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[Kickin' up dirt]

I rode Storm down the dirt rode a lot last night.He was good,galloping like there was no tomorrow.Until he wanted to start going his way.

[Tyki-Pon]

Good news and bad news! I somewhat found out why Wulfghar(my draft) keeps tripping! Hes a rope walker! every third step or so his left front foot crosses infront of his right. And to stoop him from trupping, i must be on the diagonal all the time(kinda hard on a circular track though...) so Dressage makes him better. But for the bad news.... Somebodys coming out thrusday to look at him.

[BlingBling]

I discovered Amigo enjoys sprinklers xD

[sunny*days*ahead]

Aw! Your siggy pic of him with the sprinklers is so cute! 8D

[BlingBling]

I have even cuter swimming ones!



Sorry they're so huge xD My ponies like swimming!

[Sadie~Bronson~252]

About the Therapeutic Riding place, WOW, that's a little bit paranoid. Maybe they should just let you show them how much you really know.

Some stables have strict rules, but at mine, we mess around all the time. It's a trail stables, so I have to work with people who have no idea how to ride all the time, but when we don't, we're doing stupid stuff with the horses, like pretending to ride the Mini (she's about 7 hh, so we can stand over her.), having bareback races out on the trails, trying to mount in creative ways (vaulting on over the back, climbing from a short horse to a taller horse, etc), riding backwards, standing on the horses, stuff like that. It doesn't really matter what we do, as long as we don't hurt the horses (which we wouldn't, because we're not that dumb.) We also do a little therapeutic riding, and none of our horses are flat broke. We just know what people's levels are at and find horses to fit them. And let me tell you, there's nothing better than seeing a kid who can barely walk get freedom on a horse.

I guess we're not a regular stables. We're pretty laid back, actually. Our horses are laid back with beginners, but know when they have someone experienced on their backs. Thee will gallop if you want them to, and they aren't glued to the trail.

[tanner]

Question:
There is this lady that lives down the road from me, she has 10 horses, 1 is a black horse. He is a Anglo Arabian, now my concern for this horse is that his paddock has no shade, he never gets fed, he has a lot of grass though(not skinny), he has water but it's not very nice..
I have a black/white horse and he gets hot in the summer even though he has shade. We have to cool him down with wet towels sometimes.

My question to you guys, is that lady wrong?

I have tried to tell her and he collapsed last summer and I had to put him in her stables. I had to cool him off because his temperature was nearlly reaching critical.

What advice should I give her and how do you think I should handle the situation. I know that he is not really any of my bussiness but it kills me to see him in the sun

I know this is late but...
I would at least tell somebody. I would be very concerned too... maybe you offer to the lady to build an inexpensive tarp shade frame thing. If you are really serious and worried about the health of the horse, report it to the police, maybe with photo evidence. I mean, it sounds really bad.

[BlingBling]

Question:
There is this lady that lives down the road from me, she has 10 horses, 1 is a black horse. He is a Anglo Arabian, now my concern for this horse is that his paddock has no shade, he never gets fed, he has a lot of grass though(not skinny), he has water but it's not very nice..
I have a black/white horse and he gets hot in the summer even though he has shade. We have to cool him down with wet towels sometimes.

My question to you guys, is that lady wrong?

I have tried to tell her and he collapsed last summer and I had to put him in her stables. I had to cool him off because his temperature was nearlly reaching critical.

What advice should I give her and how do you think I should handle the situation. I know that he is not really any of my bussiness but it kills me to see him in the sun

I know this is late but...
I would at least tell somebody. I would be very concerned too... maybe you offer to the lady to build an inexpensive tarp shade frame thing. If you are really serious and worried about the health of the horse, report it to the police, maybe with photo evidence. I mean, it sounds really bad.

Agreed. Are the others in bad shape, or just that one?

[simply,]

Terrible news! Lanzer a six year old Oldenburg gelding just passed at my old barn! He was so young, but aperantly has a really bad collicing problem. Last night he went into colic and they took him to a near by vet school. He was in so much pain that they decided to put him down, because they did not think he could survive a third colic surgery! A third colic surgery on a six year old... He was an amazing boy with a sweet heart attitude. Yes he was sometimes lazy, but could soar over five foot fences no problem. He had a heart of gold and would always cheer you up with his goofy antics. He was commonly called Scooby-doo because he towered over most horses at 18.2, but was also not the sharpest tool in the shed. We all loved him and he will be sorely missed. How he used to jump out of his paddock every time you walked in another horse. How he managed to rip off his shoe and a good chunk of a his hoof while jumping out of the paddock, but was still ready to do it again hobbling along right after. His heart. His lazy attitude somedays where he would plow through every over with his knees. He was too young and had such a great future ahead of him. The world lost a great horse and jumper, last night.


News on Hero. He suppousably coliced as well. He would found out in the pasture with cuts all over his legs where he had been kicking himself during the night. So he must have been in serious pain.

Two horses in just about two weeks!

[MustangKnight]

Terrible news! Lanzer a six year old Oldenburg gelding just passed at my old barn! He was so young, but aperantly has a really bad collicing problem. Last night he went into colic and they took him to a near by vet school. He was in so much pain that they decided to put him down, because they did not think he could survive a third colic surgery! A third colic surgery on a six year old... He was an amazing boy with a sweet heart attitude. Yes he was sometimes lazy, but could soar over five foot fences no problem. He had a heart of gold and would always cheer you up with his goofy antics. He was commonly called Scooby-doo because he towered over most horses at 18.2, but was also not the sharpest tool in the shed. We all loved him and he will be sorely missed. How he used to jump out of his paddock every time you walked in another horse. How he managed to rip off his shoe and a good chunk of a his hoof while jumping out of the paddock, but was still ready to do it again hobbling along right after. His heart. His lazy attitude somedays where he would plow through every over with his knees. He was too young and had such a great future ahead of him. The world lost a great horse and jumper, last night.


News on Hero. He suppousably coliced as well. He would found out in the pasture with cuts all over his legs where he had been kicking himself during the night. So he must have been in serious pain.

Two horses in just about two weeks!

your barn needs to check your feed or something....