The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread THREE!

[HairOfTheDog]

Ahh.... progress, but Webshots pictures don't hold up well to remote linking. If you set your album permissions to public rather than private, we can click a link to your album pages (can't see it now, it says 'forbidden') but even then the pictures won't display on threads.

http://image32.webshots.com/32/4/24/61/247442461gdNBjh_ph.jpg

[estrogen]

thanks....I'll try the snapfish you mentioned

[HairOfTheDog]

I hope it works easy for you, I like the interface.

[CindyDawg]

I don't know if you are teasing me or serious:') There are two "" at the end though. Don't know if that makes a difference.

[CindyDawg]

Morning. Having a hard time getting moving this morning.:')

[estrogen]

I'm not teasing anyone I didn't realize that I needed to post from a webpage. I was trying to do it from my computer hard drive duh! I fixed my typos and went to snapfish instead of webshots and the picture is here.

I like the size of snapfish better. I feel like I really learned something today and watch out now I'll be snapping like crazy. lol

[CindyDawg]

We haven't had a chance to check out these other blockers but going to today. I was on a health thread last night and almost fell out of my chair. One pop up started talking to me about a diet patch. I have the mute on now.

[HairOfTheDog]

We'd love it if you snapped pictures like crazy! Your Rocky Mountain Horse is really pretty. The only other "Rocky" I've met is colored very much like yours, a dark liver/chocolate color with a blond mane and tail. Is that a very common coloring or is that a fluke? I thought Rockies came in all colors, and could even have appy-spots.

Snapfish does shrink the pictures down to this standard size. Make it nice for posting snapshots, even if it's a little bit limiting when you have something that should be larger or smaller.

How are his feet? Is he still sore?

[CindyDawg]

lol. I went two days thinking something wrong with my camera when for some reason I stopped using the = and didn't know if you were just razing me about it.

This your boy? How are his feet now?

[estrogen]

I put him on Bute and put Iodine on his hooves and yesterday he seemed much better. I was rather silly taking his shoes off to save money. Now I'll have to pay the farrier to come out and put them back on !!! I don't know, I have to stop reading every article that comes along and following it.

I shouldn't fix what's not broken. This episode tells me I really have a lot to learn about horse care. I just ordered a Horse Owner's Vet Guide and can't wait to get it

How is your riding coming along, I think you and I started around the same time ?

[estrogen]

The desired Rockies are chocolate with flaxen mane and tail. They can be other colors, but they can't have any white markings on their body above the knee. Appy colored couldn't be registered..I've seen black and light brown rockies but the ones most people associate with the breed are like Waylon. His mane and tail are darker than when I bought him.

I had to go to Kentucky to get him, not many of them up here in Ohio.

He is the smoothest gaited horse,it feels like your in a rocking chair. I love him. My only regret is that I didn't follow my dream yrs ago. I'm in my late 50's (feel like 35) and am playing catch up

[HairOfTheDog]

I just ordered a Horse Owner's Vet Guide and can't wait to get it

Which one? I bet I have it!

It's funny, I used to have a great old horse care book, and I loaned it to a friend because she had just gotten horses, had a few problems right off the bat and ~really~ needed it. I never asked for it back. Well, I did a lot of hinting and I think it worked, because I got THREE horse vet books for Christmas! All different, and all valuable to me. Really good to see and compare information about similar issues, one goes deeper into medical terminology, one has better pictures.

I have

They're all good.

[Duchess47]

I've bookmarked that for DIL. I looked at the calendar and the regional clubs. There is one that includes our area but no 2004 rides near here. It may be that 2005 will have some thought.

[estrogen]

I ordered the one you have with the blue cover.Do you like it?

[HairOfTheDog]

I do associate that coloring with Rockies now!

OK - Maybe there's another gaited breed that can be spotted.. or maybe I saw an unusual cross. Or maybe I am confused. Wouldn't be the first time. ;~D

Don't beat yourself up over mistakes made, we all make them. Advice about horses is all over the board, and no one's advice works for everyone. You have the best basic requirement down 'pat' already, the desire to do the right thing.

[Duchess47]

Oh, he's great - thank you. Big is good :)

[HairOfTheDog]

I do. Of the three, it is probably the most in-depth on the subjects I've looked up. None of us ever just 'read them through', we look up problems we run across or wonder about, and it has a good index.

[estrogen]

OK - Maybe there's another gaited breed that can be spotted.. or maybe I saw an unusual cross. Or maybe I am confused. Wouldn't be the first time. ;~D

I think your probably thinking of the spotted saddle horse, which are beautiful and gaited

[Duchess47]

I've been raising horses for 25yrs, hubby for 40yrs - we still learn something new everyday. And a lot of generally accepted "wisdom" has changed over the years with new discoveries.

But horses, like everything else, has fads and right now barefoot is one of them. I'm sure a lot of horses are shoed that don't need to be but not every horse can or should go barefoot.

This is a good place to learn things too - the ladies (and gentlemen) here come from a wide varity of locations, experience and disciplines.

[HairOfTheDog]

OK! I'll buy that! Gaited breeds are pretty rare up here, especially unusual ones. But they are rising in popularity among the trail horse set.