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Horses

dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,027 ✭✭✭✭
edited October 2012 in General Discussion
If you have ever taken a tetnis shot, please note the serum came from a horse. If you eat horse the shot will have little or no effect.
That is why horses are not eaten in America.
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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,027 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    How many have them? Mine have been a pain. Last year we rode them only enough to let them know we were around. This year I've been working them a little harder. My 2 are doing pretty good. My brother in law keeps his half broke mustang here too. That one is onry. I was babying mine tonight and she (his)got jealous, tried to kick me, lucky I had a 12qt feed bucket in my hands, only knocked me back a couple feet, if I didn't have that bucket, whew! I'm beginning to think that 4 wheelers are the way to go, only feed'em when they need to go and they only buck when you put them in a bad spot. Horses on the other hand...........
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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,027 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am about to buy a horse for my daughter as I know as much about horses as I know about princess annes left nostril I could sure use some advice.What sort,what age it should be and anything that I need to now.
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  • dcon12dcon12 Member Posts: 32,027 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just had to walk my horses a 1/2 mile to put them back in the pen. I hat horses. Don
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  • LaidbackDanLaidbackDan Member Posts: 13,142 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My horses love their hats, it's the pants that piss them off.
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  • dreherdreher Member Posts: 8,891 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My thought on horses is that where money is concerned, they are black holes.
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  • andrewsw16andrewsw16 Member Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hay converters. [:)]
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  • timinpatiminpa Member Posts: 2,250 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    horses eat money and poop work.
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  • oldrideroldrider Member Posts: 4,934 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dcon12
    I just had to walk my horses a 1/2 mile to put them back in the pen. I hat horses. Don


    They're made to ride, Don.
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  • spasmcreekspasmcreek Member Posts: 37,717 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    all my heroes were cowboys.....
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  • jltrentjltrent Member Posts: 9,337 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Zipper broke on you. Had to walk it to get it back in.
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  • GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932 ✭
    edited November -1
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  • hillbillehillbille Member Posts: 14,426 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cartod
    EffectOfUnlimitedFood1.jpg


    is that before or after don rode it???????????????
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  • we_dig_itwe_dig_it Member Posts: 6,614 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by hillbille
    quote:Originally posted by cartod
    EffectOfUnlimitedFood1.jpg


    is that before or after don rode it???????????????


    I beleive this is after it ate Don. That thing is fat....[:)]
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  • flyingcollieflyingcollie Member Posts: 197 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you have 'em, why hate 'em ?? Most folks who have horses should have a 4-wheeler instead. Horses are a year-round, "full-time occupation", and you get back what you put in. If you spend half as much time riding as you spend caring for 'em, don't own 'em.
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  • JorgeJorge Member Posts: 10,656 ✭✭
    edited November -1
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    Next time, try this.
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  • MMOMEQ-55MMOMEQ-55 Member Posts: 13,134
    edited November -1
    One of the reasons I prefer Mules. They never try to get out. Even if they did they would come home come supper time. I have owned horses and mules all my life. Horses are dumb, Mules are smart.

    When I was a kid my grandfather plowed with mules. At the end of the day he would turn them lose to go back to the barn. They would go right to the barn from out in one of the fields all by themselves.
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  • andrewsw16andrewsw16 Member Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It wasn't a hard decision. Do we stand here in the middle of this plowed up dirt baking in the sun, or do we trot back to that nice cool barn where there are buckets of sweetfeed and troughs of cool water? [:D][:D]
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  • MtnSpurMtnSpur Member Posts: 87 ✭✭
    edited November -1
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    Reckon some folks simply don't understand why there are those of us that own horses still care for and love them. Different strokes folks.
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  • ForkliftkingForkliftking Member Posts: 4,907 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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  • Jim RauJim Rau Member Posts: 3,550
    edited November -1
    I actually prefer to spend time with my horses rather than MOST people. That said I am recuperating from my wife's mare falling in a creek with my left leg and foot under her (still in the sturup). It was not her fault, just some slippery rocks. (Dodo occurs[;)]).
    They cost us very little. Every three month a farrier and some yearly shoots (which I give them) and the yearly coggins test.[^]
    They are very good 'therapy' for the madness in the world today![8D]
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  • MtnSpurMtnSpur Member Posts: 87 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Jim Rau
    I actually prefer to spend time with my horses rather than MOST people. That said I am recuperating from my wife's mare falling in a creek with my left leg and foot under her (still in the sturup). It was not her fault, just some slippery rocks. (Dodo occurs[;)]).
    They cost us very little. Every three month a farrier and some yearly shoots (which I give them) and the yearly coggins test.[^]
    They are very good 'therapy' for the madness in the world today![8D]


