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  • #61
    Originally posted by SaltyAcres View Post
    Also, they say if a dog gets the taste of blood it basically ruins it, makes it more prone to bite or attack a young foal. It is true, I've seen other farms let it happen.
    WHAT????? What about all the dogs out there who are fed a raw diet? I haven't heard of these dogs attacking and devouring their owners in the middle of the night....

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    • #62
      Salty, I'm not so sure that it is "dogs at the horse show" problem as it is that people have become so ME intitled. THEY can do what they want when THEY want and it doesn't matter the cost to others. No, I don't want someone elses dog running wild all over the place. I shouldn't have to watch out for the mut and concentrate on my ride. No, I don't want your mut sticking his nose on me! No, I don't want your mut running up to mine (sitting quitely at my feet on leash) and starting a fight! Which is why I'm forced to leave my well behavied dog at home. Because I cannot trust the other person to mind the rules of the show. After all they think the rules are for other people not ME! Unfortunately the rest of us pay the price of their selfishness. And when show committies become forced to ban ALL dogs the people who do obey the dog rules get hurt too.

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      • #63
        Originally posted by SaltyAcres View Post
        Just adding some info for the record. We analyze the placenta's to see how healthy the foal is, if the mare has a nice thick , healthy placenta, and so on. Duh, basic common sense.
        Also, they say if a dog gets the taste of blood it basically ruins it, makes it more prone to bite or attack a young foal. It is true, I've seen other farms let it happen.
        I know it won't bother the dog's stomach, and that is the least of my worries.


        Of course we and/or the vet would inspect the placenta. Then we threw it on the manure pile or in the trash.

        Now I know you know nothing about dogs. Taste of blood makes dogs more prone to bite or attack a young foal? Are you serious? I suppose that would make them go after young children, too?

        I rest my case...you are a dog hater. I have no problem with that, BTW. I do have a problem with people spouting off Dracula-like stories about dogs that aren't true. Sheesh...

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        • #64
          Originally posted by SaltyAcres View Post
          Dogs+ afterbirth, do the math , it equals disaster.
          http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/...dogonleash.png
          Here today, gone tomorrow...

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          • #65
            LOL, my dog is a fowl assassin - no chicken or duck is safe when she is around, but she is by far the sweetest dog to any person, horse, dog, or cat.

            Dogs belong on horse farms - they just seem to go hand in hand.

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            • #66
              Originally posted by FrenchFrytheEqHorse View Post
              http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/...dogonleash.png
              I was a little afraid to click on that link!

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              • #67
                Originally posted by FrenchFrytheEqHorse View Post
                http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/...dogonleash.png
                BWAHAHAHAHA. You posted this while I was typing my last response!

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                • #68
                  I don't mind dogs at horse shows so long as the owner realizes that their dog is at risk of being kicked/stepped on if it is running amuck. My horses are fine with dogs but I can't guarantee that it won't get stepped on. By the way, one of my quietest, most well behaved hunters is a certified kitten killer... He stepped on one while standing near the in gate at a show and unfortunately it was right in front of a little girl. So pet owners keep your animals on a leash and away from hooves!

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                  • #69
                    Originally posted by SaltyAcres View Post
                    Just adding some info for the record. We analyze the placenta's to see how healthy the foal is, if the mare has a nice thick , healthy placenta, and so on. Duh, basic common sense.
                    Also, they say if a dog gets the taste of blood it basically ruins it, makes it more prone to bite or attack a young foal. It is true, I've seen other farms let it happen.
                    I know it won't bother the dog's stomach, and that is the least of my worries.
                    Where exactly are all these foals being born that you feel their placentas are so at risk?

                    Are the mares left to roam the pastures over night and then sometime in the morning you come out and look to see if there are more equines in the paddock than there were last night and then do a placenta search to go find it for the vet? (Which, if you know a baby is on the way, you know, you COULD leave the dog in the house until the horses are counted.)

                    Or are your mares brought in at night and the foals born in stalls? In which case, I know this is a crazy thought and all but maybe leave the stall door closed? It keeps the horse(s) and their placenta in and the dog out.

                    Also.
                    Just a little note.
                    If you see a mare laying down and having a baby, A PLACENTA IS ON THE WAY. This might be a good time to put the dog inside or tie it on a lead rope to prevent it eating this crazy-making afterbirth and going ape rabid.

                    I realize these are revolutionary concepts but maybe a sophisticated breeding operation can manage to leave a stall door shut at night while on foal watch.

