The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread EIGHT

See our "who's who" page! ^

[HairOfTheDog]

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - Who's Who *pics*

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 MissTargets will now be pinging everyone most mornings. Let MissTargets 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.

Previous threads:

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - thread ONE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread TWO!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread THREE!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FOUR
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FIVE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SIX
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SEVEN

New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!

[Duchess47]

LOL - well, I figure when I end up in the poor house, I can at least say I had a couple of nice horses. And, I have to admit, hubby is having a ball.

[CindyDawg]

That's what it is all about.

[HairOfTheDog]

I think if I had to pick just one of the babes, it'd be Lacey, But I sure like Josey... She's marked really nicely now that she's done shedding out and we can tell what she is ;~D.

And True Quest sure looks like a nice English Horse. :~D

[HairOfTheDog]

I think hubby will get around to updating these maybe Friday when he's off :~D

[Duchess47]

I think he deserves it, after all the years he's worked, to be able to put that energy into playing. This is something he's always wanted to do :) (He retired from three different jobs)

[CindyDawg]

I don't know what it is about Lacey but doesn't her pictures just scream "little girl".?

[Duchess47]

Lacey is my favorite too. I like her color and really like her conformation. I'm hoping someone buys Quest who wants to show him as a Hunter/Jumper or dressage. He's huge already but not heavy and he has such a great mind and disposition. Very willing guy.

You know, it's one of those things where you really want him to go to a home where he's loved and well taken care of but you see all this potential that you want to see explored also.

[Duchess47]

No hurry on my part - that's a lot of updating. I just posted all the pictures because I figured I'd be in trouble with the picture police :) if I didn't.

[Duchess47]

And she's a little terror. We are hoping now that she's being weaned, she'll develope some of her dad's personality and become a little more laid back.

[CindyDawg]

Some guys were looking at the Appy stud yesterday and I'm thinking don't buy him yet. I think something is wrong with him though.

[Duchess47]

If you think something is wrong with him there probably is. I've found that I can tell what horses not to buy no matter what but I can't verbalize it. It's like I know what it should look/behave like but I can't put my finger on what's off. Then when Bob says "he's cow hocked" or whatever, I say to myself, yep - that's it.

Sometimes it's something that can be fixed with diet or training, or overlooked depending on what you are buying for, but sometimes it's best to run real fast the opposite direction.

[RebaJ]

I know

[CindyDawg]

night, yall

[tuffydoodle]

Good grief, you've got a mess of beautiful horses! If I had to choose the prettiest, I couldn't do it.

I think, with Tuffy's loud markings, he needs to be in a costume class with someone dressed as an American Indian.

[tuffydoodle]

"Usually she comes right to me . Tonight she ran away from me. She has never done that before"

She was showing off.

[linkinpunk]

You are correct. Our Arab has bloodlines of Bey Shaw Bay, Bey El Bey and Khimosabi.

Thanks to you, I do know how to post pics. Now I have to figure out which one of four computers has pictures of our horses on them.

And if none, I will have to find some pics to scan in.

My life is so complicated. :-(

[MissTargets]

Good Morning everyone! Your morning ping will come from me, as Becky is taking a break. For some of you that we have not heard from in awhile, how about a "howdy", and let us know how things are going.

Duchess, the foals have turned out very nice. What a herd! We have been having some beautiful weather lately. Very strange for North East Ohio. It is suppose to all change this weekend. Oh, Biscuit is probably around 15.2.

[HairOfTheDog]

Good morning... I just got woken up by the dog barking at 4:30... who I think was hearing something out in the barn. I got up and opened the door to listen, and at first nothing, then a horrendous banging of a gate and a couple thuds.

Now... It could have been the pony doing her annoying banging on the gate, but it's early for that, and it sounded different. The thuds were new. So I go out there and flip on the light, and Bay and Cyn are staring at me, the pony is standing in the middle of her stall looking odd. She's shaking a little... and she's shaking her head a couple times a minute. She won't approach me.

I went in there and she's ~hot~. Hot under her blanket, hot at her neck. She's still shaking her head, and the bedding is disturbed by the gate and she has shavings all over her.

She ~can~ move around, but doesn't want to, and I fussed around her. I got the feeling she's cooling off. I spent several minutes trying to figure out if she's sick or what.

My best guess now is that she got herself cast against the wall with the gate on it and got stuck and the last commotion I heard was when she got herself unstuck. I think the head shaking was her recovering from whackin' her head.

I refilled her water and gave them all hay.... she hadn't started eating hers when I left, but she was standing by it.... still havent ruled out that she's colicky and that's why she rolled and got cast in the first place. Gonna go out in a minute here and check her again and see if she decided to eat.

at 5 in the morning...

[HairOfTheDog]

Can't wait to see pictures! Our horses are probably distantly related. I had posters of Khemosabi++++ on my walls when other young girls had pictures of Sean Cassidy and Donny Osmond.

[HairOfTheDog]

Is Becky on your list? I bet she isn't, if you're using her list ;~D

Here's my pony this morning.... Trouble maker or sick pony? The jury is still out.