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Horse talk for mature people over 40

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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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#27,241 ·
Topper, so sorry you are going through this. Was her remark about a student or you? I am not exaclty sure what advice you want, but if she's a trouble maker, I suspect the admin know....I hope. You also have the 'evidence' to prove that she did a no-no, right?

Good luck at the meeting. I hate confrontation, and am not good at it, so I can't really help, but I can certainly feel for ya. :neutral: Sorry.
 
#27,244 ·
Nickermaker - thanks, I hate confrontation too. I just wanna teach kiddos !!!

PhantomHorse 13 - wow, your ride pics are beautiful. How far did you go?

Happy Place - you live on a lake? That sounds divine. Have you posted pictures? Maybe I missed them.

VickiRose - I loved reading Rose's story - interesting how sometimes the not-so-perfect ones find us. That's how I found this Forum, I bought a horse--and he turned out to be, not quite what was stated. But, I fell in love!!!

Happy Evening every one - love this forum!
 
#27,245 ·
Topper

I am sorry you are having problems. I can't believe how some people seem to thrive on causing conflict. Very unproductive and destructive at the same time. It's a shame someone like that is in the teaching profession. Kids today have a confusing enough path thru life as it is with out being exposed to such things. The teachers who are struggling to help them through should not be burdened with such things. I hope you are able to sort thru this and vindicate yourself. It is a shame that you have to be put in that position. Hope everything turns out ok for you.
 
#27,249 ·
AnitaAnne - you are hilarious - I am going to burn that "image" in my mind before I walk into the meeting tomorrow quoting....."she is just a dag" (hilarious)

HUMOR THE BEST MEDICINE
and new FRIENDS TOO !!!!
Oh, I wish we all lived closer together - doesn't a coffee date sound perfect?
 
#27,250 ·
Evening all! Wow! busy posts today.

I made it through my day ok. Patch did well with his "clipping". Not happy, but…. stopped by work and got another dog crate as I forgot I'm not home all day anymore to keep everyone quiet and contained so in the crate he goes when I have to leave. I'll take more pics when I'm not so rushed.

Way too many pages to respond the way I'd like. I got changed on the schedule to early morning instead of early afternoon so need to get some rest tonight.

First, Roadyy, how did it go? As I've been there, I'm with ya.

Topper, I have no words of wisdom other than keep to the high road and remember you are the adult. Most of these things have a way of working themselves out. Confrontation sucks and I avoid it, but there are times when it's not confrontation….. it's just telling the truth. You're in this for the kids and that kind of behavior is not for the kids!

Happy, Good job on the gym. Keep going. You're gonna love it. It seems the other horses are wanting some attention too. I get annoyed when I have to push one away. That's why I don't board for others.

Celeste, that little bird is amazing! Good job! I had to raise one little cockatiel once that the mother pushed out the the nest. From eye dropper to seed cup. I had that little guy for 18 years. Don't tell your DH that.

Ellen, your yard is beautiful! And you could never be a jackwagon, weeds or not

ASLacey, Hello to you, but for some reason I can't see your pics as posted. Don't know why.

Sue, I can never see yours either!

Darn, I know there was so much more I wanted to comment on, but can't find it right now.

Question. Dog training. I've gotten pretty good with the larger breeds and my heeler. They all turned out to be really awesome dogs.

Patch, according the vet is approx. 1 year old and a large terrier/pit mix. That's her best educated guess based on teeth, body structure and behavior.

My goal with Patch is to by Fall have him trail ready. I've been reading that the terrier types need a different type of training in that they don't learn to please master, they learn to have fun. Gotta make it fun. However, there's the "pit" side that is bonding with me and prefers to please (as long as its convenient).

He's is on restricted movement for about a week because of the neutering, but I purchased an extra long training rope. 35'. I took him outside with it tonight as he didn't want to do his business with me so close on a short leash, but on the long leash he felt he had a little more privacy. I would let him go to the end of it and when he would get around a tree or stump I just let him come to the end of it and them find his way back around. It only took once for him to figure out what he needed to do. This is good?

I have had to carry a rolled up newspaper (didn't smack him, just my leg) to get him to stop barking and nipping at the horses. When he heard that "SMACK" he cowered and went back to the yard. Feel bad about that, but I can't have that behavior. I've spent a lot of time getting the horses good with dogs and can't ruin that.

I really feel he could be a good trail companion along with my heeler if I can get a good recall on him. Working on that now and making tons of improvement in just the last few days.

Any other suggestions from those more experienced in terrier type dogs? I'd really appreciate the input. I'm really more in-tuned to the larger shepherds and pits. AND all my other dogs have been with me since puppyhood. Patch is at a disadvantage with his age and so little training.

Someday soon I need to do more housekeeping!
 
#27,251 ·
AnitaAnne - you are hilarious - I am going to burn that "image" in my mind before I walk into the meeting tomorrow quoting....."she is just a dag" (hilarious)

HUMOR THE BEST MEDICINE
and new FRIENDS TOO !!!!
Oh, I wish we all lived closer together - doesn't a coffee date sound perfect?
Believe me, I've suggested more than once that we need to meet in the middle and have a camp out/ride. How much fun would that be?
 
#27,253 ·
Topper, that's the kicker, right?

Also, another question. I was casually following a thread about Saving horses from slaughter. Had all the usual posts.

Anyway, I got a notification of a new post. Tried to click on it and got a message that I'm not authorized to view that post. I don't really give a hoot but wonder why? Does anyone know how I email admin?
 
