The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 11

[BladeRider]

Such a beautiful dog... I feel for you today. These are a couple passages I've always liked about our relationships with dogs... Hope you like them. Lots of people have written great passages about loving and losing dogs and these always help me.

Thank you. How true these are.

[BladeRider]

Groan. I'm so sorry. I should have read all of the posts before I sent that.

No problem, we thought about that too, but I feed ProPlan kibble and a little Pedigree canned and none of those were on the list.

[FrogInABlender]

What a great shot! She looks like she's really enjoying it. I'll bet setters in Agility classes are a pretty rare thing, especially show setters. Was she your only setter or do you still have a housefull like you used to.

[BladeRider]

She looks like she's really enjoying it. I'll bet setters in Agility classes are a pretty rare thing, especially show setters. Was she your only setter or do you still have a housefull like you used to.

Actually she did not have the fire for it like some do. She did it because I asked her to. I bred the first MACH2 (Master Agility Champion level 2) in the history of the breed, now that one loves it. I have Fancy's daughter, her son and her granddaughter and will be getting another granddaughter that was born Friday (ironic huh) from a lady in Canada that owed me a puppy. So I guess you could say I do have a houseful, that helps.

[FrogInABlender]

I know that having the others isn't the same as having her, but it sure makes it easier when you've got another furry red shoulder to bury your face into when you're sad.

That's exciting about the new puppy. There's nothing much cuter than a little setter pup!

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Oh, what a cutie:)

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I'm so sorry.

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

We have a gray rainy day here, but we still went out and put up our birdhouses we've gotten as gifts and hadn't gotten around to putting up yet. It would be neat if birds actually will live in them, so I wanted to get them up before spring was over and all the birds had settled on a spot for summer. Hopefully I have them in acceptable spots for the right kind of birds.

The first is this Western saddle one. It's really cute. It was made to mount from the bottom, not hang, so we put it on this pole and put it out in the pasture.

The second one had a hook to hang it, so we put it in one of the trees in the paddock. I thought it seemed a little heavy for the little hook, so the baling twine I have around the bottom is to hold some of the weight so it doesn't fall down.

Also a project to replace the feeder Cyn has broken... She grabs and thumps her feed pan when she thinks we're late for a meal and finally cracked and broke it loose, so ecurbh is removing the rest of it, which Cyn found amusing. I hung the bucket there to use from now on, I'm sure she'll find an equally fun way to make noise with that. :~\

[Duchess47]

I love the bird houses, here's hoping you get some pretty house finches to fill them up.

You're being a little hard on Cyn there, she was just displaying her intellegence and problem solving abilities :)

Well, Friday and Sam will probably go to the breeder on Wednesday. I agreed for Farah to be bred but asked that they wait until next month on that so I don't have another February foal. They are thinking about Bam Bam also, as a possible lease. Keep your fingers crossed on that :)

[HairOfTheDog]

She's a pill.

Sounds like you've got a good thing going with these people :~)

How are "Sam's" legs... did he straighten up already?

[Duchess47]

They want to breed Farah to one of these two guys.

[Duchess47]

His one leg is still a bit crooked although it's much better than it was. Hoping it straightens all the way up.

[HairOfTheDog]

Boy, they're both pretty, aren't they?! Which is the one they want to geld?

[HairOfTheDog]

Ah - so is he still on restricted movement then?

[Duchess47]

Yes, he's still on restricted movement.

Neither one. It's a solid black they want to geld. Once they found out that I'd let Farah be bred if she stayed here, they want to breed to one of the main guys. The chestnut is a World Champion, I'm not sure what the status of the dun/buckskin is. That's why I'm thinking they might take BamBam, to breed to the black along with Friday.

[Duchess47]

Pictures of the kid. You can see his strange color around his eyes and nose and his legs and belly. You can also see his legs.

[HairOfTheDog]

I hope he keeps straightening up... it's still ironic to me that a mare that color can throw a foal without one white hair on him.

I bet he sheds out just chestnut... But who knows!

[Duchess47]

Everyone says he'll be a chestnut :) I just keep looking at the blond hair under his eyes and on his nose and shaking my head.

I really do hope his legs straighten. They've gotten better but still have a long ways to go.

PS - I put Tuffy's pictures on the horse forum - conformation.

[HairOfTheDog]

Ah - I'll go check 'im out :~)

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Oh, I like your birdhouses!!! don't get impatient tho, it might take a year or so before you get a bird to take up residence.

Looks like you had a productive day.

Becky