                    There are also other things known as "fences" which could be useful to containing your animals.
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                    • #70
                      Originally posted by meupatdoes View Post
                      Where exactly are all these foals being born that you feel their placentas are so at risk?
                      duh, at horse shows, right?

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                      • #71
                        Originally posted by fordtraktor View Post
                        duh, at horse shows, right?
                        Damn, I hate it when that happens.
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                        • #72
                          I think it all comes back to the idea of respect.

                          I have brought my well behaved small leashed dog to a horse show on occasion. I also make sure that I have someone (my mother or bf depending on the show) assigned to be with her all day. I can't leave her in my apartment in the wee hours of the morning because I will get complaints (she suffers from separation anxiety and barks when alone - not at the show!).

                          That being said, if she wasn't well behaved or quiet, I would find other arrangements.

                          I would consider dogs off leash or noisy to be a nuissance and a possible liability. In that case, it would be a matter of respect on the dog owners part to find alternate arrangements for their animal.

                          I think that the idea of respect transcends the topic of dogs at horse shows, though, I think it also covers rude and careless horse owners as well. As a matter of courtesy to fellow competitors, we should try to avoid doing anything that might be a distraction to another and as a matter of safety, we should avoid doing anything stupid that might cause an accident.

                          That being said, sh*t happens, and our horses should be as prepared as possible to deal with it.

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                          • #73
                            Y'all are seriously cracking me up. My coworkers think I'm psycho over here just giggling to myself.

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                            • #74
                              You never know when a mare is going to drop a foal on the showgrounds and these roving wild dogs at shows are going to eat the placenta.

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                              • #75
                                http://i1190.photobucket.com/albums/...1/2875985d.png
                                Here today, gone tomorrow...

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                                • #76
                                  Originally posted by fordtraktor View Post
                                  You never know when a mare is going to drop a foal on the showgrounds and these roving wild dogs at shows are going to eat the placenta.
                                  Hence- the leash laws!

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                                  • #77
                                    Originally posted by meupatdoes View Post
                                    You as a trainer should take time out to make your horses are ok with stimuli they don't necessarily like, regardless of whether it is a dog or a plastic bag or a golf cart.

                                    This is called PROPER TRAINING OF THE FLIGHT ANIMAL.

                                    You grow a pair and train them to listen to you first and foremost and you can ride by pretty much anything, including water trucks, tents, a ferris wheel, have a hot air balloon appear over the ring close enough to exchange greetings with the pilot, and get swarmed by an entire 5k race at a park and not have an issue (all of which have, trufax, happened to me). Because your horse is TRAINED.

                                    Quit telling people to train their pets and try training your own to act like sensible citizens and you won't have to p*ss yourself every time you see a chihuahua.
                                    OMG! I'm laughing so hard I can hardly breathe!

                                    Originally posted by meupatdoes View Post
                                    "you won't have to p*ss yourself every time you see a chihuahua".
                                    Seriously though...I agree that dogs in public at any event must be leashed, and should be well behaved enough to not bark at the horses.....however your horse should have been desensitized to barking dogs long before he is considered "broke" enough to be at a horse show. I've had lots more problems with unruly children driving golf carts, four wheelers, skateboards, bicycles, throwing frisbees, balls, or what ever at shows than I've ever had with dogs, psycho or not.
                                    "My biggest fear is that when I die my husband is going to try to sell all my horses and tack for what I told him they cost."

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                                    • #78
                                      Man, I try to just pop on for a quick check of what's new and I get sucked into the vortex again!!

                                      This whole summer the board has been crazy, I don't know if my keyboard can take anymore uncontrolled spewage!
                                      "Your best can be worn at any length"- Jason Mraz

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                                      • #79
                                        You know, maybe OP has a point.

                                        One horseshow I was at I saw this heavily pregnant mare in the workings just drop and give birth in the middle of a one stride. All the dogs on the grounds suddenly got little spinning hypnosis spirals in their eyes and commenced throwing themselves at the end of their leashes trying to get in the ring and get first dibs on the afterbirth.

                                        The poor mare must have felt completely harassed.

                                        I must commend the rider though, who displayed a great degree of fitness holding the two point for that whole time and then when the mare was done they jumped out the line and completed the course for an 86.

                                        What a shame those vicious barking leashed dogs distracted from what would otherwise have been a great round.
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                                        • #80
                                          FrenchFry, you are killing me with those pics

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