The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread TEN

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[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
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread NINE

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

[HairOfTheDog]

Eh - we just fed her... :~D

But she is better looking now. I may not be able to ever put a quarter horse butt on any of mine, but I do like a full butt, and rounded hip.

[Beaker]

I'm sorry to hear about Tennessee. Keep us posted.
I have an interesting no-foot-no-horse story, that's the fault of a farrier, and neglegence. A friend of mine up in Maine has two horses, an arab pony, and an appy/arab cross. When she went to school, she free leased the appy/arab to the lady that owned him before her. She figured that he'd be in good hands. Well long story short, this lady turned out to be a loon, and tried to keep my friends horse when the lease was up. The horse is on thyroid medication, and she took him off it so that he regained all of his weight, (claming that he didn't need it). AND her farrier, somehow, when he removed and reset the arab's shoes, a) never sized them or forged them, instead nailing them on right out of the box, so that one shoe ended up being bigger than all the rest, causing him to forge, and there were three rows of nails in each foot. When my friend came to pick him up last weekend, the lady had replaced his halter with an old chewed up one, hid his lead, took apart the bridle and knotted the reins, and threw everything horse blanket included, into one giant trash bag. She also stole the silver name plate off of the halter. This saga has been going on for a month now, and it's been nothing short of unbelievable. I'm just glad that it's all over and he's back where he belongs now.

[Beaker]

Yeah, but she's all in proportion and she fits together nicely now. (And sometimes groceries make all the difference in the world) Did we ever find out what happened to the horse that turned up on someone's property? Was it Frog or MissTargets?

[HairOfTheDog]

It was frog... and bladerider saw another one we haven't seen.

[HairOfTheDog]

And thanks... btw... we couldn't be more pleased with how she has turned out. We had no idea she'd be as good as she has become. And like Becky said above... that's really lucky and to her credit. Once she got good groceries in her, she might have turned out to be tougher to handle, and she didn't.

[BladeRider]

and bladerider saw another one we haven't seen.

I look for that poor skeletal horse every morning but have nto sen him again. I am hoping that he is being kept in a stall and treated like royalty. I fear the worst though, he was in pretty awful shape.

[HairOfTheDog]

It could be that he'd just been rescued, we can hope so... maybe they've moved him back off the road until he looks a little better.

[BladeRider]

Here is a picture taken in Michigan at the dog show I went to 2 weeks ago. This is my Champion male "Peter"

[HairOfTheDog]

Isn't he gorgeous! :~D

Just stunning :~D

[BladeRider]

Isn't he gorgeous! :~D

With a wonderful temperament to boot!

[HairOfTheDog]

Fabulous :~D And you let him play in this muddy kiddie pool of yours?

I have to say I was a lot lazier to show Labradors. They do better if they aren't even bathed before show, let alone all the coat care you have to do.

Worse off than you though, was my friend that showed collies. Special shampoo and powder for the white parts, special shampoo for the red parts, and there was some kind of use of glue to make her dog's ears turn the right shape of triangle. It's a fun hobby though.

[BladeRider]

Fabulous :~D And you let him play in this muddy kiddie pool of yours? I have to say I was a lot lazier to show Labradors. They do better if they aren't even bathed before show, let alone all the coat care you have to do. Yes he plays in the kiddie pool and is a regular dog at home. I do have to bathe weekly and rinse belly hair daily but they are not near as much work as my Lakeland Terriers.

[BladeRider]

Lakelands take two hours a week, per dog to strip a week. RIght now I am kepping 4 Lakelands and 3 setters in show coat and working 40 hours a week and putting in an occassional trail ride.

[HairOfTheDog]

Yes, you have more clipping with the terriers. :~D

[HairOfTheDog]

Heh... And I'm having a hard time just getting my laundry done. :~)

[BladeRider]

Yes, you have more clipping with the terriers. :~D

Ahh, I wish clipping. Hand stripping, no clippers involved. You have to pull the hair to keep it hard.

[ecurbh]

Am I going to have to go to work naked tomorrow? ;~p

[BladeRider]

Heh... And I'm having a hard time just getting my laundry done. :~)

I get to do that too! And groom hroses. At least my husband feeds them or Jake would be knocking at the back door! Speaking of which I am off. Until tomorrow!

[HairOfTheDog]

I think you'd actually enjoy that :~)

[ecurbh]

My coworkers, though... that's another story.