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Posted on 09/18/2004 6:56:23 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
No - more Quarter Horses, Appaloosas, Mustangs. I don't know what breed you would call the spanish horses that used to come out of California.
Probably now days, a lot of QH and Appys wouldn't qualify for good ranch horses. :)
Funny, how much the way you are raised colors your outlook sometimes and you don't even realize it.
Well I guess we all just have to share, huh? It must be hard for the park rangers to manage. Not only do they have hikers, bikers, and horses. Then they have to consider the backpackers, strollers and joggers, bicycles, dirt bikes and now gaited vs ungaited :')
Are you close to Ashville? Biltmore has horse trails. That would be nice to ride at.
Well, that's what I thought. But the racking horse folks seemed to have the attitude that the road was theirs and either get out of the way or get run over. Just plain rude behavior.
Thanks :)
Get well wishes to you!
We all indeed have our prejudices! I think I will consider myself the most balanced person on the thread ;~D ...having ridden all types and found something desirable about all of them. I'f ridden and loved appys and QHs and TWs.... And if you know me, you know I settled Arabs as a favorite for their versitility and their art, they are the most fun for me to watch and photograph.
I ride often in what are probably considered busy trails, and we pass and are passed by many different groups and types of horses, dogs, mountain bikers, hikers, and wildlife.
I've never really found gaited versus non-gaited to be a conflict, it's just one of the things that comes up in a day on trail. Most of the time, people are more than happy to pull off to the side, or ride until there is a good spot to pull off and let someone pass.
My most major minor annoyance is people riding with dogs. A rider just has no control over dog(s) from the back of a horse, and in a situation where you ~know~ you are going to meet lots of other groups, dogs only add pandamonium to every meeting. I'd love to bring my own dog, and might if I were riding someplace remote, but on a busy public trail, I don't think it's a good fit.
Thanks ~snuffle cough~
The first time I took Okie on a trail there was a white pit bull across the canal , barking, charging and growling.. I was following a very experience rider (who by the way now has a broken arm from that cool dismount I was telling yall he does, or did). Anyway his horse dancing all over the place and Okie wasn't having any part of following him. The owner of the dog came and got him but just because he was out of site the horses weren't convienced he was gone. Okie would shy and I would let him go back a little ways rather than risk him falling in the water and then turn him and start again. We finally passed the area but he was walking slow still looking for the bogger. The nice thing was while all this was going on a van had came up behind us on this dirt path. The lady followed Okie and I about a mile. I felt really bad and as soon as I could get to an area where I could move over she just waved and smiled as she passed. She was very considerate.
Most of the dogs on trail aren't the type to bark at horses, they are ~with~ horses, but they do run back and forth, weave under horses, panting and greeting everyone like dogs will do. Bay just pins his ears back and I know he'd nail them if he could, I just don't want to be responible for that. Like I said, I love dogs, I just don't thing they belong on trail because they are impossible to control... when we are in a tight part of the trail and trying to pass, the dogs weaving in and out and the riders yelling pointlessly at them to "come here" "be nice" "stay close" or whatever just ads another level of disquiet to my quiet ride ;~D
You know, I just loved that John Wayne movie where all he had to do was say "dog". (I guess a stunt dog, huh? lol) As well behaved as Cindy is I would probably still have to tell her "don't make me have to get off this horse"
Cool pen :) Try again next year.
Just a bump in the road:') Things take time. I doubt if the "4" were there for the first time. Consider it a trial run and start practicing for next year. I would send the pen to Alex though and ask him to autograph it and spend the night in a hotel within walking distance next year. I go to a lot of inservices in large city and I can always count on being late if I don't:')
Oh and how's hair?
You are doing it the honest way. Not too many sellers out there with any scruples and these people were the bottom of the barrel. Dripping sweat that horse was still high strung but he was advertised as a "kid horse".
Hair's OK.... Just sick and tired of bein' sick! My hair aches ;~D
I hope I am better by morning, I was useless today!
I like to go to horse autions just to study horses. Some horses seem sluggish to me. You think they are very mellow but wonder about cuts, scrapes, and marks on the rump.
Selling horses is a difficult business at best, due to a lot of misconceptions and then the liars/cheats/conmen in the business also.
My husband and I have made a point of being scrupulously honest as well as refusing to sell to some people at all. It's taken time but now the local feed stores, etc. refer people looking for horses to us, even if we don't have anything for sell at the time. We generally know what's for sell around and will give an honest opinion and referal. After eight years here of developing that reputation, I wouldn't endanger it for the world.
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