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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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#11,101 ·
It was about 85 today here It got windy but DRY :) they got the hay cut!
now to get it dry and baled and then put up!!!

I am so looking forward to good hay!



I would love to go trail riding with you all


Well I better get to bet we have a early start tomorrow with the show..

Goodnight all
I am so looking forward to good hay! I wonderd about the meaning of that statment. What does it really mean.? Nah i'm not going to take that one apart.
 
#11,102 ·
Morning all! :D. It's a cool, foggy one this fine Sunday morning!

To be near 80 all week here with a threat of thunderstorms. You know what that means....HUMID!!

Stan love your ways to get rid,of pesky dogs. You make me :lol:. There was actually a stray dog hanging around moms. I yelled for her, mostly because I have concern for my elderly dog i bring with me...mom was concerned about her chickens:shock:, so she ran and got her pistol. She shot at it hoping to scare it away....I was out in the pasture eating my oatmeal (another story). When she shot....Rainn turned around and hightailed it into her stall so,fast, she was a blur!!:rofl: then she peaked out of her stal said to,say,"what...what was that???" :lol: had to be there...priceless!

As for the oatmeal in the field....I get up and go tot the barn early, too early to eat, so,often I bring my breakfast....anyway, this is mostly for STAN...you mentioned about trying to hook up with Stella. I have read, and therefore do, that of you,take a bucket or lawn chair out into the field and just sit, the horse will learn that you a no longer a threat. Let THEM come up to YOU! Sometimes I have a sweet treat in my pocket, sometimes not....that takes TIME, but worth a try maybe.

That brings me to the second thing...Rainn started the running from the halter thing when I first got her. Frustrating...I remember spending HOURS as a kid trying to,catch my Shetland pony!! :shock::shock: so what I started doing was walking out there with the halter AND a treat. Sometimes I will put the halter on....sometimes not. But I wanted her to realize that anytime I come up, and invite her into MY space she is more than likely going to get a 'nickermaker' treat!! :D. I've done this with JayJay too...so far so good!! :wink:

Just a few nuggets from my experiences..take them for what they are worth.

Critter, good luck today! I LOVED showing 4H. Does Bre ride western, huntseat, games? I mostly rode western. My favorites were trail and western riding. Placed third at states for western riding. Think I could have won the class if my QH had a lower headset...ya know, the unnatural kind they liked in the eighties.:? Oh, weell, I was still happy with being in that place. It was stiff competition!

Alex, yes, I've been rehearsing what I want to say to moms DH in my head. I'm going to have to put an end to this griping, or it will be a very LONG summer!!!:-x. I'm from a long line of people who 'avoid' confrontation....im getting WAY better at handling things.:wink:

I better get moving here...I left the troops in to keep Jays feet dry. I do prefer them out tho. Oh, speaking of his feet....I've noticed already where the cut on his back foot that ran into his sulcus (learning new terms!!:wink:) and thus also has thrush is closing up from the inside out. As of last night no gnats buzzy around a somewhat infected area! Keep him in your prayers please, he's not out of the woods yet....:wink:

Have a good day all!:)
 
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I used to sit around worrying for hours about how to handle confrontation. I wanted to think of a nice way to say something to whoever was causing me the problem. It occurred to me that there may not always be a "nice" way to say something. Sometimes you have to be frank. I would be polite and edit the profanity from my discussion, but just tell the dang husband that he's got to quit being mean.
 
#11,104 ·
A very quick pop in...my cousins on his way...

Not intentionally, but the horses got put in the same pasture this morning....all was pretty quiet by the time I left....Rainn made a couple squeals but no drama....:D

I watched them for quite a while..it's JayJay who appears to be asking to be in her space at this time. Rainer...she's kinda aloof, so she does her own thing....her old owner said she was very "whatever..." Appears that way with JayJay too.
 

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#11,105 ·
Good morning everyone! Well, DH just called and he will be working until 11 pm. I do not like that he is gone but the OT will be good. It is 67 already and feels hotter. Gonna be 92 today. I think I will go out and saddle up for a early ride. I will take my phone and try to pop off a few pics for your viewing pleasure, lol.

Glad you are getting rides in Nicker. I so wish I had riding friends that lived close by. But I feel like with you all that we are even tho we are not, lol. Does that make sense?? We are riding buddies but do not live close, :lol:
 
#11,106 ·
Well, just got out of a cool bath! After the ride and stall cleaning I was dying! Already! And it is only 78. I call bull $hi*!

I took pictures but will not bore you with all of them. But here are a couple.

Starting up the vineyard road...........(right across the road from us).




At the top before starting down back side. You can see my place between Ashley's ears..............



Going down back side....





View to the left from the top......

 
#11,107 ·
Good morning all! Whew! It has been quite a week with family, graduation and parties. Last night we had a barn / graduation / birthday party with friends and family. Lots of work, but lots of fun. Here are a few pics from the event.

The barn dresses up quite nicely for a party.



Even the horses wanted to join the party early on.


This morning, my daughter ran the Spartan Race ( 'cause that's apparently what you do after a week of final exams, graduation and an evening of partying). Gotta say, she's one tough cookie.

Hopefully this week we will get some riding time in, including a few trail rides.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone! Happy Canada Day tomorrow to my fellow Canadians!
 
#11,109 ·
Hey all! Had a wonderful,day with the family!!

My cousin brought his family up to visit all the animals and celebrate my moms birthday.

Here is my 3 yo cousin. He's BUSY!! But he enjoyed two little rides on Rainn. Notice...I bring'em up tough...no saddle, bareback! Hahaha

NVR, I hear ya about being riding buddies. I feel the same way!!:D. Your vineyard ride is beautiful!! Wow!

