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Jean
ParticipantWow, sounds like a great day! You must be proud of everybody!
ParticipantYes, Patrick, it was tongue in cheek!
ParticipantI had 3 box stalls that were open to the pasture. This worked great when I had 2 horses that got along well. They were always in the same stall together. Then I brought Bess the percheron mare home and all heck broke loose. She does not want to share anything with anyone and she just about killed Zeke, the older light horse, by getting him trapped in the stall and kicking the snot out of him. I ended up having to shut all the doors, which meant they did not have any way to get out of the heat, away from the bugs, or in from the rain. I then figure out I could take the wall out between two of the stalls, and they would have 2 ways out. I keep the other stall door shut and put Zeke in at night. If I need to work with both Bess and Kruiser I can tie them in the big stall and harness or brush them.
I guess the moral of this story is to know that your horses will get along if there is anyway that one can block the only exit and kick at the same time.
Jean
ParticipantHis dog is fine from what I have read. He is at a local vets being treated, but seems to be ok from the trauma. Bob will get him back as soon as he can.
Jean
ParticipantWe can be a bit slow, but we are hard workers. Thanks for the explanation.
ParticipantHe walks around with a pocket load of cow cake.
Ok, I am from the East, so please tell me what cow cake is and how can any cake be carried in my pocket? I love cake!
Jean
ParticipantWelcome Gordon. Pictures of the Halflingers please.
JeanParticipantThat is one of the funniest jokes I have read in a long time. Perfect timing too, I was on the phone with one of my customers who sells wine. Read it to him and he thought it was good enough to post in his store.
Jean
ParticipantI am lucky my horses can not be seen from the road. I get calls every now and then about a person that drives around looking for horses, cows, camels, etc that do not appear to have water or hay, she complains to the powers that be. Funny if she had the courage to just stop in at some of the farms she has turned in, she would see that the water is there, you just have to enter the barn to see it! She goes out early, so if the horses are not fed early enough for her, she complains.
ParticipantA lot of the top trainers use them. You can find information on Monty Robert’s, Clinton Anderson, and Pat Parelli’s websites, to name a few. They all have videos too. Oh, and they have all written a ton of books. Very good marketers work for these men. Just remember to take what you want and leave the rest.
ParticipantMy wife says this is all very boring
My favorite training sessions are the boring ones. I don’t need the excitement of my horse flipping out because I missed a step.
Connie looks interested in what you are doing and she also looks like she is being good.
Can’t wait to see her hooked up. Maybe that fat cat would like to go for ride too.
Jean
ParticipantI think the difference here is that we all have some common sense, if we didn’t our animals would have killed us a long time ago. I know that my 9 lb min pin can not stay out any longer then it takes her to pee and poop in this weather, or she would freeze to death. However those of you with dogs that have the right fur and family history, you know your dogs will be comfortable in the cold.
I used to drive over Bethel Mtn a couple times a week for my job and there was a large very fuzzy dog that was tied to his dog house by the edge of the road, that dog was there if it was 90 or -10, he did not seem any more uncomfortable in either temp. I miss seeing that dog.
As was mentioned, people are getting too far removed from animals. My step-daughter was complaining to me that her mother served them a turkey from Misty Knoll in New Haven. She was freaked out because she had seen the barn that they were raised in. I tried to reason with her that it is better to see the barn that you are eating from, then not. Fat lot of good that did me, when she reminded me I wouldn’t eat that turkey or any other turkey. Sometimes kids are too smart for their own good!
ParticipantWell, she comes into heat the instant another horse comes onto the property, so once she has kicked down the wooden fence, run over the metal gates, or plowed through the hot rope, she just says hello, ain’t I something to look at? There is some squealing, running around and biting, but nobody has gotten hurt too bad. A couple of surface wounds because she was being so mareish, she did not mind Kruiser biting her butt. Thank goodness he is a gelding! Maybe I should stop telling her how pretty she is and what a beautiful butt she has. It has all gone to her head.:o
Participanthttp://www.draftanimalpower.com/showthread.php?t=254 Here is the link for the blinder talk. It is under horses, second page.
ParticipantWhen I have brought home a new horse I have tried to separate them, but my Percheron will have none of that. She takes down any fence she has to in order to introduce herself. I have tried hot, wood, metal gates, I guess she figures if she goes fast enough it won’t hurt for long. Funny she never tests the fence once they are all together.
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