The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 11

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The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - (very out of date) Who's Who *pics*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

[CindyDawg]

Grizzly ok?

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Oh, yeah, he’s fine:). I think the horse maybe just brush him, but he squalled and Harley jumped around a bit. Grizzly didn’t limp or anything, so mustn’t have got him much.

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, the vet's now been and gone... report is that Bay's looking very good, though it's funny... I lunged him on the line and he said "well I'd certainly pass him on any pre-purchase exam". And then he loosened up even more till the vet said "How old his he again?" Of course, Bay did sortof make a fool of me when I turned him loose to free lunge... I wanted the vet to see how much more spring Bay had when he was loose on his circle... Bay went around twice and took off for the far corner of the pasture. Heh. "Really, he'll usually just lunge loose!" Honey went and got him for me... the horse is fine. A brat, but fine :~)

He got shots, and pony got shots, but Cyn won the "worst teeth" award. Bay wasn't bad, didn't really need doing. Cyn was done last year but she was already bad again, with big hooks and sores in her mouth. So she's got a bad bite, she doesn't wear evenly.

Here she is... The vet's given the sedative, and she's one sheet to the wind...

... another minute... she's all three sheets. ;~)

It looks like she's pulling back... she isn't... she's just wobbling badly on her feet... a couple times, I thought she was going down.

Finishing up with a hand rasp...

And then the other side....

Here's what the inside of her mouth looks like... he's about half done, and he wanted to show me the sores on the inside of her cheek... Reminds me of the indent sores I'd get on my lip playing trumpet in braces. The couple in the back are actually bleeding.

So Cyn needs to be done every year, it seems, while Bay's tooth growth is actually slowing down.

Pony's are getting sharp too, but she can wait till we do Bay.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Wow, very cute vet:), love his hair!

Great pictures of the floating procedure, especially the one looking in her mouth. Horses are so funny when they’re tranked up:) Did your vet say anything about doing her teeth more often since they got so bad so quick? Have you noticed her dropping feed? She sure hasn’t lost any weight, so she must still chew it good.

Glad to hear Bay is doing so well, altho I knew he would pass muster.

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

Heh... I guess this time I showed more of his face than other times... but I still didn’t get a really good picture! Focusing on the horse, you know.

You know, he probably wouldn’t mind doing them more often than a year, they were bad for just a year since the last time. We’ll have him check her if we have him come back to do Bay in the fall.

I haven’t noticed her dropping feed, and I’ve cut her feed back, she’s packing on weight fine. She doesn’t wear a bit, so that hasn’t been a problem, although, who knows how much it contributes to her general mood...

While she was tranked up, I also cleaned her udder. She hasn’t let us do that, and it was real gunky. I want to work on that with her, so we can do it more often. The pony loves having hers washed, it itches when it’s all gunky.

[Beaker]

Great pics, Hair! I don't know how Cyn stayed up, she looks like you could have just pushed her over with a feather.

Forgot to tell everyone that I went and rode Levi last night, and will ride him once more on Friday before the clinic on Saturday. I have a whole entourage from the barn going. One of the ladies from the barn is riding with me so that Levi will have a friend and chill out a little bit. Yesterday's ride was pretty good once I relaxed and enjoyed myself. The good thing about him is that he's really easy to handle for the most part, but we did have two close calls.

He's big enough for the aisle to be a little to narrow for him, and as I turned him around, his butt brushed an empty shavings bag that was standing up. He did an immediate cheek clench, let out a big snort and an eye roll to me, then the bag then to me, and you could see that he was going back and forth between "Want to spook! But must not tromple small human! What to do?" He also did a gorgeous piaffe while impatiently waiting for me to get his stall door open, and made so much noise that people came running from everywhere because they thought that I was in a lot of trouble with him.

[HairOfTheDog]

Bay did have an issue with his eyes... they’ve been watering a little and occasional goop, and he found an infection in there that I could see too, inside the eye. He gave us some ointment to put in.... We went out just now and put more in... It’s not as easy for us to get the goop in his eye as he made it look.

Also took pictures of his feet. Will post shortly.

[HairOfTheDog]

"Want to spook! But must not tromple small human! What to do?"

Very funny... :~) Nice horse. I'd trust him.

[HairOfTheDog]

Here's a current look at Bay's feet: 

Front on... his white foot is not smaller than the dark one, it's further back. 



Bottom of right front:



Bottom of left front:



Side:



And one of his rears:

Also posted here: RE: A look at Bay's foot - update 4-27-07

Frog... we haven't got Cyn yet... I'll get pics of her feet tomorrow.

[Duchess47]

I’ll say it aain - you’ve got a nice looking vet :) The inside of a horse’s mouth is gross.

[Duchess47]

Levi sounds like a really great horse even if he is big. Since everyone from the barn is going Saturday, make sure someone has the camera.

[CindyDawg]

Cindy is gone.:’(

[Duchess47]

Oh my, I am so very sorry. Do you feel like telling me what happened?

[CindyDawg]

She died in her sleep. She was almost 16 but I was hoping I had her for a few more years.

[Duchess47]

16 is a really great age for her. You’ll have a lot of memories to hold on to. She’ll be waiting for you and my Duchess will be keeping her company until then. I surely wish there was something I could say that would help but nothing much does.

[HairOfTheDog]

Cindy is gone.:’(

She died in her sleep. She was almost 16 but I was hoping I had her for a few more years.

Oh dear Cindy... I'm so sorry.

[MissTargets]

I am so sorry to hear about your lost. 16 is a very long time for a large dog.
Lots of happy memories in that time.

[Beaker]

Aww geez Cindy, I’m so very, very sorry. :-(

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I’m so sorry.

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

If we don’t see you then before Sat. , good luck, you’ll do great:) Most importantly have fun:)

Becky