Horses

a panto part as rear end of a horse, could it lead anywhere?

2007-10-18 05:31:23 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-17 07:18:21 · 39 answers · asked by ~Cowgirl~ 1

Thank you for replying to my situation i have with her shoeing she will have them trimmed ok she will even be hot shod ok but as soon as he starts banging the nails in she dont like it at all i have only had her since March this year and the times before she has been trimmed only but they are cracking bad and i feel the only way i can stop this is to have shoes put on wich i want her to have anyway cause i want to start hacking her more on the roads.
The owner before told me to use bute from the vets to give her but i dont see what that would do as it's a pain killer more that anything i have just bought some sedation paste so see what happens Monday i suppose.

i have started to tap her hooves and she doesn't seem to mind it when im doing it.

Anyway will keep everyone updated and should post again on Monday to let you know the result.

Thanks xx

2007-10-17 05:02:53 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e208/mysiguy/IM000845.jpg

So would you show in this? lol

2007-10-17 03:31:02 · 21 answers · asked by Mulereiner 7

I need some blinkers for my horse ive looked everywhere and yet i still cant find any. i want ones that you can attach on to the bridle.

2007-10-17 01:54:49 · 11 answers · asked by Ghia 1

Has anyone ever heard of a horse with a weak back leg? I went out on Sunday to look at a horse, and noticed than when he walked (only when he walked) it seemed like the leg "popped". And when he set his back foot down, it twisted a bit to the inside or outside and then straightened up. The lady's trainer said it was because he had a weak back leg (the right one), and it'll get better with excersize. Is that something that might cause the horse problems when he get's older? I'm nervous on even going out and looking at the horse more.

What do you think? I don't really want to pay the pre-buyers checkup if lots of people think a weak back leg is bad. Also I don't want to buy him and end up having problems with his back leg later on.

2007-10-16 01:40:20 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

Beside school, homework, and chores I have to do to get $ for my horse so i can feed him, I really don't have alot of time to spend w/my horse. Before school, it's to dark to play w/him (I have no barn). Then after schooll it's about 6:30 after homework, dinner, etc. Then I'm so tired I just wanna fall asleep, then I'll take my shower and go to bed. I'm so sick of not having any time with him!!!!! The only time I get to ride him is on the weekends, (but sometimes I don't, cause I'm so pooped I'll just sleep the whole Saturday, then sunday is church and "family day"!!!!! lol Any suggestions of what I should do, school always gets in the way!!!!!!! :(

2007-10-16 00:47:09 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a lovely little shetland stallion, he's about 18 months old.
My friend would like him to cover her 2 little mares.
I was told that my vet could do a blood test to see if he's ready for action, is this right?

2007-10-14 21:50:19 · 11 answers · asked by crofty 3

My horse is 23yrs old and I consider him in good shape.He's not ridden much anymore and he doesn't have much grass in his pasture(4 acares of woods) He is fed hay and sweet feed but I would like to see him gain 15-20 lbs for the winter.So what is better -supplements(what do you recommend) corn or alfalfa cubes or any other suggestions. Thanks

2007-10-14 16:41:30 · 11 answers · asked by Cindy 4

I have,
I was so in love with this horse that I rode for 2 years. She started to get sick. She was cushing and then she started foundering. She was no longer ridable, so I would stop by her paddock and see her. By that time I had gotten my first pony. I was foucesing on my new pony and getting him ready for a show that I had stopped seeing Miss Dee. When she got worse I went to go see her everyday. One day I went to go see her out in her padock and she wasent there. I went to her stall and she wasent there. So I asked my riding teacher where Miss Dee was and she told me she was put down. I was devistated. My heart stopped beating and I brsted into tears. The next hour I spent in her stall crying thinking about all the good times we have had together. She was 23 when she was put down, but she was in a better place. I really miss her but I now can except that shes gone. Nobody will ever replace that mare. But shes in a better place Goodbye Miss Dee I will always love you

2007-10-13 13:58:08 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

I swear, he is going out of his way to do it...
Its something he just started doing in the last 10 days...and he has hever done it before...

