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The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread NINE
See our "who's who" page! ^

Posted on 02/24/2006 9:12:25 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - Who's Who *pics*

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
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread EIGHT

New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!


TOPICS: Hobbies; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: ofcourseofcourse; saddleclub; thehorseyset
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To: HairOfTheDog

Cats are so funny. Dogs act grateful when you help them. Kitties just walk in like they own the place:') She's cute and very lucky.


6,221 posted on 05/23/2006 3:33:21 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: rodeocowboy

Welcome


6,222 posted on 05/23/2006 3:40:33 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: FrogInABlender
I don't know. I slapped what I had with me on her. I'm going back this evening after my granddaughter's award ceremony and check her.
6,223 posted on 05/23/2006 3:43:35 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: rodeocowboy
Hello, welcome to the thread!
I will add you to the morning ping list.
6,224 posted on 05/23/2006 4:36:07 PM PDT by MissTargets (Get Better, Barbaro)
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To: All

I went to check on Sarah Lee and there was a mare down. Another boarder said she had been calling and yelling at her but she hadn't moved. I thought she was dead. Her head was extended back and one back leg was in the air. She looked stiff. Anyway, when we walked up she started moving her head and after several attempts got up and started to walk off. I groaned when I saw she had a halter on. We walked her down though and I caught her. She kept stopping and parking and trying to poop. She finally did a little. The girl with me was going to call the stable owner. She's out of town and it's her horse. We both voiced at the same time our reluctance to do that though. Too funny. We were worried that the horse might just have been sleeping and calling her to tell her we woke her up. One of her friends that helps out drove up though. She said she had been colicing in the evenings for some reason and took her and was gonna give her some banamine and watch her.


6,225 posted on 05/23/2006 6:14:44 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: CindyDawg
she had been colicing in the evenings for some reason and took her and was gonna give her some banamine and watch her.

Hmmmm, are they ever going to call a vet or just keep drugging her up? I'd think after awhile it wouldn't be good to just keep giving her banimine. JMO, tho. I realize you don't have any say, just funny that the horse owner isn't more concerned. Maybe she already knows why tho???

Becky

6,226 posted on 05/23/2006 6:46:38 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: HairOfTheDog
I grew up in Southern Texas, and have been around livestock most of my life (whether it be in Texas or in northern Michigan on a dairy-cattle farm). I have never owned a horse of my own, but have trail ridden on those owned by others. I have hung around the rodeo circuits for a long time and am crazy about getting a horse. For some reason, I have had subscriptions to Western Horseman and American Cowboy and know a ton about horses and cattle. I am trying my best to afford a small ranch of my own so that my kids can grow up like I did (for a short while, anyways) because I am yanking them out of public schools and home-schooling them. Raising cattle and taking care of horses will be a great extra curricular activity for them.
6,227 posted on 05/23/2006 6:54:47 PM PDT by rodeocowboy (Vote Constitution Party in 2006 to send a message to the Republican Party for 2008!)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

What is evenings though? Every? A couple of times that have been in the evenings? I guess I should have asked but I was just relieved to turn her over and I had a horse waiting.
It sure is getting hot, already. I've been thinking about starting to give mine a little oil.


6,228 posted on 05/23/2006 6:55:26 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: rodeocowboy

Sounds good and I hope you can make it come true :~D My husband and I have two and a half horses and we trail ride. When I was younger I did horse shows and such, but never any rodeo. :~D


6,229 posted on 05/23/2006 7:03:18 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
If she's up on things looking out the window, she's probably not near her time. She looks very calm and not restless at all.

Be sure you put something waterproof in the bottom of the "whelping box". Cover it over with beach towels or something. I always used a rubber crib sheet. It's amazing how much amniotic fluid one small mama cat can produce . . .

She is probably going to pick her own spot no matter what you do. One of mine selected the wicker trash basket as the perfect place to give birth, on top of the old envelopes and used Kleenex . . . . I gave up and lined it with old rags, and she was happy as a lark.

6,230 posted on 05/23/2006 7:32:51 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: CindyDawg

Yes, the heat is brutal here. I'm going to have to figure a way to carry a bigger bag so I can carry more water during the ride. I'm looking forward to this ride, but really getting worried about the heat. I'ts going to be bad. Upper 90's.

Becky


6,231 posted on 05/23/2006 7:38:37 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: HairOfTheDog
I was just thinking . . . wicker trash can reminded me that one of those good-sized wicker laundry baskets might be just the thing. You can line it with a rubber sheet and receiving blankets, and drape one partly over the top to make a "cave".

I think my cat liked the wicker trash can because it "breathed" and it had gaps in the weave that she could see out of. A plastic laundry basket ought to do almost as well though.

6,232 posted on 05/23/2006 7:39:48 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Come July, I expect it to be a kicker. We have already got into the 100s a few time. What about one of those water back packs? Think it would bother you?


6,233 posted on 05/23/2006 7:41:01 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: HairOfTheDog

Well, I spent some of the retirement funds on a camcorder. I have it charging. The instructions say when it's done the red light will stop flashing. Any idea how long that might be? It doesn't say.


6,234 posted on 05/23/2006 7:50:33 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: AnAmericanMother

I put a parrot in a wicker hamper once:')


6,235 posted on 05/23/2006 7:52:14 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: CindyDawg; HairOfTheDog; All

Yeah, I think one of those back packs would bother me after 5 hours. I will bring my saddle in tonight and see what all I can tie on to carry water in.

The bridle/halter combo that Jenny got for me isn't going to be in in time:(. I'll have to put a halter under the bridle. My reins will double as a lead rope, that leaves the back tie rings for a bag of some type. I'm going to look today for a cantle or pommel bag.

Becky


6,236 posted on 05/24/2006 4:49:52 AM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Probably best not to try anything new before the ride anyway.


6,237 posted on 05/24/2006 5:39:49 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Well, it would certainly wilt me, but you and your horse are as acclimated as any to dealing with the heat. How early can you start out?


6,238 posted on 05/24/2006 5:43:00 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: CindyDawg

Well, I thought about one of those things, but I think after a while it would drive me nuts:)

Well, I've been making a list of the things I need to get/do to get ready. Getting some stuff gathered up for packing. I've started getting all my baby trees, and garden watered good for while I'm gone. Mack is so busy, I hate leaving him with more to do than just feed the animals that are here. AND my stomach is starting to do the customary flipflops it does as time gets closer:). You'd think I'd get use to this.

Tomorrow will be packing day, Fri morning I'll bathe Harley then go. I was going to bathe him tomorrow, but then I'd have to touch him up on Fri. Wasted effort. I'll have plenty of time Fri. morning. I don't really have to get there till early afternoon. Most people don't pull in till late afternoon. I just would like to get a shady spot.

Becky


6,239 posted on 05/24/2006 5:48:45 AM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: HairOfTheDog

You can't start till they start you:). Sat. the lastest I have ever started was around 8. Sometimes they still have to do some check ins. Sunday, they start us by 7.

Today will be a good test day. Celia should be coming in the next hour. Starting early makes it easier then starting in the heat of the day.

Becky


6,240 posted on 05/24/2006 5:50:54 AM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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