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ParticipantThe hitch point is actually just behind the axle, just a tab long enough to allow the coupler to turn.
ParticipantThat’s the only pic I have right now. I can get some more maybe later this week. Currently they are selling @ $4,500.00.
One local man has cut a million board feet with one and is on the 3 rd engine.
ParticipantI have a horse that I raised & trained that began doing this on his own.
I first noticed it after about a 6 mile drive when I pulled up under a big oak to let them breathe.
He was wanting to go but after a few verbal commands to whoa he just pranced in place. I just kept reinforcing the verbal whoa. After a few more drives he discontinued this behavior.
I’ll try to not make a big deal of the little things allowing time to work through it. If I don’t make a big deal the horses don’t make a big deal and that undesirable stuff fades away quickly.
ParticipantI put them on the merry go round a few days
along with ground driving
ParticipantHi Stacie,
One thing that you can do is use some long lines with your saddle.I usually run the lines through the stirrups but you can buy some snap to put a ring in a more convenient place. This will help get your training going until you can get a harness.
I also have the books mentioned in the above post and refer to them regularly.
Some folks might poo poo the idea, but nylon harness can be purchased on an economy budget as well. Just know what size ya need.
The rule I use is when the horse is in harness I drive them from behind. If they are are unharnessed or saddled then I will lead them.
The one difference in saddle training is many folks get the horse facing them. that works against ya in the driving. Get in a pen or some place where ya can keep em forward & moving. It will only take a day or 3 and you’ll be driving figure 8’s.
Don’t forget to look at the other advice already given.
Good Luck.
ParticipantParticipantOver the past couple of years I have seen many reports from Rod44, as well as the another horse Bob had going. They were all top notch stock the kind that many folks would hope to own and drive.
I gave Rod a little friendly static about the not being halter trained part costing extra.:D
I wouldn’t be afraid to buy anything these folks have been using.
ParticipantSome years back I had a similar instance.
I was living in southern Colorado and a man from northern New Mexico brought me 5 geldings to start under saddle.
I had a pretty good sized area there to turn them out in. On the other side of the fence where I located the stock tank was a hog pen.
The 3rd morning after the hogs arrived I went outside to see one f the geldings looking gaunt and on the verge of colic.
I called the owner in New Mexico to discuss the options. He wasn’t happy about a vet bill. I was standing outside talking on the cordless phone looking at the horses when it dawned on me.
I told the owner I’d call him back in a while. I took some of those plastic barrels cut in half and filled them with water. All the horses came and took a long drink a good distance from the hog pen.
I was able to call the owner and explain the problem and the solution.
We both agreed with the horses.
We don’t like to drink with pigs either.
ParticipantI know of some folks who had a colt that had only dropped one. They had hoped to use this stallion as a breeder.
The sent the horse to a vet in Littleton, Co. Where they used a scope to find and remove the retained teste. The dropped one was left in tact. The horse is currently used as a breeder.
Now a few studies suggest that it is hereditary. I’ve read mountains of published reports on the subject. There is enough evidence to suggest that studies leaning either way are conclusive. So I suppose it just a matter of what you choose to beleive.
As I recall the surgery in Littleton was $800.00 for the scope and at that time wasn’t normal proceedure.
ParticipantHowdy Rod, good to see ya found this place.
ParticipantGiven what the date is it very well could be a hoax.
Checking here http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing_room/executive_orders/ I can find no such order.
Of course if they are monitoring this site I doubt they would find anything wrong.
It would be an opportunity to expose some facts about their organazitions.
ParticipantThe poles I use are made from steel square tubing and are used on various vehicles and pinned to a receiver as described.
So yes it can be done.
ParticipantA New Hampshire lawmaker scrapped mandatory horse licensing legislation after angry horse owners protested the measure on grounds that it would be financially burdensome.
The bill, HB 427, required owners to obtain licenses for each of their horses age 4 months and older at a cost of $25 per horse. Proof of rabies vaccination by a licensed veterinarian was a requirement for getting such a license. Municipal animal control departments, the state’s general fund, and the state veterinarian’s fund would share in revenues.
The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Carla Skinder rescinded the legislation on Tuesday after more than 100 horse owners attended a state House of Representatives hearing on bill. She was unavailable for comment.
Opponents claimed that the combined cost of license, veterinarian’s fees, and vaccines, would total $75 per horse, pinching owners and putting horses at risk.
“It was originally intended to address the unwanted horse issue, but it would probably make matters worse,” said New Hampshire Horse Council President Laurie Weir.
Others worried the bill would encourage future legislation to reclassify horses as domestic animals.
“That can affect all sorts of farm and agricultural issues,” said farm operator Kimberly Carlton. “It’s a very slippery slope.”
New Hampshire law prohibits Skinder from reintroducing the bill until 2011.
ParticipantThe government is coming at us from every conceivable angle to regulate us to death.
Fight it, refuse it stand your ground.
ParticipantI saw that over on the mule skinners forum….. Nice!
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