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Posted on 07/14/2005 3:23:55 PM 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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Boy! Are you ever a personal injury lawyer's idea of heaven! ;o)
it was a doctor that told deaconjim about the injuries.....i guess being in the medical field they have seen them too. if they didnt tell u that he couldnt play on the trampoline then they had no right to attack you!
It sounds to me like she isnt thinking about consequences of what she IS letting him do....i think they are dangerous!
I have people tell me that having a swimming pool is dangerous. We have a fenced deck around ours, with a gate, the kids dont go there unless we say they can. No argument, and we havent had one.....yet we had some people over with a 3 year old, who Climbed OVER the fence and her parents just stood watching without saying/doing anything! Deaconjim and I got that child back down onto the yard and told her off.....whilst the parents just stood there. I dint care if i upset them. I was thinking about this child who couldnt swim, not their feelings.
Has the filly settled down any?
Congratulations Rose and Deaconjim!
Praying that your house sells soon.
Thanks SB! Do you go back to that area much?
LOL...Hold my beer and watch this:)
Becky
Yes, I do. Usually every October to ride with my cousin and friends.
We do some hard trails, as well as just jogging around.
Will post more trail-riding pics later.
I forgot whether y'all have horses? I should go back and look at earlier posts.
"Boy! Are you ever a personal injury lawyer's idea of heaven! ;o)"
You're right and I've always told anyone that wants to ride here that they have to sign a release. Guess with a trampoline around they'll have to sign one for that, too.
What a crazy world we live in.
Yes we do, though I am a very green beginner! We did have 6 but are down to 2.
Who knows, if everything goes well, we'll invite you to see our little piece of Heaven! We might go back around October/November.
I think all our horses are still on Whos Who....
It's settled down quite a bit.... they're letting her approach closer, and she's more confident that they can't reach her anyway. She doesn't run away anymore if they lunge at her. Bay is doing 'get-between' behavior to keep the mares away.
You're right, we haven't pared you down to two.... we still have all the others up there.... you want us to? Or should we keep them up there because they come up in conversation?
Have you heard lately how they're doing?
LOL!! You mean like this?...
That looks so pitiful.
Becky
LOL....yeah just like that. I think those idiots who ride rough stock have to be drunk or really really stupid.
Becky
Very good idea! Sad that it's necessary, but good on your part. I'd never really thought about that before.
Kids joyriding in cars and riding bikes alone in neighborhoods scares me a heck of alot more than a trampoline. Kid getting hurt on a trampoline, that's a risk I'm willing to take, kid riding a bike alone and disappearing, not taking that chance. Not by a long shot. The Amber alert was named after a little girl, Amber Hagerman, that disappeard very near where we lived at the time. I haven't been able to drive down that street since. I heard a cop say that you don't ever want to know what-all happened to that little girl, the injuries found on her. Even the most seasoned cops had trouble dealing with it.
Sharn, you're right about people letting their kids run up to stray dogs to pet them. Anybody want their kids to have rabies shots?
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