Horses

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Here's the thread about horses.

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Let's get it all in one place, I can't follow the plot when it gets scattered over more than one thread. There's gotta be a spot.

[JOES66FURY]

Me and horses do not get along, in the 50 or sohorses I ahve had interaction with in my life none have liked me and the feeling was mutual...except one...If I coulda took this one home I would have, I went to a camp a few years back and they had trail rides. We could not put the youngest on a horse so I sent the wife and 2 others out and me and the little one stayed back and visited the horses. there was one who was a beautiful yellowish/tanish color with a white tail and a white patch on her face. I pet and taked to her a bit and was super friendly I gave her all sorts of attention...but otherwise...I hate horses.

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Let's honor Dan and Gail. Everybody's got their thing, and they've done well honoring horses. I just hope this thread is a place for horses. Horse stuff.

[studemax]

Never had a horse.
Had a Welsh pony when we were kids.
When Dad retired - donkeys and mules (much easier than horses to deal with).

[Barry Donovan]

I worked with horses when I was 15.

was hired to be the pooper scooper. newb.

took right to them, trainer caught on.
I did not talk to the horses. I called them another way.

she then told me a story about someone with my last name..famous with horses.


my last name and stories goes back to kings and leaps and lies and... I shrugged all that off.
I do not care much for horses, unless attention for one to keep.
I did like the females or geldings. I'd just assume punch a stallion in the face.

[DanStokes]

Stud horses are always a PITA, from my experience. The problem is that they have One Thing on their minds, and it's NOT humans. You kind of can't blame them as they're perpetual 16 year old boys. Fred, my trainer, wouldn't allow them in the barn - too disruptive.

Dan

[Beagle]

Never had a horse.
Had a Welsh pony when we were kids.
When Dad retired - donkeys and mules (much easier than horses to deal with).

I want goats (meat goats) and they need a guard animal. Yep, guard donkeys. They are very sociable, but apparently also a bit snobbish. If you have horses, donkeys, and goats, the donkey will want to hang out with the horses. Rotten turdheads. We've got a couple of neighbors with brendled color (sp) donkeys, I think I'm gonna give them carrots the next time I see them. They make me laugh when they brey. Named one of them buddy and the other one is "big john" (like big johnson) cuz ever time we come down the road, he's dragging something in the dirt. yuk.

[studemax]

Dad raised meat goats, too - Boers. Yummy.
Dad sold lots of donkeys as guard animals for sheep.

By the way, donkeys aren't brindle - they're "painted".

I think the donkeys don't like the goats because the little ones are always trying to play "King of the Mountain", and because goats are very aggressive eaters. We had to lock up the goats at feeding time, or they'd try to eat everything on the place.

[oletrux4evr]

Stud horses are always a PITA, from my experience. The problem is that they have One Thing on their minds, and it's NOT humans. You kind of can't blame them as they're perpetual 16 year old boys. Fred, my trainer, wouldn't allow them in the barn - too disruptive.

Dan

Show me a good stud and I'll show you a GREAT gelding. Studs have their place I admit, but I don't think it's around the general population........

[truckpuller]

I have a stud, he is actually one of the better horses I own, he got out a couple years ago and visited the neighbors mares, they came and got me I took a bridle over there and rode him home bareback. They couldn't belive he was a stud as quiet as he was.

[DanStokes]

I know there are gentlemen studs for sure but you sure can't count on it. Glad you have a nice one.

I prefer geldings as my experience with mares is that they're moody. Some folks have excellent luck with the girls but it hasn't gone well for me. Either way, I think my horse ownership days are behind me barring a Lotto win.

Dan

[LORENSWIFE]

Dad raised meat goats, too - Boers. Yummy.
Dad sold lots of donkeys as guard animals for sheep.

By the way, donkeys aren't brindle - they're "painted".

I think the donkeys don't like the goats because the little ones are always trying to play "King of the Mountain", and because goats are very aggressive eaters. We had to lock up the goats at feeding time, or they'd try to eat everything on the place.

At my sister's camel ranch the got a couple BLM donkeys to keep the coyotes out when the camels have their babies, it has worked like a charm, no losses for 2 years.

[LORENSWIFE]

I rode a stallion named Laddy when I was a teenager he was very well-behaved and he listened to me even with hot mares around, but it was dangerous and illegal for me to be riding him. His owner was a Mormon cowboy who taught us to ride and didn't seem to care too much for rules...

[STINEY]

Illegal? There is legislation regarding the riding of horses as well? Never heard of this....