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How many horses are in the school? Why is it only mentioning 30 of 73 'STALLIONS' have been or are sick?
I'm wondering why mares aren't mentioned or if there are mares in the school?
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Just my opinion: It's definently him aging and becoming more mature, and you being relaxed, but (and this is just a thought) If he has been improving alot this past week when you've been working him outside, it might just be that he's happier outsid…
I have a just turning nine year old Quarter Horse Gelding. This is my first time owning a young horse. I got him just before he turned 3. Each year he kept growing and getting taller. last year when he turned 8 I saw him fill-out and bulk up. So tha…
Come here and talk about everything. Where people of from different places and who ride different styles, come together! =)
I'm not familiar with what to give horses but there is a couple of people on Barnmice that seem to be more educated . We have a local chiropractor that is wonderful with several kinds of alternative therapy. She does chiro, acupuncture, homeopathy a…
Heather do you ever try homeopathic remedies for yourself or your mini's? If not, I'd like to suggest you check into it. I was doubtful in the beginning of learning about it but now I am SOLD!
What a great pic!!! Everything is looking ready to go.
HI! Somehow I didn't see this message last month?
How did it go? How is it going? How exciting!!!
Balance as a theme word is great! I should adopt that....
Who do you mean by PB? I probably should know but it's not clicking.
I like useing my carrot…
It's wonderful what you are doing here. I love watching and especially like your little buckskin colt...so adorable. Keep up the good work! Odds are in your favor the rest of the foaling season should Go GREAT!! Your facilities are so clean and ever…
Seems logical to me. All mamas are different. Some might be bothered by things that didn't effect others.
NO?
Seems to be a very complicated year for foaling here. I hope things start improving for the rest.
35 min. ago Heather posted, "Ace had a buckskin colt"
What a cute little fella wobbling around trying to get his legs. So cool to see!
Ace has a baby!
I have heard a rule of thumb. Rider and tack should not be over 20% the weight of the horse. So 200lbs on a 1000 lb horse. But I agree with the others that you need to take into consideraton other factors also.
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- About Me:
- I'm the mom of three adult children, happily married to a great guy. I love to travel and recently closed my in home travel agency to pursue my horse passions. Excited about the many horse trails to explore. I love progressing with natural horse techniques on the ground and in saddle.
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- Do you have any pets?
- "CASH" 8 yr old QH and share "Quilombo" son's pitbull
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- Western Riding, General Riding
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- At 12:42pm on March 18, 2010,
Coopersmom_1958 said… - Hi Shirley!! How are things? How's Cash?
It's about the same here for me, no training with Cooper, but hopefully soon be able to get back at it and maybe even start to ride him this year!! We'll see, going to concentrate on lots more groundwork and manners.
I signed up for a Josh Lyons Clinic (audit) in April. It will be my first ever clinic and I am so excited!! I know a few of the women who are going to it so won't feel too out of place LOL My husband is coming with me on the Saturday and I am going for the 3 days, Apr 23-25th. http://www.5starranch.ca/Clinics.aspx Should be so much fun!!
- At 9:51am on February 26, 2010,
Sherry Cassetori said… - Shirley,
I love to jump . When I was 16 I rode western and had a horse. When he died I did not get another horse until I was about 22 Then my husband who I was dating at the time bought me one. We had then gotten married and had children so I did sell him when I was 28. 4 years ago I wanted to take english riding lessons, he said fine but NO horse. Well I guess he saw how much I love it and told me to find one I thought I would like. I did Little Moe. He never complains about how much time I spend at the barn, He is retired but I still work. Having a horse sure makes it easier for him to buy me a christmas present, anything for the horse makes me HAPPY.
- At 3:19pm on February 24, 2010,
Sherry Cassetori said…
- Hey Shirley
I love your horse pictures, Talk about horse love, You can tell the two of you belong together. I am going to the barn to take a lesson. I am showing my boy in May
TTYL
- At 12:29am on February 8, 2010,
cheyenne said… - hey shirley long time no talk!! how have you been?? i havent been on barnmice since i discoverd facebok!! hahah im doing good and so is partytime i havent been riding much latly but i went swiming in the river with the horse and one of my best friends the other day whitch was a lot of fun. it was so deep and it was rite next to the road so everytime a car went past they stoped and talked to us whitch was funny. last weekend a bull got out on the rd at 7 in the morning i went and told the owners who im good friends with and they asked me to help round it up. i was so scarred coz it was as big as party time and wen we started to walk after it. it turned around and charged at us..but party ws so brave and she reared up and attcked it witch probly saved us both. i was so prod of her !! :) well that all ive really been geting up to. hope to hear from you soon
cheyenne
- At 3:25pm on February 5, 2010,
Cheryl said… - Hi Shirley, Cash is sure looking good! Thought I had already sent this note, but can't see it so am sending again. Cheyanne is such a sweetheart...she is the only foal out of that nice 8 y/o mare I had to put down. Like I said, at first I was not pleased to find out the dam was pregnant, but what a gift this girl has turned out to be. And my old T/B mare is also so dear to me. Am so fortunate, and so grateful...
