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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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#11,161 ·
:rofl: Oh my! No please don't, I've not had enough coffee for that yet this morning.

TJ so glad you had a good ride! Sounds like the new horse is a good match.

Alex, did you go home with Mom?

I think I worked too hard on Sunday and didn't have a very productive day yesterday (why do we do that?) but I did manage to finish the big wall and both ends above the doors. Today my goal is to poly above the stalls, stain the corners of the big wall and stain the boards on the end doors which I did not plan on doing but now that everything else is painted and those boards are not it stands out like a sore thumb.

I have a headache and my chest kinda hurts, either I'm getting sick or all the stain and poly is killing me. :wink:
 
#11,164 ·
Dropping in to say Good Morning. Another hot one today. We even have ash from the fire that is burning between us & town-they don't expect containment for another 10 days, but it is about 10 miles away. It is not the fire where 19 firefighters lost their lives-that one is to the east of me. Sending up a prayer for those families and their community.
 
#11,165 ·
Critter, is the salon your own? Do you share chairs with others? Just curious, as my niece runs her own salon.

Yes it is mine. It is inside a truck Travel center. Just one chair here So I work alone..
I have been thinking about doing One Chair rental but I am Very picky. I wouldn't want someone coming in here and giving me a bad name.I would be very selective on who comes here.

Good thing is I make my own hours. I am here alot but it is a good time and the clients are all pretty nice.
 
#11,166 ·
CA I hope the fires stay away. That is so sad about the loss of those firefighters.

Stan what a beautiful Grand Daughter.

they are starting Bailing at noon today. I will go help if the Salon stays slow if not I am sure they'll have plenty of teenagers to help.

Last night the BO came to me and asked me if I would be willing to take over the other half of the Barn also. the Ole guy. "who's not as old as I thought is very ill and may have bone cancer. " will not be coming back to the barn. It is all dry lots and only a extra 6 horses Bre and I talked and figure it will add about a hour of work to the day but I will get paid more. I think it will work.
I just hope the Ole guy is Ok . he will be missed.
 
#11,167 ·
Good morning all! I am officially on summer holidays! Woo hoo!! The school year, barn building, job interviews, graduation, barn party, visiting family and Canada day are all behind me now. Now it is time for some fun and some serious R and R. This morning I woke up to have a quiet coffee on the deck with a fantastic view.


It has been killer hot (for us) these past few days so my main objective today is to keep cool. I put the horses out to graze in the shade down by the trees for a bit this morning before it gets too hot. They will spend the afternoon in the shade of their shelters.

My two nieces are still here from Arizona, so I will take all the kids to the West Edmonton Mall Waterpark while DH and I go for a nice 20th anniversary dinner this afternoon / evening. After that I hope it will be cool enough to play a few games of badminton in the yard before the mosquitoes come out.

No riding today, as we had a lesson yesterday that proved to be quite the workout for all. Koolio was awesome as we worked on flexion, collection and impulsion, but I feel he deserves a day off and I think today is supposed to be even hotter than yesterday. I think the weather forcast says it will cool again tomorrow.

Cacowgirl - I am so sorry to hear about the fires and the deaths of the firefighters in Arizona. My thoughts and prayers are with all the affected families. I graduated high school in that area, so it saddens me to even think of the devastation caused by the fires and the lives lost.

Happy belated birthday to Rick, and congratulations Stan on your new granddaughter. She is beautiful! I wish everyone a fantastic day!
 
#11,168 ·
Good afternoon all! Got up super early to ride. It was and still is overcast and cool. Our weather for the next week is so unpredictable...

Got a nice rode in, jay jay was a bit 'bad' today....he has always spun when I try to mount. (Apparently whoever had him allowed him tomdothis.) He was getting better and was down to about 5 turns til he stopped and let me on. Today was something else!! He spun and spun and now started to,walk off! Ugh!! After I got home I dismounted and mounted twice....he stood perfectly still! :-x. It is that initial mount that gets him....once I'm on, he's fine and ready for action.

Starting to see changes in his feet already! The product NO Thrush claimed you would see the frog and heel begin to shed itself when it started to heal. As it heals from the inside out! I started the treatments less than a week ago! He has a pretty bad case of it from what I can summize from all the research, so our healing will take a while, but it's exciting to see progress.

