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[Sallysec]

Please get some lessons under your belt first!! And go over and introduce yourself to your neighbor! You could offer to help her with horse chores to gain some experience with working around horses. Also, (I have been sitting here trying to figure out how to say this tactfully, but if it is too blunt please forgive me) I have had people approach me, that I don't know wanting to ride my horses. It really has taken be aback! I think that a better approach would be to introduce yourself, explain that you love horses and what your plan is (taking lessons etc). She may offer. If she has more than one she may like the company of another person on a trial ride. Good luck!!!

That was put very nicely, I was thinking something similar ...she might not be happy with you feeding her horse as well, but if you introduce yourself first and express how much you like her horse etc.
Hopefully she understands you only mean well and loves the offer for help.

 

[Lynzi777]

Please get some lessons under your belt first!! And go over and introduce yourself to your neighbor! You could offer to help her with horse chores to gain some experience with working around horses. Also, (I have been sitting here trying to figure out how to say this tactfully, but if it is too blunt please forgive me) I have had people approach me, that I don't know wanting to ride my horses. It really has taken be aback! I think that a better approach would be to introduce yourself, explain that you love horses and what your plan is (taking lessons etc). She may offer. If she has more than one she may like the company of another person on a trial ride. Good luck!!!

Oh I didn't mean like tomorrow LOL Eventually...I need the experience with more riding first obviously. I know she'd love it for someone to spend more time with him than she is, right now he's just a pasture pet with an extended stay on my neighbors property. My neighbor has informed me that this woman is very friendly and would love it if someone would ride him more - she's always offering up rides to my neighbors niece and nephew when they are over there. He was a hose that was used for lessons a couple of years ago that she adopted I guess, and she had asked my neighbor if she could keep him over there until she found affordable boarding close by. (there are plenty places to board around here, I think she likes having him right across the street

) He's a super friendly horse, not skittish at all and loves when we bring him apples. He'll stand there all day with us if we stayed. LOL I just need to get myself over to her house and introduce myself. She lives right up the road.

 

[Adoravachick]

Please get some lessons under your belt first!! And go over and introduce yourself to your neighbor! You could offer to help her with horse chores to gain some experience with working around horses. Also, (I have been sitting here trying to figure out how to say this tactfully, but if it is too blunt please forgive me) I have had people approach me, that I don't know wanting to ride my horses. It really has taken be aback! I think that a better approach would be to introduce yourself, explain that you love horses and what your plan is (taking lessons etc). She may offer. If she has more than one she may like the company of another person on a trial ride. Good luck!!!

I agree, go and introduce yourself maybe offer to help out in her barn. Maybe she will start with letting you groom him...and go from there. You can really get to know a horse by grooming for an hour or so everyday. I always spent at least an hour grooming my green horses, lots of time walking them and just being able to handle them on the ground first. I also always had people ask if they could ride my Jumping horses, it felt like someone was asking me if they could use my toothbrush....um no. They were always very spirited horses and required experienced and strong riders.
Just start slow.

 

[Adoravachick]

That was put very nicely, I was thinking something similar ...she might not be happy with you feeding her horse as well, but if you introduce yourself first and express how much you like her horse etc.
Hopefully she understands you only mean well and loves the offer for help.

Yes, feeding is another thing you may want to ask her about, Lyndzi. I had one horse that I specifically never fed out of my hand because he would become nippy, just check with her first.

 

[ImpulsiveFarmer]

Hi NY Chicken Lovers,

This will be my first winter with my 6 red sexlink hens who are 7 months old. I've decided not to supplement the light other than the natural light from a skylight and I'm wondering when I should plan on not getting eggs. This is the first week that I haven't gotten a daily egg from each of them and my extended family is getting very used to having fresh eggs delivered to them. I'm hoping I could save a stash of eggs for myself to last through the winter. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Jay

The first year I had chickens my girls refused to sleep in their coop and instead perched on top of an old doghouse I had in their run (I'm still amazed they didn't freeze to death I lived in upstate at the time and it was normal for the nights to get below 0). I got eggs from them daily throughout the entire winter. The next year we built a bigger coop and had to put a light in it for them to continue to lay. I think if you make the coop with enough windows and an eastern facing door so they get the sun as soon as it rises you can manage to get them to lay all winter without supplementing light.

