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I think the other contributing factors include patience and confidence. It takes confidence to look at something and think "yeah, I can fix that." And then it takes plenty of patience to really figure it out and learn by trial and error and see mistakes as practice, not failure. This, exc...

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Welcome armchair vets! I'm seeking ideas on another lameness Any ideas? First thing would be to get hold of some hoof testers and see if you can locate anything in her hooves. Check the frogs, collateral grooves, and sulci to rule out any deep thrush that could be adding to any other problems she m...

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I stopped at one of those toll booths that spits out a ticket, and couldn't find the ticket. Finally pulled over to the side so that the cars behind me could go through, and got out of my car and walked back over to the booth. Turns out that I was looking at the edge of the ticket from where I sat i...

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In other words I'm back to just loving the sport and being part of it even if that means more time on the sidelines right now. Do you go and watch when your trainer rides? A friend has been trailering down to ride in my indoor because she works during the day but likes to take lessons, and the only...

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I have been cooking large meals practically every day. I have a fully cooked boneless (not spiral!( ham that I need to do something with. I'm really into freezing leftovers after a few meals, because we get tired of eating the same leftovers for too long (good for weight control, but it does seem l...

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It has been mentioned a few times upthread that the difference between 60 and 65 is huge, and that has been my experience, as well. I was shocked by how hard it was to recover. If we didn't have winter I doubt I would have stopped because I always felt that the mental and emotional benefits outweig...

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I'm considering buying a pony. For me to ride now, for my granddaughter in a couple years. But that *daily* *grind* of keeping up a horse is what stops me, even though it would be good for me. There's also the option of half leasing one so that you can go and get 3 or 4 workouts a week, but don't h...

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My mule had a half dollar sized lumpy, hairless patch on his inner thigh a couple years ago. I dewormed with ivermectin with no change, but then a few months later it went away. No idea what it was, as I've never seen anything like it before or since. The lumps under the skin seemed like they were i...

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I know some folks are against soybeans in horses diet. To me, it's just another legume. Otherwise, what are your complaints? Corn (Hominy), Oats, Whey (milk solids), Alfalfa, Linseed, yeast, oil, some herbs and minerals to balance......???? I would say that the minerals and other ingredients are li...

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Ha ... and now you don't even have to turn on the oven to cook your no knead refrigerator bread. Crock Pot bread. Perfect! If use 9 cups water then I don't have to measure the flour, because I can use an entire 5lb bag. Trouble is, it makes 5 loaves and I only have room for 4 in my oven. So I'm goi...

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Didn't Calvin say the white hairs were clipped off, which would have removed the coarse hair that trapped the moisture? Problem was solved when the legs were clipped. kande, I read that the horse was stocking up when unclipped and stopped stocking up once it was clipped. I was talking about the scr...

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I struggle with the holidays on a good year, but the past few have been really hard. I would be pleased to just skip the whole thing and have a quiet day but no one will let me. Maybe you need to become more assertive--or maybe passive? I've pretty much dropped out of all of the holiday stuff, but ...

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On the other hand, under saddle he doesn't have that person beside him to make him feel he absolutely must mind. With most of mine it has little or nothing to do with minding, because they all know they can leave if they really want. But they don't really want to leave because they'd just as soon s...

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Then Barbara got that crazy notion about foxhunting in Ireland and I had to get back in shape, which wound up equalling 5 jumping lessons a week, eventually, for the last 3 months before we went, and I really had fun. Now I only take a lesson 1Xweek, but it's over fences on a schooled horse who kno...

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westisbest wrote:Yes but Calvin says no scratches. Maybe in a damp climate tho there is still trapped moisture that leads to some kind of irritation.

Didn't Calvin say the white hairs were clipped off, which would have removed the coarse hair that trapped the moisture?

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westisbest wrote:That's interesting. Can't really see why it would work? but a nice easy fix.

I read that the white hairs are coarser so somehow trap the moisture and that can lead to scratches.

