The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread TWO!

[HairOfTheDog]

Free Republic has a lot of horse people that have found each other on other threads…. And since we all like to talk horses, how about a thread where it is not off-topic, but is THE topic?

A few of us thought it would be interesting and informative to have a chat thread where we can 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 last thread we had a great time and were a great help to each other working through lessons and training, horse lamenesses and illnesses, questions and challenges and always just our stories we like to tell.

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 Becky pings everyone most mornings. Let Becky (Paynoattentionmanbehindthecurtain) 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 last thread, 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.

[CindyDawg]

Lately, I'm under things:')

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Thanks.

This is the second year I have had this garden. Where the flowers are use to all be patio, no fence. I could never plant flowers because I have dogs who like to dig, and I also usually have a horse loose in the front yard.

I talked Mack into cutting out part of the patio, and putting up the fence. I've had alot of fun with it...but like I told Cindy, by summers end I'm tired of the upkeep.

Becky

[Beaker]

So have you come up with a name yet? I'm partial to Gabriel, Durango or Cheyenne. Cheyenne would be good if your horse is a mare. Looks like a gelding though. I'm sorry for posting this if you have already come up with a name. Been away from my computer for a few days.

[Beaker]

I would get him slowly used to grass again, and build up his tolerance so to speak, if he hasn't been on grass before, or in a while. Throwing him out there could cause him to founder.

[Beaker]

Who's the horse in post #1181?

[Beaker]

I absolutely adore Connemmaras

[Beaker]

I've been in this house now for 25 years, and about 2 years ago a HOA tried to get going and one of the things they were going to try to pass was a limit on how many horses a homeowner could have on their property.

Eeesh. That's just silly.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

That's Rocky our stud horse. I thought you'd seen pictures of him before.?

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Hey where have you been? I thought we were suppose to get some pictures from you:)

Becky

[Beaker]

I thought that was Rocky, but I wasn't entirely sure. I didn't know that he cribbed. I was going to have pictures for you guys, but my mother who came with me to snap a few, couldn't figure out how to work the camera. She couldn't figure out what button to push. We'll try again this Friday. :-)
I've been down the Cape on vacation. It was nice, but we had a tropical storm blow in off of Maine with 40-50 mph winds, and rain. It just let up this morning. Before the storm started, I saw a gorgeous full huge double rainbow.

I wonder if there are any people from New England on this thread. On occassion I feel like a sissy east coaster ;-) :-p There's some goreous leave turning starting. I'll post pics once it really gets going. It's odd because leaves are turning more inland than they are towards the coast.

[Beaker]

leave= leaf. :-)

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Yeah:(, he's a cribber from way back. He was already doing it before we got him. He was stalled alot.

We almost lost him twice from it. We just finally put him in all hot wire, I even had to run a loop of hot wire over the tops of the t-posts that hold the wire.

One time, before we got it under control, he had cribbed non stop for about 3 days. My son took him to a practice roping, and the guy that ran it told him to take him home because he thought he was colicing. Sure enough he was, As soon as he got out of the trailer here, he just collapased in the front yard. My husband and son went back to the roping.

As long as I sat on a bucket next to him and rubbed his stomach he didn't roll. Did do alot of groaning. I could hear all that air rumbling thru him. Took about 2 hours, then all of a sudden he started farting. I swear he could have made the guiness book of records for the longest non-stop fart. You could see his stomach deflating. My dog was standing at his rear end turning her head from side to side trying to figure out what the noise was coming from there:)/ I was about to roll off the bucket laughing.

He laid there about 5 more minutes then got up and started grazing, then back to cribbing. The day after that is when we put up the hot wire. Since he's been loose in the pasture, I've kept that cribbing collar on him. He'll turn his head sidewise and crib off trees. Hard core:)

Becky

[CindyDawg]

I could use a little wind here to blow these flys out. Stil hot and humid:'(

[Beaker]

I could use a little wind here to blow these flys out. Stil hot and humid:'(
I'll send you a little wind your way, if you send me a little heat my way. Deal? :-) It's starting to become a real New England autumn, especially at night. I'd have to say that fall is my favorite season, though. I love the crisp air that's slightly tinged with woodsmoke.

[Beaker]

My dog was standing at his rear end turning her head from side to side trying to figure out what the noise was coming from
Hahahaha.. oh that's funny!!! That sounds like a typical dog reaction. :-) I can only remember one really bad cribber that my trainer had to use a nutcracker action cribbing collar on. She tried to used a humane cribbing collar (leather) but it just didn't work. The mare went right back to cribbing double time as soon as she figured out that her collar was different. Had one or two horses at a different barn that would crib once in a blue moon. Sprayed the fences with horrible tasting stuff, and it stopped them. Had mostly electric fencing anyway.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

The collar we have on Rock is one of those miracle collars. Really shuts him down as long as I get it tight enough. The nutcraker one didn't work for me, always turned sidewise, and I was afraid he would hang it on something and hang himself. This one is real snug, would take alot to get it hung on something.

Becky

[MissTargets]

I thought you would be interested, in the photo of the barrel/pole horse, my daughter showed last year. She is an Appaloosa, and they did get some points in ApHA shows. What was funny, is that I never let her show contest, when she was younger. Even though, I spurred and jerked in the games, when I was a kid.

[CindyDawg]

Wow! How do they lean like that without losing their balance?

[MissTargets]

On occassion I feel like a sissy east coaster

I am in Northeast Ohio, so don't feel bad. :) I aways wanted to visit New England in the fall. I hear ya, about the cold weather. There is going to be a big change starting tomorrow. Maybe, even some wet snow on Saturday.

[MissTargets]

I always wondered about motorcycles doing that too...lol