Horses

I'll show you some pics of what I'm talking about.
http://www.midwestarabian.com/stallions/senor-magnum.html
http://www.midwestarabian.com/stallions/justa-magnum.html
*Note* The second picture in the second link.

Is it natural,
or is it something people put on the arabians face?

2007-07-25 13:19:10 · 12 answers · asked by Taylurr Babee. 2

I thought it was a very meaningful well though out with excellent descriptions and pictures.

Before you think of breeding your mare or stud, you may want to scroll through the responses and pictures.

http://fuglyhorseoftheday.blogspot.com/2007/05/why-this-blog-exists.html

http://fuglyhorseoftheday.blogspot.com/2007/07/with-apologies-to-dr-seuss-and-my.html

2007-07-25 10:47:00 · 18 answers · asked by Mulereiner 7

****PLEASE! Serious answers only!

I am starting combined training with my mare (lower level shows) and I would like to plaite her mane. I know it is not necessary but I think it gives a better look. My question is does it matter which side of the mane the braids are on? Most of the braiding i have seen is all on the right...that would seem awkward since her mane falls on the left. Does it mattter?

2007-07-25 07:07:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I had to let go of a horse trainer, Mindy, because of numerous events, cancelling 7 times in 4 weeks, being late, oh and the best one, us asking if everything is okay, and her screaming at us! Anyways, I had to let her go because she wouldn't stop screaming and we had had it with her. She had 2 sessions left with us. $100.00, she will not give it to us. I called left messages, nothing! I even called and told her that is she needed time or a payment schedule, that was fine. NOTHING!! After trying to retrieve our refund for over a month, I called her and my mother called her.
All of a sudden, she has made up lessons that we never had!! To make things better, later that night we get a call from the sheriffs dept. She says we "threatened" her! We never did, we just want our money back, why would we threaten her? Taking her to small claims with cost us more, and we can't aford to take off work. WHAT DO WE DO!! It's frustrating that people think they can do this to others!!!

2007-07-25 05:14:27 · 8 answers · asked by C O 1

i absolutly love horses i own my own. hes wonderful. and i know i want to have a career in horses or equine feilds. but i do not know what i want to do. i dont want to sell feed or tack. i dont like blood. it has to be all year round. so breeding and training is out. i dont want to own my own barn and give lessons. i dont want to be a farrier. and i also want to go to college. i live in PA but i dont know what colleges give equine courses with majors.
please help me find my career and college

2007-07-25 04:29:28 · 8 answers · asked by Lynette D 2

Below is a picture of a horse I went to look at a few days ago that I am thinking about buying to begin hunter under saddle training. I bought my first horse from these people and they always have very nice horses, so I know she is coming from a good place. Personally I think her conformation looks good and she is a really nice mover with a smooth trot. She has great ground manners and she's got plenty of get up and go which I like. Does her price seem fair? I know horse prices are down right now, and I know I'll be paying more for her color, she's drop dead gorgeous, but it seems a little high to me. Would $4000 be a fair offer?
http://horsetopia.horse-for-sale.org/classifieds/ad223741

2007-07-25 03:49:10 · 32 answers · asked by rockerchic821 4

im really scared the horse will buck me off and kill me and i dont know how to get on the horse its been like forever since i was on one HELP!

2007-07-24 10:22:21 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

By truly hard to catch, I mean, I've done all the suggestions I've seen here and other places. In fact, I just bought the horse a month ago...was told he was hard to catch....and started working with him right away. I've only ridden him once, I haven't "worked" him hard, I've haltered him to feed, I go out and visit often -pet and treat, etc. without making him work. All of a sudden, today he's IMPOSSIBLE to catch. HELP I run him around and do all the atypical 'round pen' type of trying to catch. It doesn't work!!

2007-07-24 06:26:50 · 28 answers · asked by kkmmcc33 2

I have a 4 year old Friesian Sporthorse mare, who -trys- to walk around with one leg in the air, all the time. We have had the farrier and the vet out, and they say there's nothing wrong... Anybody know why she's doing this?

2007-07-24 05:47:23 · 15 answers · asked by awfulxjustxtoxsee 2

I need help! Can someone find me a close to bombproof or bombproof mare or gelding under 2000$ In Indiana? Under 10 years old, and has to be trained! Thankies!!

2007-07-24 04:15:33 · 12 answers · asked by alli marieee <3 2

1. Is grooming a horse important?
2.To keep the stall clean is that a daily job or weekly?
3.To keep the horse feet clean is it important?
4.How many time a year do you need to shoe your horse?
5.How much do you feed a horse a day?
6. What feed do you use to feed horse?
7.Is riding a horse important?
8. Is keeping your horse fat good? or bad? and why?
9.Is starting colts early important?
10.Is this quiz Hared or Eazy for you?

