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Posted on 03/21/2005 7:18:04 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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Oh dear. Hope she's OK.
She's eating hay now still... I don't think she's colicked. I think she's just tired.
Heh, I can understand that. Maybe you should make a ~big~ pot of coffee for her?
And just for entertainment's sake, give some to the pony too?
Gosh, I hope Cyn is ok. Might be the excitement of the camping trip. ;')
Shank length is limited at AQHA shows. Did you ever see riders having to drop their bridles,after performing in reining classes?
Hey Hair, that long acting tranquilizer has worked wonders to keep Winnie quiet. She seems perfectly normal but I know that she's not, normally she would be bouncing around the stall wanting out with her buddies. It really might be worth looking into for Pony, for a little help with training.
I have not gotten the Appaloosa Journal/News for a long time, don't know if that rule changed or not. That reminds me, I still have all those magazines in my basement. Dating from the 70's...lol
That tranquilizer would be a good tip! She's just often so ~nervous~... a little bit of something that would make her not worry herself into a panic might get us over the major hurdles, when and if we ever seriously try to get her trained.
Appaloosas can be a heartbreak to breed for show... You put a whole year of waiting, and really hope for color... but sometimes you get really nice horses that would be show quality but for the lack of one spot. Paints are the same way, color breeds are just such a gambler's wager.
At paint shows, I ~believe~ all the solids are separated into their own classes, but they can be just as competitive. The offspring of Paints, once outcropped from regular QH and TB stock, can't be returned to AQHA registry even when they are solid and indestinguishable from any other plain brown QH.
It'd be worth a try, that's for sure. If nothing else, it'll help keep the handler safe from a nervous horse that might get panicky during training.
Yeah - you could make a lot of progress in a month... course... it'd stink if she woke up after the month and didn't remember any of what she learned stoned ;~D
LOL I didn't even think of that.
The flat mouth piece bits I have seen still have a port, or arch in the middle for tongue relief. The one in the picture did too, but they had the flat part turned up vertically so you could see it's width and it made it hard to see the port.
Pony tryin' to reach an itch...
And this is me itching the spot for her... she's playing lip popping games but I didn't quite capture it on film ;~D
I love that look they get on their faces when you scratch a really GOOD spot. :o)
than it does here...
Doesn't even look like the same horse. She was a little furball before. Now she's looking a little more feminine. She'll be a year old the end of May.
I clipped Blade too and he looks alot better. All those parts and cowlicks are gone, but now you can see a dark mark left on his side from an old cut. There's another one along the top of his back too. It'll always be dark like that, but at least it's hidden by the saddle.
She's not close to the same color at all! She's blue when she's clipped! Will she stay red in winter or is she turning greyer with each coat change?
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