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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!
I'll have to try to get you a picture of a horse at our barn. He is 17 hands (at least) A gentle giant. I'm 5'2" and have to tip toe to reach his back.
How'd the work out go.
Yeah, I didn't want to waste today, wind or no wind. Rain is suppose to move in tonight and tomorrow, then chilly on Sun. But next week is look pretty good, not as warm as this week but warm enough to ride.
Becky
We use to have a big 16:2 QH gelding that my son roped off of. He was still living at home then, and would call me occasionally when he was on his way home from work and ask me to have his horse saddled so he could get to a roping on time.....Oh my soul....you ever try to throw a roping saddle up on that tall of a horse:(....heck just picking the darn thing up was a challenge:)
Becky
Well, we wimped out... first of all, the stalls were a lot more work than we thought they were gonna be, plus the sun keeps going away for chill wind or hail or rain... it just didn't stay nice long enough.
Meaning I wimped out on working him.... we did get the stalls stripped. :~)
Well I can understand that.
Something I forgot to mention about my rides....I've been coming home and finding ticks on me...can you believe that after all the ice we have had..little beggars...
Becky
Ack.... ticks! on you? ~shudder~
Yeah, on me, I've found 3 this evening, and I had 2 the other day after I rode.
I thought cold and ice killed the little beggars.
Becky
Maybe what you need is wet, not cold, cuz we don't have them ~much~ here. Did see some on a squirrel last summer, but never have seen one on the dogs here. or us.
Pulled one off Zulu once after a camping trip... that's it.
We have had problems with tics all winter. No matter what we try Cindy gets them. We just spent a lot on medicine that the vet guarentees. I'm getting an Easter chicken. My husband thinks I'm joking but I'm not.
Morning yall. Yea, I can talk today. Feeling better too. I'm looking around and this bedroom is a mess. Sigh. Time to get back to work I guess
Yay, Sport Horse II tonight on Animal Planet, 8 PM Eastern.
Have a great weekend!
Did you get your trailer?
http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=1790382%2C1 Neighbors?:')
Chickens is the best form of tick control I've found. My dogs don't have ticks, until they start going with me on rides.
Becky
It is being built and will be ready around May 8th. We will pick it up then.
Are you getting hit by high winds today? That gunslinger from OK on the horse forum said the wind was ripping panels off his barn.
Yes, we were getting some very high wind, I think it may be slowing down now. I was in town earlier, and worrying about my barn and the shop. I think I heard gusts up to 45 mph. Everything here is fine here, but on the way home I could feel the wind blowing my truck around.
We got alot of rain thru the night. I think once we get thru tomorrow tho, we will be back to nice weather.
Becky
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