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Posted on 01/02/2007 9:57:39 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.
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
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread TEN
New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!
Congrats to both you and your dogs for a job well done! Very interesting event and I bet you really had a good time. Thanks for posting the pictures and explaining all that you did.
How is Friday doing?
Scroll up and check out the pictures that AMM posted of her dogs at a training event. Very interesting.
When I was hunting with the dogs, Zulu was my 'springer' (better than Logan at finding them)... she was absolutely passionate about finding the birds and flushing them up. For three years, I think, I missed them all :~) I sortof wondered if I ever actually killed one if it would break her heart. "Geeze... I didn't know you were trying to kill them!" She thought it was all about the flurry and the rush and the boom and watching them fly away :~D
Of course, when we did actually hit one, then Logan could finally do something, and he did! He did well. And Zulu found it very exciting, bouncing around him when he came back with it.
This was the first bird we managed to kill, and I think the only one we managed to pose a picture of when we got home.
Seem to be okay today but starting the day with toast onbly just in case.
Bob really enjoyed the pictures and the descriptions of the dogs and what they were doing.
Hope you can fight it off today... How's Bob doing after the stones?
And Friday?
Bob still hasn't passed the kidney stones so in a good bit of pain.
Friday is doing fine, doesn't like being locked up at night so we'll just do it on and off to get her to relax a little, then when she looks like she's close, we'll keep her in at night.
Sun is shining here today, I entend to have a good day :)
Ack.... sorry about Bob... I'd hoped it had passed, in every sense of the word.
Keep us updated. :~)
Labs aren't meant to put up birds, it's not what they do best. But they CAN be trained to do it, and the whole purpose of the Upland phase of the hunt tests is to encourage people to teach their Labs to hunt properly, quartering ahead of the guns, and to flush the birds. Shelley's not ready for that, the Upland test is generally given after Finished. But she had a good time anyway!
If you can keep them close, they figure it out. Zulu would work well and stay close. Logan was just walking around peeing on things until there was a shot fired. :~)
To get through Started and especially Seasoned, the dogs have to be at heel and under control. In Started you can use a clip lead or put a finger through their collar -- in Seasoned, the dog has to go nekkid - no collar at all. Most of us use a slip lead over their heads taking the dogs to the holding blind, but when you come out of the blind the dog has to be at heel with no leash or collar. Not easy for a high-powered Lab who wants to run around and pee on things! (even my lady Labs do a certain amount of pre-emptive peeing, being territorial. My husband calls it their pee-mail.)
Smiles :) Great picture.
That is so cute. I just got back from my Dads. He has a dog that puts his toys away when told and can open the door but has to knock when he is ready to come back in:')
Sorry to hear you aren't well. This year just seems the worst for respiratory problems.
Thanks. How's everything with you?
Good. Just tired. I look forward to going to work and don't want to go home. I don't want to burn out though so I'm making myself get a life. I start back on my riding lessons Tue.
It's also great that you are enjoying your work.
:) an incentive to get the lessons sooner rather than later then - before you guys are on the outs again.
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