I have noticed with "minor" injuries, that the important thing is that you are doing SOMETHING. I have successfully treated some problems (when I could not afford a vet, ie. most of the time) by hosing it down for up to 20 minutes once a day. Of course if you are on well water you might want to check if this is all right with the stable owner. Hosing down and soaking with Epsom Salts were my old stand-bys.
Hi! I just read about Cash's painful problem. Hoof abscessess are real scary to the owner, and very painful to the horse. Decades ago I was told to soak the horse's hoof in warm water (use the elbow test) and Epsom salts, preferrably twice a day until the horse got better. If you can do only once a day it is fine.
May Cash get better quickly and may you get back to riding soon!
hey
how are you/ were you holliday to? sounds like fun! i would have loved to go to that natrual horse show it would of been great to watch!
i saw your new photos cash is so cute!
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i had a horse show yesterday partytime was so beatuiful every one had complements for her it was a big show i dinint get placed in any thing but i had a lot of fun!
the people i whent wit have othered to train me whitch i cant wait for!
i have a other show coming up i might attended a crosscountry day that would be a lot of fun!
im home sick today at mums im really bored but am watching the melborne cup horse race whitch is the biggest horse race in austrlia each year,
well talk soon
cheyenne
I put up photos and stories of Oliver and I on Facebook and I try and enlighten the people that I chat with there..... they aren't taking care of horses themselves like people on horse chat rooms are. Maybe they can help.
Hi Shirley, yay for you and Cash!! I guess I will have to watch the information about the wild herds when I'm not PMSing because I go into such a depression.... maybe in a week or two when I feel stronger to handle... of course the horses are being killed for greed of landowners... it is sickening.... I just pray the killers of horses rot in hell..... and burn in hell.... it is so pointless and disgusting..... Oliver and I are getting along so fantastic now that we slowed down.... it really was the right answer to our bonding experience... I am feeling like I can almost go around the barn now too...
I am going to send money soon to the two wild horse rescues that I know of, to sponsor a horse there, so they can continue to rescue..... I don't know what else to do.. I've seen documentaries of horses in the wild... they are so sensitive horses are, how could people be so cruel... to any animal... God, where are you? Please help.
What kind of saddle do you ride in? Is it Full QH bar too? Did I ask you that already, getting alzheimers here!
I am looking for something for Cooper now, maybe a new Billy Cook pleasure/trail (charge it LOL) since used ones are almost as much!!
I came driving up the lane to the barn the first week my new horse was settling into his home, when I came upon those two beautiful rainbows. It really was heavenly!
I wholeheartedly believe in developing trust with one's horse and respect, both for the horse AND from the horse. These animals have helped to pave the way of so much we humans have accomplished and been so very loyal along the way. The least we can do is try to understand the horse, lead the horse and enjoy the horse. How lucky we are to be able to connect with such incredible creatures. I truly believe we can't accomplish all of that with just riding...we need to earn the right to ride in that saddle! Groundwork, grooming and even hanging out in pastures on their turf, is the ultimate way to partner up with our horses. So nice to have others feel the same way :
Hi Shirley! Cooper is loving being back at his old home! Not too good for me though. It takes me almost 50 minutes to get to the barn and can't get out there weeknights because it gets dark just after 6 these days. No indoor arena here to work him in. Going to have to take the winter off and get back to work next year now. And hope that next year is not as wet as this year has been.
I think I'm going to go look at Billy Cook saddles. I want a chocolate trail/pleasure saddle. Mmmm sounds yummy LOL
I just purchased a used parelli patterns now to figure out how to use them. Still working on getting my prosthesis right so haven't done a lot of work with Cooper at all the last few months.
How are you and Cash doing? Did you get to ride when you got back from holidays? Hows the weather been there? It's has been raining for 3 days here now, was so nice for about a week then the rain started again.
I am just listening to the news and hear there is snow up north. Boy I wish I lived here, rather have snow that all this rain!!
