10 June 2007

Big news day in the Can [Drugged Pony Madness]

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Buyers warned to beware of drugged ponies

From the ABC news website A pony club riding instructor is warning people who are buying their child a horse, to trial it first.

Canberra’s chief instructor Di Cullen says she has seen cases of rogue sellers drugging dangerous ponies to make them placid for sale.

She says the price for a good pony skyrocketed to about $9,000 and it is not worth taking risks.

“Most people who genuinely have a good pony you can make an arrangement that the child can try it for a week and then you know over a week that it’s not drugged or sedated … and people do that,” she said.

“It’s really sad that happens but it does.

“You’ve got to be very careful when you look for a pony that you find the right pony that suits your child and that it’s safe.”

Yep, the fun never stops in the Can 🙂

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Drug him enough, he won’t need feeding either. Saves money.

My hamster would disagree – she’d far prefer to be chewing thru’ the cane furniture (or my fingers), than being artificially comatose.

What’s the problem here ?

If your kids hyper, give them Ridilin
If you’re pony’s hyper, give it whatever…

We’re living in a drugged up world, and if something doesn’t conform they give it drugs till it does.

I fail to see the problem when we’re so ready to fill our children up with similar drugs.

Perhaps not, but they’re definitely to be found in the Leg Ass !

I thought that hamster I bought last week looked a little languid too….could the drug thing be endemic in the pet industry?

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