LaunchesKayaks
joined 3 years ago
I have used it a whopping three times in the three weeks I've had it. I can't complain too much, though, because Rosie has been less of a goblin since I got it.
She's the epitome of the chaotic neutral alignment and is a wild thing. She sleeps a lot more now and is better behaved because she's just in the chair all the time lol.
I go see it all the time. I'm thinking of getting cut lil chimes and suncatchers to hang on the lower branches
The tree went from nearly dead to this beautiful over the 4 years I've lived in my house. I have no idea why it's improving lol.
I believe it's a choke cherry tree.
Don't forget that they can die of a tummy ache!
They have VERY precarious digestion and digestive anatomy. They can very easily colic (colic is a very generalized term here btw) and die. Almost saw a horse die this past spring because it had an empty stomach for just a little too long.
Colic is my biggest fear as a horse owner. My childhood horse died from it. We don't know what exactly happened with her. We found her exhibiting all the symptoms and we did what we could but by the time the vet got there, she'd been deteriorating for almost 10 hours. She couldn't stay standing at that point and had nearly crushed me and two other people trying to keep her on her feet. She was put down and the whole thing fucked me up real bad for a long time.
She put up one hell of a fight for being as old as she was. She was 33 and didn't act it at all.
My dogs seem to know what days of the week are, because if I wake up early (before 10 am) on a weekend, they are both so offended that I woke them. But if I don't wake up on time (7:15) on a week day, they harass the fuck outta me until I get out of bed.
I grew up in a farmhouse that had contaminated well water. We got all of our drinking and cooking water from jugs. It fucking sucked because it was inconvenient as hell
Oh man I love that guy. His vids are great. I esp love his rural medicine bits because I grew up in the boonies and it reminds me of home lmao.
Hellll yeah. I'll be going out to do some training with Sandy later this week. I'll make sure to get pics and vids of her and I'll try to get pics of Broccoli Cheddar if he's around when I'm there. He goes off on lil adventures and I miss him some days
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Went on an adventure on Sandy! it could have gone better but could have gone way worse.
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She was being a serious brat in the beginning and trying to show off for Pete the Mule and was not listening to me at all. I got her listening after using my mean horse trainer voice. She did really good for like the first 5 minutes down the road then the wind started picking up and she got overstimulated. Then she saw a bus parked in a driveway and called it quits. She turned and started off towards home and I couldn't turn her around. So I decided to just keep her walking instead of trotting like she wanted to.
We were doing pretty good with that until a pickup truck came zooming past us and she almost bolted. I got her reined in after she went into a trot and we got back to the barn safe and sound without any actual incident.
We both did very well considering that:
1:) she's being ridden after 7 years of no work
2:) I have no idea if she's been road ridden
3:) I am still kind of a beginner at riding properly, especially with a horse that uses a hackamore
I was going to go riding again today, but I overslept and decided to just take the day off to be lazy lol
Stumbled upon a saddle made for Arabians! It was only used once and was sold for $300 less than it sells for new! Nabbed it up as soon as I found it and it's perfect! It's very light because it's made of synthetic leather and nylon. It is super comfy. The stirrups also shortened enough to fit my lil legs.
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Sandy did NOT appreciate the barn cat interrupting our jam/grooming time when it coughed up a hairball
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Sandy adores music, especially upbeat music. I was playing some Crane Wives (my fave band ever.) I was going to try out my second saddle on her to see if it fits enough to be a comfortable ride but there were riding lessons going on and I didn't want to distract the students. I'm hopefully going to be getting a saddle for her that fits well. I had her fitted and got in contact with a saddle selling company that will help me find what I need.
Also, sorry for the lack of Sandy pics lately. There was a tornado pretty much on top of my house a couple weeks ago and I've been dealing with everything from that. I had minimal damage to most of my property, but had to re-home my ducks because their outside enclosure got messed up and the repairs weren't a bit beyond what I can provide at the moment.
Sandy spent the day in the round pen today so I wouldn't struggle to catch her for exercise. We did her usual ground exercises and had a really good 20 minute ride. She gave me some trouble, but after I figured out some more effective techniques, she stopped fighting me. I've never seen a horse respond to jiggling the reins to steer but it works for her lol. I barely have to use leg either. She responds to verbal cues, specifically words super well.
She's a really fun ride once we get our rhythm going. We're both still learning about each other as well, so things aren't gonna be perfect in the saddle for a while. I have a saddle fitter coming out next week. I'm going to hopefully get a saddle that fits her super well soon, so we can have even better and longer rides. My current saddle fits well enough to ride and not be painful or anything, but a saddle that has been professionally fitted will be so much better. RIP my wallet cause it ain't gonna be cheap. Worth it tho.
Haven't seen her in that part of the pasture before so it was neat
At one point she sneezed right in my face then wiped her boogers on my shirt. I thanked her sarcastically and she nodded her head as if to say, "Don't mention it."
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Rice would be awesome. Maybe oats? Wheat?