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I don't like turning babies out alone - and they don't learn social skills over a fence. In general, I find that babies who are in appropriate herds from day one and at least through their first...

I would be careful with this. For the true creepy/scary ones, this is likely to incite them to more, unfortunately. :no:

I'm sure it works for run-of-the-mill jerks, though, if all you want is to...

I tried it, and it worked about the same as a spray bottle of water. :no:

I was hopeful because their Survivor detangler is quite good, but isn't an everyday thing. No dice. Oh, well - lesson...

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I don't know if it matters or not, but (for wound care) I always buy the preservative-free contact saline, too (it's a bit more expensive - most saline has preservatives in it - but not...

Go to the contact aisle at your local grocery store. Saline solution is relatively cheap and easy to acquire, so I see no need to make my own.

If you were going to make it, though, you'd need to...

I've never done it, but I can see how if you were just driving down the road and saw a nice big barn and were interested, you might stop in. I almost did this the last time I was looking, as there...

As others have said, I lease to the parents, not the kid. :yes: Since I allow others to ride him anyway, restricting riding rights to the kid doesn't come into play for me...and luckily, for the two...

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Always use pre-wrap when you tape! (Sez me who sometimes doesn't - but I regret it every time... ;))

Yesterday night it was -32.

Last night "only" got down to -22.

It was so cold yesterday that we lost water pressure to most of the facility as the heater in the pump room couldn't keep it warm...

I'm thinking I'd find it pretty strange if I got in a job application and someone had simply not filled in the box for "High School" and skipped to "College"...

(And once you get, say, a PhD -...

I have certainly heard/seen people referring to OTQHs, OTStBs, and OTArabs.

Though, greyarabpony is quite right: in real life, people say something like "Thoroughbred ex-racehorse" or...

This is what I need. I swear there are permanent dents in my shins from all the trailer hitches I've walked into in my life... :uhoh: :lol:

I agree. :yes: I guess I wasn't clear in this post that these are the reasons that I DO refer to my horse (when the context merits) as an OTTB and not simply a TB. :)

Truer words were never spoken! :lol:

Oh, I don't think that a novice should buy a horse off the track and sail merrily forth into the sunset. (Actually, that's precisely why my own TB was in such poor shape when I got him: a novice...

As some others have said, I refer to my boy as an OTTB in situations where I'm trying to emphasize what awesome horses TBs off the track can be. There are so many of them (in this country, anyway)...

Ibuprofen and, um...Immodium. :uhoh:

Just trust me - horse show food, strange schedules, and stress/nerves can combine in unfortunate ways on occasion, and if ya need it, you'll be really, REALLY...

I've never done PC, but I don't expect to have access to other people's results after a localish show. (Obviously, if I go to a rec event, then I expect that USEA will eventually publish the full...

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I do see what you did there with the words. :winkgrin: I don't get out much, either...

If you don't change a baby's diaper all day, at the very least the baby will end up with a painful rash - and it just gets more fun from there (overloaded diaper=explosion...not just unpleasant for...

I've not boarded anywhere that routinely didn't clean stalls one day a week - but, so long as the horses were fed and turned out as per normal, it wouldn't bother me (so long as it was made clear...

I wrap or boot (depending on my mood, what's clean, and the horse ;)), including bell boots (except Tari doesn't get bell boots because every variety known to humankind rubs her...) every ride,...

Non-horse people don't understand that asking to ride someone else's horse is Not Done, and I don't know why the should be expected to understand. I mean, if you asked to pet their dog, they...

My personal rule is that if I even have to ask myself the question ("Should I replace this helmet?"), it's time to go to the tack store. ;)

I you like your brain, replace the helmet. :yes:

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I can see not explaining euthanasia to a five year-old. But when a kid says, "Where's Joey?" saying, "He got sick and he died," still isn't lying. Saying, "He went to a new home" IS lying.
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