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...a recommendation to use them as brood mares would be good advice...
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Seemed to me the owner was making him into something he was not, was scared of him, and was keeping him cooped up too much. See that all the time with some of the idiots around here. Stuffing feed in them so they look like butterball turkeys and keep them caged up for 23 1/2 hours a day. Then they wonder why the horse lashes out.
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Even an Arabian makes good dog food sometimes. As my pard says: put them in easy-to-handle 2 lb packages and send them to Nome!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
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There's enough good horses out there to not have to F around with bad ones.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
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How many times do you hear this; no account mares being bred. Breeding should really be left to those that have a clue what they're doing. And anybody that wants to start training on a worthless 12 yr old mare should have to be the one to do it.
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Nothing is darker than a mau mau's moo moo.
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There's enough good horses out there to not have to F around with bad ones. This should be posted on one of those horsey forums frequented by overweight/over opinionated idle women and reprinted 100 times a day.
Be Polite , Be Professional , but have a plan to kill everybody you meet -General James Mattis United States Marine Corps
Nothing is darker than a mau mau's moo moo.
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There's enough good horses out there to not have to F around with bad ones. This should be posted on one of those horsey forums frequented by overweight/over opinionated idle women and reprinted 100 times a day. I actually got banned from one of those forums for posting such things.
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Do you want a useless horse? My next door neighbor adopted a yearling mustang gelding 2 years ago. They have him in a round pen next to my fence. In 2 years, he's never been out of that pen, has never had a lead snapped to his halter, and certainly hasn't been worked in any way.
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I use to post on a site and had about two friends until I made that overweight comment. Then I had none.
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Nothing is darker than a mau mau's moo moo.
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IMO, round pens are for training, not boarding; except in certain short term circumstances.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
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I have been pretty idle, and not following this thread, but a friend of mine is the horse trainer at a very popular western college. He has 70 students in the equestrian program. Of those, 65 are female and the majority of them are from California. The math tells me that California women plus horses equals a lack of common sense. This has nothing specific to do with Arabians, but in the bigger picture.....
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So much truth in soooo.. much of this. When my dear old Dad was involved with the Morgan assoc. a couple of these "ladies" call the Dept. of Ag on him and said he was starving his horse's. The investigator, when he saw the horse's, could not believe there had ever been a call. As for Arab's, they are certainly a different breed of cat, but for what they were originally intended, they are great.
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My pard has three arabs that ride and pack. I call them *Jesus horses* because they can walk on water. It's amusing the things they will do to try to avoid stepping in water on the trail, especially when there are really no other options.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
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There are different strains of Arabs and they vary considerably. This summer a breeder in Texas sent me a large packet of information on what she raises but I'm not interested in switching at this point in my life. Rush Creek Land and Livestock in Nebraska used to raise some very good Arabian stock horses. They were larger framed and more muscled than the average Arab. I heard recently that they are going back to Quarter Horses. If they are dispersing theirs would be a good herd to buy into.
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I have been pretty idle, ... Good to "see" you here John. Hope you are feeling well! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
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Thank you. I am doing pretty well considering the final diagnosis on my leg was a severe bone bruise, sprained and dislocated knee, ruptured bursa sack, torn meniscus tendon and broken tibia. Big game season ends here tomorrow and I have been one grumpy little bear the past few weeks knowing I had a elk hunting pack trip planned, plus, there's an old mule deer buck just up the creek a ways that's likely to be a year older next season.
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Get mended and tear it up.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
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Rex you're a true horseman; can tell you had your mind open for the betterment of a horse, and pretty keen observer. Couldn't fit so many turths in otherwise. Thanks for sharing that, was a good read. Thank you Richard, that was a very kind compliment. Not sure if it really applies to me as I have known a few "real" horse folks, but I did try hard! One thing that some posters have alluded to that has puzzled me for some time is why we have to keep reinventing the wheel? Mankind has known for centuries how to handle horses (and kids), why all the confusion now? From my experience horses, dogs, and people all do better if they are treated with a little kindness and respect, are given a job and allowed to do it, and are mostly tired all the time! Horses are not hamsters!
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There's enough good horses out there to not have to F around with bad ones. This should be posted on one of those horsey forums frequented by overweight/over opinionated idle women and reprinted 100 times a day. Lol.....so funny and so true!!! Worse thing for a goofy fat gal is a horse and worse thing for a good horse is a goofy fat gal. We got plenty of them in my neck of the woods too
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and worse thing for a good horse is a goofy fat gal. I seen enough of them turn dead broke quarter horses into nutjobs.
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