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I rode there - good horses, good people, beautiful trails. Nice place to stay, too, or you can just arrange rides. The horses are well cared for and well trained. Owners are an American woman and a...

I knew a woman who rode every class at her shows reciting poetry outloud, to keep herself relaxed! (It wasn't dressage!).

I agree, it might really help this student to distract half her brain with...

Where did I read somewhere that decades ago an anthropologist asked an Eskimo "what do you do if someone in your group is just crazy (Ted Bundy type)?" and the Eskimo said "well, he might just...

It's interesting, I think this is why some people like animals - it's just simpler. Isn't that why Tempel Grandin said she found it easier to be around animals than people - because her autism made...

Re: lions killing cubs when they join a new pride...

Did you see Cloud, about the wild herd of horses? Remember the scene where a foal from one herd cannot get away (it is born with damaged legs)...

I taught several classes in graduate school which were introductions to the *history* of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The point of the classes was to talk about the social and political contexts...

Well, this is philosophy not behavioral science we are discussing, but still, I would argue that your mare may chase down and stomp a goat, but it is not evil. But to my mind "evil" is when you do...

I agree - the off topic days lead to TMI (to much information) about fellow COTHers! I'd rather just stick to horses - that gets people snarky enough as it is.

This is the second time some has posted a question about "hoses" and I saw "horses" instead... leaking horses, kink-proof horses... I was really baffled for a minute. :D

You really should ask about their height, too (who knows, they could be 4'5" or 7'2"!!!), so it shouldn't be embarrassing to them if you ask height and weight together, so that you can choose the...

I used it on one horse for a short period - 15 tablets 2x a day for a 15.2 hh horse. She wouldn't eat it, so we drizzled watered down molasses on her food and stirred it in.

The dosage might...

This from a lesson when I was a kid:

When your pony is bolting and I holler "right rein" I mean turn the dang pony's head to the right, not wiggle your fingers in a vague little movement.

I...

My biggest dog related eye roll - a woman at a barn I used to board at who showed up one day with her new puppy - a mastiff type - and proceeded to warn us to be very careful if we passed by her...

Too funny! I had that happen on a ranch-trained horse once - I had no idea at the time there were people who really meant screech to a halt when they said "whoa". I almost went over the poor...

Jack Russell Terriers - I don't love the breed, but dang they can catch and kill rats like there's no tomorrow.

Maybe the farrier's wife is psychic - the vet didn't think anything looked off the first time? Stinky is definitely an abcess or rot of some kind. Poor mare! Is she eating normally???

When you go to the tack store to sit in them (go to a big store, even if you have to drive a few hours), take along one of those cardboard cutouts of your horse's withers/shoulders so you can shove...

Not sure if you do this (didn't see it in the video), but doing steady work on circles can help the horse learn to carry itself in a more balanced way. It doesn't look in the video like she's really...

Ah, I forgot about the obsession with footing. Yes, I know it is an important thing, but when I first got back into horses I spent most of my time at dressage barns, and footing was the main topic of...

It's really interesting to see everyone else's life and work history. To see how many people found their 20s really tough! I'd absolutely agree with a previous poster who said the 20s are hard, the...

It sounds like there's a little passivity/passing the buck going on that is going to get the wrong person hurt. I don't know any barn owners around here that would allow a horse on the property that...

Interesting! I wonder if it touches on the same principles as Temple Grandin's "calf press" (like a mattress sandwich idea she came up with to restrain frightened animals, because it comforts them to...

1) I once bought a beautiful wool cooler (the kind that goes all the way from head to tail) at a big sale. I used it a few times on my horse, but it was sort of cumbersome and not really necessary,...

1) What do you (and your SO if you live together) do for a living?
internet stuff

2) Do you do anything with horses professionally? If so, what and how did you get into it?
no

3) How many...

Is there too much sugar in carrots? You could buy them by the crate and grate them into the food to make it yummier.