How is Cash these days? Did he heal up well? Cheryl
- At 4:15pm on January 19, 2010,
Catherine said… - Thanks! Yes, he's really friendly! I definately know what you mean. We have a great time riding but I love the quite time we have together. Sometimes I bring a book in his stall to spend time with him but I never get much reading done because he wants all the attention! lol
- At 10:11pm on January 10, 2010,
Geoffrey Pannell said… - Glad to hear Cash is behaving himself for you, we have had 5 days strait of over 35C WITH 3 DAYS OVER 40C so it's dryer that an Afgans sandle here at the moment. Not much horse riding after 9 am just too hot !! Have another youngster to re-start, I broke him in 2 years ago and he's been sitting in a paddock all that time untouched. I'll have to see if I can get some pics up of him later . Took him out on the long reins this morning before it got too hot , went really nicely . The Event season starts in march so I started to do alittle work on Itchy ,having to get up REALLY early to beat the heat . Not doing me any harm though , having a battle with the bulge after xmas hoovering up all the tucker. Cheers Geoffrey
- At 3:20pm on January 8, 2010,
Shirley said…
- It's Friday! The week-end off! I hope you will be able to go for a drive & see your guy.
This week has been 20's (F) as a high & chill at 0 often. Once I'm in the barn it's pretty warm so if I keep moving it doesn't feel terribly cold.
The ice must be especially challenging for you. Is your leg fitting better & more comfortable? I hope so!
With it being so cold, I've been trying to stay home every 5 days or so. This worried need to go check Cash isn't good. It is a short drive but when it's icy heading out on the curvy road isn't very sensible. Even the people with the 4 wheel drive trucks come much less then I do. It's not just the worry that brings me, I do get such a pleasant sense of peace there taking care of Cash and the others as much as I can.
I have been spending part of each day writing letters to try to keep the wild horses free. They did call off one round-up yesterday but the large one of 2500 horses is moving on now.. So far they have gathered about 400. One stallion escaped by getting over a six foot gate (after falling and getting his underarm caught up on the top) Once he finally got over he had to go thru a barbed wire fence to be free. They do not know how bad he is hurt but his whole family was left in the pen. Absolutely sickenlng. And, they don't know what they are going to do with all these horses once they are gathered. They 'say' they are going to send them to large pen areas in the mid-west. They already have 33,000 penned up in Nevada or Utah. The government spends ooooodles of money doing these round-ups and then more $$$$$$$$$$ keeping them in pens indefinitely. They WERE talking about sending some to slaughter but FOR NOW that discussion has been shelfed. I have no doubt it will raise it's ugly head again. It's so sad and maddening cause if they'd just leave them alone things would be okay except the cattle ranchers wouldn't like them free on public graze lands. Money talks! Even when it's whispered to keep the lies hidden.
- At 2:51pm on January 8, 2010,
Shirley said…
- She is willing to ignore which side I put the saddle on from and holding the horn. So with those issues behind us we are progressing again. I don't think either really matters in making me a good horsewoman. And I'm enjoying my lessons. That little distance between the mane and horn makes everything in my balance feel way off. Of course with any added tension every little thing feels exagerated. As I relax, I can work on that. Last week we worked on paddling my feet while riding. Cash loved it and then he'd move nicer and more willing so "Yes"! This is really where we needed to continue from. This is right where we were with my original instructor when she took time off from giving lessons. She took 6 weeks off cause she was feeling burnt out. She just is coming back to doing lessons but for now I'm going to stay with the Parelli instructor cause in the long run that is what I want. To progress with the ground stuff too which the 1st lady is not into at all. My personality meshes more with the first one but am doing fine with the Parelli gal and we are sorta just getting to know each other. I've had two ground lessons and 2 riding lessons. I'm not using a bit -just the Parelli halter and lead for reins. I have it rigged for a rein on each side rather then one rein but try to use only one at a time. It just feels right. For some reason I relax more and don't feel a need to grab the horn as often. I'm still way behind where I was at my previous barn. I hope one day it will just start feeling right for us and things will be much easier from then on. It's hard to progress at all if you can't keep the horse going. That has always been the biggest thing for us. How do you develope a good seat when they stop every few yards. I'm back to useing the string to hit myself and then Cash if he doesn't go by my seat request.
I don't remember parelli saying to start looking back when mounting. I'm focused on Cash & not really 'looking' but I'm very aware of my surroundings.
- At 2:17pm on January 8, 2010,
Shirley said…
- HI good to hear from you! I hope the new year will be a good one for you and Cooper and that great husband of yours.
The trick training DVD's arrived but are a weird situation. The play nice as far ans viewing and there is music but you can't hear the lady. She is obviously talking and instructing but you can't hear her. They did reimburse all my money including shipping and said I didn't need to return them. I was told they are probably 'boot-leg' and not reproduced properly? I have no idea. The Brannaman DVD is interesting. It's actually of a clinic he was doing with a few people. He was a wonderful kind hearted man and it comes thru when he's instructing. That has a little scratching or something so that it doesn't play real well in places and they reimbursed all my money on that too which I did not ask for.
I like doing any learning off DVD's with someone else so we can help each other to see little things that can make a huge difference but so far that has not been an option with no one else interested.
I'm finding the cold is bothering a bit more this year but I think it's mostly because my inner heater is burning cooler. I hope that will come to be so in the summer too cause the hot weather is a iller for me.
Initially I was taking turns on which side I mounted but gradually I just quit doing that over time. Getting on and off from opposit sides wouldn't bother me. But I can barely get that heavy saddle up and on Cash nicely doing it with muscles I have built up over the past few years. So when I tried to do it from the opposite side I pulled some muscles and was very sore. I'm still dealing with some pulled muscles or something cause there is alot of tension in my shoulders. No more of that for now. As far as holding the mane rather then the horn, I know this is how they teach it and I do see logical safety reasons for that BUT, I told my new Parellie Trainer that it's just not worth stressing me out 'more' at the beginning of each lesson. Continued:
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how far apart were the two boys born? Did Tonja actually take Pearl's foal on before she foaled her own?
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