2007-07-23 20:17:35 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Need a "horse fix". Miss being around (training, grooming, cleaning 31 stalls each day) Need a vacation. Why not do both?

Would love to ride Egypt on a lovely Arabian horse. A riding friend of mine used to take "Horse Trecks" totally horseback for days/week. I know it's available, can't find the link - End of Internet boundry reached. "My kingdom for a horse."

I'd even consider (love) going to a working ranch and shoveling poops (ahhh, Chanel #5) in exchange for riding, archaeology on the side would be fabulous. (have trowel, will travel - that was digging at the Ghost Ranch in NM)

I ramble. Any suggestions or recommendations are appreciated. Apologies if my preference for 'Aye-rabs' offends, it is my passion, all things equine are equally beautiful.

2007-07-23 10:55:39 · 4 answers · asked by reynwater 7

how do i ride a colombian paso fino cause their is a horse walk in colombia next year and i am going to ride a paso fino so i wanted to know how to ride one or if i can go to any page to learn or how do i learn by the way i live in the usa

2007-07-23 08:59:39 · 5 answers · asked by rgt 2

2007-07-23 07:29:55 · 13 answers · asked by kaylie.☮ 5

Does anyone have experience with disabled people and riding?
My husbands cousin was injured in a motorcycle accident a year ago today. He shattered T12 and is now paralyzed from the waist down at only 20 years old. He has ridden before but is by no means experienced. Both of my horses are trustworthy and we would of course be with him at all times.
If anyone has any advice I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you.

2007-07-23 06:42:16 · 13 answers · asked by ? 3

Okay my Shetland pony just "dropped" on Friday and I know this is kinda weird but when is she more then likely to give birth?

Thanks to all who help!!!!!!1

2007-07-23 05:30:39 · 13 answers · asked by lil_missy 2

I currently have a horse but due to health issues just now i can't ride him he is only 5yrs and has so much potential so i don't want to waste it by not riding him for a yr or so, i also can't sell him i love him to much to lose him forever.

I thought about loaning him out for a year so that i could put more money into treatment just now, and also he would get ridden lots more! but i don't know anything about loaning out a horse, what does the loanee pay and how does it work?

At least if i loan him then i have a goal to work too in getting my health back so i can get my baby back.

Please help

We are in Ayrshire, Scotland, if anyone knows anyone who might be interested...

2007-07-23 00:45:57 · 20 answers · asked by PinkPotions 3

I am doing this for a project please help! Please tell me the website you found the info on. I cant seem to find it :(

2007-07-22 17:28:10 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have some alsike clover in part of my horse pasture. I can identify it by its blooms and the V on the leaf as being alsike and not common clover. I have read articles telling how more than 20% of a horse's diet being this type of clover can cause photosensitivity in horses with alot of white (such as my Paints) and even can cause liver problems and death in high concentrations.
I don't have alot of pasture, and would like my horses to be able to graze that area. Plus, it is impossible to get rid of this plant unless I rip the entire pasture up. Does anyone have really specific info on this problem? For example, is the plant still toxic after it has dried, such as in hay? Is it toxic when the flowers are dried but the plant is still growing, such as it is now in the heat of the summer? My info says it is more dangerous in early spring, why is that?
Anyone with real knowledge on this would be much appreciated. Thanks.

2007-07-22 10:09:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

When handling these type of horses, what method/approach do you use? I have heard of a few and I am curious.

E.g are you calm and unemotional, and "punsih" them by making the back up if being silly while leading, are you neutral and if the horse plays up give him a few warnings and then a loud(with a firm whack of the crop) telling off so the point is taken?
Do you ignore what they are doing, act like its normal and basically drag them along? Or anything else?

Please tell me which you use and why you think it is best. Probably not as much spirited, but spoiled and bossy(not vicious)

2007-07-22 00:30:17 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Awhile back while trailriding in Shawnee National Forest, our group met up with a couple, he rode a QH, and she had this gorgeous dun (?) grulla (?) mule. Great folks, had a fun time.

It seemed like everyone we met had some sort of smart a** (sorry) comment about the mule. "Wow, Nice A**" "You need to get your a** going or you'll never get back to camp." "Hey, comin' through, get your a** out of my way" Well, you get the picture. It was all done in fun, and she had a great sense of humor...we saw the "Haulin' A**" decal on her trailer...

So, mule-o-philes, what's the funniest thing anyone has said to you? Does any of this stuff get under your skin? I know attitude probably has a lot to do with it, so what crosses the line to offend?

