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Posted on 01/02/2007 9:57:39 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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That one at the lower left is going to be a MOOSE.
The top three are quite intent on something, especially the one at the top, who has a very interested tail.
How many boys and how many girls?
Two boys and six girls. I think Bob is going to have the owner/breeder pick out one for us but when I talked to the gentleman last night he said he would send pictures as they grow. I want to pick out one myself :)
"Did I used to look like that?"
What an adorable picture. How can you help not love something like that :)
Miss Ruby sneaked upstairs while I was busy with something. When we discovered her, she was lying in the middle of our bed, bolt upright like a Sphinx and VERY proud of herself . . . she had disemboweled an entire box of Kleenex from my nightstand and scattered the remains of the box and the contents in tiny pieces ALL over the bed. And was chewing on a mouthful to boot.
I wish I'd gotten her picture -- I was laughing too hard, and my husband was swearing, and I was cleaning up the bits and sweeping them into the trash. Her expression was priceless . . . "I did it! It was tons of fun! Want to watch me kill another one?"
I don't mean to change the subject, but just wanted to tell you the new farrier called and he's coming on Fri.
Becky
I think AAM and CD's suggestions were spot on.
But JMO:)
Once again good luck...hope you get it, just so you can tell us all the stories that will go with a job like that:)
Becky
Good... I hope this is the beginning of a beautiful and sound farrier/horse relationship!
Me too:)
Now I have to go scrollup, did I see puppies??:)
Becky
We'll see! - we may not want it... we have a pretty easy life now, not sure I want to get up and be somewhere by 0:dark:30 every morning or work 10 hour days, but if they want a reasonable amount of our time, it has the potential to be really good.
AAM...GREAT picture:) I love it.
D47...cute puppies. Are you getting one?
Becky
I've been watching the saga of Harley and his shoes and imho the farrier is the problem. I sure hope this new one will work out.
Thanks, it was just hard to change after all the years he's been shoeing for me, but now that it is done, I'm feeling a bit positive....
Becky
We had the same farrier for 7 or 8 yrs. He started out great and even kept my mare sound, did corrective shoeing on Sweetie and treated one of the fillies who sliced off part of her hoof and we couldn't get a vet out until the next day. He was a good friend and even attended our wedding. Somewhere along the line, he got stuck and stopped paying attention. The last two years he did our horses, Bob tried and tried to talk to him but he knew it all. We finally had to find another farrier to keep the horses sound and competing.
Thanks! I've had people ask me if he has clydesdale in him. Nope, he's a registered paint.
How is your sister?
Watch this dumb dora and see if you can guess how this ride is going to end up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JEVPtLpbEQ
I uploaded a short video of me working with Bud.
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=tuffydoodle
Hair, the job sounds very interesting. It would be very exciting to work on a Throughbred farm. Good luck with your application.
We had a very similar situation with a farrier who did our work for at least 15 years. Making the call to let him know we needed to go in another direction was difficult, but he just didn't care about his work anymore. And he wouldn't work with the trainer on things needed to help the horses.
I suspect these things, while uncomfortable, are not all that uncommon.
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