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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.
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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.
Previous threads:
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - thread ONE
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The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SIX
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Git dawg!
Us Easterners love that kind of talk.. :)
I was playing it again this morning at work, and someone wondered what the galloping was about.
Frog, I love your video......what kind of horse do you have? I'm sure you told me but I forget. I have a Rocky and couldn't ask for a smoother ride.
Hey, wait 'til he can't even fit in a 2-horse trailer! I got that problem with Tennessee.
LOL! It was more like "Leavat dawg a-lawn!" ;o)
Glad you liked the sound effects. I love the sound of a good even 4-beat gait. I thought it kind of appropriate that we were riding on an old railroad bed because the sound of their footfalls kinda reminds me of an old steam-powered train....chuga-chuga-chuga-chuga-chuga-chuga.
They're Racking Horses. Some of the ones in the video were Walking Horses. In most cases I really can't tell the difference. It's just a different registry. Rockies move pretty much the same way too. They're just differentiated by their color. Same with Spotted Saddle Horses. I really don't care what kind they are, as long as they're smooth. Fast is a secondary consideration for me, but not nearly as important as smooth. And I'd rather breed for smoothness than shoe for it coz sooner or later shoeing for it will give your horse foot troubles.
When found and the day after...
one month later...
2 months later...
It's looking really good! I'm so glad for you, because I know you were concerned. I trust he's moving just like he always did?
He seems to be. It's still swollen quite a bit in the tendons down the back of that leg and along the cannon bone under the wound in the front, but I think that'll eventually go down once the wound heals completely and what ever blood vessels that were damaged grow back. I've even had people tell me that the hair might actually grow back, but I'll believe it when I see it.
It is looking alot better. I think the hair will grow back, It has a round the edges where it's healed.
Are you still treating it anyway?
Becky
I'd be hopeful too, that the hair will grow back.
I quit hosing and debriding it about a month ago since it started getting a nice healthy scab and I've quit spraying it with the Granulex since it got nice and flat. Now I'm down to just putting triple antibiotic ointment on it once a day. One of the guys I was riding with this weekend swears by Preparation H for healing up and shrinking wounds. I may try that and see how it works.
I know someone who uses Prep H on her face :~D
LOL! I've heard of being a Butt Head but that's a little extreme! ;o)
Seriously though, I had heard that it was good to put under your eyes to reduce the puffiness.
That must be it! Said it's better than any face cream! :~D
We're getting a little slushy snow and rain mix here... Are we ready for winter?
Nooooooooo! It rained a little bit here yesterday but today is gorgeous, although a bit nippy with a temp of about 45 and a 15mph wind. I don't care though, as long as I can see the sunshine, I'm happy.
Nope, I'm dry, but it did drizzle a bit this morning. This weather is so warm.. it's lovely!
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