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Posted on 10/04/2005 9:56:41 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 MissTargets will now be pinging everyone most mornings. Let MissTargets 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
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SIX
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SEVEN
New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!
It's not me.... the picture changes every time you refresh it... Now it's something I don't recognize :~D
Buy her. You can stable her here and I'll watch her for you until you are out of school. Seriously.
Thanks Frog
Cool mule pic! I think it's really special when a horse or mule trusts you enough to let you get that close when they're laying down. They're at their most vulnerable at that moment and they're basically trusting you with their life. All the young ones that I've raised will let me get that close, but the older ones are more skeptical, unless they're sick.
What are y'all talking about??? All I see is a pic of President Bush on the cover of a magazine.
The first post was a young Mz. Clinton.
Well! I never saw that one. Glad I didn't!
Bay will stay down if I come up quietly, and Cyn will drop right in front of us to roll... The pony will stay down in her stall if we're in the barn, but not if she thinks we're gonna open her gate ;~D
Hoagie's funny in that he's stubborn and persistant about getting to lay down. Bob often goes on club rides and overnight type rides where there's a lot of social time before going home, and Hoagie always lays down, even with the commotion of a lot of trailers and other horses around.
When Bob went away on a trip recently, his farm sitter called and said Hoagie wouldn't get up. Bob said, well, call the vet out if you're worried, but I bet he's fine, he just doesn't like being told what to do, he gets up when he wants to! It's just such an odd behavior, and worrisome to most horse people to have an animal that doesn't want to get up when you approach.
He was fine...
The Freepathon picture in the first post. It changes every time you load the page.
Welcome
Neat picture:)
Mules are cool.
Becky
What kind of riding do you like to do? I like trails myself, but there's others on here who are into barrels, dressage, hunter/jumpers, endurance and even just plain old pasture ornaments. We have a pretty diverse group so feel free to jump right in any time you have something to say.
I have an Arabian also, my Bay is 23 years old... My husband has an Arab Mustang cross mare, and we also have a pony we don't know why we own ;~D
Since we're talking about horses laying down... here's me with my Arab and our pony.
Here's me on Bay
And here's my husband on his Arab/Mustang
We mostly trail ride, though I used to show Arabs and used to jump and ride a little dressage.
We'd love to see some pictures of yours! Ask anyone, I always nag people to show me pictures!
Mules are really cool. I'd like to have one someday. I usually stay away from their feet when they are down, but Bob's Bob, and Hoagie doesn't do anything real fast.
Good pic! We have cotton snow as well! There are cotton fields all around us and the crop dusters use our house to do their tricks around! Being the tallest building for miles, it gets pretty scary! Our friends are cotton farmers and they take the kids up in the cotton pickers etc when they are harvesting. Lots of fun!
Pretty cool isn't it!? It's like having your own private air show. The only thing they do that I don't particularly like is when the wind is blowing and they have to "drift" their spray over the field. It kinds freaks me out when they're flying right down the center of the road, spraying like crazy and you think you're fixing to get sprayed, but the wind blows it over onto the field instead. I have know idea how they know how to do that, but they do.
kinds=kinda
If you have update pictures.... please repost them here (with captions/name/type/age) and I'll have my honey update everyone.
Beaker, repost one of those new pics on the mare you're riding now... you posted some good ones a couple weeks ago.
Froginablender... You have a new recent pic riding Bob don't you? And perhaps updates to everyone else.... any update about how Blade is doing in her new home?
Duchess, you've got some new horses that aren't pictured... want to update that?
Becky... I think you've got some newer pics on Harley in your new saddle. :~D
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