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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.
I always have a link to this thread on my profile page, so if you have something to say and can't find the thread in latest posts… look for it there and wake the thread up!
I also have a ping list for horse threads that are of interest, and Becky pings everyone most mornings. Let Becky (Paynoattentionmanbehindthecurtain) and/or me know if you would like to be on the ping list. As FreeRepublic is a political site, our politics and other issues will probably blend in…. There are many issues for horsemen that touch politics… land use, animal rights/abuse cases that make the news…. Legislation that might affect horse owners.
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.
Previous threads:
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - thread ONE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread TWO!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread THREE!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FOUR
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FIVE
New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!
Not sure what is happening, I can see that you have posted to me but the forum does not let me read it for several minutes. : (
Finally, I can read your post.
Do you have sandy soil?
This is what I see when I check my pings. The numbers are backwards and should be 4,481 of 4,482. Perplexing.......
· 4,482 of 4,481 ^
She is slow isn't she?
What's strange is that I'm on a hurricane thread and it's posting good. Maybe we should start another horse thread?
It's not the thread, it's a database issue that comes up from time to time on all threads.
But yeah, we should start on around 5,000. Prolly tomorrow.
Looks like we have ourselves another "cane"http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1442448/posts
My place sits in a valley, kinda like a bowl. In the summer, there isn't much wind and it is hot. The winter is the exact opposite because cold air sinks to the bottom of the bowl......... argh!
I think the last Cane was a bit over-reported, 24hr non-stop. Now people will not pay as much attention to the next ones that make landfall.........
HMM I don't know. I have gone thru a couple of bad ones. Most just tend to be rainmakers though. Some people who move here and go thru one that is predicted to be a "monster" and blows out get complacent and don't realize how bad they can be.
LOL I couldn't do that drunk or sober :)
Never have been in one. By the time they get up here it is usually just a rain storm with gusty winds. I do remember when Camille came ashore that many people were complacent and died. One guy that survived had tied himself to a tree so he could watch it. I think he was a certified nutcase.
Hullo everyone... Sure quiet in here yesterday!
I was posting all over... lost track of the thread, and had to dig deep in my comments to find it!
Still no riding here... just chores and minutia, but my friend Bob called and wants us to go next week on Friday and help him mark trail for a 15 mile ride on Sat. It's further than we've gone yet this year, but it'll be slow with lots of stopping.
I hope we'll have the truck by then, don't know if dad's done all his hauling yet.
:~D
Morning. I'm horsing around this weekend too.
Good morning
Becky
Morning... This morning the pony kept bangin' the gate again and LAUGHING at us when we tried to hit her with the hose. The little monster. We'll figure out a way to get her yet ;~D
LOL...and people say they are not smart...right:)
Well, I know definitly that I have a major problem:(. I'm almost 100% sure my saddle does not fit Harley real well, and if I continue to use it I'm going to sore him up. I'm not sure why with the new pads it's really showed up, I was hoping they would help, but it's real clear now the saddle isn't right. I've had suspicions for a while.
I've noticed I have trouble keeping it centered when I ride, it has always seemed to kind of roll. I asked my son to take a look at it awhile back. We set it on him with no pad so we could see how it looked. It seemed fine, so I quite worrying about it and figured it was just me not sitting good. About a week before I got the new pads I noticed when grooming him that he had a spot on one side of his whithers that seemed like he was developing a skin fungus or something. You know it was crusty and the hair brushed out in clumps. The skin looked fine, nice and pink, not red or flakey, so I still wasn't worried. But the two times I've ridden him with the new pads it's been clear that he has dry spots on either side of his whithers when I pull it off and the spot where I thought he had some fungus or something is in the center of the dry spot.
So does anyone know what to do about this problem, other then buying a new saddle:(, I really don't want to have to do that....I've been told more pads, or different pads won't really help.
I may run him over to the saddle shop and have them take a look at it with it on.
Becky
Actually, a good saddle fitter can fix some fit problems with custom padding... the saddle guy here carved and made custom pads to fill where Bay had voids.
They can't fix a saddle that is too narrow for him, and a saddle that is too narrow would sit too high and might give you that rolling sensation. If the tree is too narrow, more, thicker padding would make it worse. It could be that a thinner, but fitted pad, would work better than the bulky one, and a good saddle fitter would know. Taking him in, and your gear, is the answer. Bay's custom pads and his work on them cost about $150, if I recall.
I'm going to reply to this post and see if that speeds up it's posting. :~D
I was wondering if they could do something like that to fix it. The pad I had, the old one use to be bulky:), but it had packed down. Maybe that is why it worked better. It's hard to imaging it's to narrow for him. Belle and Rusty seem wider that he is.
The saddle shop I would go to is the one that built the saddle. They are very knowledgeable. That's where I bought the new pads, maybe if I need something different they'll exchange~crossing fingers~:)
Becky
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