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Love, love, love mules! Our Rhoda mule has been gone a number of years and still miss her! 13hh hands of chestnut mare pissyness - but only to me and not the husband. She adored him :). But if I got on her she'd be likely to take off at a dead run and then do the pony trick of dropping the inside s...

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The only reason I do not like a loose ring is that they can pinch some fleshy lipped horses. I tend to like a double jointed bit, have very few single jointed ones. For me though it is more about the hands that are at the end of the reins that the bit itself. No I have never had one of my horses en...

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hoopoe wrote:yeast builds the flavor and I would for sure go more than 24 hours on the basic recipe

If I let it rise too long it develops an unpleasant sour flavor, although that's probably because I leave it in an unheated room and the temp doesn't stay low enough to be able to let it ferment for that long.

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Except for just one thing... it doesn't actually taste of anything. Is this the flour? I just used generic strong white. I can probably up the salt a bit, but I know you can't go too far with the salt or you won't get the rise. What say you, bakers? It's the long fermentation that gives it the flav...

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It has dual batteries and one alternator, all of which are new within the last 12 months. I checked with the dh and our 2002 still has the original batteries and alternator, and still starts after sitting all winter, so it does sound like you have an electrical problem. We do have one of those batt...

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Thanks :D There isn't a forum for those of us who are too old to have the stamina of the 30-somethings anymore but too young to belong in the "seniors" category....even though I feel like a senior a lot of days with my muscle aches from riding lol! There are days when I actually feel like...

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To anyone with a diesel truck, how long can/do you let your truck sit without driving it? All winter, apparently, as our 2002 sits all winter because it's 2 wheel drive and has no traction. And we're in western MA so it sometimes sits for 6 months or more. The dh may charge the battery (it may actu...

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Lots of nuts, chocolate on the top, and you'd have a giant square turtle.

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This riding thing is supposed to be fun, so if it's not fun anymore there is no harm done in stopping and finding some other hobby. Except for that pesky exercise thing. Some might prefer to get their exercise in other ways, but I feel like as long as I have the horses, and riding them is more fun ...

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I don't know you well, but was still surprised that you don't want to ride your big boy anymore... Also curious about this, as I experience it at times too, but it comes and goes. So I'll go through stages when I don't want to ride, but they pass. But I'm younger than MC, and one thing I've noticed...

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no.stirrups wrote:No one has yet said for what duration they would work a horse under-tempo.

Probably depends on how much under tempo.

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Doris, middle aged mule, came to us via the New Holland auction and Save Your Ass Rescue.

How anyone could send such a sweet mule to the auction is beyond me, but their loss is our gain:

So my riding string now consists of one WB and 2 mules.

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If I don't continue to ride I think riding is going to become difficult..so I either have to do it or quit. I think it's true that if we don't continue to use it we'll lose it, but I don't think that means we'll lose all of it, but just won't be able to ride at the same level we do now. So we'd lik...

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Thoughts seem to be that riding slightly under tempo can be a good thing? Does that mean that riding considerably under tempo isn't, and is that because it's too difficult for a horse to sustain impulsion if the tempo becomes too slow?

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It's not fed to horses here in New England either, and botulism is the reason given. I have a feeling that the conditions here (western MA) just aren't right for putting up safe haylage for horses? The woman who lost half her herd to botulism was new to the area, and may have come from an area wher...

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Talk to me about haylage and horses. Not silage. Sweet smelling hay marshmallows. I think the risk of botulism is much higher with haylage. No one that I know of feeds it to horses around here, although years ago a local breeder lost half her herd to botulism, and the story was that she was feeding...

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Since getting the new horse, I haven't ridden Rocky in the dressage saddle. I have gone back to western and a longer rein. Life for both of us is much easier on a longer rein. Maybe I should consider Western dressage with her.... I was planning to do that with my mule too, but then realized that I ...

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That's pretty adorable - although I'd say that she has YOU training to disperse cookies! ;) That's why it's called operant conditioning, because they learn to operate us. Ultimately, we operate them because we control the cookies, but they operate us by offering behaviors they know will earn them c...