Boy, I LIKE Cash! I often find that taking a break can refresh a horse. Of course then I get behind on our physical conditioning, but horses need breaks too.
Hey girl.. I got the DVD but it doesn't really go with what I'm doing so no, I haven't watched it.. I have millions of DVD's I've not watched from all trainers.. Ive been outside with Oliver, working on leading and trying to be brave, the weather is perfect finally after the hot dry horribly smokey summer. .... and I also went to the Horse Sanctuary and put up pics... did you see them on Wild Horses???? I gotta go outside now before an appointment and at least get a hug from my horse.. I have no time or desire to ride.. I'm doing bonding stuff for 6 more weeks.. when my trainer gets back I hope to be in a good place to start riding... Oliver is still goofing around, but getting better. I'm gonna go make an obstacle course outside for us to walk through.... then we can ride through it... :) what are you and cash doing..
Well if things are going well for the last 3 days or so, I'd say it's pretty safe to assume its fine.. Like the other issue with the horse that was new and mistakenly was introduced too agressively, but later accepted each other fine in a different setting with an established alpha.
Maybe this mare's prior agression issues were just improper herd management (if she was overly dominant over a particular horse than I would have removed the inferior horse, or moved her to a different group where she was less dominant)
Sounds like the mare got A BAD RAP, I beleive there was a discussion a while back where I talked about such horses. Sometimes it's not their fault, they are only simple minded creatures after all.
Hi Shirley, sounds interesting the situation at your barn.
Definately you dont want the new owner of the horse to feel alienated, or get the impression that your'e snobbish or anything, but I would think seriously about moving Cash to a different pasture, with perhaps more tractable pasture buddies.
Whenever you introduce new horses into a herd situation there's gonna be either a short chaotic period where everybody's just getting "aquainted" or a "honeymoon period" where everyone seems generally accepting of eachother.
It sounds like your group is experiencing the latter, the mares dominant personality will resurface eventually.
If this mare has been known to relentlessly attack, and has bitten a horse in the eye, I would find the best way to just avoid that horse.
Though I suppose if your horse is higher than her in the pecking order he might be okay, but still agressive behaviors can be picked up from such horses
Hi Shirley, Sounds like you had a great holiday, what part of OZ is your freind going to ? I have been to Fraser Island , which is at the bottom end of the GBR . I ,to like to have the bottom not far away lol. We have a freind that has a holiday home on the Yorke Peninsular, right on the beach, that we go to every year . It has a reef at each end, great for snorkleing, we spend a week there before x-mas, the kids just love it. Glad to hear your getting on well with Cash, it is alwways interesting to look at what other people do with there horses, it helps keep us fresh, I don't realy think that horses get BORED as such, but we do get stale doing the same thing, so it helps to have other things to add to the repetoire. We've had a fairly good spring with comps , taking the green horses out is always fun, no pressure to perform . I've put some pics up of some of the comps we've been to , doing very well in the dressage but jumping a but green still. Will be going to a lot of dressage comps over the summer. will keep putting up the odd pic, Cheers for now Geoffrey
Hi , who'd you have a lesson with? Myself I'm a little bbehind on horsey things this season, The foals lead and pick up their feet ok but not much more so were not going to show tis fall Like I had hoped.
Cassidy is 3 mos bred again, so even though I've been complaining about her not being fit enough to jump any more, it'll only be another 5 0r 6 mos before we cant do any jumping anyway, so I really just need to bring Ferdinand and Lacy further along in their conditioning and training so that I can jump again. (another area I'm behind in)
Nice to hear from you and glad Cash is enjoying his work more
Jesse
hey
woooooooo
its the holidays and i am having so much!!
riding every day all day long.
ive been exploring a lot and ive been in every direction around were i live so geting bored a little coz i have no one to ride wit.
