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The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 11

Posted on 01/02/2007 9:57:39 AM PST by HairOfTheDog

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To: HairOfTheDog
...but rather green on trail issues.

Well, Bob's an old hand at horses so that should be no problem, especially with other seasoned trail horses around for him to follow. You and Bay will be leading the way won't you?

8,121 posted on 06/06/2007 1:10:01 PM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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To: FrogInABlender

He wants me to lead the first time out, yeah... So me’n ecurbh will lead ‘em both... Kat and Barney.


8,122 posted on 06/06/2007 1:14:59 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
He doesn’t have a clinic, he’s all mobile :~)

Cool! I think we have a vet in the next county who's like that, but I've never had to use him. My vet is about 5 miles from my barn, so he's pretty convenient.

8,123 posted on 06/06/2007 1:17:13 PM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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To: FrogInABlender

Well, I think for most business, it works better for him to travel to the customer, and it’s probably very good for his profit margin to not have to maintain the overhead of keeping his own clinic and surgery.

He only does horses.


8,124 posted on 06/06/2007 1:31:19 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

It’s good to have a good lead horse to follow. All my bunch are so used to following that it’s really had to get them to go first. When I force them too, they see boogers behind every bush. It’s been getting better with Bob and Grace since I’ve been riding them by themselves a few afternoons a week at home. But Bob can still put a dodge on me at times that makes it a real challenge to stay on. When I rode him on Monday afternoon, just as we were racking on down the road past the hog pen, one of the hogs pops his head up out of the bushes right by the fence and goes “GRRUMMMPH!” and I swear Bob left 5 foot skid marks on the pavement, even with borium on his shoes. Then he does his best to turn tail and run. I got him stopped in the neighbor’s yard and then he just stood there trembling, like “ohmygawdwhatwasthat?!”, but he went on past with a little prodding so that was good. Hopefully he’ll be pig-proof in another few days. Grace is the same way. I need to take them both over there and just ride them up and down the fence until they quit having conniption fits. I don’t know what it is about pigs that they find so unnerving. They don’t get that bent out of shape about dogs, and they’re about the same size and and a whole lot more noisy.


8,125 posted on 06/06/2007 1:36:25 PM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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To: HairOfTheDog
He only does horses.

That's good. You would think a vet like that would be a whole lot more "up" on horse treatment options that just a regular vet who sees everything.

8,126 posted on 06/06/2007 1:38:30 PM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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To: FrogInABlender

Pigs are scary... I remember when Bob got pigs, back when he had Bay... I thought I was going to have to pull Bay back down from orbit.


8,127 posted on 06/06/2007 1:41:20 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Frog, Bob’s leg looks great after such a horrendous injury. I’ve been keeping grandbabies today, so I haven’t had a chance to look at Rocky’s again. Will do it later this evening when it’s cooled down some...The heat of summer has finally hit, and it’s very humid.

Becky


8,128 posted on 06/06/2007 1:44:01 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: FrogInABlender

Both of mine have the same first name. They wait for the 2nd to see which one I’m talking to:’)


8,129 posted on 06/06/2007 1:44:30 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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Just thought I’d drop in and let you all know it’s snowing here. Good ole’ Nevada weather for you.


8,130 posted on 06/06/2007 1:47:42 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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Nooo. You are joking, right?


8,131 posted on 06/06/2007 1:49:40 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: Duchess47

PICTURES!


8,132 posted on 06/06/2007 1:52:21 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Duchess47

Are you kidding???

Becky


8,133 posted on 06/06/2007 1:52:51 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

I was wondering where you’d been all day. I just figured you must be out on a good long ride. It’s supposed to get really hot and humid here by the weekend too. Saturday is supposed to be 95* with heat indexes in the 100’s. Whew, it’s gonna be hot!


8,134 posted on 06/06/2007 2:02:17 PM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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SNOW!!! In JUNE??!! Jeez Louise, that sucks!
8,135 posted on 06/06/2007 2:05:57 PM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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While we are waiting for pictures from duchess, I've got a few to show you. Pictures of the nest above my front porch of the nest of barn swallows. Looks like there are 3 babies.

Momma feeding.

Becky

8,136 posted on 06/06/2007 2:39:32 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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They’re neat. I’d like to have a nest I can watch like that :~) And barn swallows are so pretty. They look about grown up!


8,137 posted on 06/06/2007 2:43:07 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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I think they are about 10-14 days old. It’s just been in the last few days that they really started sticking their heads out like that. They sure make a lot of noise when mom and dad bring something in to for them:)

Now I just have to keep and eagle eye on Bink. Last year he got every baby that a pair hatched, just made me sick. I’ve known him to usually get one, but not all of them.

Do you know how long the babies will stay in the nest before starting to fly? I need to find out so’s I can keep Bink in, especially when I’m not home.

Becky


8,138 posted on 06/06/2007 2:47:44 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: FrogInABlender; PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; HairOfTheDog; CindyDawg

No joke but no pictures either. Snow stopped, just a few spits and then quit but it’s still cold.


8,139 posted on 06/06/2007 2:49:38 PM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

I don’t know... but I bet you could find it on Google. How does Bink get them, aren’t they way up in the ceiling?


8,140 posted on 06/06/2007 2:49:48 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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