 

[vmdanielsen]

I agree, go and introduce yourself maybe offer to help out in her barn. Maybe she will start with letting you groom him...and go from there. You can really get to know a horse by grooming for an hour or so everyday. I always spent at least an hour grooming my green horses, lots of time walking them and just being able to handle them on the ground first. I also always had people ask if they could ride my Jumping horses, it felt like someone was asking me if they could use my toothbrush....um no. They were always very spirited horses and required experienced and strong riders.
Just start slow.

I'd sooner lend my toothbrush

. Having said that, I do have friends come and ride with me(on my horses regularly), with the understanding they must take lessons on my horses regularly. It is important to me to "stay on the same page". Speaking of riding I should go do so. Too much rain, too much slop!!! How wet do you think I am going to get??!!!

 

[Lapeerian]

I'd sooner lend my toothbrush

. Having said that, I do have friends come and ride with me(on my horses regularly), with the understanding they must take lessons on my horses regularly. It is important to me to "stay on the same page". Speaking of riding I should go do so. Too much rain, too much slop!!! How wet do you think I am going to get??!!!

My 23 year old Morgan-QH is a wonderful lesson/ring horse, but becomes an absolute dink on the trails, spooks at everything. (And yet I bought him from a place that supposedly used him for trail rides near Syracuse when he was 5). 21 year old Arab mare loves to go on trail rides. Her bad knee has gotten to the point we no longer ride her though. And then there is the newbie guy, unbroke 6 year old. I don't think his brain is attached either. I miss my Bingo, he was super pony.
Lynzie - Showsheen works wonders on detangling and removing burrs and burdocks. Some people use WD-40, but I prefer Showsheen. Smells better and is made for hair. It is still a long, slow process but can be done. Spray with Showsheen, then work from the bottom up removing tangles and burdocks and you go. Reapply Showsheen once you get a section detangled, makes it easier to pull burdocks out through slick strands of hair. Don't ever use Showsheen on the saddle area. Showsheen + riding bareback + dink outside ring = fall off.

 

[Lynzi777]

Well that was an awesome stress reliever! Never thought grooming a horse could be so much fun! I told her (the woman I'm getting these lessons from) I could do this all day long LOL She showed me the basics, I got to groom, comb out the mane, the tail, clean the hooves, I can't wait for next week! Walked two of the horses around the yard then put them out in the pasture with the rest. Wish I could do it every day!

Lapeerian - I think I used the Showsheen stuff today on the horse I groomed, she said it was a "detangler" but I didn't catch the name on the bottle. It definitely worked wonders! Although, I'm not sure how well it would on Spirit's mane/tail - it's pretty bad. You'd definitely have to spend some time picking them out before using that stuff. He looks like he has dread locks! LOL

Thanks for all the advice everyone! I really appreciate it! I'm going to talk a walk over to Spirit's owner's house this weekend and introduce myself. I just can't believe with all the times I've gone over there to see him I haven't met her yet.

 

[Gramma Chick]

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Maybe its Hard Cider !

 

[vmdanielsen]

My 23 year old Morgan-QH is a wonderful lesson/ring horse, but becomes an absolute dink on the trails, spooks at everything. (And yet I bought him from a place that supposedly used him for trail rides near Syracuse when he was 5). 21 year old Arab mare loves to go on trail rides. Her bad knee has gotten to the point we no longer ride her though. And then there is the newbie guy, unbroke 6 year old. I don't think his brain is attached either. I miss my Bingo, he was super pony.
Lynzie - Showsheen works wonders on detangling and removing burrs and burdocks. Some people use WD-40, but I prefer Showsheen. Smells better and is made for hair. It is still a long, slow process but can be done. Spray with Showsheen, then work from the bottom up removing tangles and burdocks and you go. Reapply Showsheen once you get a section detangled, makes it easier to pull burdocks out through slick strands of hair. Don't ever use Showsheen on the saddle area. Showsheen + riding bareback + dink outside ring = fall off.

The falling off isn't so bad. It is hitting the ground I hate!! I am so due for a tumble. Friend I ride with got bucked off(not my horse!) broke 8 ribs, her collar bone and had a pnemothorax. AAAUUGGHH!!