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Posted on 02/24/2006 9:12:25 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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.
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Thanks for the pics :~D
Love those cliffs, and familiar with mud :~D
Where was Blade?
Blade lost 3 nails out of his shoe and we were afraid it would come off so he stayed in camp with my husband.
He was there, he just had a loose shoe. He got rode on Saturday afternoon after they set up camp.
oops, you already answered.
Well, a loose shoe wouldn't have stayed on in that mud. Good call. :~D
We had a nice ride Saturday, rode about 2 hours. Blade did great for not being ridden since November. It was fun to ride Jake, he is such a good old horse. On the afternoon ride Frog and I went on we stopped at a creek crossing and Grace was drinking, Jake decided he was not thirsty so he just stood there. When Grace was done we decided to head on, I said to Jake "OK Jake lets go" he then put his head down like he was going to drink. We thought it was funny but maybe just a coincidence so I tested it 2 or 3 more times. Each time I said "OK Jake lets go" his head went down to the water, he never took a drink but wanted us to think he was so we would not go on.
Heh... now that's thinkin' :~D
Those are great pictures:)
Horses can sure figure out how to get out of working can't they:)
Rusty use to do that, he'd stop ate EVERY little bit of water and act like he was going to drink, he was always stopping to scratch his face on his leg too. Took me a while to figure out that was a ruse:)
Becky
Some number of months ago I posted that the pony was obsessive on the salt lick, would lick for hours on end, and was in turn, drinking a ton and peeing the same amount. She was turning her stall into a swamp in just one night in.
Well, I took the salt block away from all of them for awhile, just to see if I could break the habit.
A few weeks ago, I saw Bay digging and nibbling dirt, as he's done every once in awhile before. He digs a big hole and licks the bottom of it... I always suspect it's a salt/mineral thing he's craving when he does this, so we bought a salt/mineral block and put it in the paddock on Saturday. All of them went after it at first, the two horses licking at it awhile and then leaving it.
The pony, however, has gone right back to staying at it for hours. She's barely been out to graze today, and then only when one of the other horses ran her off the block.
Look how much is eaten just since Sat. She's rounded off all the corners, she just bites big chunks off with her teeth in addition to licking it.
Unless you know of a health risk immediate with ODing on a salt mineral block, I've sortof decided to let it play out for a few days, just in case she's really deficient and will eventually reach a level where she's not craving it. I'm skeptical about that though. Maybe she'll tire of it... maybe she'll wear all the skin off her tongue and quit then.
It's just a relatively new behavior, salt blocks that size used to last me a year.
Like Bay limping on the lunge....
I can't believe people let horses get in this kinda shape. He's probably just been turned out in a pasture with a buncha cows and left to fend for himself. He's either been eating hay out of a hay ring or eating through a fence because his mane is pulled out in the middle. He seems like a nice horse. I've got no idea how old he is, but he's got a kind eye and seems to have a nice disposition.
He had this halter on when he got here but he's very easy to catch. We've called around all over the place trying to find out who he belongs to, but so far nobody knows anything. I've left word at the local vet's and at the animal shelter and have also put FOUND ads in two of the local papers that should start to run tomorrow. If somebody claims him, I think I'm gonna report them to the humane society for cruelty. The lady at the shelter seemed to think that somebody just turned him loose because they've been cracking down on cruelty cases here lately and have seized several horses and issued some fines. She said I could bring him there if I didn't want him. She's got several others that she's seized. I don't know what I'll do. Just play it by ear I guess. Right now he's just running in the pasture with my bunch, getting treated like a redheaded stepchild, but I feed him when I feed mine so he probably thinks he's died and gone to heaven. I'm sure he's wormy as the dickens but I'm afraid to worm him for fear of overloading his system. I'll have to ask the vet if it's ok. Sheesh! All I need is another horse to feed!
Sorry to post and run, but I gotta head to the barn. I'll letcha know the latest developments tomorrow....
Gosh - good work on taking him in and doing right by him! I really respect that, for his sake, you know my heart... and also for the sake of the public, he's a danger to life and limb allowed to wander in the road. He probably finally escaped from somewhere when every last bit of forage was gone and he was desperate.
He doesn't look like he'd be a bad looking animal with some care in him.
So.... now what :~D
Oh geeze... look at the hip on him back there. Poor thing.
how sad:(. Poor guy. Glad you are willing to take him in.
Becky
I think he's a rather good looking feller. Who needs a horse in this group.... oh yeah - Beaker!
She's telling you, that you aren't getting this one :')
What breed would you guess he is?
Becky
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