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    What we need to invent is a nearly invisible,...

    What we need to invent is a nearly invisible, fine mesh, stretchy ear bonnet that does not interfere in the least with hearing or appearance, and yet screens out those rotten gnats from our...
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    The gnats drive our TB insane. Just yesterday my...

    The gnats drive our TB insane. Just yesterday my daughter asked if she was allowed to use a bonnet in dressage so he wouldn't shake his head so much. I think I will instead slather bug creme inside...
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    I have a black Morgan pony with one white sock...

    I have a black Morgan pony with one white sock and hoof, and in the 9 years I've had him, he has never worn shoes or been lame even once. However, he had ONE abscess in his life, and it was in his...
  4. Get the rads and hope for the best...

    ..similar to rcloisonne, I lost my best horse to septic pedal osteitis just this April. He had Cushings and was fighting white line separation and chronic abcesses that infected the bone, which we...
  5. Hunt pace ribbons are the bomb!

    My daughter and I did our first one a couple years ago on ponies and got seventh place... that glorious, huge PURPLE ribbon is still my daughter's favorite ribbon of all time!
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    With three air ferns and a TB..

    ..the only one that gets grain is the TB, and when I have grass in the pasture ( central Ohio) he doesn't really need it... the only thing that really puts weight on the TB is grazing! He gobbles a...
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    Feel for ya... really do

    Funny thing is that I bought a 4-year old for my 11 year old...and it DID work out but all the other variables are different... The 11 year old was in her fifth year of Pony Club, and the 4-year old...
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    5'6" daughter rides 14h pony

    Here's my 12-year old daughter riding her 14h Morgan cross pony - who is very big bodied ( I ride him fine and I'm 5'9" but I DO look too tall on him...) Granted, daughter is only 80 pounds soaking...
  9. I got a good one...

    Przewalski's Horse.. Try teaching a Pony Club quiz study lecture on breeds and trying to spit that out correctly! Funny thing is, the correct pronunciation is close to the french word for horse! ...
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    electric fence is a wonderful thing

    Yup, even a single strand running along that top board keeps the horses from coming to the fence for some lovin'... and it's a little bit funny when the neighbors' city visitors jump up there to "pet...
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    ..interesting anecdotes here! While this isn't...

    ..interesting anecdotes here! While this isn't NEARLY the same thing, years ago I bought a basically unhandled 5-year old Welsh gelding for my kids, one of whom was only 2 years old ( yah, really...
  12. Yes, but can he get his knees up?

    HAHA just kidding... Boy that pony really cracks his back, huh? He is a DOLL. Loff him. My daughter would be PERFECT - 12-year old, 75-pound D-3 pony clubber who already rides a pistol pony with...
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    WAH! My ponee is broke.

    Insulin resistant to the nth degree! There is NOTHING he's allowed to eat! Come ON!
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    Well the story moved me enough...

    ... to get out my checkbook and send a donation for her care. This doesn't happen very often, but reading through the whole story on the rescue website gave me lots of hope for this poor mare's...
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    nski32! Marcellus, huh?

    Wow, I have never met ANYone else from Marcellus! What a cool town. All my memories of that place are like idyllic, heavenly movies - mainly because it's been so long ago! Lived there in the 70s...
  16. Thread: Faking injury?

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    How about trained movie horses....

    .... trick-trained to limp on command. We've all seen them. Are you saying these trick-trained horses must be deliberately lamed for their "roles?" Because they could never have been trained to...
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    Poll: Did you notice...?

    in the photo gallery that if you choose to order one of those photos, you can "add a ribbon" or "move ears forward" for a small fee of $30 additional?

    Only $30 to make the horse LOOK happy.
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