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Well, that takes horses out of the equation completely then if we're being authentic. You know full well that all indians ride big bays or sorrells. Sure can't blame them for not wanting to ride an appaloosa...
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Well, that takes horses out of the equation completely then if we're being authentic. You know full well that all indians ride big bays or sorrells. Sure can't blame them for not wanting to ride an appaloosa... I would not hold them accountable for it.
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Rumor is thats why they were always grouchy.
We had an appaloosa on the place for a couple months....
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I packed for outfitters for many years, and while I am not an expert horseman, I consider myself a better than average one. Running pack strings in the high country can make or brake a person and paying attention to those with experience and paying attention to your stock goes a long way. Early in the season the horsies were a wee bit fat. That soon changed and my belly cinch would be tightened accordingly. I never tightened the belly cinch as tight as the front, especially on my ride as they needed breathing room. The rear cinch on my pack horses depended on the load, the horse and the geography......one only does a rodeo once in the middle of the night if one can help it. I always kept a white horse at the back of my pack string at night.........it saved my ass when the moon was black!
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I always thought only ropers snugged up the rear cinch. And I am NOT a roper.
Keep mine fairly loose, way looser than the front.
Speaking of horses, we've been wheelin' and dealin' with a guy over the phone.
Earlier this summer they hauled a couple up here. One worked out, one didn't.
Guy called me this morning and said he had a replacement to swap out and another good one if we were interested.
These animals are not cheap...and we aren't even buying 'fancy' stock....
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My personal embarrassment is my best favoritest horse is half assaloosa!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
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My personal embarrassment is my best favoritest horse is half assaloosa! What is wrong we th e appoloosas?
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Grandpa:the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Dad:son you have 2 choices for supper eat or don't eat.
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I packed for outfitters for many years, and while I am not an expert horseman, I consider myself a better than average one. Running pack strings in the high country can make or brake a person and paying attention to those with experience and paying attention to your stock goes a long way. Early in the season the horsies were a wee bit fat. That soon changed and my belly cinch would be tightened accordingly. I never tightened the belly cinch as tight as the front, especially on my ride as they needed breathing room. The rear cinch on my pack horses depended on the load, the horse and the geography......one only does a rodeo once in the middle of the night if one can help it. I always kept a white horse at the back of my pack string at night.........it saved my ass when the moon was black! You guys didn’t use double pack girths?
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
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Tell me about it.
Shot another last week. Old broodmare that had a good long life.
Got my gelding a baby for X. Turns out he's gonna be pretty badass. Chick we bought him from had a couple more buns in the oven. Called her up to maybe get another, now price is 2X. For something that hasn't been touched, trimmed, wormed, vaccinated, etc. Wife was more polite than I would've been. These aren't papered critters either.
I honestly don't get it. There's a piece to the puzzle I'm not seeing, because I really don't know why the prices have gotten to where they are.
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We shouldn't be using stirrups either.
Horses were ridden for centuries and centuries without lol. I've found stirrups pretty useful. Back cinches... not so much. FWIW, my current saddle has a back cinch, and I use it. I just don't tighten it to match the front cinch. The pics you’ve posted tell me a rear cinch is not needed. Come here and you’ll want both and breast collar. Sometimes that’s not enough.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
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My personal embarrassment is my best favoritest horse is half assaloosa! What is wrong we th e appoloosas? Ugly And tend to be mean. And they're ugly.
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My personal embarrassment is my best favoritest horse is half assaloosa! What is wrong we th e appoloosas? Ugly And tend to be mean. And they're ugly. And dumb and generally more uncooperative than a good horse. Not to mention ugly. 😎
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
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Ya done good Jim, I’m always impressed by people who can fix stuff 😎
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We shouldn't be using stirrups either.
Horses were ridden for centuries and centuries without lol. You might find that you like reservation tipi living..... I was over in Wolfpoint today. No tipi creeping.
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We shouldn't be using stirrups either.
Horses were ridden for centuries and centuries without lol. I've found stirrups pretty useful. Back cinches... not so much. FWIW, my current saddle has a back cinch, and I use it. I just don't tighten it to match the front cinch. The pics you’ve posted tell me a rear cinch is not needed. Come here and you’ll want both and breast collar. Sometimes that’s not enough. I use a breast collar. Lots of gathering of our ranch in NM were in steep mountains. Day in, and day out. For about 6 weeks twice a year. Just because I've posted pics from a rodeo arena doesn't mean I've never ridden a horse in mountainous terrain, or know what a back cinch, and breast collar are used for. May have come in handy when I was team roping in my younger years too. But I still didn't torque down that back cinch. As you can see, my saddle wears one..
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Tell me about it.
Shot another last week. Old broodmare that had a good long life.
Got my gelding a baby for X. Turns out he's gonna be pretty badass. Chick we bought him from had a couple more buns in the oven. Called her up to maybe get another, now price is 2X. For something that hasn't been touched, trimmed, wormed, vaccinated, etc. Wife was more polite than I would've been. These aren't papered critters either.
I honestly don't get it. There's a piece to the puzzle I'm not seeing, because I really don't know why the prices have gotten to where they are. Hate to hear about the old mare but that's just the way it goes I guess. As for the big $$$ I don't get it either. But then again you horse people are nuts.....grin
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I packed for outfitters for many years, and while I am not an expert horseman, I consider myself a better than average one. Running pack strings in the high country can make or brake a person and paying attention to those with experience and paying attention to your stock goes a long way. Early in the season the horsies were a wee bit fat. That soon changed and my belly cinch would be tightened accordingly. I never tightened the belly cinch as tight as the front, especially on my ride as they needed breathing room. The rear cinch on my pack horses depended on the load, the horse and the geography......one only does a rodeo once in the middle of the night if one can help it. I always kept a white horse at the back of my pack string at night.........it saved my ass when the moon was black! You guys didn’t use double pack girths? Negative, and our webbing was nylon, real easy to get those too tight......
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Have this saddle shop in kingsville, they do a lot more than saddles now a days. https://www.krsaddleshop.com/
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I was over in Wolfpoint today. No tipi creeping.
This weekend da Point was a fricken zoo. Musta been an influx of covid cash and some crazy meth.
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