Also, the No Thrust is also said to work on rain rot. Rainn won't leave her shoulder alone, in fact he scratches it raw. I put the NT on it yesterday....already drying up!! AND, she stopped biting it!! This is some GOOD stuff!

Does anyone has suggestions to stop JayJay from spinning? I will note that it seems that if I take the reins up in my hands he spins worse. I try to keep the reins resting on his withers as I mount....weird. Someone suggested to let him spin until he stopped instead of fighting him, as the pulling of the reins makes him back up...so I do, and it was working except this morning. BUT, it was cool, and he may still be testing me.

Have a good day!
 
#11,170 ·
Celeste, the only baby pictures I have of me were taken 65 and a half years ago and I was laying on a sheep skin rug. .:shock: Not sure how to get them into the computer and then if I did manage it, I'm not sure if anyone really wants to look at my 6 month old body laying on a sheep skin wearing nothing but a toothless smile:lol:.
Stan, you are being bad again............ :wink:
 
#11,172 ·
Catching up before I go do bills.Nicker,your horses are SO pretty.Thx to all who gave me koodos on my little lesson;LadyTrails,so awesome you volunteer w/kids & therapy horses.I did that for awhile @a little NAHRA place, pre-crash.Controlled the horses on lead rope while another volunteer was alongside the child.The sensitivity of the horses amazed me too,I'd like to work w/that kind of thing again someday..but guess right now it's me that needs the therapy horse!
Nevr2-Melinda: I've always wanted to get on a draft horse! (well,not right now of course).Your guy sounds lovely.Tommy short,but those big solid feet,&felt like sitting on a couch. &..this is funny. Your joke came in handy today! Had a call for a fall @ the community center,which turned out to be nothing (TG),so was chatting w/the elderly ladies gathered around. Was an ambiable crowd,& someone said too bad we didn't get to see the Heimlich maneuver or at least a decent bruise for Terry to attend to,that would've been interesting. Sooooo...pulled out the joke on 'em. One almost choked she was laughing so hard!
 
#11,173 ·
Good afternoon all! Got up super early to ride. It was and still is overcast and cool. Our weather for the next week is so unpredictable...

Got a nice rode in, jay jay was a bit 'bad' today....he has always spun when I try to mount. (Apparently whoever had him allowed him tomdothis.) He was getting better and was down to about 5 turns til he stopped and let me on. Today was something else!! He spun and spun and now started to,walk off! Ugh!! After I got home I dismounted and mounted twice....he stood perfectly still! :-x. It is that initial mount that gets him....once I'm on, he's fine and ready for action.

Starting to see changes in his feet already! The product NO Thrush claimed you would see the frog and heel begin to shed itself when it started to heal. As it heals from the inside out! I started the treatments less than a week ago! He has a pretty bad case of it from what I can summize from all the research, so our healing will take a while, but it's exciting to see progress.

Also, the No Thrust is also said to work on rain rot. Rainn won't leave her shoulder alone, in fact he scratches it raw. I put the NT on it yesterday....already drying up!! AND, she stopped biting it!! This is some GOOD stuff!

Does anyone has suggestions to stop JayJay from spinning? I will note that it seems that if I take the reins up in my hands he spins worse. I try to keep the reins resting on his withers as I mount....weird. Someone suggested to let him spin until he stopped instead of fighting him, as the pulling of the reins makes him back up...so I do, and it was working except this morning. BUT, it was cool, and he may still be testing me.

Have a good day!
Is he spinning towards you, or away. If away, try turning his head a little away from the sid you are mounting on. It will make him turn towards you and with one foot in the stiripp you are of the ground and seated.

Sounds like as his feet get better he is feeling more like moving. I also think he is going to test you a little more so go practice your sternest growl on your husband. Get that perfected, you will know when it is ready, he will be cowering in the corner. And when the horse does something wrong, growl, and start again untill he does what you want. Bugs tries me and turns to refuse. I growl and turn him back to what I want to do and he looks for something else to try. Good thing is I doubt if JJ has any malace in him, same as bugs, Just trying it on.

I remember Kate used to go backwards when Roslyn mounted in resistance to being asked to go forward. So she set Kate up so her rear was facing the drive and when she started to back she was made to go the whole length of the drive 70 yards backwards. She stopped doing that very quickly.

