Posts by welsummerchicks

Quote:Originally Posted by zzGypsy A warmblood, by the way, is not a draft-thoroughbred cross, or any other cross - such cross breds are called 'Half Breds' or 'Cross Breds'.   Warmbloods originate from a number of...

Quote:Originally Posted by Symphony It's a warmblood, I figured I could post a warmblood since the Akhal Teke is a warmblood...A-T  were often crossed with warmbloods, but they themselves are not warmbloods.    Along...

Quote:Originally Posted by TinyTotsSeramas I havent read any of the other comments but here is what I have experianced in the 13 years I've been around horses.So my question is how long will it take after he is gelded to start...

Thanks everyone.Do you folks feel that the variety of responses are due to the vagaries of trying to describe something in words?   Do you feel that more posters would have been concerned about the dog if they had actually seen...

She's getting old and when that happens often their coat does that.   Rain proof sheet time.   It will keep her coat from getting 'hard' like that.Schneider makes nice pony blankets in many hard to get sizes.

I'll bet there's a veterinarian who would put the dog down for them for less than eighty dollars.Or why not take the dog to the eighty dollar kill shelter?   Eighty dollars is less than a lawsuit or a medical bill. ...

Since the owner came and got the dog, I don't feel comfortable making any assumptions about what the dog may have been about to do, or what it would have done if the owner did not show up.I have seen dogs act like this, twice in my...

For nonconformists they sure do conform a lot.Most of the goth/emo kids I've met have been pleasant and fine - some are rather smart kids and a lot of fun to talk to - very bright, perceptive of hypocrisy and very alert to issues and the...

Quote:Originally Posted by SuziQ991 I have to ask welsummerchicks,  what did your friend do and how did it turn out?She yelled, 'go home, git!'  and the dog did nothing.  No change.  She decided to stand still...

Actually, the 140 lbs is a mistake, a typo.She guessed the dog's weight at 180 lbs, which the AKC lists as a typical weight for an adult male of this breed.I made another mistake, though - the typical height is 32 inches at the withers -...