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Posted on 02/24/2006 9:12:25 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
This is a horse chat thread where we share ideas, ask for input from other horsemen, and talk about our riding and horse-keeping. We have a lot of different kinds of riders and horses, and a lot to share. In the previous threads we have had a great time talking through lessons, training, horse lamenesses, illnesses and pregnancies... and always sharing pictures and stories.
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There are two habits that drive me insane. One is pulling back when standing tied, the other is refusing to load.
Maybe she was trying to threaten the horse, "see that dead animal trailer over there? If you don't load in this trailer, yer gonna be loadin' in that one!"
LOL!!! If only it would work.
I'm back from my ride. Mack isn't home but will be shortly so I've left him saddled and I'll get some pictures of me riding, but I also took some trail pictures.
Macks home, BBL
Becky
Looks like a nice cool drink for Harley! I'll look forward to the other pics. I need some trail riding myself! I'm gonna try to go one day this wkend. There's about a 40% chance of rain tomorrow so it'll probably be Sunday.
Prayers for Tuffydoodle! I hope all goes well at the clinic today. I am sure we will hear from Tuffy later.
I am just north of Dallas. I can find it, but it is expensive. All the decent coastal is gone. My feed store has been bringing in prairie hay and timothy from Colorado. I pay 7.95 for the prairie hay and 8.75 for the timothy. They are heavy bales. I am fortunate to be able to afford the prices but many around here cannot.
Many owners who have horses in a herd situation feed round bales. They are going for 75-100 right now. Normally, they are 25-30. My daughter bought enough to get her through the winter at 45 last fall or she would be having problems affording her herd of 8 (2 foals).
I was able to get some coastal that was at least a year old and yellow at Wells Bros. but normally I don't buy there and didn't go back for anymore. Due to the drought, we didn't get 2nd or 3rd cuttings last year.
I was going to ride this afternoon but I am not too disappointed because it is raining!
Glad to hear a positive report, Tuffy! I have been thinking of you guys all day.
BTW, if you feel like it, I am having a clinic at Legacy on March 4-5. I am bringing in my mentor for a classical dressage clinic and will be riding Henkell. Come on over and audit if you want to. You will learn really great stuff just by watching and listening to him. He trained for 7 years at a place called Neindorff in Germany which teaches the same stuff as the Spanish Riding School, and he trains regularly now with a former chief rider from the Spanish Riding School. He really knows his stuff, and has lots of goodies that are not written down in books anywhere but are passed on as oral tradition.
Here is another picture of the creek at a different place.
I thought it would be interesting for you all to see a summer and winter picture of the same spot. The hill that Blake is riding down is the same hill your looking at in the winter pictures.
Becky
I was playing with the editing on this one:) I was trying to zoom, and noticed this and wanted to see what it would do now I can't undo it:)
Becky
How's he doing? You feel like he's moving sound now and could you tell what the status of saddle fit was after this ride?
I've been having my own drama over in the HH over my old Tom cat (here)
I didn't really ride hard enough or long enough to get him sweating enough to see if he has dry spots. He felt fine, and he had no soreness when we got back, but he didn't have soreness after short rides in the English either.
I only loped in the arena and only for a few pictures. The vet said till his feet are grown out, I need to just walk.
Becky
EEEWWWWWWWWW, I just made it over to the HH and looked at the pictures of your cat. He did look odd. I'm glad it's passed whatever it was. Maybe he just got some thing in his nose, a whiff of something that made him loopy for awhile. Glue or something:)
Becky
Thanks... I don't know what to think of that episode. It stressed me out. If he's sniffin' loopy glue I wish he'd share ;~D
Wow, your kitties have gotten so big.
Becky
They almost ain't kittens no more.
It's not that hard to find here in central Texas, it's just a little more expensive since there has not been alot of rain to grow a decent crop for the last cut of 2005. We lease our land for the specific purpose of growing coastal hay and managed to only get two round bales an acre for two cuttings last year. The third season was tilled under and not worth cutting. This man could have bought something for his horses had he really wanted to.
Becky, Harley looks great, the land looks awful - sure hope you get some rain.
Hair, If my inside cats go outside, sometimes they come in all puffed up, wilder than a march hare. Think they just are imagining themselves a few million years back in evolution, pretending to be sabertooth tigers. Hopefully, that's all that was wrong.
No baby yet, I spent most of the night last night watching because she's so uncomfortable but I have to work tomorrow so Bob will have to do the watching tonight, I'm out of gas.
We found homes for the two old geldings. A friend and her boyfriend who want to do some light riding - Both the geldings have lots of energy and no health problems, just can't handle hard riding so this will be great for them.
Friday spend a good part of the afternoon tied to a patience pole - she will learn to stand tied, eventually :)
We are investigating buying alfalfa cubes to stretch our hay until first cutting. It's getting scarce here.
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