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Wow. Hope she heals up quick!

I never neglect to go see what horses are alerting about - they can hear things a mile away that we can't. Good way to find all kinds of things, from coyotes to...

Around here lots of people don't post a sign for this reason. ETA for a while the property I boarded at was for sale. Once in a while a stranger would pull in while I was tacking up. I always treated...

OMG. No advice on the situation, but OMG this phrase made me spit my drink all over my keyboard. I will use it myself in the future! LOL

Ouch! Feel better soon! I highly recommend sleeping as much as possible the first week or two - just do it. I swear it really speeds up healing.

Oh boy. I can see the line forming now for a 2000 lb unhandled, unbroke pregnant draft horse mare... sigh.

In my (smallish) experience Germans and some other northern Europeans do the Brrrr sound, Portuguese (and Brazilians) whistle (a descending note) instead...but it might depend where the person has...

I'd agree. Time you have. And it's not completely free, but you can board him where he is or at a layup/rehab/retirement type facility (around here they are sometimes half the price of regular...

still wondering whatever happened with this situation!

Ditto! :D

Here's a trick to try at home and then at the barn. Fill up a cup with water almost to the rim. Now hold it in BOTH hands and walk around the kitchen. Notice how in order not to spill the water you...

Condolences and hugs!

Ditto! Jingles sent in advance, in case of need!

In my experience the "tucked up" appearance is clenched abdominal muscles, usually because there is some pain (mild colic, for example, or even just the "nervous stomach" like you might get before...

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There's nothing wrong with taking a break. Since my mare had a seizure, and then eventually had to be put to sleep, I could barely bring myself to go to the barn anymore for a couple months....

Too funny. It is possible since you are new and she is a disorganized worrier, she might really be spending way too much of her day wondering if you are really going to do the job correctly. If a...

Imagine those guys with the hitches of 8 percherons, with the fancy restored old beer wagons and so on? That's got to be a lot of expense - not to mention just feeding and shoeing 8 percherons!!! And...

Just a couple thoughts, since my dear old mare Solo was an ex-Amish buggy/work horse.

-the first time I hitched her up, got in the cart, picked up the reins, clucked, and she squatted down and...

Jingles for the kitty cat!

I've used that style of boot. Personally I'd go for it for walking on smooth surfaces/good footing for short distances maybe. But I wouldn't trot or canter in boots that were flopping, twisting, or...

I got interested in driving while at a riding barn. I did a little ground driving and dragged a tire a few times, then moved to a driving barn. Trust me, you'll have so much fun at a driving barn!!...

Hm. If it wasn't like that before and now it is, I'd get a second opinion/re-do or re-interpretation (by a second vet) on the blood work just to be sure for sure! If second opinion agrees with first,...

Oh, oh, do me too! :D

Horse: "Babe" 18 yo bay mare, NY

Question: I know you loved all those long fast cross-country rides we did the last two years, but we might not be able to do them again...

I love my current barn and all the boarders. Actually mostly loved all the other barns I boarded at. But I can throw in a few:

Dear Dressage Diva: the solution to your horse opening his mouth is...

So adorable!!

The BO mentioned to me last month that she came down to feed one morning and someone had left the barn door unlatched (it opens straight into the mares' paddock) and during the night...