The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread NINE

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[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
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread EIGHT

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

[FrogInABlender]

Seems like I've heard about those before. They're on the upper gums aren't they? If so, then he didn't have one. If they're on the inside of the upper lip, then I didn't get a good look there.

[HairOfTheDog]

[FrogInABlender]

Oh, I see. I didn't get a good look there. I'll check tomorrow and try to get a more squared up side view of him too. I gotta go. It's 8:30 and I haven't eaten supper yet. Talk to y'all tomorrow...

[HairOfTheDog]

Have a good night. :~D

[AnAmericanMother]

Quarter Horse number - ending in "U".

(I found that out the hard way. When I had the old racing QH, I first called the Jockey Club - "That's not a Thoroughbred number," said they. Then I called the Standardbred association. Not a SB number either. Only THEN did I call AQHA . . . I mean, he was almost 17 hh and didn't have a big butt, the last thing on earth I was thinking was QH.)

[CindyDawg]

I'm glad he found you. I don't know if this one here is going to make it. He was down again. He looks like he's putting on weight though. The owner is concerned that he will founder.

[CindyDawg]

Does that hurt?

[HairOfTheDog]

Ah - good tip... I don't know how to interpret the numbers, but I know if you do know, you can tell their birth year from the number.

[HairOfTheDog]

I'm gonna guess they're sedated and maybe novacained up to do it... or they'd never stand still for it to be done precisely. I think tattoos are a bit tender for awhile till they heal.

[estrogen]

I bought a bridle halter combination at the Road to the Horse and for the life of me I can't figure out where the bit attaches. Yours looks great. My rings are really high almost to the nose bande.......what do you think I'm doing wrong?

[HairOfTheDog]

Pinging Becky because it's her halter/bridle combo in the pic, and Frog, because she uses one too.

[CindyDawg]

Hey Tuffy, I tried that drill I saw on TV about getting them to turn to the inside while lunging. I had Sarah Lee doing it. Weird that if I back away she turns inside like she's following me but when I walk towards her she goes to the outside.

Sorry about that LOL

[HairOfTheDog]

Does this pic help?

You can see the bit is attached with short adjustable straps to a ring halfway up the cheek piece.

[estrogen]

Yes that does help....I am going to print that picture and take it with me when I go to the cabin again.
We spent all last week there and it was great. I really wish though that Waylon had a companion down there...I think he gets bored easily. God, am I a softy or what. We rode twice a day and the last day we found a wide creek that he went inot with no problem. I'm so lucky to have bought this horse , he really is something.

[Beaker]

I've seen some skinny horses, but that has to be one of the most skinny that I have ever seen. I'd say that he's about a 1 or a 2. And I feel like 2 is being generous. Sweet god. I hate people who treat horses like that.

[HairOfTheDog]

That sounds terrific, and Waylon sounds like a gem and I'm so glad he's working out so well :~D How terrific that you have your beautiful place to go to.

[Beaker]

I agree with Hair, he has nice conformation from what I can see, a good shoulder, nice clean legs, a proportional topline and bottom line, but a big head, but I think that's simply beacuse he's far too thin. His neck doesn't look like it fits to his shoulder, but again, he's hugely underweight.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I'm sorry, I'm not sure which rings your talking about???

Becky

[CindyDawg]

He may have not been abused by his owners though. Something that happens around here is that horse thieves sometimes abandon horses for some reason. Maybe extra security or something. Sometimes they get out and semi starve . Abuse is probably the main cause but not always.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Good for you Waylon does sound like a great horse:)

Becky