anyway
the other day i whent for a ride down a narrow path that led to a narrow gate,so i had to get ooff and open the gate and lead her through and it was a steep naroow hill thing so i couldent get back on i had to walk to the bottom whitch that was were the river was at so i had to go in the river to get on and then i crossed and it was all steep so i cantered up a zigzag path made by cows whitch was fun then i rode for a bit coz i wanted to be on the other side of the river but i couldent becoz of a fence well the fence ended so came back down and had to find a place not to deep to croos and nice and easy on the other side i found a place but it was steep a bit on the other side i whent to cross party time and she just clambered right up the hill and on to the realy steep path [not bad for a horse who has onle chased cows all her life!] shes so trusting and just throws herself into anything i ask her
we got out onto a grasssy medow whit a couple of logs whitch jumped after awile i decided i would head home i started on the dirt track but i decided i would fowllow the narrow track i had to step over a log that had fallon on the pat when somthing black cought my eye i looked again and it was a massive snake!!!there was noway to turn around but ive put a martigale on partitime because im teaching her to put her head down anyway i descorrved she been tought some horsemanship coz i applied presssure on her neckstrap and she backed up the hole way!! { and when i pull on it or even toch it when moving even cantering shell stop dead on the spot!!} even her owner didint know that!!..................................
i wanted to cross back into the river but it was a bit of a drop becoz the water was deep to, whitch i didint think about but it was the only way out! party time whent in whithout a worry and we were sooon home!!
rember those people i told you about ages ago who were geting a horse but didint know anything? we.lll they got there horse hes a clysdale cross who is haredly educated!!for kids who cant even stop a horse!!!
i help them out a lot because i feel sorry for the horse but they shouldent have got a impolse buy like that i aslked them why they chose himand they said coz he was cheap
he highly not stuited for wt they have him for and all the kids fall of him heaps i ridden him 3times and he is verry hollow as in he has asways got his head verry high in the air whitch hollows his body out if u get wt i mean
and he dosent want to go forward, im happy just sticking to party time.
me and party time are having a lot of fun! shes learing how to work in a rounded frame and the other day we jumped 80cms! wooo
what are u and cash geting up to these days?
hope all is good
cheyenne[=]
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May Cash get better quickly and may you get back to riding soon!
how are you/ were you holliday to? sounds like fun! i would have loved to go to that natrual horse show it would of been great to watch!
i saw your new photos cash is so cute!
[=]
i had a horse show yesterday partytime was so beatuiful every one had complements for her it was a big show i dinint get placed in any thing but i had a lot of fun!
the people i whent wit have othered to train me whitch i cant wait for!
i have a other show coming up i might attended a crosscountry day that would be a lot of fun!
im home sick today at mums im really bored but am watching the melborne cup horse race whitch is the biggest horse race in austrlia each year,
well talk soon
cheyenne
I am going to send money soon to the two wild horse rescues that I know of, to sponsor a horse there, so they can continue to rescue..... I don't know what else to do.. I've seen documentaries of horses in the wild... they are so sensitive horses are, how could people be so cruel... to any animal... God, where are you? Please help.
I am looking for something for Cooper now, maybe a new Billy Cook pleasure/trail (charge it LOL) since used ones are almost as much!!
I wholeheartedly believe in developing trust with one's horse and respect, both for the horse AND from the horse. These animals have helped to pave the way of so much we humans have accomplished and been so very loyal along the way. The least we can do is try to understand the horse, lead the horse and enjoy the horse. How lucky we are to be able to connect with such incredible creatures. I truly believe we can't accomplish all of that with just riding...we need to earn the right to ride in that saddle! Groundwork, grooming and even hanging out in pastures on their turf, is the ultimate way to partner up with our horses. So nice to have others feel the same way :
Your horse is lovely...
I think I'm going to go look at Billy Cook saddles. I want a chocolate trail/pleasure saddle. Mmmm sounds yummy LOL
I just purchased a used parelli patterns now to figure out how to use them. Still working on getting my prosthesis right so haven't done a lot of work with Cooper at all the last few months.
