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The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 11

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

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - (very out of date) Who's Who *pics*

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!



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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Proud flesh looks like hamburger, not steak. It’s lumpy and does sometimes have that yellowy pussy stuff in it.


8,181 posted on 06/07/2007 8:39:36 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: FrogInABlender

Huh, I didn’t know that. I knew hay that had a been rained on lost a lot of nutrition value, but that it was still OK.

We are having 30 mph winds that are suppose to last all day.

Becky


8,182 posted on 06/07/2007 8:40:04 AM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: HairOfTheDog

This doesn’t look anything like what you describe. It’s smooth, nothing comes out when pressed on, it’s just kind of yellowish looking, which I think I’ve seen cuts look like before, and when I leave them open for some air, it looks better.

Becky


8,183 posted on 06/07/2007 8:42:00 AM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

According to that Safergras.org site, it really doesn’t lose all that much in the way of nutrition, and the protein level is uneffected, so I found that really good to know.

Too bad you don’t have a wind turbine on your house. You could be selling power back to the utility company right now! ;o) I would think that your area would be a good one for them to set up a wind farm. There’s one house around here that has a big turbine set up on top of a big pole next to their house. I don’t know how much power they’d generate around here, but it was interesting to look at anyways.


8,184 posted on 06/07/2007 8:50:38 AM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

If it starts getting proud flesh, it’ll start bubbling out and growing out of control. You won’t miss it. Google it for images if you want to see, it’s gross.


8,185 posted on 06/07/2007 8:50:58 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Bob’s knee had some proud flesh for a while, but the granulex kept it in check pretty good. And Hair’s right, it did look kinda lumpy, like a wad of fresh hamburger meat.


8,186 posted on 06/07/2007 8:52:56 AM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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To: FrogInABlender

That’s just not what I’m seeing, so it mustn’t be proud flesh. Not lumpy at all, just smooth looking and yellowish.

Becky


8,187 posted on 06/07/2007 8:57:55 AM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: Beaker

Nah, I think just some waiters.


8,188 posted on 06/07/2007 9:58:53 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Dry here but we are having 40 MPH wind gusts. I hate the sound of the wind howling.


8,189 posted on 06/07/2007 10:01:33 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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It’s so miserably humid here that if it wasn’t blowing it would be horrible. My horse is saddled, I’m having a bite of lunch then I’m off. I may not make it long tho, the trees may block the wind, but then it’s going to get hot, or the wind may just make riding no fun. We’ll see:)

Becky


8,190 posted on 06/07/2007 10:08:46 AM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

That is called granulation tissue. It is a sign that the wound is repairing itself. Because the lower legs of horses have poor blood supply (by design), wounds there tend to NOT know when to stop laying down granulation tissue, hence proud flesh. It is a good thing, to a point. Once it starts to grow above the level of the skin, the skin cannot grow over the wound anymore. So, once the granulation tissue starts to get out of hand, it has to be treated, either with a proud flesh control product or by trimming it off surgically. There are no nerves in granulation tissue so it can be excised with a small scalpel without anesthesia (no pain).

Bandaging helps keep the granulation tissue under control as it acts like a temporary skin. You should start to see pink skin growth around the edges of the wound. Once that pink growth appears, the granulation tissue must be kept under control for healing to complete.

Hope that helps! Having been through a long healing and rehab with Henkell for his leg wound, I learned all kinds of things about wounds in horses. I asked lots of questions of my vet.


8,191 posted on 06/07/2007 10:09:16 AM PDT by ShakeNJake
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; CindyDawg

We are having the same weather here in North Texas. It is very windy today, humid, and hot. The heat index is expected to hit 105 with the high temp in the mid-90s. Winds are currently 20 MPH out of the South.

I am not complaining about it though. These weather conditions help my property to dry out fast after the 10=12 inches in the past 2 weeks. I think my pasture qualified for an EPA protected wetland!! It is drying out fast now with the hot wind but still boggy in spots.

I am hoping it doesn’t rain again (in the forecast for tomorrow) as I need to get hay delivered. If it is too wet, they can’t get back to the barn to stack it. Right now, I am trying to get by on a few bales at a time that I am storing in my horse trailer, then carrying out what I need at each feeding. It is a lot more convenient when it is in the barn. Also, I am just about out of Senior and oats, and there is nothing I hate more than packing 50 lb sacks of feed 150’ feet to the barn on slick, sucking mud!


8,192 posted on 06/07/2007 10:14:26 AM PDT by ShakeNJake
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To: ShakeNJake

It hasn’t rained here in so long that I’ve forgotten what mud is! What little grass is left is all brown and crunchy.


8,193 posted on 06/07/2007 10:47:48 AM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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To: FrogInABlender; PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Well WOO HOO! The farrier showed back up!

He seems to be passing all the tests.

Bay sure is jumpy around him though. The shoer left his rolly cart all the way over at the truck and Bay was still snorting and tense. Snorting at the tools, at the hoof stand... He was a real pain in the butt, jumping out of his hands a couple times.

Nothing that ~should~ frighten an old A-Rab horse. He was never hard for Mark to shoe, he was the horse I could drop the line and walk away from... But I guess Mark had been shoeing him so long they’d worn themselves a groove.

I didn’t take any pictures... I’ll probably get some later or tomorrow for an update to his shoeing thread... Right now we just have an hour or so before the vet’s coming and I want to get some lunch. :~)


8,194 posted on 06/07/2007 11:41:57 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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Poor ol’ Bay was probably expecting him to set that horse-eating cart loose on him again. After all, he did it the last time, so obviously he’s not to be trusted (at least according to horse-logic).

So you didn’t get any pictures of the farrier. Darn! I am truly disappointed in your sneak photography abilities! ;o)

When you do take pics, do Cyn’s feet too. I wanna see how he does bare feet.


8,195 posted on 06/07/2007 12:01:08 PM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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To: FrogInABlender

Will do on the pictures...

I really thought about pictures... I just don’t want the guy to think I’m weird, I’m trying very hard to get him to stick around ;~)


8,196 posted on 06/07/2007 12:03:01 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Well, as long as your horses aren’t just total pains in the butt to do and he doesn’t have to run all over the pasture to catch them then it shouldn’t be a problem to keep him. Hopefully Bay will settle down for him over the next few shoings and be a little easier to do. If not you might want to give him a little Quite Pony Powder beforehand. How did Cyn and Pony do for him?


8,197 posted on 06/07/2007 12:13:45 PM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

So how’d the ride go?


8,198 posted on 06/07/2007 12:16:11 PM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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To: FrogInABlender

It’s funny.... Cyn was very good for him, yet we talked the most about her attitude, more than Bay. Called her ‘marish’, with her sour face and tail swishing, but she did whatever he asked.

Pony’s always good for the farrier... she just jumps out of her skin when you pat her unexpectedly at the end :~)


8,199 posted on 06/07/2007 12:17:12 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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...with her sour face and tail swishing, but she did whatever he asked.

"You can make me do what you want, but you can't make me like it, or YOU!" ;o)

8,200 posted on 06/07/2007 12:24:32 PM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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