Well its raining so the farrier has cancelled. I've had a chunk cut out of my head and no, my brains did not spill out. The cattle drive is now next week so its lay back and relax untill work again tomorrow.

Cheers
 
#11,174 ·
Stan, thanks for the response. jayJay spins towards me generally.

Tonight we practiced me standing on the 'mounting block'...an old wire spindle...I pulled out my problem solving horse book, and one thing they mentioned was launching...I mean mounting from a block. Gave reasons why he may be doing this. Tonight we just practiced wo a saddle and allowing me to stand on the block. Tomorrow I will throw on the saddle and do the same...no mounting, just get him used to standing there. He's a different horse when tacked up...it's what I suspect a police horse is like, when tacked, they are ready to work.

Stan you are right, he isn't full of malice, and i do think his feet are feeling better. It's only been a little over two weeks, so the testing still goes on...I will tell you, with JJ, you don't have to growl too loud. He's very responsive....thank goodness!,:lol: oh, I did practice the growling on the DH...didn't want to lose my powers! Hahaha. I still got it!

TJ, thanks for,the compliments on my horses....we are getting there...rainn's face is growing more and more hair, and JayJay is filing out nicely. :D

Koolio, beautiful property!

Critter, did you help with the hay? My niece JUST filled her other chair. She's particular too! :wink:

Have a good night everyone!!
 
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#11,175 ·
Hello, I have reverted to lurking the last few weeks. Took on some odd jobs to make some extra cash for my vacation next week and I have almost been to tired to even read. So was catching up today and saw a post on trail riding safety...just what I needed something else to freak me out. I am still nervous about taking my new horse on new trails and coupled with a paralizing fear of heights(trailwise, not horse) I am stressing out a lot. Very excited though. Love being in the mountians.
We had to change our destination and the new place we are camping at, a friend has actually ridden before so I feel much better about trails with horrid dropoffs. There wont be any if we avoid one particular trail. My friend loves that stuff but she is aware of my fears and I hope the other trails are enough to keep her happy.
I have been working as a groundskeeper at a B&B early in the day, then the extreme mid-day heat, followed by evening thunderstorms has kept me from riding and I am worried my mare will be be out of shape for 3-4 days of riding at a higher elevation. She was only getting light riding before that. I dont know how much riding each day we will be doing.
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Hello, I have reverted to lurking the last few weeks. Took on some odd jobs to make some extra cash for my vacation next week and I have almost been to tired to even read. So was catching up today and saw a post on trail riding safety...just what I needed something else to freak me out. I am still nervous about taking my new horse on new trails and coupled with a paralizing fear of heights(trailwise, not horse) I am stressing out a lot. Very excited though. Love being in the mountians.
We had to change our destination and the new place we are camping at, a friend has actually ridden before so I feel much better about trails with horrid dropoffs. There wont be any if we avoid one particular trail. My friend loves that stuff but she is aware of my fears and I hope the other trails are enough to keep her happy.
I have been working as a groundskeeper at a B&B early in the day, then the extreme mid-day heat, followed by evening thunderstorms has kept me from riding and I am worried my mare will be be out of shape for 3-4 days of riding at a higher elevation. She was only getting light riding before that. I dont know how much riding each day we will be doing.
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Sounds like a great vacation is on the horizion. The new horse, has it any experience trail riding. If I revert to trekking its what we call it. Heights scare the crap out of me to, but I have learnt that at times one has to let the horse have its head and trust it. If that was me I would, and have at times, tucked my horse in behind the more experienced one and let it follow. Another way to look at the fitness of the horse it won't have energy left over to give you a hard time. As long as its sound they are tougher than we think.

Now there are two actions I take before a ride and they are secret so please don't share. My water bottle often has a little more than water in it if you get my drift and I set out with two, one for the ride out and the other for the return, and of course back at camp the top up. I know one is not surposed to drink and drive, but really it's not driving is it. And the second helper is prozac. I take one before bed at around midnight so the effect is still in there at breakfast. Bacon eggs and black sausage with a cup of tea of coffee fortified with that special water from the canteen. Swing up into the saddle, the mix of the two numbs the fear and I have a great time. Nah I don't do that, I only fortify the coffee at breakfast. Have a great holiday Roseann wish I was going with you all.
 
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