Horses!

[ShrekDawg]

Here’s another picture of her
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She’s so tiny and cute!

 

[Wild Claws]

I love horses❤ but sadly i dont own any..... We found a mare and her colt that we are looking into but (theres always a but) she is not broke at all. She is bot even green broke So i am not sure she will work for us but we are still thinking. We have a friend who has a friend who breaks horses so we are considering getting her but still not sure....... in the meantime i will be looking at your horses❤

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

She’s so tiny and cute!

Thank you!!!

 

[pony007]

This is my old man Dude, hes a 24 yr old AQHA. We used to compete in barrel racing, but he's more or less retired now. He got the silliest personality and he's been my best friend for 19 years!

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

This is my old man Dude, hes a 24 yr old AQHA. We used to compete in barrel racing, but he's more or less retired now. He got the silliest personality and he's been my best friend for 19 years!

He’s adorable!!!

 

[Lemon-Drop]

I don’t own a horse, but I do take lessons once a week.

I’m pretty new (only been riding since October!) but these are some (very basic) skills I’ve learned:

• Leading a horse
• Grooming a horse-currying, stiff brush, soft brush, and hoof pick. So far haven’t washed yet.
• Walk
• Trot-no posting *yet*
• Canter-just starting to learn how to support and help the horse during this.
• Stopping (obviously!)
• Tacking up/taking off tack
• Catching from field
• Walking over uneven ground poles
• Cones
• Bareback-only a few times, but still with the bridle.
• Probably some other things that I’m forgetting.

This is the horse I ride, Rain. She’s part AQH.
Very sweet, but can be a bit slow and stubborn.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I don’t own a horse, but I do take lessons once a week.

I’m pretty new (only been riding since October!) but these are some (very basic) skills I’ve learned:

• Leading a horse
• Grooming a horse-currying, stiff brush, soft brush, and hoof pick. So far haven’t washed yet.
• Walk
• Trot-no posting *yet*
• Canter-just starting to learn how to support and help the horse during this.
• Stopping (obviously!)
• Tacking up/taking off tack
• Catching from field
• Walking over uneven ground poles
• Cones
• Bareback-only a few times, but still with the bridle.
• Probably some other things that I’m forgetting.

This is the horse I ride, Rain. She’s part AQH.
Very sweet, but can be a bit slow and stubborn.


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Im going to be staring here soon. In excited. I have loved horses since i was little. And my aunt and uncle have a few they just had a beautiful palomino colt.

 

[Lemon-Drop]

Also, I have been taking care of the horses (plus ducks, geese, goats, sheep, cat, etc.) at the place I ride while my instructor is away.

I love doing it!
Mainly just feeding/watering/petting/mucking stalls/hanging out

Picture time!

This is Dusty. I love him! He’s retired but loves being petted.

This is Aoifa. She’s such a goofball! Whenever I’m done hanging up the hay nets, she eats the scraps of hay from the wagon, instead of the nets.

This is Maggie. She’s really tall.

This is Oz. He recently had a hoof abscess which I was able to watch/help a little treat.

 

[Lemon-Drop]

Also, I love drawing horses.

 

[Lemon-Drop]

Sorry to keep posting! I love horses!

I did have a few questions though:

• I was rubbing Aoifas neck because she was rubbing it on the fence. I did it, and she started leaning into it, which I thought meant she enjoyed it. She then started lightly biting my back and legs, though. Was she unhappy, or was this a way of expressing she liked it?
• Alli, one of the horses, I was also rubbing her. She’s allergic to flys (and during flu season, which is now, she gets really itchy). I was with her in the pasture, rubbing her. There’s 3 other horses in the pasture with her. One of the other horses (the 3 others are unbehaved… they’re still quite young) started pushing me. Alli stepped in front of me, standing between the pushy horse and myself. I moved towards the gate, and one of the younger horses started ramming into me again. Alli stepped between the horses and me again, and flattened her ears. My question is, was she doing it to protect me? If not, why?
• Hay… I don’t mind the nets. However, previously they were using square bales, and are down to a few round bales. So we have to use round bales. Is there any way that’s faster to get hay out of the round bale than just pulling handful by handful? It takes a long time to get just one net filled!