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The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - (very out of date) Who's Who *pics*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

[FrogInABlender]

Awwww, what a cute pup! Cartman looks like he’s thinking “What the heck IS that?!”

And DANG what green grass you have! It looks wonderful. All we have left is dirt.

[FrogInABlender]

...Do you think it’s ever going to stop raining...this is getting to be a bit much...

Grrrrrrrr!!! You'll get NO sympathy from me! ;o)

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I know, and I am very sorry for you, we had your problem last year.

This is so frustrating, feast or famine...nothing in between.

I was noticing yesterday when I was riding at all the grass that is out there. And the little pasture behind my house has more then it ever has. I’m getting the fencing fixed around it so I can let Rocky out there some.

I’ve been noticing all the horses around that are out on pasture 24/7 and thinking, I’d be starting to worry about founder/colic. This grass has to be very rich and high in moisture, easy to pack up in them?, wouldn’t you think.

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

Cartman can’t see anything... so he’s liable to just start swinging blind. :~)

The pup’s name is Casey... but I think by the time they get back it’s going to mostly come to “Monster”. :~)

[MissTargets]

Good Morning.

What an adorable puppy, Hair.

Becky, the problem with colic/founder, comes when they have not been on grass for a long time, say over winter, and you turn them out on the new growth. We always let ours out for only a short time, until they get used to it. Sorry about all the rain. It has just been picture perfect here. I finally finished my rock project out front.

[FrogInABlender]

Well, probably the ones who have been out on it all along will be fine. Their systems have been adapting to it as it's been growing, but you would still have to worry about them packing on the excess weight, which could lead to some founder problems if the horse is prone to insulin resistance. But of you turn Rock out on it, just be careful, since he's not used to it, yada yada yada. You know all that.

[FrogInABlender]

... I finally finished my rock project out front.

Pictures??

[FrogInABlender]

Well, little Miss Ellie is going to the trainer’s this evening. He’ll keep her for a month. It’ll be interesting to see what kind of a gait she comes back with, since all I’ve ever seen her do is trot. But Hope did that too, and still does when loose in the pasture, but she has one of the smoothest, most even racks I’ve ever ridden when under saddle. So who knows.

[Beaker]

Oh goodness what an adorable puppy! A-dorable! With a capital A!

[Beaker]

How’s Cartman doing, by the way?

[HairOfTheDog]

Well good luck to Ellie! Keep us posted.

[HairOfTheDog]

Cartman is just fine! He demands to go out, he won’t be kept in, he claws the carpet to get us to let him out.

He enjoys walking around the yard, he seems to feel his way around and know where he is. He still tries to go next door to Rosie’s sometimes, though I try to call him back or go get him, he’s not safe out there if he got lost, or a stray dog wandered by, he’s oblivious.

[AnAmericanMother]

An African swallow, or a European swallow?

[AnAmericanMother]

Hoo boy!

When I saw the pics, I thought he was yours . . . and I was thinking, "Why on EARTH a Miniature Schnauzer???!!!???"

They're smart and they're sassy, but it just didn't fit with the sporting dog mindset if you know what I mean.

[AnAmericanMother]

Boy that's pretty good work if you can get it . . . foisting off the housebreaking on somebody else!

Thank goodness we're through that period and Ruby is reliable in the house!

[HairOfTheDog]

So far no problems... He’s a pretty quiet puppy really... is pretty content when in the playpen, and he comes to you if you call, so that’s nice!

It’s a bit of an upset to the house, the kittens are not sure at all about it, Tweek has barely come out of the back bedroom closet. Pippin is keeping an eye on it.

[HairOfTheDog]

They’ve always had labs... so it doesn’t make a whole lot of sense for Bob and Kay to get either... I think it was an impulse buy ;~)

[FrogInABlender]

. . . foisting off the housebreaking on somebody else!

LOL!! That WAS pretty slick wasn't it! I'll have to keep that trick in mind if I ever get another puppy.

[FrogInABlender]

Hey, did you know anything about this?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/15/buried.classic.ap/index.html

Apparently they’re unearthing a ‘57 Plymouth Belvedere buried in a concrete vault under the Tulsa Courthouse lawn 50 years ago to celebrate Oklahoma’s 50 years of statehood. It’s pretty interesting!

[AnAmericanMother]

Gosh, beware the impulse buy on something that's going to be around for 10-15 years (and little dogs live longer than big dogs!)

I did so much research for my second dog that my boss was giving me a hard time. Said "You give new meaning to the term 'informed consumer'." I know this dog's pedigree a whole lot better than my own . . . .