#27,254 ·
AnitaAnne - you are hilarious - I am going to burn that "image" in my mind before I walk into the meeting tomorrow quoting....."she is just a dag" (hilarious)

HUMOR THE BEST MEDICINE
and new FRIENDS TOO !!!!
Oh, I wish we all lived closer together - doesn't a coffee date sound perfect?
I'm having coffee with ya right now my friend! :D

And since I am in education.....I totally get what is going on....:x You all would be suprised. If I hear that I am suprrosed to be given 'help' like your (support staff) I ususally tell the admin....thanks but no thanks, I can handle it on my own. I'm there for the kids, not the drama, and adults bring drama. (not all, but there is always a rotten seed somewhere.....) I know in your situation you need the support staff. Hoping you covered your A$$ and can get her exposed as it need to be. :sad:

Good luck! I'll be thinking of you. We teachers need to stick together! LOL
 
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Believe me, I've suggested more than once that we need to meet in the middle and have a camp out/ride. How much fun would that be?
That would be so much fun!! But would be hard to organize. I'm in if we can make it happen

On the terrier training, I'm not an expert by any means, but I have found it VERY different training my rat terrier than it was training my Boxers or any other of the big dogs I've had.

When training her, I need to go in tiny steps, and be firm but calm and clear. I know she will never be trusted off leash, because she loves to hunt esp. squirrels.

She had learnt things like go to the kitchen and wait when I open the front door, but to trust her to stand and stay at the front door like the Boxers, no. She would run out in a NY minute and is super hard to catch.

She has also learnt (finally) to wait her turn for treats without stealing the other dogs treats if they drop it. This may not seem like much, but I think manners are important. Lots of repeatition, and lots of praise.
 
#27,256 ·
Hmm. Dag may become a very frequent part of my vocabulary! Unfortunately, "dag" could be confused with "dog" which most folks might recognize as an insult.
In the Aussie dialect, there is no chance of that! ;-)


Speaking of dogs, there are some breeds that seem to get dags quite easily.
Like this one? :D




The vision of a big glob of matted hair with a surprise inside will not leave my mind soon...:eek:
Dag construction notes: The surprise is not inside the dag - not like the caramel inside a chocolate, so to speak. The surprise is relatively homogenously distributed all over the hairs in the dag, although local clumping may occur in larger surprise:hair ratios. Furthermore, the sticky nature of the surprise tends to attract other objects such as burrs, bits of dead grass, and passing motor scooters.

New "smilies":

:gallop: A hooning horse.

:cowboy:A daggy rider.
 
#27,257 ·
Just a word of caution. A dingleberry can also be found in the nostrils of those seeking to climb the corporate ladder and missing with their kissing.

Court became a continuance until Aug 12th, but did she did pass a voluntary drug test. She shows all the signs of being clean and her thoughts are very focused on proving she learned her lesson and wanting nothing to do with the drug life again. I continue to pray for her to succeed.


Was on the way home and got a call from mom to go help her fiance's daughter who broke down 10 miles north of where I turn to go see Reba.

Went up there to find her Alternator blew out. Charged her battery with the truck for 20 minutes then sent her own her way. She made it half way to her destination before it died again so she called a wrecker to take her the rest of the way.

Finally got to Reba and got her in the round pen to start working. That was a work out in itself before the work started. lol

Worked on leading manners for about 5 minutes then worked on lowering her head by resting my hand on her poll til she dropped out from under it. Then worked on her giving feet to the cotton rope. Each time she gave her foot without trying to slam it back down we stopped that and went for a stroll around the pen before working on head lowering then the other front. We were both pretty lathered up from sweat by the time I called it a day. I got her to give her foot up with my hand on both fronts and let me rub the leg all over as well as up to her neck without trying to pull or walk away. She even groomed my hand holding the ball of lead rope on my lower back as I picked her feet up. Before she had no desire to be touched by me let alone voluntarily touching me in return. HUGE Progress!! I honestly am seeing the look in her eye change as she looks at me now. Albeit she is still very skittish about being caught even in the pen. Just a level I have to work towards in our bonding. D mentioned how much lower her head was each time we took a break and walked around the pen. She could physically see her submitting to me lead. No pictures as I was too sweaty to keep the phone with me and D was busy with a few other things and peeking in on us.


I did get a picture of the register on her and another gift from D. It wasn't enough for her to give me this amazing animal, but decided she needed to get her late husband's saddle out of the tack room and to someone who can use it. I tried to pay her for it as the horse was more than I could take free, but she threatened to show me the ability behind her mare glare. I lowered my head and submitted quickly.


She has some very impressive bloodlines.


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#27,258 ·
Roadyy, not sure if a continuance is to be glad for or not, as I'm one that doesn't like waiting. I just need things to be concluded. However, glad Jesa's mother is showing better signs.

Good job with Reba!

Anita, Patch is learning small things right now. Yes, waiting for the treat is a big one, and I agree waiting at the door will be nearly impossible. I'm hoping the alleged pit in him will help a little. Am working on accepting the cat right now and as always working on "come". His recall is horrible, but getting better. I most definitely worry about my desire to make him a trail dog. I've seen it done, but I think that is on an individual dog basis..

Gotta go. Work early and hope to ride this evening. :riding:
 
#27,259 ·
I'll get that saddle cleaned up this weekend and get better pics of it.

See if this keeps from giving anyone a crick in the neck.

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Blue I am with you. I like it to be done. Apparently they are hoping that with her having several clean voluntary tests that they can convince the judge to drop it to misdemeanor and get outside therapy instead on inside that the prosecutor wants.
 
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