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Posted on 01/02/2007 9:57:39 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
It's not coming, it's here...well, at least the wind is. Our wind chills are supposedly in the teens, and will be in the single digits by this evening. No accumulations of snow tho.
Good news is it will be in the 50's this weekend.
Becky
Yeah - I like to mow too. I'm gonna go mow the scotch broom down in the pasture, if I can get to it. It's the only thing growing and it's a foot tall in places... would like to set the mower low and cut it off at the ground while I can before the grass comes up.
But we're supposed to get some heavy rain... Better make sure my drainage is cleaned out.
All good advise from the others. My main concern would be the adjustment to different water, climate and biting insects. It will take him a little while to acclimate to the changes. Make sure you establish a relationship with a good vet in the area. They will give you advise on what inoculations are needed.
As far as a companion, if he gets along well by himself, then I would not advise it. Unless, you bought two other "pasture pals" you would have to deal with leaving one at home while you went to ride. You are better off not having him "married" up to a companion and having to worry about how each one is acting.
If I recall, you are living in the South in the winter and coming back to Ohio in the summer, right?
Read through this entire thread, guys. Very depressing in many ways:
http://www.horseshoes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2944&page=1&pp=15
That is quite a thread, and sad how it ended. Good post over there.
That is quite a thread, and sad how it ended. Good post over there.
Yall don't miss this one:')http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1784360/posts
that one guy over there is such a jerk.
Sad. I would never ask a question there though. She got slammed.
My gosh, how do those guys stay in business if they tell owners that they shouldn't own horses? Who do those guys think pay the bills? When I read that first derogatory response I couldn't believe what I was reading. I thought I had read it wrong.
The Winter storm left us with about a foot of snow and it is still coming down. Classes were canceled for Alison and a lot of offices are closed. My daughter got stuck in the driveway trying to go to work. MY SIL had plowed yesterday evening, but though the night, a lot more snow fell. Thanks goodness, I have 4-wheel drive and we were able to pull her out.
The snow that they have been forecasting since Sat. finally got here. I don't think we'll get enough to really measure, but it's sticking a bit.
Becky
Good morning!
We got about 7 inches of snow yesterday but now it's all ice because we had rain and freezing rain for about 6 hours. I don't have a garage so my truck was actually a trucksicle. Had to use a spoon handle to break the ice around the door seal. Roads not too bad but the horses won't be going out in the pastures for weeks. Just too dangerous.
I don't know. If I get time today I'll go back and ask them. I have this problem. I don't really care much what people think about me if I'm happy with me but I get all riled up when I see someone else , that I think is being treated unfairly. That has got me in more fights. I've been stewing about this. The woman asked for help and got kicked in the teeth.
I don't know any arrogant vets but there is a well known shoer in this area that everybody hates. He's supposedly a very talented shoer and would probably have a ton more business if acted a little less like a pompous ass. I wouldn't use him to put shoes on a dog.
It reminds me of a story tuffy's shoer told me the last time he was here. Some lady brought a horribly foundered pony into the vet clinic, he was so bad his feet had grown out into that curled up snowshoe look. She was very embarrassed, the pony had been out on pasture for a long time and they didn't pay much attention to him. She told the vets and shoer she was afraid they would call the humane society on her but they said of course not. They were there to help, not get people in trouble. Heck, if they called the humane society on everybody that made a stupid mistake with their animals they would run off most of their business.
Those dumb jerks were way out of line. I guess they never made any mistakes with their kids? Perhaps they shouldn't be parents if they ever made a mistake.
Nasty storm here, too. Stay safe and warm.
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