... that I wouldn't want to ride because one never knows when the fear (instead of the trust and partnership) issue will come through. I really do not want a...
... Whenever I am inspired to clean the tack room (which isn't often enough), I try to put everything still usable, but I don't want or need, into a box and...
I would be very careful going into a stall with this mare. Things happen real fast and she could get you in a corner or up against a wall and let you have it...
... I feel the same way!! This is the most miserable winter!! My patients tell me this is the worst in 21 years. And it snowed again last night - that means...
brrr -- colder than even that March clinic, huh Bonnie? We in more northerly climes forget that you guys get ice storms down there... bundle up and hope it...
In a message dated 1/30/2005 10:30:01 PM Mountain Standard Time, ... trotting! Mostly they are horses who are being trained (or worked with) by their owners...
I have seen lots of dogs that liked to do a step pace (big flaw in dog showing circles!) It is actually not too unusual esp in dogs that are built with bodies...
With the weather sooooo bad, cold, and damp. I bought some straw bales for my horses to munch on thru the day. Since I live in the desert, I don't have...
Sherry, What exactly have you done to try to correct her? I think she may be showing the sort of dominance she would to another horse at her age (getting a...
Harley does not, to my knowledge, ever rack -- but he does fox trot and sometimes hard trot, and he has a dynamite flat walk. Does this help in the gait...
... <<Sage advice Jeannie....I agree with you 100 per cent and hope Sherry reads this through several times. Elva<< I don't know about Sherry, but I'm going to...
Spring? with 8 inches of new snow, temps down to 8 last night, predicted high of 30 today, I am READY -- only what, 3 more months of winter here? ugh, and to...
Elva, and everyone, the flipped back hoof is actually seen in just about any of the easy gaits, so it isn't really a good clue. It has to do with the sort of...
... With the weather sooooo bad, cold, and damp. I bought some straw bales for my horses to munch on thru the day. Since I live in the desert, I don't have...
In a message dated 2/1/2005 8:59:52 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, desertduty@... writes: Does this sound like a good practice? I have heard of doing this...
... You know what my mistake was? I saw the flipped up hind foot, two feet on the ground and though "saddlerack" - didn't look any further! Duh...*bg* Looking...
... Sherry reads this through several times. ... Thanks for saying that, Elva! I cringed the whole time I was typing that reply, figuring most people would...
i most definitly go in a stall with the horse being aggressive, you have no way of escape!!!! only in a pen where you can get under the fence if you have to. ...
I feed straw in addition to hay in the real cold weather so they have something in front of them all the time. our straw has some hay in it because we had...
... Is that 'stringy' T & A a "florida" thing or is it a seasonal thing/ When I have PJ, the old half arab mare, she would pick out all the bits of alfalfa...
... Every week or so I scatter a couple of bales of straw or grass hay over my three acre dry lot to give the five horses out there something to "graze" on...
I can not condone this type of training.. not one part of it... you do not Whup her till you cant breathe anymore, it will not get the response you are...
Is there someone who could explain the variances or similarities in the gaits between a TWH, RMH, KMH, SSH and Missouri Fox Trotter? If this is too big a...
... Is that 'stringy' T & A a "florida" thing or is it a seasonal thing/ When I have PJ, the old half arab mare, she would pick out all the bits of alfalfa...
... Hey Susan, This is exactly what we have been doing for the past several years. Our straw is usually oat or wheat straw and I feed alfalfa morning and...
... the ... Sorry John but there are far too many people on this list and many of them new to horses for you to use "metaphorical" statements like these....
