully impacted that.
Just bumping this thread since she is back in AIken and selling horses again. This case has not yet made it to court unfortunately, but she has two other unrelated cases pending.
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Horse related cases?
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If you gave your horse a choice to eat grass or participate in a one hour clinic session, which one do you figure he’d pick?
Are you therefore depriving him of food when you ask him to do the latter?
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Wait, if I do not let my horse snack on grass while I am trying to ride in a grass field it is a welfare violation?
If I tie my horse up while I clean the stall, it is a welfare violation?
You said any…
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I have witnessed Shannon abusing horses both on the ground and in the saddle
She should not be a trainer
Had a young buckskin horse Tied to a pole behind her barn and beat the crap out of it
I had to drive away - I didn’t want any dealings with her . I wish I had of reported her that day!
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I don’t think it’s even gone to court yet but she returned to Aiken after a winter in another state and seemingly has a thriving business
Why hasn’t USEF been notified to at least suspend her?
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Maybe they are aware but lack jurisdiction to act in this specific case?
The USEF should suspend her in the interim. This is a dead horse, savagely killed by a human, with his blood on her hands.
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Up until recently, USEF didn’t have the ability to suspend anyone based on issues that happened off of showgrounds. Maybe someone should report her again.
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I saw a sales ad of hers recently. She had the nerve to state the horse trailered well. I had to sit on my hands to keep from posting something.
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I think she could be reported this way using the facts from the news article.
It is a horse welfare page which does not show up if I copy and paste bc it is members only.
Off showground abuse can only be enforced on actions occuring after the effective date of the new rule, not retroactively.
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