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I thought I would start a new thread for people over 40
who love horses.
This thread is open to owners leasers an people who
love horses

I will start I am 48 years old and I never yet owned a horse
mainly because of finances.
I have been around horses most of my life. I have ridden
all kinds of horses first ponies then horses
I have ridden Arab, Quarter Horses, Morgans, Appendix Quarter horses.
Thoroughbreds, Appaloosas, American Saddlebreds and Paints and lots of mixed breeds too and all sizes 14hh-17hh
I have ridden both English and western
here is are pictures of me riding my friends Pinto 14hh
and my friends Half Arab

My husband knows how much I would love my own horse so in the spring we are looking in to leasing a horse
 

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#2,361 ·
Sorry that Kestrel didn;t have a wonderful experience-but she will heal quickly. Does your trailer have a divider at all? My slant load has 1 gate for the first slot. I like to use it as it can be a brace, especially if only 1 horse is in the trailer. And yes, do load her up again soon so both of you have a better trip in your memory banks.
 
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Good Morning all ... It's been a busy week .. not much time to post, but I do stop in and catch up on everyone!

We killed our first copperhead yesterday .. and it was about 8" long. A baby. So I'm sure there are about 15 more where those came from! lol. They are the most beautiful snake, but we are a bit overrun with them in this area.

I also pickled some eggs yesterday. Have never done that, but had to figure out something to do with all the banty eggs I'm getting. So we'll see how they turn out when we eat them this weekend! eeeeeeek!

I'm supposed to go look at that ... um ... surprise birthday present for DH this weekend. Of course, I'm going to have to SNEAK over there. I'll take pics and let ya'll know.
 
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Thanks everyone - makes me feel better that you don't think it was my fault, I'm feeling so guilty that something happened as soon as she was in my care.

I do plan on loading her into the trailer again as soon as hubby can pull it back out of the storage area for me (I wont be able to put it back if I do it myself and theres a show at my barn this weekend I dont want it to be int he way) and I am planning on pulling it empty next week, to gain some confidence back with it.

There are dividers in my trailer...nice thick padded, I had her in the first slot, with the divider up for her, so I dont know how she fell or how she got back up even, but a broken trailer tie and scrapes on her back lead me to believe she fell somehow. Are there horses that fall down often when trailering? Maybe dont have balance in a trailer? I'm worried this is going to happen again.
 
#2,365 ·
We killed our first copperhead yesterday .. and it was about 8" long. A baby. So I'm sure there are about 15 more where those came from! lol. They are the most beautiful snake, but we are a bit overrun with them in this area.
This is so scary to me, I am so scared of snakes, this would put me in therapy. We have only garden snakes here, and they like to jump out at me when I'm gardening (ok, they slither away from me but it scares the heck out of me) But on the Eastside of the mountains we have rattlers, and I am on the look out for them all the time. I ran one over with my car once...hubby felt bad, me not so much.
 
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This is so scary to me, I am so scared of snakes, this would put me in therapy. We have only garden snakes here, and they like to jump out at me when I'm gardening (ok, they slither away from me but it scares the heck out of me) But on the Eastside of the mountains we have rattlers, and I am on the look out for them all the time. I ran one over with my car once...hubby felt bad, me not so much.

Hahaha me too. When I worked at a horse ranch one year I went to come out of my trailer and there was a rattle snake on my doorstep. EEEEKKKKK!!!! Called upon one of the tougher girls and she killed it and made a hat band. Thank goodness we don't have them around here or at our property. At our property we have these nasty beetles, they are huge and fly into things like they are drunk and the BITE! Hate em
 
#2,367 ·
Wow, looks as if I missed out on a lot yestday.

CW...Yay! I am so glad you had a good visit.

Foxhunter...sounds to me like the pups were in a mood yesterday. What is tripe?

With Grace...I agree with everyone here. No matter who was driving, you had to stop. It would have happened to them instead.

I had a pretty nice evening as well. As soon as I got home, I changed and went over to the barn. Got my Josie out and tacked up. She isn't a very patient horse so I had to make her do some pushups because she won't stand still while I mount but after the third time...WOW!

I wanted to work with her for the upcoming fun show we are having, but as soon as I got mounted and started walking around the arena, it started to thunder. I did go in to the indoor arena but she isn't a huge fan, plus she did so good standing for me that I let her off easy last night.

I went in and got my other girl Dee out, but the humidity was so, that her breathing was very, very labored. I did ride her around the indoor arena a few times but let her back out. I don't think our meds are working very well for her. I am going to have to get the vet back out.

After everyone was fed we let them out for the evening and then all the "humans" watched the approaching storm. It was something. I've never seen lightening like that in my life before. WOW.

Well hopefully this weekend will be better and I can get Josie working on the things for the show.
 