2007-07-20 06:41:32 · 7 answers · asked by cnsdubie 6

Both of us have no injuries, he's gates are okay And I'm fine

2007-07-20 02:27:21 · 21 answers · asked by ஐKatஐ 3

Before I bought my horse, he was cowboyed. If you dont know what that is,its when a horse is made to run barrels and nothing else. No fun trails or anything. So when I bought him, he was pretty much crazy. Over the 3 years that i have owned him, I have trained him alot. But now I have been working on some dressage with him and I have been lunging him over some caveleti. (hope i spelt that right) he has been doing really good in the ring but if I want to just take him on a pleasure ride he gets all hyper and he doesnt have any brakes at all. I have tried using different riding hand and leg signals and i have tried using a kimberwick strait mouth, a double jointed D-ring, a snaffle, and an eggbutt. the one that worked the best was the kimberwick. but it just didnt have what i wanted. not enough brakes.i thought about using a slow twisted snaffle for more brakes. should i?

2007-07-19 08:15:31 · 10 answers · asked by Sophia 2

I have been riding for about 2 years and am at the Intermediate level. I would like to jump my horse, but probably not competitively. I also want a horse that is comfy and can gallop over grassy terrain and is pretty tolerable with other horses. If I can be picky, I would really want a buckskin-colored horse. I was thinking a Morgan? Thank you!

2007-07-18 18:30:13 · 26 answers · asked by PooPoo11 2

It appears my show mule has a suspected pinched subscapular nerve. The vet did the lameness exam and basically the diagnosis is gait inconsistencies, but no lameness or soreness.

The vets recommendation is tomorrow 2g's of bute, the next day 1g and then ride him that night. I don't even have to ride him, its evident at a pivot and a trot.

If he is better with the bute, accupuncture, if not, xrays. His gait problems are so subtle that someone that didn't know this mule might not pick them out, my friends sure couldn't see it.

His injury is from the one time I hooked him to a work harness. The collar pinched the nerve and suspectedly caused this because the next day we entered a pleasure driving class in his pleasure style harness and it took the whole arena to turn him to the right, which is not like this mule at all. I gave him time off, checked him for sore spots, with nothing showing up.

So if anyone has any knowledge, I am all ears on this!!

2007-07-18 13:15:31 · 7 answers · asked by Mulereiner 7

I ask this because it seems that almost everyone that writes on another horse forum that I belong to has an abused horse with 'problems'.

It seems that if the horse doesn't like its ears touched, they were 'eared' and don't you know with pliers too!!

It seems that if the horse was head shy, it was twitched or beaten severly about the head .

It seems that if the horse turns its butt to you, its being defensive because it was beaten and whipped.

It seems that if the horse runs from you and is hard to catch, its because it was treated severely.

I'm just curious for those that have 'abused' horses, how did you come to terms that it was abuse and what makes you think so?

How do you know its abuse vs vices from improper training or getting away with things from ppl who didn't know better?

Thanks!!

2007-07-18 10:12:00 · 20 answers · asked by Mulereiner 7

People told raising a horse is bloody expensive. I can't get it. All you need is just it into some field with grass. And i think the grass is free. Then why?

2007-07-18 07:55:37 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well first - My friend has a qh mare. My friend thinks she is broke and good and then sometimes she thinks she is a lunatic. She wanted to start her jumping so she started lunging her and put up a barrel. She hasnt properly taught her horse to jump or set herself up and hides it from our trainer. We ride western and i dont know much about english but this seems wrong. She doesnt use tendon supporters or anything and im worried for the horses sake and hers.

Second: When she trailers her horse she lets her loose. I would never do that. I always keep my horses tied up in the trailer. But she lets her walk around loose and it seems dangerous.

I cant just say you shouldnt be doing this. I dont want to loose a friend but if i dont tell her im afriad her or her horse will get hurt. Shes careless when it comes to her horse and her horse is almost dangerous. What should i do? I dont want to tell the trainer and tattle but im worried for safety. Shes older and wont listen to me. Help!

2007-07-18 06:03:13 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

do you..?
1.have a boyfriend/girlfriend?
2.have braces?
3.have pirceings?
4.have tatoos?
5.have a dog?
6.have a horse?
7.have a fish ?
8.have a computer?
9.have a XBOX 360?
10.have a WII?

2007-07-18 05:53:43 · 28 answers · asked by â?¥foreverloveâ?¥ 2

I love horses, and have been riding for almost 5 years. All the people at my barn have brought in these gorgeous horses to lease, and i need some advice. What breed do you think is best for dressage AND possibly jumping? Pretty much an all around riding horse? I know it depends on the personality too, but some breeds do better than others. Thanks in advance!

2007-07-18 05:15:22 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous