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Posted on 06/01/2005 7:34:38 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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We had a nice evening too with the kids. Lots of food, the weather was near perfect.
Becky
That sounds like my kind of ice cream LOL
Some holidays are so much fun when there are kids around aren't they? 4th of July and Christmas are the biggies.
Yeah:)
We were talking about that very thing last night. If there was only one holiday a year to celebrate it seems most boys, (the ones I've known anyways, brother, husband, son, SIL, grandson) would choose the 4th and girls Christmas.
My son last night said something funny. Said what;s not to like about the 4th. It involves 2 things men love doing, alcohol and explosives:)
Becky
A hand is 4 inches. Horses are measured from the ground to the top of their whithers. TAke a measuring tape, find how many inches and divide by 4.
Becky
No worries!
Measure Smokey's height in inches from the ground to his withers. That's the bump on his back just behind where his neck ends. Since each "hand" is equal to four inches, divide the number of inches by four and you have your number of hands. The remaining inches are measured as .1 .2 or .3 So if you have a horse that is 63 inches tall, you have a horse that is 15.3 hands.(said as fifteen three) A horse that is 56 inches tall is 14 hands. 58 inches, 14.2 hands, is the cut off between a horse and a pony.
(schpeal off) :-)
When did she get her teeth redone? I missed that.
Thanks Becky! : )
It's an interesting relationship those two have developed. It's almost like she's the leader but she's really not. She will not follow him and does her own thing but he follows her everywhere . She's always aware of him though and will give him his space and backs off when he gets "to herding" esp if she's at the water. I wish I had had time to take a picture when he was laying down. She was standing, almost guardlike and he was laying there like, I don't know..like that's where he put her. Make any sense?
Thanks. Big difference. I wish I was there right now instead of sitting here eating my half lunch.
I like shooting them off too but I was so tired last night. I just raised my bedroom window and enjoyed the show. Usually we go out to the island for a display and then come back home and play with the ones we bought.
Thur the vet came out and did one side and quit because she "went wild" I have another vet coming out to finish up and check that tooth this week.
That's what happened here last night. It wasn't ~all~ that bad, untill about 11:00, I guess when everyone got back from the town displays. Ugh. Right when we were trying to sleep.
I just woke up. pathetic, huh? Two half-sleepless nights will do that to a gal.
Oh I remember that now. Any vet that tried to pull that with me would be out the door so fast that he wouldn't know what boot kicked him in the butt on the way out. ;-) When did you try to get her teeth done? I hope that this new vet works out a lot better for you. Are you keeping your farrier now that you have a new place? (Which looks gorgeous by the way.)
Or.... do what everyone does, and just say your horse is 15.2. ;~D
Everyone I've ever met, and most ads I read for horses, think their horse is 15.2, and many are a lot shorter than Bay, who actually ~is~ 15.2. ;~D
"15.2" is what everyone thinks is "average" ;~D
He was the only one in town. My ferrier went up 5 dollars because of "gas prices" so I can't afford to send him to the horses:') Seriously, I have another one coming out that is local and highly recommended. He's supposed to be there today. I think I fixed Sarah Lees feet but I want him to check and she needs a trim anyways.
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