Horse Talk

[GingersHuman]

Try an actual hackamore or bitless bridle, they give much more control than a flat web halter. I have a gelding with an impacted wolf tooth that shouldn't be ridden with a bit and a mare that I've switched to bitless over the years. I've used many different kinds over the years of you'd like opinions on any of them.

 

[I Love Layers]

Try an actual hackamore or bitless bridle, they give much more control than a flat web halter. I have a gelding with an impacted wolf tooth that shouldn't be ridden with a bit and a mare that I've switched to bitless over the years. I've used many different kinds over the years of you'd like opinions on any of them.

Yes I know. We only have 1 hackamore, and we use the it for our older mare, I will probably have to go buy one.

 

[I Love Layers]

Also it was like an accomplishment thing. From her being so high strung and unruly when I got her to this.

 

[abigalerose]

So, nothing is dropped, and it's 100% normal. I'll get him gelded when he does drop again, which will be in the next few months or so, because it would be expensive and risky at this time. Looks like everyone who I talked to was right after all, and there's no worries about him being in with June right now, as long as I separate him as soon as he drops

 

[Eggsoteric]

So, nothing is dropped, and it's 100% normal. I'll get him gelded when he does drop again, which will be in the next few months or so, because it would be expensive and risky at this time. Looks like everyone who I talked to was right after all, and there's no worries about him being in with June right now, as long as I separate him as soon as he drops

You spoke with your vet or had the vet out to palpate? If you tried to "find" them yourself, chances are you'd be unsuccessful.

Best of luck. Many years ago when I boarded my horses, 3 mares came up in foal (2 of them belonged to boarders). The culprit? A 9 month old colt that the owner of the boarding facility didn't have gelded because he thought the colt too young to breed.

 

[Laurelannu]

She's cute! I just got my dream APHA (Paint Horse) last month. After being 'horseless' for over 10 years, it feels great to be back in the saddle again!!!

 

[TroyerSis]

She's cute! I just got my dream APHA (Paint Horse) last month. After being 'horseless' for over 10 years, it feels great to be back in the saddle again!!!

Beautiful!!! I LOVE Paints!!! Just a random question for the horse people on here: Has anyone here ever tried horse leasing?

 

[I Love Layers]

Beautiful!!! I LOVE Paints!!! Just a random question for the horse people on here: Has anyone here ever tried horse leasing?

No. Never will. There's always things that can happen, injuries, illnesses, even the horse ends up dying. Contracts legal stuff etc.
I know someone who was leasing a horse for a 5 year contract. The horse ended up dying close to the 4th year. The family not only had to pay for this horse they also had to pay the actual owner for the all 5 years..

 

[res]

Beautiful!!! I LOVE Paints!!! Just a random question for the horse people on here: Has anyone here ever tried horse leasing?

Are you asking about leasing out a horse you OWN or leasing someone else's horse?

I have done both, with absolute success, and am totally comfortable doing so again, under the right conditions.

I fully vet anyone wanting to lease a horse I own, and I expect them to fully vet me before allowing me to lease their horse. I check vet, farrier, dentist, trainer, neighbor, etc. references. I drop in in-announced for surprise visits. I want to see the "real" picture, not one where they have had time to "tidy up" everything.

90% of the horses at the barn I manage are privately owned and free leased by the riding program that is run at the barn. Some of the owners are absentee, and others are present multiple times a week. Our lease program is very different from others, as we pay 100% of all feed, farrier, chiropractic, dentistry and vet. We do have a "cap" to emergency vet fees based on each horse's value in the program. The owners only pay if an emergency vet fee exceeds that cap, otherwise, they have no financial responsibility to the horse.

 

[TroyerSis]

Are you asking about leasing out a horse you OWN or leasing someone else's horse?

I have done both, with absolute success, and am totally comfortable doing so again, under the right conditions.

I fully vet anyone wanting to lease a horse I own, and I expect them to fully vet me before allowing me to lease their horse. I check vet, farrier, dentist, trainer, neighbor, etc. references. I drop in in-announced for surprise visits. I want to see the "real" picture, not one where they have had time to "tidy up" everything.

90% of the horses at the barn I manage are privately owned and free leased by the riding program that is run at the barn. Some of the owners are absentee, and others are present multiple times a week. Our lease program is very different from others, as we pay 100% of all feed, farrier, chiropractic, dentistry and vet. We do have a "cap" to emergency vet fees based on each horse's value in the program. The owners only pay if an emergency vet fee exceeds that cap, otherwise, they have no financial responsibility to the horse.

I would like to lease someone else's horse, but when I contacted someone who had a leasing add on Craig's list, they just stopped answering my questions so that didn't work out

they also seemed pretty affordable too. I haven't found any other horse leasers since. Do you have any suggestions on where to look?