tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post5189335861053902005..comments2024-03-26T06:03:04.014-06:00Comments on The Well Groomed Horse: Initial assessmentsCut-N-Jumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10355349642284506192noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-30246225793493860432009-12-03T20:49:26.506-07:002009-12-03T20:49:26.506-07:00friend of ours has a wolf hybrid. Nice dog, but al...friend of ours has a wolf hybrid. Nice dog, but allowances need to be considered as far as vet care goes. Some vets won't touch them. At all.<br /><br />The first time I went to Alaska we went to the Wolf farm. While it was nice seeing the wolves, up close and personal with a couple, each of them chained to a doghouse? Not exactly a 'natural setting'. There was one I would have liked to bring home, smokey dark color, golden amber eyes, expecting him to acclimate would be asking a lot.Cut-N-Jumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603347619547454296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-85456103097625034152009-12-03T20:23:06.908-07:002009-12-03T20:23:06.908-07:00Carrie had a wolf, and so did my friend Keri. Ker...Carrie had a wolf, and so did my friend Keri. Keri rescued hers from a guy in Cody WY, that hat killed the mother and stole the pups. She turned them into the park authorities, and kept one. <br /><br />Carrie got hers from a family member breeder. Cowboy was very socialized and I liked him a lot. He was the exception that proves the rule. When I'd show up for my lesson...he's get up, wag and howl for me...happy happy...my friend is here. <br /><br />Keri's was very shy, and only liked those who knew.horspoorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12838010404746375255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-52344960845009417692009-12-03T20:03:32.950-07:002009-12-03T20:03:32.950-07:00Yeah, I felt SO sorry for the wolf hybrid I saw. I...Yeah, I felt SO sorry for the wolf hybrid I saw. It was at a "training session" in a pet store, and she was huddled in a heap, looking SO miserable and not wanting to be around a bunch of people. Her "mom" was mostly ignoring her, talking excitedly to this other redneck woman about the wolf-dogs they bred.<br /><br />The dog trainer looked very frustrated, like no one was listening to the (probably decent) advice he was offering.cattypexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17589672286463092432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-26310686381822062142009-12-03T17:21:05.804-07:002009-12-03T17:21:05.804-07:00CP and HP I agree with the wild animals not being ...CP and HP I agree with the wild animals not being pets.<br />The hawks 1 was a fledging that fell out of the nest. Raised it, encouraged hunting etc., and was finished by a prey bird program into the wild.<br />The second was a juvenile adult buckshot in the wing. Watching him fly again was amazing! He too went free.<br />I have had 2 wolf/shepard hybrids. Not by design on my part.<br />They need to have a lot of freedom.<br />Damnedest loyal and protective family dogs ever. But they own you not the other way around.<br />And they must have freedom...Denahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16169193080215723583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-13161872539105648752009-12-03T16:42:55.520-07:002009-12-03T16:42:55.520-07:00CP-On topic, I've also learned that when you s...CP-On topic, I've also learned that when you start looking TOO HARD, you won't find it.<br /><br />Boy is that the truth! C3D and I keep sending horse ads back and forth. She's not a fan of those red horses. I told her to go looking for one. Everything she finds will then be bay, gray, spotted, black, buckskin... <br /><br />Just like men & wedding dresses, the right one, may not be what you were looking at, but it fits like no other and is perfect in ways you never considered.<br /><br />JR and I met at a BBQ neither of us were invited to. Everyone there had been telling us we needed to meet, then they started telling us we needed to stay away from each other. WTH? <br /><br />PF- found it on CL. Just have to figure out a way to hook it up to him. It needs a singletree and a pin. Then somehow to raise and lower the tines. Yep, 6 of them. No need for sharpening as the soil here is a ittle too good at doing it for you. I also have to figure out just where the garden goes?Cut-N-Jumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603347619547454296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-27527951830487800552009-12-03T16:01:15.235-07:002009-12-03T16:01:15.235-07:00I'm ascared of big birds too, funny thing is t...I'm ascared of big birds too, funny thing is they love me.