Question regarding horse people and dog people? - Page 6

Funny you should ask about a website.

I'm slowly putting together a website for me and my animals.

It's only in the beginning stages but you can look at photos of my horses.

The link is below .

http://tryppi.123.is/

I also sell horses and I have a sales page that I try to update regularly (all in english)

http://gerdar.123.is/page/22017/

Feel free to take a look.

With the competing on ice it's a real sport in Iceland. We use regular shoes but we use ice "nails" (sorry don't know the proper english word for it) 

It's a big sport like I said before, and we usally compete in tölt (which is the main gate of the icelandic horse)

I'll put up a few links for interested parties.

Riding outside in the middle of Reykjavík (our capital)

http://hestafrettir.is/ljosmyndir/gallery.asp?categoryid=319

And here is a photo link to the indoor arena show.

http://hestafrettir.is/ljosmyndir/gallery.asp?categoryid=269

And here you can see what happens when the inspection is not properly done before riding on a pound.

Note this is a video not suited for people that have little hearts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmg3BkHrGVQ&feature=related

Wow! What memories! Got my first Qtr horse at 9 (he was probably 20) he was a great kids horse.  If I fell off he would come back and get me. I'm sure many of you know what I mean. Got my first GSD (or that what Daddy called him) called him Bullet that same year.  We must have rode a milliom miles.  Checking cows (all 20 head) and riding our 40 acre range. When your 9 it was like the Ponderosa.

Over the years I owned a couple of stables did some Western style training and QH breeding. Tons of work but great fun.

One thing my wife and I discovered was that we needed additional animals: 2 Barn Cats, 2 Jack Russells, and at least one herding dog. Well we tried Border Collies (too crazy around horses), ausies (just nuts), Cattle Dogs (nipped everything that moved). So, enter Tiger and Lion the GSD's the were great.  Their herding style never upset the horses if someone let one or more out.  It was like remote control.  WE WERE HOOKED. (By the way the kids named them because of their paws).

Well, the kids are grown, horses are gone, but we still have GSD's - Not Tiger and Lion of course.  They have long since gone on to the Animal Cemetary here on the farm, with many of the horses, a llama, cats, even a goldfish, among other critters the kids drug up to be rehabilitate such as Chesty the Great Horned Owl (he made 4 years, we think it might be a record- but he never learned to fly after his injuries. He ate all the pinkies the kids could beat the cats to.

Yep, Horses, Dogs and other animals all go together with God's creation.

Have a Happy New Year,
Tuff

VERY cool thread. The breadth and scope of the population on this board never ceases to amaze me.

BTW Shelby--- I don't even want to remember some of the races I rode in Ferndale. YIKES! I almost got days (suspension) for stepping out of the irons, sitting down, kicking the sides out of a white Arabian laughing "Who shot my horse?"  at the 16th pole, because it was going so slow I was afraid I'd jump over its head or something.

LOL Shelley.
I wear pro-tek knee pads when I train my beginners in the starting gate. LMAO
I almost blew my knee cap off once on the gate hinge with my irons low. I couldn't walk right for 2 weeks. LOL

Escobar,
nice Icelandics. I have to send my brother and his girlfriend your homepage link. They live in Germany and are Icelandic horse crazy. They can't understand that my daughter and I did not jump into that breed as well. But here in the U.S., I could not find any places who has them at all, while in Germany they are a true icon. My daughter did her first riding "steps" in Germany on them a couple of years or so ago and loves the tölting. I have never been on one but would love to try it. For ourselves, we just bought our first horse after lots of researching into breeds. We now have a beautiful chestnut Morgan mare, foundation bred (which is the equivilent of a workingline bred as they also have showlines, lol) and schooled in dressage. She is spirited and has the most wonderful temperament. We love her and will hopefully soon add another Morgan girl to our family.
Are there any other Morgan lovers here on this board? I would love to hook up with some, since I have lots of questions!
Chris

OTTBs and Drafts here :)

HI Chris, I rode Morgan horses while in college years ago at UConn. They are a wonderful horse breed, and I always loved their story how the breed came to be, with Justin Morgan's famous stallion, Figure who could do it all, be it a horse race or plowing fields.

 Started riding at 7. Had an ex-racehorse on loan at 14 and helped out at a local yard. Used to do local jumping and 1-day eventing.  Did a bachelors degree in Equine Science then spent some time in Australia getting TB yearlings ready for sale.  Unfortunately not enough money to have a horse now, so I my horse-life is vicariously through a friend who breeds Appaloosas and Criollos in Scotland.

Louise

 

Escobar, I'm glad all the horses got out of the pond safely! What amazes me, is how calm they all were, just standing there, waiting to be rescued! If those had been thoroughbreds, I'm sure some of the helpers would have been injured by flying hooves.

We call the 'nails' we put in the horses' shoes in the winter 'caulks'. We then say the horse is 'sharp shod', and you'd better hope it doesn't kick you as you're walking behind it! 

Forgot to mention, I worked at Woodbine racetrack in Toronto one summer, when I couldn't find a job anywhere else. I was with a top-notch stable (Norcliffe, owned by Col. Charles Baker) but it was still one of the few places I've ever seen employees drinking on the job!   

I also did 6 months as a working student in a large English riding stable, and took my lumps for it, as we were the ones who got to 'straighten out' the horses they were having trouble with.

Still, doesn't hold a candle to being a jockey. (Shelly, my hat's off to you!) I had a former jock as a patient once, and he told me he'd broken nearly every bone in his body at least once!