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Just so no one worries that maybe she does it because the saddle doesn't fit or something, she does it while I'm grooming, well before the saddle comes out. If she happens to be in the barn when I'm tacking up another horse, she'll do it then, too, to try to get me over to her stall so I can give h...

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When you look at the pix, remember that she has a beautiful temperament. Then she's going to be just gorgeous, because she can't miss if she has a gorgeous temperament. It looks like her main problem is just lack of muscling over the topline, which shouldn't be a problem to fix once you get her hea...

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Scientists are just now figuring out that mythos of the "stallion" is just that, a myth. It does sound as if they do fight a lot, though? I like this part: "Ransom was once watching a band of mares that stopped grazing and began heading for water. The stallion didn't notice. When he ...

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DH owns eight rental houses. It is unreal what people will pay for instead of their rent. >:-( And if you suggest to them that they could not only pay their rent but could afford much healthier food for their children if they cut back on their cable TV services, they're horrified. Cut back to basic...

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and the sub, a barefoot trimmer, was doing the same thing to Rocky (long toes) That is so weird, because every barefoot trimmer I know is so about short toes. In fact, every dvd I've watched and every barefoot trimming clinic I've been to has been concerned with getting and keeping the toes short. ...

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The other thing that has run through my mind, is if you instantly get off him or back off from your aids if he 'jacks up' 'in pain' that could be rewarding the behaviour. You know your horse the best, but I wouldn't put it past one of my horses to do this exact same thing if I reward it - if they a...

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You can rule out the saddle or girth by having someone get on him bareback. Then, if he's fine with a rider without the saddle, try just the saddle with no girth. At least you have a very definite behavior to work with, instead of something really subtle. I know a horse who got really sticky about ...

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VBOpie wrote:I don't want to go back to that expense and rushing trying to ride two horses

But if the current one is unrideable then you'd only have to ride the new one, wouldn't you?

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demi wrote:I also just bought a 12 year old mare.

Did you post about her somewhere else? I remember that you mentioned you were waiting to see if she vetted, which I guess she did. Any pix?

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As if it wasn't bad enough that we're in our mid-60's and have a 9 year old mule and an 11 year old horse, we went out and adopted a 13 year old mule from a rescue this spring. She's a lot greener than what we were hoping for, but she's got the right disposition so we've been having a trainer come a...

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Oh, I soooo want one of these.... For those that have one - are they easy to use/set-up? I ride in a metal indoor also, why wouldn't they work in a metal building? I think they track via satellite, so previous versions haven't worked inside buildings. Don't know if they've added some kind of an inf...

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When you feel your horse needs to be retired, will you buy another? Or, is this your last hurrah? I don't want to ride my horse anymore. Sound as he is, how long will that be true if I keep on riding him? I feel bad for him each time I tack up. I feel he has earned his retirement, and I do not feel...

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What do you mean by stingy, Kande? Bitter? or fermenting? It's an acidic taste, but a sharp acidic taste, very similar to horseradish or wasabi. It's not noticeable in fresh coleslaw, but if the leftovers sit in the fridge I think what happens is that more and more of the mustard oils leach out of ...

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I understand from our vet that neck threadworms can be hosted by donkeys. Accordingly, before Ivermectin, a recommendation was that donkeys and horses not be pastured together. I guess the lesson is that the long eared ones also need Ivermevtin. I thought the problem there was lungworm, although I ...

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I have 2 almost identical saddles (a 17" and a 17.5"). One has CAIR and the other doesn't, and I've never been able to see or feel any difference in the way my horse goes when I switch saddles. I've had both saddles for more than a year, and ride the bigger one more in the winter to accomm...

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A friend of mine had this problem and a clinician gave her an exercise she called "the stork" to start every ride The idea was to lift her arm on the collapsed side and ride around with it stretched up and forward. Can't remember if there was more to it than that, but since it was called t...

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