Life has gotten in the way of my posting. I'm sorry about that but have to make a living!!
I will be back posting soonest, so please check back. I still have plenty to say!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Monday, November 16, 2009
Really, I'm Back For Good...Needed Some Time Off
I don't even have a good excuse except that nothing seemed to 'speak' to me about horses. Sure, I got a new rescue mare but things have gone so well, well, nothing really to report other than I've already reported.
At any rate, she's doing well, has fattened right up, been on her although she isn't very broke and certainly not trained. Next Spring is a-coming! Got the thrush under control and already, actually a little late, the shoer is due back out to trim her up again.
The one biggie I was worried about was the seemingly lack of material to yap about. WELP, let me tell you, I have revisited a horse website, very popular but I'm not telling the name because I'm going to rip it up a bit, and there is PLENTY of material for me to gripe about for the next few years.
So...let's get at it, shall we??
At any rate, she's doing well, has fattened right up, been on her although she isn't very broke and certainly not trained. Next Spring is a-coming! Got the thrush under control and already, actually a little late, the shoer is due back out to trim her up again.
The one biggie I was worried about was the seemingly lack of material to yap about. WELP, let me tell you, I have revisited a horse website, very popular but I'm not telling the name because I'm going to rip it up a bit, and there is PLENTY of material for me to gripe about for the next few years.
So...let's get at it, shall we??
Friday, September 18, 2009
Holy Cow, It's Been Too Long! Sorry!!
I am so ashamed (well, almost)!! I didn't realize it had been since August 25 since I had posted!! Way to go, what a way to run a blog, eh??
Okay, my bad and all that. Life just got in the way.
Upcoming: I have a new rescue mare. Fixing her right up! There is/was so much wrong with her and now she's starting to look like a real horse instead of something out of Ethopia. This is my true love, fixing up horses. I'm very good at it, if I do say so myself.
So, there will be posts soonest about what is going on with her. The shoer is coming out on Monday to put a trim on her. She has really bad thrush, about the worst I've ever seen so we'll see how the shoer handles this!!
Again, I'm so sorry I haven't been posting. Time just got away from me. :-)
Okay, my bad and all that. Life just got in the way.
Upcoming: I have a new rescue mare. Fixing her right up! There is/was so much wrong with her and now she's starting to look like a real horse instead of something out of Ethopia. This is my true love, fixing up horses. I'm very good at it, if I do say so myself.
So, there will be posts soonest about what is going on with her. The shoer is coming out on Monday to put a trim on her. She has really bad thrush, about the worst I've ever seen so we'll see how the shoer handles this!!
Again, I'm so sorry I haven't been posting. Time just got away from me. :-)
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
What NEVER To Do When Selling
http://medford.craigslist.org/grd/1341222874.html
Never, never, never admit you must sell and put a price. Of course, I can understand that this poster doesn't want to give the cute pony away, he kind of shot himself (assuming it's a man...) in the foot by stressing how much he needs to sell.
Of course people are going to offer next to nothing for the colt! Then the poster gets kind of ruffled feathers and sort of hurt and still can't sell the pony.
A strange thing I noticed in the ad...he says he has to unload the pony and is moving but will trade for more value in training. Kind of odd in my book but whatever floats your boat!
If you stress this much about selling, it kind of stands to reason that you need to offload the pony colt pretty quickly and will entertain offers...which are then turned down. So the colt stays put and more ads are put out about getting rid of him.
I suppose it will all work out one way or the other (always does, doesn't it??) but this should be a prime example about how to keep a horse forever!
Never, never, never admit you must sell and put a price. Of course, I can understand that this poster doesn't want to give the cute pony away, he kind of shot himself (assuming it's a man...) in the foot by stressing how much he needs to sell.
Of course people are going to offer next to nothing for the colt! Then the poster gets kind of ruffled feathers and sort of hurt and still can't sell the pony.
A strange thing I noticed in the ad...he says he has to unload the pony and is moving but will trade for more value in training. Kind of odd in my book but whatever floats your boat!
If you stress this much about selling, it kind of stands to reason that you need to offload the pony colt pretty quickly and will entertain offers...which are then turned down. So the colt stays put and more ads are put out about getting rid of him.
I suppose it will all work out one way or the other (always does, doesn't it??) but this should be a prime example about how to keep a horse forever!
This Is A Joke, Right??
http://medford.craigslist.org/grd/1339056246.html
Really...a horse whisperer, huh? How about a real trainer? Would that do?
Honestly, this has to be joke of some sort.
Really...a horse whisperer, huh? How about a real trainer? Would that do?
Honestly, this has to be joke of some sort.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Learn How To Put A Bit On Correctly
http://medford.craigslist.org/grd/1338393138.html
I've noticed this lately on several posts AND when I go look at horses and their tack. People don't seem to know how a bit goes on a headstall.
