ROFL- HORSE THREAD!!!! - Page 6

4pack,
the size and the price was definitely the deciding factors to stay away from the warmbloods. My Morgan is 15.1 hands, perfect size, even for my husband.

Steph,
I wish  I had that time and freedom to go on trail rides every day. We board our girl about  15 minutes from our house but currently only get to see her on the weekends. That is highly unsatisfactory. They take good care of her but we are unhappy with the other horses she is being kept with. But that is what you have to put up with when you board. I wish she could be with us.

Chris

OK, now I am missing my horse days too and my Arab, bred by Sheila Varian, Windwalker.  He is an old man now in retirement with a friend and I sure miss him.  Barb

4pack, I too slung a lot of shit in my day, brushed my arms off and cleaned and filled I don't know how many water buckets. No choice if I wanted to ride, as I had to work at the barn for it. There is no way I could do that now. I think it would kill me, but I would surely be fit when I keeled over from exhaustion! haha.

There was nothing like walking through the main alley of the barn and hearing the horses nicker at you, the smells, the outside fresh air of the country when riding (the barn was just outside the city I lived in).

I had a lot of good experiences as a barn rat. Kept me out of some trouble, but not all. ;-)

 

I just got back from an all day barefoot trim/hoof anatomy class....wow. Lots more to the hoof than people think. Fascinating. I'll be going back for sure.

Yup it sure is facinating. I rather enjoyed learning the anatomy of the horse and hoof.

In regards to the warmbloods thing, I wasn't thinking of your horses at all. Friesians really aren't that large a horse. My daughter has had her heart set on one for a few years now. I told her she better become America's Next Top Model or it wasn't gonna happen. Where to kids these days get their financial skills?

When my mom asked me if I wanted a car or a horse in HS, of course it was a horse but I knew damn strait I better keep it affordable or that dream could quickly go up in smoke. I picked an ugly little Appy/Arab about 20yrs old that had been out to pasture for 5 yrs. My other choices where a dapple grey Arab 2yr old, gelding or a nice 7yr old QH mare, trained for barrels. I went cheap to save moms pocketbook. My poor thing looked like a overused milk cow with his hips poking out. I had to rebreak him with no saddle, couldn't afford one of those for about 6 months. Lemme tell ya, his bony spine didn't feel nice on my bone skinny ass. Thankfully he was as sound as could be, never needed shoes, just a good trim to fix him up. I rode him so much, in 4 yrs, he only needed 3 trims. Just a backyard junker horse but I learned a ton, gained more confidence and had the most fun riding that nag. I thought I outgrew him my Senior year and sold him to a nice family for their little 4yr old daughter.

No, Friesians really aren't that big. They're not supposed to be, anyway- the good ones aren't. When people tell me about these huge Friesians, it's a pretty good indication they don't know what they're talking about. They are considered warmbloods, but I wouldn't put them in the same category w/those 17hh+ guys.

Your daughter has good taste. LOL. C'mon, can't you just buy her a cheap Freisian? You know, maybe only $12,000-20,000 or so for an average-low quality gelding in his teens w/no papers? If I hadn't gotten my little guy in this economy and as a little tot (I think he was like 8-9mos old when I bought him), there is no way in hell I'd ever have been able to afford one. All the ones I like are about the same price as a tiny house! Too bad I know nothing about training and now have a coming 2 yr old I have no idea what to do with. Details.

Michele,
I found one for you: www.dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php
My 12 year old had her eyes on that one too. I told her to dream on! Also, we would not know how to train a coming two year old, we are not that experienced.
Chris

My Quarter Horse gelding "Dollar"



My Oldenburg Mare "Ditto" (and my colt who I still have)


My Oldenburg colt "Deko" and Ditto a few months ago -  here is a video of him http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWmniMT-NQM


And my Paint mare "Snowbird"

**BIG SIGH**  I was a barn rat, too. I would muck stalls, groom, tack, lead out & hold, lunge, & --if I was really lucky---exercise any horse in the barn where I took my lessons. My parents would only let me hang there 2 days a week during the summer, & 1 day a week during school, but those were the days I lived for. The instructor would let me ride any new horse they got, I got to critique them & make my little recommendations as to what type of schooling they would need before they were OK for the general public.....I tried to be honest about it, but some of the nicer, bouncier ones...well they just HAD to have some extra work, by me of course! Anything for an hour or two up on the horses. And when we left suburbia & moved to the country, my grandma gave me a few hundred $$, & I found a big, black Appaloosa...he only had a couple white snowflakes on his rump...& he had a whole lot of attitude. He was intact, 3 years old, & not even broken to halter. I was in love. Within 6 months he was so gentle my 8 year old baby brothers could ride him bareback with a halter. His name was Don, & when my mom made me sell him after we sold the farm 5 years later (because my dad left & my mom couldn't /wouldn't run the farm alone) he had totally roaned out...turns out he had a lot of black spots!!!!! He was a very pretty horse, & when the new owners trainer came to ride him, she was very impressed with his abilities, too. I never got to see him, or hear from his new owners again. He gave me a lot of wonderful memories. jackie harris