The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread TWO!

[Duchess47]

Yes, the lady that sold them to us loved them dearly. It really broker her heart to have to sell them.

[Duchess47]

duh

broker=broke

[HairOfTheDog]

Yeah - that's what we are talking about. This was an awful young foal to be doing this with... but we didn't enforce it hard. If she resisted, I let go.

Man those are some black clouds over head for me to be in short sleeves ;~D

[MissTargets]

Both your paints are beautiful. I like horses with color.

You were talking earlier about barns. Maybe tomorrow if I get a chance, I will post some pics of a transformation of a garage, to a horse barn. Got to get to bed now. Good night.

[Duchess47]

Heck of a storm coming in. Beautiful paint.

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, Only one way to find out! She's not lazy, that's the thing. If she's loose when we're riding, she runs circles around us. It's in her head.

[CindyDawg]

The baby probably going to stay close to momma anyway I would think.

[CindyDawg]

Thanks. Night.

[Duchess47]

I guess it's possible that somewhere in her head she associates ponying with a bad experience. Maybe just insisting with Bay, at least at a walk would work since she trusts him and you.

[HairOfTheDog]

She is pretty, she wasn't mine, she belonged to Bob, who also had Bay at the time. She was built like a linebacker... but had those little dinky feet so common in QH's and paints these days. She's a brood mare now. Hopefully, they breed her to a stallions with feet.

We ponied all over the woods when the babe got older. Got pretty good at it.

Here we are with the foal older, and there's Bay with Bob on him.... 13 years ago :~D

[HairOfTheDog]

It helps a lot when it's momma they are supposed to follow, yeah. ;~D

[Duchess47]

My, she is a tank isn't she? Beats me why everyone started breeding for pretty little feet when they cause so much problems.

[CindyDawg]

Funny thing is, I thought my QH had big feet until Hair educated me:')

[Duchess47]

Mustangs generally have big feet - very few foot problems too.

[HairOfTheDog]

Speaking of which.... Cyn's got big buckets for feet. This pic doesn't really do them justice ;~D

[CindyDawg]

I don't know what I'm going to do with Okie. He keeps throwing shoes. A month ago he lost both left a couple of weeks after being shod. I was thinking it was the mud but yesterday he threw another. The farrier comes back and replaces them but it's not free. Is there a way he can make it harder to get them off?

[HairOfTheDog]

I'd have to say he's stepping on them. Either he's wearing shoes that aren't the right size or well fitted, and/or he's not moving correctly and/or he's overstriking. Do the shoes stick out on the inside or out the back? When he trots do you ever hear a click like the sound of him striking his front feet with the back ones?

New farrier?

[Duchess47]

She's got nice feet.

[HairOfTheDog]

Is there a way he can make it harder to get them off?

Not really, no. If he's pulling them off, better to pull off the shoe than to glue it on and pull off part of his foot with it ;~D

[Duchess47]

Does the farrier do other horses there at the barn? Do they have problems?