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Posted on 02/24/2006 9:12:25 AM PST 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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The more I hear about these shoes the better I like them. I should have been paying more attention to your earlier posts about them. I just don't want to get confused:)
Your right about the frog suppose to be touching the ground too.
Becky
All right. I think that the problem is explorer, because I've looked at the pic in explorer and in firefox, and in firefox it's fine, but in explorer it turns out all bitmappy. I'll just edit it later on my own using my own software, and repost it.
I'll likely be adopting an adult dog by summer or so. Yes, I realize that means there's history that's unknown...but I've known enough dogs that I feel confident about picking a good one.
There happen to be two young chocolate labs at the shelter at the moment...which is probably why the dreams.
Will do. Most of the time I'm getting a couple of bars, though. Not bad.
OK, back to kinda sorta working...
Good Deal Ruthie! You'll be way ahead of the game by the time you get your own horse. I had to learn everything the hard way.
Probably the best thing for you to do is to go to the NB website and print out and read everything they've got. There's really some good information there. That's how I got started. Well actually I started watching it on RFDTV first. Set your DVR to record Dennis Reis and there's a segment on his show every week called the NB Hoofcare Corner that's VERY good. You can fast forward through all the goofy Dennis Reis stuff to get to it. I've started recording them off to a separate VHS tape every time and saving them for future reference. They're that good. Plus, I ordered the trimming and shoeing DVDs and they take you even farther. Even if you never shoe your own horse, it's good information to have. And if you have barefoot horses, you can do them yourself (if you're so inclined). Here's the website:
http://www.hopeforsoundness.com/natbalance/nbguidelines.html
You can see that the distance between the apex of Bob's frog and the inner rim of the shoe is a lot farther than in the example. Line "B" is the point of breakover.
I'm hoping to feel less worried about getting in over my head if I have a good idea of what I'm getting into.
Well, there's such a thing as having TOO much information too. It causes you to needlessly worry.
I've drawn arrows pointing to the 2 whorls she has. There's a little bit of a mowhawk in between them where them meet.
Duly noted. ;-)
Hey thanks, that looks very interesting. I've just skimmed it right now, I have JP here today:). I've bookmarked it and will learn it off good before the next time Chris comes. I may try this next time.
Becky
eer... he err... it.
Ok, I've gone back and read the posts I skipped earlier, my grandson is visiting and I didn't have a lot of time.
Anyway, yeah:) I know NOW that we could have told how old he was from his teeth. i didn't know that then. Been along time ago.
He was a great horse, and must have really been something in his prime. Jenny was only like 10 when we got him for her. She and him won their division several years in a row at our round up club. And she team pened on him for years, and he always gave it his all. Horse had more heart then any horse I've seen. And I never worried about her when she took off on him with her friends out on the trails.
At the time we thought he would have been around 20, according to what we had been told, he just out of the blue decided over night he did not want to go in the arena any more. It was a surprise, because he'd never balked before. But it was an absolute refusal. We decided it was time to retire him from hard work, that's when she started riding Rocky. That was in the summer, and he died that fall. I knew that morning something was really really wrong with him. We loaded him up and got him to the vet. On the way there I warned Jenny it might not be good. I didn't except for him to just die tho right there in the stocks while they were working on him. It was a sad day.
He had a brand on his hip, I can't remember it now, but I've always believed that at sometime, he had papers, he was just so awesome how he worked and did absolutely everything she asked him too, and she asked alot. The vet said he was impressed at the condition he was in.
Becky
WOOOOW!!!!
Becky
He's 18 hands... ;~D
I'd need a bigger trailer ;~D
Sounds like a great horse.
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