Check out the lower left pic of the bit on the headstall. The damn thing is on upside down. See how it inverts into a 'V' but it looks like it's been pulled in a just a little bit?? That is, oh, so wrong! The bit is supposed to be the other way around and follow the curve of the horse's mouth, from the bars, over the tongue and on to the opposite other bars. Only a nimrod tries to put a bit on upside down to hurt the horse into submitting, which I think that's what these examples I've seen lately are trying to do. They don't have a CLUE how or why a bit works the way it's supposed.
So, if you don't know how a bit works, WHY in the hell are you even using it?? If you can't put a bridle together properly, should you really be in the saddle?? I think not!!
This is basic horsemanship. If you fork a horse, you should know how to saddle and bridle your horse properly. For this, there is NO excuse!
I've noticed this lately on several posts AND when I go look at horses and their tack. People don't seem to know how a bit goes on a headstall.
Check out the lower left pic of the bit on the headstall. The damn thing is on upside down. See how it inverts into a 'V' but it looks like it's been pulled in a just a little bit?? That is, oh, so wrong! The bit is supposed to be the other way around and follow the curve of the horse's mouth, from the bars, over the tongue and on to the opposite other bars. Only a nimrod tries to put a bit on upside down to hurt the horse into submitting, which I think that's what these examples I've seen lately are trying to do. They don't have a CLUE how or why a bit works the way it's supposed.
So, if you don't know how a bit works, WHY in the hell are you even using it?? If you can't put a bridle together properly, should you really be in the saddle?? I think not!!
This is basic horsemanship. If you fork a horse, you should know how to saddle and bridle your horse properly. For this, there is NO excuse!
'Always' Come Out With A Happy Horse?
http://medford.craigslist.org/grd/1337516332.html
At first glance, this is a nice ad. Personally, I would like to see pics but the overall tone is one of a gentle, nice person with horses.
The part I have a problem with is when ANYone states that, no matter what, they ALWAYS get so-and-so out of a horse. My first thought would be that this person needs to deal with WAY more horses.
I don't care who you are, if you've never had a horse that won't play ball the correct way, you need to deal with a lot more horses. I've found that about 3-5% of horses are actually hardwired wrong in the brain and can't be fixed. Just like people. There are the horsie loons out there that shouldn't have been born in the first place!
Now I know of trainers who only deal with certain breeds or even bloodlines. Hell, the older I get, I'm nearly to that point myself! That's fine. If you specialize in, say, hunt seat, you only want a certain type/kind of horse. To try to make a square horse fit into a round hole is defeating, big time! So, if you have any sense, you look for a certain type.
My problem is when someone says, 'come one, come all' with any type of horse and the horse will be a 'happy' one after the training. In the law of averages, just doesn't happen. If you're a trainer, you should have been on literally hundreds, if not thousands, of horses and have dealt with any and everything the horse can throw at you. Just because someone has trained even 25 head, doesn't mean much. Especially in this day and age of quickie training and people buying rank 4 year olds with nary a bit of handling or very little (actual case mentioned here).
So, I'd say go out and watch this poster and get in depth info about what he/she has done. If you have a fairly complacent horse and just want to plunk around an arena, then this may be the deal for you.
Forgot to say, even highly successful trainers have failures. The difference is that they know how to cover it up and keep the duds out of the limelight and never admit to it. No trainer is 100%. No one.
At first glance, this is a nice ad. Personally, I would like to see pics but the overall tone is one of a gentle, nice person with horses.
The part I have a problem with is when ANYone states that, no matter what, they ALWAYS get so-and-so out of a horse. My first thought would be that this person needs to deal with WAY more horses.
I don't care who you are, if you've never had a horse that won't play ball the correct way, you need to deal with a lot more horses. I've found that about 3-5% of horses are actually hardwired wrong in the brain and can't be fixed. Just like people. There are the horsie loons out there that shouldn't have been born in the first place!
Now I know of trainers who only deal with certain breeds or even bloodlines. Hell, the older I get, I'm nearly to that point myself! That's fine. If you specialize in, say, hunt seat, you only want a certain type/kind of horse. To try to make a square horse fit into a round hole is defeating, big time! So, if you have any sense, you look for a certain type.
My problem is when someone says, 'come one, come all' with any type of horse and the horse will be a 'happy' one after the training. In the law of averages, just doesn't happen. If you're a trainer, you should have been on literally hundreds, if not thousands, of horses and have dealt with any and everything the horse can throw at you. Just because someone has trained even 25 head, doesn't mean much. Especially in this day and age of quickie training and people buying rank 4 year olds with nary a bit of handling or very little (actual case mentioned here).
So, I'd say go out and watch this poster and get in depth info about what he/she has done. If you have a fairly complacent horse and just want to plunk around an arena, then this may be the deal for you.
Forgot to say, even highly successful trainers have failures. The difference is that they know how to cover it up and keep the duds out of the limelight and never admit to it. No trainer is 100%. No one.
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