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Posted on 06/01/2005 7:34:38 AM PDT 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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So... like the previous threads, this is intended as fun place to come and share stories, pictures, questions and chit-chat, unguided and unmoderated and that we come together here as friends. There are lots of ways of doing things and we all have our quirks, tricks and specialties that are neat to learn about.
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The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - thread ONE
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No way!!!
Hanging or sagging would appear to be appropiate though........ : )
Tans look great on younger babes......... : )
Firecrackers for the July 4th or Guy Fawlkes Day........
I wouldnt know........I only have to glance at the sun to go red. It's that Irish skin that is not used to the sun! LOL
Maybe I should be more patient. Okie a two person load. His ass mine. I don't even have to pop him anymore though. I just show him the lounge whip or brush him with it and he goes in. I have tried and tried patience and reasoning and I always run out. I've been working on swinging the whip back with my left hand as I lead with the right but I mess up. I did a lot of reading on this trip and one chapter was about you can make a horse do something but it doesn't teach them but I figured he was the exception because he's so smart and has learned to "move it" or else. I start out caring if he wants to but after awhile....
They are tiny little firecrackers all roped together. You are supposed to unravel and light them one at a time. I light packages. Most cool:')
beaker.............heres your answer at long last! LOL The sound like fun! : )
I've seen butt ropes get horses hurt more often than I've seen them help. Horses are too strong to really be forced to do anything they don't want to do.
Glad after that your rides were nice for the weekend!
Check out this link Cav, its all about bonfire night/guy falkes night.
http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/ff_bonfire.htm
I used to live 40 mins from Lewes in East Sussex!
rading some of the latest posts on here makes me realise how blessed we were that Misty and Lightning load well and that the colts did too! : ) Max 10 mins for the colts!
Well, I had freckles during the summer when I was small and could grow a red beard a couple of years back....... : )
Well that makes me feel better knowing he really wants to load:')
My oldest son is very dark. He won't grow a beard though because it comes in red.
Well, the right 'want' can sometimes be encouraged... ;~D
With butt ropes on adult horses, though, I've just seen it go bad more than well. If a horse pulls back no rope is going to stop him, even if it means he goes down or breaks something. Foals, you can force to do things... labradors, you can force to do things... Adult horses, you really can't. Anyone who has ever seen one hit full panic knows that.
LOL!
Remember, remember
The Fifth of November,
Gunpowder treason and plot.
There is no reason
Why Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Anon
LOL we were TAUGHT that rhyme in school!
Yeah I know. Sounds like somebody (animal or human) could get hurt.
A red beard is ok. I do not like to grow one because it itches .
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