Koolio, nice digs for the party!! That barn of yours is really, really nice!! Congrats on everything!

Is canada day like our Independence Day?
 

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#11,110 ·
Ugh! My wireless is acting up!

Here's another for good measure.

NVR, do you normally ride alone? Can't remember if you have kids or not..we don't, just the four legged kind. :lol:

Oh, that 'dog' my mom shot at the other day was more than likely a coyote!! Guess they are becoming a real problem around here! :shock:
 

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Hi ya Nicker. I have kids and step kids. They come and go and none ride as of yet. I think its not in the cards for my 16 and 17 yr olds but of the 9 and 10 yr olds the 9 yr old shows interest so maybe some day. Thanks for the compliment on my ride photos. I love your photos as well.

After lunch we went swimming in the pond...........





Next time I am bringing a floaty. That is my son in the water. He is 16. Our internet is down right now. Damn dish! But I am cheating. LOL, that is what my son calls it. I am hooked up through my phone as a modem. Gotta love technology.

Took hubby dinner since he is working a double. Damn I am a good wife. Takes me 45 minutes to get there, gah!

So, what is everyone up to??? It is still hot here, 89*.

Oh forgot to add, my DH will ride with me. But when he is not here I go alone.
 
#11,113 ·
Dang ex's!! Lol

I was engaged to a guy when I was VERY young....my horse HATED him!! She would throw him every time, and if he showed up at a competition, I would always place lower than I normally would....should have taken her clues early on that he was a real jerK!! :rofl::rofl::razz:

Today when my cousin was checking out the horses, DH was in the barn too....Rainn kept flinging her nose at him as if to say...hey you, give me a pat! :D. Guess what....he did!!! :lol::lol: first time! He's getting more comfortable! YEA!

Wow! Beautiful pond. I'm really not a fan of swimming in things where I can't see the bottom....:oops: I afraid turtles will come up and bite me.:shock:

And NVR, you ARE a good wife! Wow! :thumbsup: you go girl!
 
#11,115 ·
Great weekend all around is the way it reads to me. The humidity here makes you feel 20 pounds heavier as you try to breathe. I keep forgetting to get pics of Trusty's wound to post up, but I don't know that you want to see that right now. It's still a little puffy and caked up with the repeated adding of medicine and backing powder.

I work 10 hours today then off for my vacation through Sunday. I am hoping to get some riding in each morning between Doc and Littleman since Trusty is hurt. I turned him out with the other horses now and he is doing fine. He hasn't limped any in several days now even when the farrier was here Friday to trim him and 3 of the others. Boo was the main one I was concerned about, but they said he was semi pro at it with 2 little pull backs before standing through the whole thing, including lifting his feet for her as she ran her hand down his leg.


Will try to log in from time to time while home to see how every is doing throughout the week.

Happy Independence Day to Canada today and if I don't get online Thursday then Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans.





Stan and Lori, I have all but decided to fix up the float I traded the four wheeler for and get a slant load trailer.
 
#11,117 ·
Hey all. Same ole same ole here. We had company Sunday so spent part of Friday and Saturday cleaning. Ended up they left by 4 yesterday and hubby had a meeting so I headed out to the barn. I had a pretty productive day considering I got up at 5 to cook a ham dinner for Sunday's lunch then after 4 worked on the area I had been avoiding I am almost finished with it, worked until 10:30 but ran out of poly so had to quit. This morning I'm headed in to get more so I can try to finish up hopefully by tomorrow. It went better and faster than I thought on the scaffolding, I would just text the kids and they would come roll the scaffolding down the aisle so I didn't have to keep climbing up and down. And I used my mounting block to stand on to reach what I couldn't off the scaffolding alone. We have lots of leftovers so I'm looking forward to being able to work and not worry about making time to cook dinner for a couple of days. And I want to use part of the leftover ham to make a big pot of green beans and nu potatoes Yum!!

Quick question, has anyone ever listed a horse for sale on this site? I'd like to downsize and was just wondering what your experience has been. I've used several of the popular pay sites before.

Also, once I get the stall area finished I'd really like to do something with the arena. I'm looking for suggestions. I want to paint or stain at least the bottom up 3-4 ft. and thought a darker color would be best but don't want to go to dark because the black rubber footing already makes it dark enough. Have you seen arenas that were painted? Thanks!

And one more, still looking for ideas for decorating the stall area I have some metal signs but need lots more stuff so it doesn't look so bare. Has anyone ever made anything with barbed wire?? Might try something like that.

Hope everyone is doing well horses and humans! Sorry some of you are having a heat wave, we had it about a week ago and now it has cooled off here and I am enjoying it!

Lori update us on the show girl!!!! with pictures!!

Alex did your boys have games over the weekend and did Mom get home safe?

Koolio the barn looks great!!!!

Rick are you going somewhere on vacation or hanging out at home?

TJ- Hope you have a good ride today.

NVr- the pond is beautiful! Wish ours was as big and as clear, we have some flower/weed growing on ours and it get's worse every year.

That's all I can remember right now :D
 
#11,118 ·
It is a stacation. I have the dually to either repair at location or haul to the house to repair, Ford has a tensioner pulley making noise, boards on the barn needing fixed, house needs pressure washed, some siding on the porch is falling and the yard and pasture need cutting as my riding mower is down.

I'll work harder on my vacation than I do here at work.
 
#11,120 ·
Happy Canada day to all my Canadian friends. FYI we don't call it Independence Day here. Just Canada day. I love coming to the states for July 4th. You guys have fantastic fireworks. Hoping to ride this morning before the heat comes. Hubby going to do some pressure washing at barn. Surprise BO when she gets back. We went out and bought new patio furniture yesterday. Lovin it!
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