2007-10-13 10:15:35 · 33 answers · asked by Kerilyn 7

I lost my filly in June. I bought her as an "unborn foal" so she and her mother came to live at the stable I ride at until she could be weaned. She died when she was four months old, one week after she was weaned.
It was very traumatic, she started having seizures and I had to wait 6 hours for the vet to come and put her down, and by that times she couldn't even get up anymore. She was so small that they just wrapped her up with a tarp and put her in the back of a pick up truck to take her to the vet school, where she had a necropsy that came back inconclusive. They're pretty sure it was a genetic muscular disorder such as HYPP.
But anyway, it just devastated me.
Whenever someone brings her up or even sometimes when I'm just thinking of her I'll randomly just burst into tears and won't calm down until I'm completely cried out.
It seems stupid to cry over her because I only had her for three months but I feel like a mom who has lost a human baby. People are being so insensitive

2007-10-13 04:53:03 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

We have eight weanilings, about 5-6 months old. Two are colts and the rest are fillies. My questions is that we want to put a full grown stud in the pasture with these weanlings, but we don't want the stud trying to breed any of them or fight with the colts. Is it okay to put the stud with them, or better not to? And when will the young fillies come in season - how old are they usually when they start coming in season?

2007-10-13 02:50:48 · 8 answers · asked by SisterCF 4

LOL! Didn't I open a can of worms. The reason I ask is because of all the starving horses that I see now that all the slaughter houses are closed. Does any one know what PETA has planned for all those starving horses? Do they just go look at a field of starving horses and say "At least they aren't dying a quick death in a slaughter plant, now they can starve here in this field, nice and safe." Now how humane is that...if I had a choice, I would choose that trip to Mexico right about now. But some PETA are talking about trying to stop that from happening too. Do these people even have part of a plan on what to do with all these horses they are supposably saving?

Thank goodness I have a thick skin, cause I know I am going to hear it on this one. But I will only be happy to see what everyone thinks. Maybe in all the mayhem, there is a solution?

2007-10-12 16:55:08 · 25 answers · asked by Presto! 5

My horse is a Friesian-Percheron, so he's drafty, but I jump him (he's jumped 4 ft in the past!). He isn't fat, but he just doesn't have much muscle. What is the best way to get some muscle on him?!

2007-10-12 11:48:53 · 11 answers · asked by julpanther 3

The question is still open... I'm a vegetarian who rides horses and attempted to answer the question thoughtfully. Instead I was told that horseback riding is abusive and that I am exploiting the animal for my own selfish pleasure. I'm shocked. Has anyone encountered this attitude before? Is there really a valid case to believe that riding horses is abusive?

2007-10-11 11:50:13 · 18 answers · asked by radiant_innerlight 3

It hurts

2007-10-11 00:55:08 · 27 answers · asked by Linda Fallsrock 2

Having had a few knocks recently, in more ways than one, I'm looking for a solid sensible no problems horse.
I've seen one advertised that fits the bill, a weight carrier who was bought to give someone confidence, she's now progessed onto riding 'better' horses so her dad keeps getting the plodder, and he wants something more lively.

He is supposed to be 100% bombproof, with no hang ups. The only down side is that he was injured last year and lost the sight in one eye. Husband is refusing to go look at him, because he thinks we will be buying trouble.

Anyone had experience with horse who is blind in one eye, what do you think, should we go see or walk away?

2007-10-10 16:34:59 · 32 answers · asked by Cowgirl 4

I dont know if you could call these girls barn brats, but all i know is that they are straight up making it so i avoid coming to see my horse on nights i know they are there. They dont intimidate me they just get on my nerves. Three of them are a little older than me, one is a tad younger, and one is a few years younger. The one closest to my age isnt my problem.

These girls constantly are throwing unsolicited advise at me. If they think im putting my saddle on wrong they talk to me about it, telling me im doing bad. When im in the middle of riding my horse one of the girls will go "make sure you walk him". Its not like i dont appreciate advise but ive made it pretty clear that i do not want the advise. Then when i snap back they start bragging saying stuff like "Maybe he can be like my horse one day" Which gets annoying because for one my horse is 15, there horse are all under 10. So obviously i dont want my horse like theirs.

2007-10-10 10:01:07 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Does any one know of any body around the atlanta area and south that gives lessons in Western Pleasure and other Western Diciplines. Thanks So much.

2007-10-10 02:19:42 · 1 answers · asked by dixiecowgurl85 2

I just bought a horse and I am now looking for blankets for her. I need to know what kind of blanket to buy. I live in Pa so the winters can get pretty cold here. I definitely want a turnout blanket. Do you think I need a stable blanket? I spent more on this horse than I was originally planning (fell in love ;) ) and so I am a bit tight on cash. Does anyone know of any good cheap brands? What things should I look for in a turnout blanket? What features should it have? How heavy should it be? Thanks!!