    The Appy in my picture above spun me left when I was still finishing her training (she was spooked by the yippy dogs of the folks down the road). Right foot got hung up as I bailed left and the ole femur didn't take kindly to it. Not her fault, not my fault, just happened. That girl prances over to me every morning for her scratchin and pattin all the while nickering to beat the band [8D]
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  • Jim RauJim Rau Member Posts: 3,550
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dennisnielsen
    quote:Originally posted by MtnSpur


    Reckon some folks simply don't understand why there are those of us that own horses still care for and love them. Different strokes folks.


    welcome to the forums
    Likewise. We considered starting a horse rescue here but it would be far more work than I want to take on at this time in my live. Three of our four horse are rescue hoarse.[^]
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  • MtnSpurMtnSpur Member Posts: 87 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dennisnielsen




    quote:welcome to the forums


    Thank you Sir, appreciate the kindness
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Had at least one horse since I was 16 until I moved up here and went into business.
    Got my first one at 14, but I had to stable him at a ranch for 2 years.

    I miss them a lot.[V]
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • MtnSpurMtnSpur Member Posts: 87 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thank you Flying. There's another but he must have been camera shy that day. We have 4 and a darn mini donkey my wife HAD to have [:0] . I did equine rescue for a few years and we fostered as many as 8 at one time but that became hard to let them go on occassion so ended up adopting 2, was given the appy and so it goes. They keep me grounded and grateful and I'm blessed with their devotion. Horses aren't the smartest of critters but if you understand them and they you it all works out [:)]

    Appreciate the welcome
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  • jjmitchell60jjmitchell60 Member Posts: 3,887
    edited November -1
    I miss owning horses!!! I would rathe rbe putting horses back in than doing most of what I do now. IF it had not been for the drought a couple years back, would still have horses but I gave them to a home whee they would not need water hauled, hay fed all year that year, and where kids would love them as I and my kids did.

    A good horse, faithful dog, bed roll, rifle, bedroll, and no humans is what I call riding off into heaven!
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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dennisnielsen
    quote
    A good horse, faithful dog, bed roll, rifle, bedroll, and no humans is what I call riding off into heaven!


    true

    I assume one of the 'bedrolls' are meant for the dog?[:0][;)]
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • 8000fthi8000fthi Member Posts: 864 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Horses have been good to me. I have raced them, and vetted them for 50 years. They are work and need a lot of care, not always easy but I feel fortunate to have that experience.
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  • we_dig_itwe_dig_it Member Posts: 6,614 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man." Winston Churchill

    Welcome MtnSpur, its always good to see horse folks on the forums.

    We currently have 5. My oldest daughter trains horses and works in an equine therapy program for troubled youth.

    Horses are a huge part of our life, they are alot of work, but we wouldnt have it any other way....[:)]

    Hey Dennis, your paint is beautiful, is it registered?
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  • jjmitchell60jjmitchell60 Member Posts: 3,887
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    quote:Originally posted by dennisnielsen
    quote
    A good horse, faithful dog, bed roll, rifle, bedroll, and no humans is what I call riding off into heaven!


    true

    I assume one of the 'bedrolls' are meant for the dog?[:0][;)]

    Of course. Other wise my blue healer would take my bed roll and I would be SOL!! She has the "attitude" to do it too!!![B)]
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  • MtnSpurMtnSpur Member Posts: 87 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Gelding isn't so bad unless one wants to breed. Our 3 boys are gelded and that "kinda" keeps em from going too nutz when the Appy is sprayin and prancin to tease. That mare flaunts it and knows the boys can't deliver the goods. Almost a comedy of errors[:o)] She's registered with the APHA though it's notdoing her or us any good [;)]
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by dreher
    My thought on horses is that where money is concerned, they are black holes.


    That is what I always heard about boats.
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