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CW- Sounds like you had a wonderful day. I'm so happy for you!

Well, the day didn't really go as planned. Kestrel is at her new barn, all tucked in for the night, but the drive home didn't go so well.

I drove the trailer out there, sweating and white knuckles, was so nerve wracking. That was an hour drive, but I did fine. We loaded Kes into the trailer, she loads very easily.

Hubby said I drove so well, that I should drive my own horse home. So, reluctantly I did take the wheel and drove home, the first time I've driven with a horse in the trailer. I felt her moving back there, A LOT. Got on the highway, which happens to be one of the most dangerous in our state, and about two minutes on the highway, traffic goes from 60 mph to 0 in about 50 yards, no kidding. My truck is very good and strong, and I slowed as best I could to make sure Kes didn't get flung around. I had a ton of space in front of me thank god, and was able to come to a stop fairly decently, not what I want with a trailer, but I didnt get rear ended or hit anyone else. Its 4 cars, all stopped on the highway, letting a family of geese across the highway. Its a 2 lane highway here, with blocks on both sides, theres no where for these goslings to get off the road. I think I said OMG 20 times before hubby told me to stop. My heart was just pumping that one, I had to slow so fast, and two, those geese and babies I know didn't make it. I feel Kes still moving around back there.

I drive the rest of the 40 minutes to the barn. Open the trailer, and Kes has broken her trailer tie! Looking closer, she has a gash above her eye, bleeding. I almost burst into tears but maintain my composure.

Get her to the stall, she's stressed, but wants to eat and drink. Good signs. I brush her and find two small scrapes on her back, which lead me to believe she must have fallen in the trailer. My poor girl, I am beside myself with guilt right now, I feel so terrible that I had to brake so quick and throw her off balance. I"m thanking God there had not been a Semi truck behind me!!

She's home, a little bruised, and my BO is going to check on her through the night. She's got some medicine on her cuts, and had lots of food and water.

Let me just say that trip has made me trailer shy in a huge way.
Awe Grace I feel bad for you and Kestrel
 
#2,370 ·
Awe Grace I feel bad for you and Kestrel
Thanks for the concern CW. My BO didnt call me last night, so she must be ok. I'm going to the barn at noon to check on her, lead her around the grounds and get her familiar with the indoor. And put more meds on her cuts.
 
#2,372 ·
The owners are trying to find a saddle that fits her
properly
she looks high withered

That is good news that you don't have to move Hunter
I know nothing about Western saddles - is it hard to find one to fit high withers? Can you get pads with shims to adjust for that?
 
#2,373 ·
Good Morning all ... It's been a busy week .. not much time to post, but I do stop in and catch up on everyone!

We killed our first copperhead yesterday .. and it was about 8" long. A baby. So I'm sure there are about 15 more where those came from! lol. They are the most beautiful snake, but we are a bit overrun with them in this area.

I also pickled some eggs yesterday. Have never done that, but had to figure out something to do with all the banty eggs I'm getting. So we'll see how they turn out when we eat them this weekend! eeeeeeek!

I'm supposed to go look at that ... um ... surprise birthday present for DH this weekend. Of course, I'm going to have to SNEAK over there. I'll take pics and let ya'll know.
We had our first rattle snake about a week ago a baby also, no buttons but was an aggressive little thing coiled, was shaking it's tail and striking at me, I put it on a rake and took it way out in the desert and let it go, probably should of killed it but I didn't. It was the first rattler I've seen here we have alot of Bull Snakes and King Snakes.
 
#2,375 ·
We are in copperhead country here at the edge of the Piney Woods.. But, to date (3 years) we have seen mostly copperheads, but also rat/chicken snakes, cottonmouths, hognose, garden snakes, one timber rattler, one coral snake.

Then there are the scorpions ... and the spiders (black widows, brown recluse) .. *sigh* You just get used to them after a while .....
 
#2,376 ·
We are in copperhead country here at the edge of the Piney Woods.. But, to date (3 years) we have seen mostly copperheads, but also rat/chicken snakes, cottonmouths, hognose, garden snakes, one timber rattler, one coral snake.

Then there are the scorpions ... and the spiders (black widows, brown recluse) .. *sigh* You just get used to them after a while .....
I can assure you, I could never get used to that many types of snakes, along with spiders and scorpions. We have the brown recluse, I tend to watch my back at the barn, because I know they will try to seek me out:shock:
 
#2,378 ·
I know nothing about Western saddles - is it hard to find one to fit high withers? Can you get pads with shims to adjust for that?

I had a foam pad that fit under the front of my Aussie saddle. When I was riding Duke regularly the saddle started to pinch near his withers (that's what makes me wonder about Belle losing weight the saddle shouldn't pinch).

Hey when I am at barn on Sat I will look for pad, it worked wonders, maybe you could try it on Belle CW????
 
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