Posted on 08/07/2007 7:33:14 AM PDT 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, usually about our horses, sometimes about our dogs, gardens and other stuff we do. :~)
I have a ping list for horse threads that are of interest, and MissTargets will ping everyone most mornings. Let MissTargets and/or me know if you would like to be on the ping list.
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.
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
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread NINE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread TEN
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 11
New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!
LOL!
It needs one of those LOL captions...
I’M IN UR DRAWRS
Are you around. A friend sent Mack a funny video. I can’t figure out how to post it here. You want to send me your e-mail address and I will forward it to you and maybe you can figure out how to post it?
Becky
I am now... ;~) You have mail :~)
You have mail.
Becky
Hey, thanks:) I thought it was an appropriate video for our thread:)
Becky
It’s pretty dang funny... I’m going to send it to my dad. :~)
That poor guy just could not get away from that fence could he:)
I like watching the people in the background, too. They are laughing.
Becky
I wish there would have been sound:)
Becky
You sure that isn’t a frozen horse? Someone is very talented.
That? Is a Big Snake!
But we did it on purpose. No excuses. Space shuttle hadn't been invented yet.
When I worked on a ranch in NE, the kids used to see who could hang on to the electric fence the longest.
In other dumb news, the younger brother of one of my daughter's grade school friends decided he was going to put on the dog's Invisible Fence collar and run through the fence line 'just to see what would happen'. What happened was that the fence was turned up full blast because their dog was a big, dumb, insensitive Golden Retriever with a thick coat -- so the shock knocked the kid right off his feet and he lay there screaming his head off until my daughter and her friend managed to drag him out of range.
He's not likely to do that again any time soon.
We often don't get anything more than a dusting of snow here, but if we have a good snowfall, we're going to try that.
We may only have enough snow to make a small Labrador Retriever . . .
. . . LEEVING U FLEES
I may have an interesting project today.
A friend called last night and said she was trying to ride a fairly new to them 4 yo gelding that was bought for her beginner niece:\
Anyway the horse sounds to me that it’s never been broke. According to my friend the horse has been balking, and yesterday reared up with her, she came off and it knocked her out. She did get back on for a few minutes, but doesn’t remember what the horse did then.
Anyway, she is going to call me this afternoon when she gets home for running some errands, wants me to take a look at him. Sending the horse to a trainer will never happen...so that isn’t viable advise. The only thing I know to do with the horse is try lunging, flexing, and some desensitizing, standing him tied, to start, and see how that works with him. I’ll take my camera. I’m not sure how any thing will work, since I’ve not seen the horse...I’m not going to get hurt, so it all may come to nothing.
Becky
Yikes... well do be careful. It’s really frustrating when people like that end up with the wrong horse.
Well, I trust her judgement in reading a horses personality, and she says the horse doesn’t have wild/mean eyes, etc...to me it sounds like he just doesn’t know what to do. Anyway, I’m going to take a look.
Becky
OK - well I’ll look forward to your report back!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.