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Jasmine wrote:
Also, Draco…what the heck? Whomever has been accusing you of lying about yourself is not being very nice, not cool.
To that person, I am disappointed that someone here would be so callous and thoughtless as to say such things. I am sure Draco gets enough of that crap in daily life, he sure as hell doesn’t need it here! And yes, I am angry. I realize that you may not have known his situation, but now that you do, perhaps an apology to him privately would be in order.
Kyrin
Ditto, not cool!!
Here! Here!! what they said. ❗
Dracomancer wrote:hes the largest horse there and im the smallest guy and only one with long hair..so yeah we stick out..escpecially when the bugger decides to play tag and chases me across the turn out area
nother picture of knightwish with me…hes chewing on my coat in this pic…/sigh the day he starts acting his age instead of like a colt..i will be thrilled lol
hes a 17hh TB warmblood cross and the vet estimates his age to be 16 hes a rescue horse
When I stand next to my 17h’ers withers, uh, I can’t see over them, not even from tippie toes. From the picture of you two above, you look like you have me by a few inches in height.
Mine was also a rescue, sorta. TB Racing industry … your typical bovine manuer. Short of the long, he was almost 3 and VERY underweight, a result of being tossed out into a scrub pasture to rot.
Unfortunately for me and my pipsqueak height, I feed well and he had another couple of growth spurts. 😯
16h and I get nosebleeds. WTH was I thinking?!
Hoofer wrote:In regards to the discussion pertaining to dumb animals:
Considering the whammy this thread took ….
Humans can be very dumb animals themselves.
For the record, sheep and barnyard turkeys have my vote for being dumber than a box of rocks…I’ve seen turkeys drown in a hard rain because they look up to see where that water is coming from, it runs into their nostrils, and viola` one dead dumba$$ bird. Sheep aren’t much better. My vet hates them. I was thinking about getting a sheep or goat as a pasture buddy for a couple of my older horses. The vet gave me the hairy eyeball, and said consider a mini instead. So, what does that tell you? 😕
On a bright note, we bred one of our Arab mares this afternoon. She’s the tallest of my herd at 15.3. I’m hoping she’ll catch and go out of season before I have to leave on Thursday. I’ve been assigned up in Stratford CT for a couple of days on a new equipment start up. Normally we’d breed every other day for as long as the mare will stand, usually five to seven days. I might have to make a small adjustment to thta this time around…..everybody think pink! (for a filly, not a dragon! 😈 ) If anyone lives up near there, let me know… 😀
Goats smell worse than sheep, and they can sound like a medieval torture session’s in progress, but sheep are way dumber. Our neighbor was a sheep farmer; when he retired a goat farmer took over the facilities.
Before the both of them, there were cows in the barn next to us. I don’t think they’re dumb, just absent-minded.Dracomancer wrote:you should see him when he rears when im leadin ghim sometimes…his height is amazing 😆
Mine could easily take me horse skiing if he wanted to, but I am a real stickler for manners. So no rearing or playing or whatever allowed when I am leading him.
Some days when he’s fresh feeling, he might do a jig, but a little jiggle from the lead and he settles right down.
Now, when he’s on his own turf and playing (read bothering the girls) oh yeah, that rearing is impressive. First time I saw him rear, I froze in awe.
He doesn’t have much in the way of good herd manners, which is typical for his upbringing, so he can be a real PITA to the girls. He’s also in his teenage/stupid years and eats as much as the both of them combined, so they’re normally in seperate pastures.
Because he is so goofy, he’s pulled some hum-dingers that leave me in stitches.
The girls eat out of your standard, heavy duty, rubber ground feeder buckets. Some days I have to go find one after he’s been turned out with them. This day though …. the boss mare was standing there watching him, probably thinking, “There’s no food in there, what are you doing?” She was barely a horse distance (her length, not his) away looking right at him as he proceeded to pick it up with his teeth. After a few test shakes with it, he flipped his head up very rapidly and proceeded to konk himself right between the eyes with it. Oh yeah, he was surprised and I couldn’t help but laugh.
He did that twice then stood there for a moment looking at her, looking at him.
I kid you not, the look on his face turned into pure mischeviousness as he perked his ears towards her and did a sideways fling at her with that bucket, not letting it go.
He missed her by a whisker.
😆 Hoofer!
How often do you guys ride? I feel guilty when I can’t go out everyday, but some days it’s just not possible, and right now, it’s often so windy in the afternoons that we end up not riding 🙁
Naree is really fun, and we’ve had more good rides, but I’ve figured out that she’s the opposite of barn sour (what my aunt calls “arena sour”). She’s so happy to go, but when she realizes that we’re staying in the yard, she often gets pissy (not always). When we go out, she is happy until she thinks we’re heading back home, then the contrariness crops up again. What a goose. 🙄
boskydragon wrote:😆 Hoofer!
How often do you guys ride? I feel guilty when I can’t go out everyday, but some days it’s just not possible, and right now, it’s often so windy in the afternoons that we end up not riding 🙁
Naree is really fun, and we’ve had more good rides, but I’ve figured out that she’s the opposite of barn sour (what my aunt calls “arena sour”). She’s so happy to go, but when she realizes that we’re staying in the yard, she often gets pissy (not always). When we go out, she is happy until she thinks we’re heading back home, then the contrariness crops up again. What a goose. 🙄
Mua? As often as I can. There are a lot of factors that crop up that I swear are deliberate attempts to keep me from being on a horses back.
The primary concern right now is the heat index. The weather person is happy to report that we’re in the average, high 90’s, except that they take that temperature from the shade. The actual temperature is [goes to get the laser reader] 140 +/- F in the sun, 4 pm eastern.
Prime time for riding is crack of dawn until about 10 am or if you prefer evenings, 5pm til comfort level of darkness based on the moon phases.
Not to mention that we’re having a pretty bad drought this year. Though it keeps the bugs that I’m deliberately not mentioning down, I really would rather the pastures get some water on them.
Pretty soon I’ll have to deal with high humidity, which is pretty stifling in and of itself. Then (hopefully) when the rain patern becomes more favorable, the risk of lightening strikes from the storms cease a lot of evening riding.
All in all, the best time to ride in this state is in the winter.
As for personalities when riding, I consider myself a very lucky person since I have three I can choose from. The Girls, as I like to call them, have been with me since they each were 2 yrs of age, with a 4 year difference between them. Since I started them myself and they have been with me all along, they know me and I know them and I can pick either one for a nice relaxing ride.
The oldest of my girls has taught so many people how to ride that it is uncountble now. The younger of the girls … MINE !!! Call me stingy. Though I could, I’ve never let another ride her and yes, she really is my favorite ride of the three.
I wouldn’t guilt yourself to much boskydragon. Enjoy every moment you can. That’s what I’ve learned to do. 8)
~Hoofer
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