<br /><br />Please don't mention the flying monkeys from Wizard of Oz. Deathly afraid (still)nccatniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493239156885255783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-183417318709314642009-12-03T14:24:25.154-07:002009-12-03T14:24:25.154-07:00C3D - Well, I'm considering offing the three &...C3D - Well, I'm considering offing the three "goslings" for Christmas goose meals (I've had 2 people ask for them!), so how about you come over and help and it would be GREAT therapy! <br />Wa-ha-ha! Evil Farmer humor...<br />I have American Buff geese. They are very nice (and pretty, like the palomino of the goose world). Except for when mama was sitting and had baby goslings. Even then, I've never had them chase anybody (even my kids). The daddy will just "hiss" and warn if you get too close. Easy enough to handle.<br />However, my friend has some Pilgrim geese. We went to his house and his male chased my daughter all over the yard! (not that she didn't deserve it, but...). I don't tend to take that sort of behavior from animals, however. My reaction to the mean goose was to bonk over the head with a shovel. So...<br />As I tell visitors to my farm, I yet to hear of anybody dying via goose attack. So suck it up! <br />CNJ - You have a plow for your pony? I SO want it! I have a shetland that would look SO CUTE pulling a little mini plow in my field! She needs a job anyways...PrairieFarmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09368990294233409565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-75390031123182054332009-12-03T14:17:34.769-07:002009-12-03T14:17:34.769-07:00She is very pretty CNJ :-) She IS a little long,...She is very pretty CNJ :-) She IS a little long, but she's got great bone and the SWEETEST face. I think her shoulders look good, and a nice neck.<br /><br />On topic, I've also learned that when you start looking TOO HARD, you won't find it.<br /><br />When my husband and I were still hanging out with a group, not dating yet, the conversation turned to: "What's your physical ideal in a partner?"<br /><br />Jay's like "I prefer tall, athletic women."<br /><br />I'm like "I prefer lanky, long-haired dudes."<br /><br />Sooooo I ended up with a man who looks like an ex NFL player whose hair is about .125" long, and he ended up with a 5'2" never-played-sports unjock.<br /><br /> ; )cattypexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17589672286463092432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-79008817307461815852009-12-03T13:41:31.258-07:002009-12-03T13:41:31.258-07:00CP- Sounds like my new girl. Injured the stifle as...CP- Sounds like my new girl. Injured the stifle as a 2 y/o, likely slipped and went down on the ice in Canada. Bred and has 4 gorgeous babies! <br /><br />Her owner was getting out of breeding. One look at the pictures and she. is. just. OMG! Gorgeous...!!! The foals? Just as nice.<br /><br />The owner has also offered to answer any questions we may have about her and has been honest about everything. <br /><br />Don't run into enough people like that in the industry. She has also offered to come to any shows or inspections and take pictures for us. I have also promised to keep her up to date on how the mare is doing. In cases like yours and ours- everybody wins. Especially the horses. As it should be...Cut-N-Jumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603347619547454296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-74212490867504872342009-12-03T13:32:45.961-07:002009-12-03T13:32:45.961-07:00No, I didn't see the photos...I was going off ...No, I didn't see the photos...I was going off of your description. Not sure I'm up to the photos. Wild animals are not pets. It really isn't a good deal for the animals...at least those I've known.horspoorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12838010404746375255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-32798858777217799682009-12-03T12:53:35.402-07:002009-12-03T12:53:35.402-07:00HP, did you see the photos?