2007-10-09 18:30:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

currently i am at an event barn in a great facility, and a trainer i love... but there are a few down sides...

there is 3 outdoor rings, and 3 grass places to ride and graze, but only one indoor, which is very small. there is about 80 horses at the facility but they're all from different barns and we all do differnt things [eventing, dressage, hunter, western pleasure] so once it gets to be cold and snowy we all have to ride together in the indoor and its a pain because the dressage people are always doing fancy things which take up alot of space, and the pleasure horses are on the rail not moving, and then its us and the hunters weaving and dodgeing the other horses, and my horse doesnt like other horses riding near him.
BUT this barn is GREAT i LOVE the trainer so much, we've basically re-trained my horse and we're doing so great together, and she's very careful about feeding and the horses health, i KNOW my horse is in good hands even when im not there, butttt this barn is 20...

2007-10-09 15:29:35 · 12 answers · asked by TB eventer! 4

there is a 4-h horse show this weekend and I have been training my 4yo anglo for a year now and he has really come a long way..I wanted to take him to some smaller open shows so he could get the feel of it...the only problem is that where I live there are not a lot of shows and what there are of shows there mostly only western and I ride mostly english since it just makes more since with his breed and all..anyways, out of 30 classes I could only go in two b/c they are all western stuff...do you think its worth the trouble to trailer just for that??..any other tips I would love...Oh!..there is a halter and showman ship class but I have no idea how you do those..well..I know like that you never get between you and the judge and stuff but anything else is highly apprieciated!!!

2007-10-09 14:19:45 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sometimes when my horse starts picking up her pace...I pull back on the reines and tell her "wooo" in attempt to get her to stop. Sometimes she just fights me and won't stop unless I pull back real hard. Why is she doing this? Sometimes she is fine and stops well but other times she does this.

2007-10-09 04:04:43 · 11 answers · asked by lala1229 2

I recently found out that my mum is making us move as soon as possible to a completely diffrent state, im really excited about moving cuz i hate MI, But I have 2 dogs, two cats, 2, birds, and 2 horses. im not that worried about the birds or the cats because i can take one cat with me. But Im appsolutely devistaed cuz we cant take our horses. Im only 16 and these are the first horses Ive ever had. my mare ive only had for juat under a year, but i share with her a magnificent bond, I sat all night last night in out pasture balling my head off. I dont want to leave them behind and I know none of you can do anything for me but i just needed to say it to some one.... thanks for listening....

2007-10-09 02:53:43 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

This halloween is possibly the last I will be spending with my precious boy, so I want us to be the talk of the barn for this halloween's barn party!! All ideas are appreciated, thank you!!

Here are some pics to help decide what he would be most suitable for:
(this first one's a little out of date because he was only four, but he looks the same, just taller) http://www.freewebs.com/prancinghorse/aboutme.htm
http://www.freewebs.com/prancinghorse/mycrew.htm
http://www.btsetc.com/content/team/mary.shtm

2007-10-08 17:44:17 · 9 answers · asked by Captain Oblivious 6

I know a lot of you have been to the KY horse park and visited with John Henry. Sadly he died about 4 hours ago.

http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=41230

2007-10-08 17:38:30 · 10 answers · asked by lisa m 6

Hi,
Im riding english now, I have a horse already, I rode english 6 years before I got her, I've had this horse for 2 years, and rode western while I've had her, but i am going back to riding english because I like english and jumping better. I am also switching barns.

I want to get back into jumping, but i was wondering how i get my horse into it? Anyone have excercises to get her to start picking up her feet more?

Any other suggestions on converting her to english, etc. would be great.

By the way, i do have a qualified instructor, to help, but i only have lessons once a week.

Thanks!

2007-10-08 14:47:44 · 10 answers · asked by I ♥ rock climbing 1

I've had back issues for about a year. It started during swim team last year. It's been getting better and hurting less. About 2 weeks ago i got bucked off a horse.. My back was sore but it got better but now it KILLS... its a constant strong pain that wont go away... wat can i do???? is there anything that will help get rid of it fast? I'm only 13 which is why it says i'm not old. I've been putting ice on it a lot today and it hasnt helped... i havent slouched in a chair a lot either... i have to work tonight out at a barn but it hurts to walk sit stand basically anything... i've taken advil that my mom gave me (shes a doctor so she knew wat dose). Wat should i do to help???

2007-10-08 07:19:42 · 21 answers · asked by STF11 2

Tough call!

If any of you know the names of these horses please let me know.. I'd like to see more pictures of them.

2007-10-06 14:08:21 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous