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The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - (very out of date) Who's Who *pics*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

They are pretty nasty looking, but I was thinking, I’ve seen them in a lot of the horses eyes, and never thought anything about them, since their eyes weren’t running or anything.

So did Pony’s eyes start running today?

Becky


9,241 posted on 06/27/2007 4:37:07 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: HairOfTheDog

LOL.

Becky


9,242 posted on 06/27/2007 4:37:49 PM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Pony’s one eye started with the nasty goop just today.


9,243 posted on 06/27/2007 4:40:23 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Well, I guess since we’re not riding, we’ll go cut up that tree.


9,244 posted on 06/27/2007 5:16:52 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: tuffydoodle

Me either!! The toilets are getting to where they won’t flush good (we are on septic) and Henkell is bored out of his gourd!!

I haven’t been able to ride or work the horses for over a month. Before it can dry out enough to ride, it rains again. I am glad the drought is over but geez, enough is enough!


9,245 posted on 06/27/2007 6:36:16 PM PDT by ShakeNJake
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To: ShakeNJake; squarebarb

I was just thinking about you today and wondering how you were getting through this mess. I hear it’s even worse down in the hill country, I wonder how squarebarb is doing.

Oh gosh, I’m worried about my toilets now. We are on septic, too.


9,246 posted on 06/27/2007 7:53:34 PM PDT by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: Beaker

Hi, Not much help myself. vetvetdoug is the expert. There is also a saddle making business called “Border States Leather Works.” At one time they were online and had lots of information on saddles and cavalry horsemanship.


9,247 posted on 06/28/2007 3:51:11 AM PDT by Inge_CAV
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To: HairOfTheDog; ecurbh; CindyDawg; AnAmericanMother; Endeavor; cjshapi; 3catsanadog; Grammy; ...
Good Morning.

We had a nice shower yesterday and more is predicted for today. Cooled the temps off and we did need the rain. Sorry to you Texas people. We were like that last year. Lots of rain and cool temps.

Hair, to me it looks like something has irritated the eyes. Liquid eye drops or medications might be easier to put in the eye. There is a product called Clear Eyes that I have used before.

Frog, I forgot about answering you on the fly sheets. Yes, they are a tight knit weave. Light weight also.

9,248 posted on 06/28/2007 6:07:24 AM PDT by MissTargets
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To: MissTargets

Good morning.

Still raining...more drizzle now then rain, but rain is forecast for all day.

Becky


9,249 posted on 06/28/2007 6:47:10 AM PDT by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: MissTargets; HairOfTheDog
...There is a product called Clear Eyes that I have used before...

I've used that too with good results. It comes in a medium-sized squirt bottle and I use it more like an eye wash and just try to shoot a stream of it into the eye as best I can. I end up wasting a lot of it that way, but at least I get SOME of it in there. And it usually only takes a couple of applications for the goop to clear up. Flies and real dusty conditions seem to bring on this kind of condition in my horses, but you haven't really had either, so I don't know what might be causing it in yours.

9,250 posted on 06/28/2007 6:59:42 AM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
Gosh, sorry about all your rain also. It will clear up soon, I hope.
9,251 posted on 06/28/2007 7:01:56 AM PDT by MissTargets
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Well DARN! You just can’t seem to get a break, and neither can I. It was storming all around me last night and I got narry a drop. :-/ And of course now that I have a nice ride planned for Saturday, they’re giving a 50% chance of rain. But hey, I don’t care. If it rains, I’ve got a poncho and I’ll have a good time anyways. Unless I get struck by lightning. ;o)


9,252 posted on 06/28/2007 7:14:12 AM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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To: HairOfTheDog
See the brown cauliflower looking stuff in there?

I had a mare that had that same thing, my vet said it was common in horses. It did affect her eyesight in the one eye, I wish I could remember what he said it was.

9,253 posted on 06/28/2007 7:22:02 AM PDT by BladeRider
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; FrogInABlender; MissTargets; All

That sounds like a Washington forecast. Drizzle with increasing showers and rain by afternoon :~)

We’re having drizzle at the moment ourselves.

I didn’t get a chance to look at the pony’s eye at breakfast, it was dark... I’ll go out an look in a bit, after honey leaves for work.

Did we mention on this thread that he got a new real job? At least we hope it turns into a real job... He starts as a contractor for a couple months, permanent if that works out. First day is today.


9,254 posted on 06/28/2007 7:23:33 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

That’s great news about the job! I’d been kinda lurking over on HH and following his job hunting adventures over there. It sounded like his stumbling upon that job advertisement by the same company that he interviewed with through the head hunter was a very fortunate thing. That head hunter got what he deserved, which was nothing, by pricing ecurbh out of the job. I sure hope it works out well.


9,255 posted on 06/28/2007 7:39:06 AM PDT by FrogInABlender (Don't take life too seriously. No one gets out alive.)
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To: HairOfTheDog; All
Good morning.

Praying for all you getting flooded at the moment. We could use that rain here.

Congratulations on the new job :)

9,256 posted on 06/28/2007 7:39:51 AM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: FrogInABlender

Yeah - I’m just glad he was able to salvage it. :~)


9,257 posted on 06/28/2007 7:41:33 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Inge_CAV

Hey there, Cav, thanks anyway. How have you been?


9,258 posted on 06/28/2007 7:42:42 AM PDT by Beaker (Don't Panic)
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To: BladeRider

Keep reading down... The link to the horse forum... We solved that...Apparently it’s supposed to be there. I did read, when I googled around, that they can have some vision trouble if it is large or flaps around or tears... that kind of thing.

~shrugs~ I’d never seen it before.


9,259 posted on 06/28/2007 7:44:41 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Congrats on the job!


9,260 posted on 06/28/2007 7:45:44 AM PDT by Beaker (Don't Panic)
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