How are you and Cash doing? Did you get to ride when you got back from holidays? Hows the weather been there? It's has been raining for 3 days here now, was so nice for about a week then the rain started again.
I am just listening to the news and hear there is snow up north. Boy I wish I lived here, rather have snow that all this rain!!
Maybe this mare's prior agression issues were just improper herd management (if she was overly dominant over a particular horse than I would have removed the inferior horse, or moved her to a different group where she was less dominant)
Sounds like the mare got A BAD RAP, I beleive there was a discussion a while back where I talked about such horses. Sometimes it's not their fault, they are only simple minded creatures after all.
Definately you dont want the new owner of the horse to feel alienated, or get the impression that your'e snobbish or anything, but I would think seriously about moving Cash to a different pasture, with perhaps more tractable pasture buddies.
Whenever you introduce new horses into a herd situation there's gonna be either a short chaotic period where everybody's just getting "aquainted" or a "honeymoon period" where everyone seems generally accepting of eachother.
It sounds like your group is experiencing the latter, the mares dominant personality will resurface eventually.
If this mare has been known to relentlessly attack, and has bitten a horse in the eye, I would find the best way to just avoid that horse.
Though I suppose if your horse is higher than her in the pecking order he might be okay, but still agressive behaviors can be picked up from such horses
Cassidy is 3 mos bred again, so even though I've been complaining about her not being fit enough to jump any more, it'll only be another 5 0r 6 mos before we cant do any jumping anyway, so I really just need to bring Ferdinand and Lacy further along in their conditioning and training so that I can jump again. (another area I'm behind in)
Nice to hear from you and glad Cash is enjoying his work more
Jesse
woooooooo
its the holidays and i am having so much!!
riding every day all day long.
ive been exploring a lot and ive been in every direction around were i live so geting bored a little coz i have no one to ride wit.
anyway
the other day i whent for a ride down a narrow path that led to a narrow gate,so i had to get ooff and open the gate and lead her through and it was a steep naroow hill thing so i couldent get back on i had to walk to the bottom whitch that was were the river was at so i had to go in the river to get on and then i crossed and it was all steep so i cantered up a zigzag path made by cows whitch was fun then i rode for a bit coz i wanted to be on the other side of the river but i couldent becoz of a fence well the fence ended so came back down and had to find a place not to deep to croos and nice and easy on the other side i found a place but it was steep a bit on the other side i whent to cross party time and she just clambered right up the hill and on to the realy steep path [not bad for a horse who has onle chased cows all her life!] shes so trusting and just throws herself into anything i ask her
we got out onto a grasssy medow whit a couple of logs whitch jumped after awile i decided i would head home i started on the dirt track but i decided i would fowllow the narrow track i had to step over a log that had fallon on the pat when somthing black cought my eye i looked again and it was a massive snake!!!there was noway to turn around but ive put a martigale on partitime because im teaching her to put her head down anyway i descorrved she been tought some horsemanship coz i applied presssure on her neckstrap and she backed up the hole way!! { and when i pull on it or even toch it when moving even cantering shell stop dead on the spot!!} even her owner didint know that!!..................................
i wanted to cross back into the river but it was a bit of a drop becoz the water was deep to, whitch i didint think about but it was the only way out! party time whent in whithout a worry and we were sooon home!!
rember those people i told you about ages ago who were geting a horse but didint know anything? we.lll they got there horse hes a clysdale cross who is haredly educated!!for kids who cant even stop a horse!!!
i help them out a lot because i feel sorry for the horse but they shouldent have got a impolse buy like that i aslked them why they chose himand they said coz he was cheap
he highly not stuited for wt they have him for and all the kids fall of him heaps i ridden him 3times and he is verry hollow as in he has asways got his head verry high in the air whitch hollows his body out if u get wt i mean
and he dosent want to go forward, im happy just sticking to party time.
me and party time are having a lot of fun! shes learing how to work in a rounded frame and the other day we jumped 80cms! wooo
what are u and cash geting up to these days?
hope all is good
cheyenne[=]
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