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Posted on 12/30/2004 7:01:16 PM PST by 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?
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 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 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.
It is certainly a different concern if one showed up with tack on. That happened to a friend of mine... and the 'horse' was a donkey with bridle and bareback pad on. Luckily there was no mystery, the donkey trotted up with the frustrated kid running along behind. A grain bucket was all it took to reunite them, and they went on their way.
LOL that sounds like one of my riding adventures!
One time we were driving down a road and I noticed a horse standing. It wasn't till we were a little way past that I realized what I had seen. The horse was standing with all four legs in a cattle guard.
I told Mack to go back. The horse was standing quiet. We didn't know what it would do when we went up to it. We had no tack with us. Mack took off his belt and I walked slowly up to it. Luckily she just stood there as I put the belt around her neck. Mack held her while I went to the house. No one was home.
We tried backing her back into her pasture but she then did start jumping around and came out on the wrong side. We couldn't find a gate, so we took some fence down. Put her back in, put the fence back up, and went on our way. I'll bet the people never realized what she did:)
Becky
Wow.... Amazing how your day will suddenly change when you come upon a situation you can help with. Especially when you do such a good thing that no one knows about but you.
Well, lets hope not ;~D
The whole incident only lasted about 5 minutes. But we did have a good feeling about helping the horse, especially since everything came out OK. I was so afraid she'd break a leg, and wondered IF that happened who'd have gotten the blame, rightly or wrongly.
Becky
Cattle guards would scare the crap out of me. They aren't seen here, but I saw them in Eastern WA where I went to school.
Their pretty common here. But I would not reccommed it for horses. To me horses learn from experience, and for them to learn about cattle gaurds...well...that is scary.
The pony we lost years ago, went across a cattle guard. We tracked him to it, and found his tracks on the other side. But it was in a fenced area of 4000-5000 acres. We don't know what happened to him:(. He was very small...coyotes...he also was shoed, so someone finding him might have kept him...he may still be there:)
Becky
Around here my first call would be to the police because of theft. Then I would go looking. I never though about people hiding or dumping horses before. They do it with dogs though so....
A little sorrel mare ended up in my yard, with saddle and bridle. The bit, O ring snaffle was broke. The one ring had pulled apart. I was just about to put her in the barn, and call someone, when this gentleman walks up the driveway. He had blood all over his face. He had been riding in the woods, the bit broke, and she took off. I offered to call for help, but the only thing he requested was another bit. I gave him a long shank snaffle,and he was on his way. The next day, he returned the bit, as I found it on my porch. Never did find out how he made out with the head cut.
Out here the first step when an animal is missing is to call the sheriff's department and animal control. The newspapers will run found ads for free so that's the third call. I don't think there are many people out here who would hide and keep a stray horse, just hold it long enough for owners to show up or animal control to pick it up. Any one doing that would be in real serious trouble with the law since cattle rustling and horse thievery are crimes with prison attached.
A good many horses who get loose out here will join a wild horse band. There is a band further east that I've taken pictures of (well part of it) that has what has to be a purebred Arab mare running with it.
deaconjim, still praying for your family and checking in frequently to see if a foal has showed up.
Absolutely. I would want to see proof of ownership which might be why I would try to find the owner through others. I mentioned it previously but my owner had me take pics of Okie when he came in. Plus I have his baby pictures:') ( I haven't registered him yet because I hate to give them up. They are so cute:') With Sarah Lee she didn't even bother to remind me because I take pictures of everything they do but I could desribe both of them too a Tee:')
Why do you have to give up his baby pictures to register him???
Are you speaking of the pictures on his papers? If so they mail them back to you when you transfer them to your name. They don't make new ones, your name will just be put on the bottom.
Speaking of papers and registering, I finally got around yesterday to sending in the stud report for Rock and Belle. A bit late:)
Becky
I'm still trying to figure a cattle guard out at the lake when we get the horses there. I wanted to be able to ride to a country store and eat breakfast that is near where we come out. About 3 miles. You could actually see them while eating. About 2 miles out is a guard though and no space or gate to go around. Eddie said after we get there he would ask the owner if he could block a gate . Besides getting permission to get on others property I don't know how to cross it. We thought about a board or bar in the ditch that we could postion to cross but that's a lot of on and off and a lot of weight on a "bridge" Oh well, it "ain't gonna" happen right now anyway:'(
Yeah . The papers you gave me with his pictures. I thought they kept them, and I wanted them.
If there isn't a gate, you really wouldn't want to take them across a cattle guard unless the whole thing was completly covered and the cover secure, and even then I would try that, but that's me, Cattle guards are dangerous. No two ways about it.
Becky
Oh no, I'm sorry I didn't explain that. You send them in with the transfer. At the bottom of the papers there are some blank lines to write in the names of owners as he changes hands. They put the new owners name there and mail them back to you. Unless they're lost the horse keeps the same set of papers his whole life.
Becky
I remember when I set in the first set of papers I ever got on a papered horse. It pissed me off that my name was at the bottom, and the breeders name still at the top:) Took me a while to get use to that:), I didn't like "sharing".
Becky
Not that I would ever do this on a cattle guard. But laying things like ply wood, and tarps on the ground or good excerises to put your horse over. Those are things that in the Trail Class at shows you have to do sometimes. It's a good way to help your horse learn to trust your judgement about boogers. I've done that with some of my horses. Lead them first, then graduate to rideing them over. You never know when/what you'll come across on real trails.
Becky
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