Unfortunately, it was...HP, did you see the photos?<br /><br />Unfortunately, it wasn't even HER chimp, but a friend's. Apparently the woman drugged her uncontrollable chimp with Valium or something, but it didn't get any that day or something, and it got out and nearly killed that poor woman.<br /><br />UGH.<br /><br />Like the visceral reaction I had to a woman's intentionally-bred wolf hybrid that was clearly unhappy living amongst humans, but was too submissive to be anything other than sad.... WILD ANIMALS ARE NOT PETS.cattypexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17589672286463092432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-65851888019940964272009-12-03T12:50:57.120-07:002009-12-03T12:50:57.120-07:00He IS a big love. :-)
And of course, there's...He IS a big love. :-)<br /><br />And of course, there's no "perfect" time to get a horse, have a kid, or fall in love with a decent man.<br /><br />At least, I was kind of taken by surprise by all 3 ...<br /><br />("Congratulations! You're pregnant! Hey, let's do an ultrasound... whoops, you're 20 weeks along...." :-P Explained why I'd felt awful all season.... it wasn't mono after all!)cattypexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17589672286463092432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-29158402744868836442009-12-03T12:49:28.517-07:002009-12-03T12:49:28.517-07:00CP...was the monkey the woman's that he attack...CP...was the monkey the woman's that he attacked? I figured they could mess you up pretty bad...didn't quite realize that bad. Holycrap. Kind of amazing she lived.horspoorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12838010404746375255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-75412749648494149302009-12-03T12:08:22.831-07:002009-12-03T12:08:22.831-07:00HP monkeys freak me out too. Big birds?
I greww u...HP monkeys freak me out too. Big birds?<br />I greww up with them.<br />I have a very healthy respect/fear of them.<br />Cockatoos, McCaws, I can take them or leave them.<br />Hawks? Oh wow. I have had two to rehab and they are just phenomenal beastys.<br />White gees are still not on my list of things to do.<br />Unless, I am injecting them with apple cider and rubbing them with butter in a roasting pan.<br />Now Big Roosters with attitude?<br />A whole nother story.<br /><br />CP congratulations for you, your family, and your guy.<br />He sounds perfect.Denahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16169193080215723583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-34698070678389236382009-12-03T11:58:21.322-07:002009-12-03T11:58:21.322-07:00I was wondering CnJ could we apply this thread to ...I was wondering CnJ could we apply this thread to men too?<br />Caveat emptor and buy now or keep looking?lol<br />Just kidding.Denahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16169193080215723583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-74975293218519330042009-12-03T11:34:45.588-07:002009-12-03T11:34:45.588-07:00HP.....
I had this BF whose weird stepmom had mac...HP.....<br /><br />I had this BF whose weird stepmom had macaws, cockatoos and other big parroty birds. I was at their house one weekend, and this bigass macaw FOLLOWED me everywhere, staring at me with his beady eye. <br /><br /><br />As for primates as pets.... if you saw the photos of the woman who had her face and hands ripped off (literally - she breathes thru a trach and sips her meals thru a straw... no eyes... stumps.....) by a chimp (she was on Oprah recently I think - not that I watched) .... *shudder*<br /><br />My first horse was a very pretty very smart and wily pony. She broke my arm and made me afraid to canter, but after hooking up with a quality trainer/instructor who had me ride good lesson horses while pony got professional retraining, I got my groove back. In fact, when I was in college and took some lessons at a chi chi dressage barn, one day my lesson horse shied and half-bucked. Of course I was like "oh no you DIDN'T" and got everything back to normal in .25 seconds. All these Dressage Queens on their $$$$$$$$$ horses were like *GASP ZOMG* I'm like, DUDE! Take a damn trail ride.<br /><br />NHM, KUDOS to you for wanting it enough to take the time to work it out!!!!!!! Someday you will get your own groove back, and you will be cantering along making beautiful music. Once you get your mind/body connection all organized and start cantering, you won't ever want to trot AGAIN.cattypexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17589672286463092432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-30456932030632224202009-12-03T11:26:44.440-07:002009-12-03T11:26:44.440-07:00"How much money and legwork do you put into a..."How much money and legwork do you put into a horse with a low or no pricetag?"<br /><br />HA... I just got one of those. I knew the horse from 4H, also talked to the former owner, and had full disclosure on the ringbone. Didn't do a vet check, but again, I had full disclosure, and he went sound all last summer. <br /><br />Am keeping him at a place I would've turned my nose up at at one point in my life (dirty in the corners, etc.) but I've known the BO for years, and even if her PLACE isn't gorgeous, all the horses look fabulous. Most important, her OLD horses look fabulous. She is a laid-back, sweet woman without drama issues. So I can definitely tolerate the dirt. <br />The fancy place BO gives me an "icky" vibe. She's REALLY into big AQHA shows, and all that implies.<br /><br />So, I've got this big old horse with on-again off-again soundness issues. I'm not going to be able to ride him all the time. But even when he's ouchy, he's not troubled. He'll still gallop across the pasture to get to his BFF elderly cougar mares..... horny old things....<br /><br />The tradeoff? He's such a gentleman. My 4-yr-old daughter can stand on a stool next to me and brush him. He will pick up his feet at a touch and not lean on me. My husband has the day off today, and is going over to the barn ALL BY HIMSELF just to play with Chip (this is a berry, berry good sign for the future). He's a family pet.<br /><br />And when I DO ride him, he is SO SMOOTH. Very forward, and very light. Surprising for a big boned QH with a barrel the size of an Airstream....<br /><br />Pisses me off that somebody overjumped him. <br /><br />So, even though he's not a horse I'll be riding for miles and showing all summer, he's what our family needs right now, and when his happy days are over, I'm glad he's with me and not some ignorant redneck who will just ride him literally to death. Because he's the kind of horse who will let someone do that.<br /><br />PS<br />Glucosamine/chondroitan is a miracle substance.cattypexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17589672286463092432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-65577552321968923602009-12-03T11:03:33.715-07:002009-12-03T11:03:33.715-07:00Geese are scary. I'll go into a yard with a D...Geese are scary. I'll go into a yard with a Doberman before one with a goose, esp those white bastards. The gray ones seem nicer somehow. I'm basically wary of all poultry. I'm also uncomfortable with parrots and other large birds loose in someone's home. Kind of freaks me out when they fly at me. <br /><br />OH, and people that have pet monkeys...omg scary little buggers. I keep waiting for the video, 'When Monkeys and Chimps Attack.' You know it is coming. I bet a Chimp could mess you up bad, if not kill you.horspoorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12838010404746375255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-75284955912820474392009-12-03T10:39:43.249-07:002009-12-03T10:39:43.249-07:00NC..Never had Pate (almost typed Catnip) sigh...
...NC..Never had Pate (almost typed Catnip) sigh...<br /><br />Someone in our suburban neighborhood now has a rooster. He's a loud one. I giggle b/c hubby is as city folk as they get. He'd fall over dead if I put a chicken in the back yard!Crazy3dayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020104628946056653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-34109629879181450312009-12-03T10:00:50.479-07:002009-12-03T10:00:50.479-07:00HP- you get the queasys from the 'sunken back ...HP- you get the queasys from the 'sunken back feeling' I get it from another weird 'zone'. Stopping. <br /><br />Brakes. Tess had little to none at times. Didn't bother me so much. I let her get away with a lot of stuff. Things that likely would have irritated me to no end coming from another horse. The Arab mare- Excellent brakes. Stopped on a dime and gave change. <br /><br />Getting on her rattled me for some dumb reason. Never did anything wrong, but something was there. She is a good horse. Silly and quirky, but solid and good. Never knew what the deal was, but it was my deal, not hers.Cut-N-Jumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603347619547454296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-64766679744668130162009-12-03T09:49:28.892-07:002009-12-03T09:49:28.892-07:00Sheesh, I leave you all alone for a while, and loo...Sheesh, I leave you all alone for a while, and look where it goes...<br /><br />Exercise balls? Great tools for toning a number of different areas. We had one until the dogs got a hold of it. Getting another someday...<br /><br />Gardens? I wanna garden! I even have a plow for my pony to pull. Don't tell him that's what it's for. He thinks it is a porch decoration. Accessorizing you know.<br /><br />Anxiety and panic attacks? I thought that was the biggist load of crap EVER! (good thing we are already talking about crap!) until... Yeah. <br /><br />At least I can name the catalyst to the problem and kicked his sorry ass to the curb several years ago. Should have kicked him somewhere else while I was at it, a few times at least, but then he would have had some grounds to press charges. <br /><br />The mention of his name still makes my blood boil and gives me an adrenaline rush. And sorry but no drug in the world could offset or diminish that, when it too would soon become a projectile from at least one orifice.<br /><br />I used to ride with reckless abandon. Gallop across fields, up hills, deep sands, if the horse wanted to go, we did. Hell bent for leather. Fall off, ya get back on and keep on going. Hurt? Nobody gets hurt. Ride through it and tough it out.<br /><br />A few years without horses and now that I'm crowding 40 myself, I don't 'bounce' like I did then and I also don't heal as quick either. Falling off isn't so bad, it's hitting the ground that sucks!<br /><br />As Dena said, one day something will happen and you will get through it without even thinking about it. Afterwards though? You will amaze yourself. Others too if anyone is around to witness the event. Hang tough there, we've got your back.Cut-N-Jumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603347619547454296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-71528869879684205252009-12-03T09:44:44.532-07:002009-12-03T09:44:44.532-07:00geese can be nasty, C3D. Pay your therapist well. ...geese can be nasty, C3D. Pay your therapist well. <br /><br />My chickens are my little bulldozers, anyplace I want cleared, I throw cracked corn in and off they go to work. They have effectively cleared up mountains of honeysuckle for burning. Their busy work also pretty much assures me that the snakes will move to quieter areas, leaving me no surprises. <br />Since I let them free range, I have had no ticks in the yard either. <br /><br />sigh. I love my chickens.nccatniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15493239156885255783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-54564580650758304402009-12-03T09:43:25.681-07:002009-12-03T09:43:25.681-07:00I have geese. I used to not like geese. When I w...I have geese. I used to not like geese. When I was really little we had those mean white bastards.<br />They used to torment me.<br />And then, one day I was at a sale and I saw some Egyptians in an itty bitty cage and that offended me so I bought them.<br />And we, inherited some Africans from our farrier.<br />And I love them now.<br />They copme in their gaggle and tell me all about life. Loudly.<br />I make commiserating sounds and they are satisfied.<br />I have broken up a couple of gander fights. They are strong.<br />Walked em both out of the barn with a hand around each of their necks and giving them the we don't fight here lecture. Which usually turns in to the take it outside dammit speech instead.<br />C3D have you ever had pate? They can tell you know?lolDenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16169193080215723583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-76142325611525298072009-12-03T09:19:28.332-07:002009-12-03T09:19:28.332-07:00PF..I'm terrified of geese. I was attacked on...PF..I'm terrified of geese. I was attacked once. It was actually pretty funny. We'd driven to KY to try a Morgan mare. The lady had geese. It was my Mom, me and my sister. The Gander (right term??) attacked me but left everyone alone. I had to wait in the car b/c any time I was ok he was beside himself and attacking me. <br /><br />I'm still in therapy! sniffle sniffleCrazy3dayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06020104628946056653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5852129912812812816.post-6754673847650429012009-12-03T07:13:19.745-07:002009-12-03T07:13:19.745-07:00Oh yeah, ditto the Mother Earth Magazine. Really ...Oh yeah, ditto the Mother Earth Magazine. Really excellent.<br />And yes, keep chickens out when planting new stuff. Although they usually won't do much damage once the planting has gotten some size, unlike my geese which will "trim" a full head of lettuce!<br />Chickens are great to put back in the garden at the end of the year as well. (They also will root around and eat naughty bugs like cutworms!).PrairieFarmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09368990294233409565noreply@blogger.com