Heather L

does anyone know the horse's name that is pictured in the wikipedia page for quarter horses?

does anyone know the name of the horse pictured on wikipedia's article about quarter horses?

this quote is attributed to Helen Thompson, does anyone know who she was? i can't find anything because there seems to be many Helen Thompsons. I just want to know if she was an author or something.

so i think i need a new farrier, i'm not happy with my horses hooves. i've talked with him about the problems, but i think it's time to find someone else. so how do i tell him that i'm going with someone else? i don't want to burn any bridges, i just need to do what's best for my horse.

just curious, who here rides in the Los Angeles area?

i do.

i'm interested in getting a Doberman Pinscher and was wondering if anyone has had major health problems with theirs? if you have a healthy Dobie, what did you do to find a good breeder that breeds for genetic health as well as temperment?

ok, so 3 weeks ago i was thrown from my horse. long story short...while opening gate the latch got caught in my stirrup and when she pulled away we were stuck. and combination of that with a training fork on, she freaked out and started bucking out of control. (I realize alot of this is my fault) i sustained a bad concussion and dislocated shoulder. now i'm feeling pretty ok, shoulder still a bit sore.

i've decided to ride tonight. i'm going to work her in the round pen first for awhile to get the nerves and energy out, i also plan on riding in the round pen. my horse has never spooked that bad before and she has never bucked with me before, but i'm still a bit nervous. this is the worst injury i've had and the worst bucking i've experienced (maybe i shouldn't have put into such good condition :-)

so my question is, what can i do and tell myself to help get over the nerves and get back on tonight?

ok so i'm just wondering if any of you have personally seen benefits of equine chiropractic? i just had my horse adjusted last night and have to wait a couple of days to ride again, so i can't tell yet if it helped. she was having issues with picking up the right lead, so i thought i'd try chiropractic. what have your experiences with it been?

So I keep seeing all these posts asking how to put weight on their horse. And in all the answers I'm the only one to ever suggest FORCO and i'm starting to think no one else has heard of it. so does anyone else no about it? it did wonders for my 25 yea old QH rescue. People need to understand that horses need probiotics sometimes to help digest their food. you can feed them all you want but they might not be breaking down the food and getting all it's nutrients. anyway, here's the link if you're interested in putting weight on your horse.

http://www.forco.com/main/prod-forcosup....

ok so i'm really tired of people that blame their horse for their mistake. i'm kind of just venting here. but i'm so tired of these people that can't ride and blame their horse for their mistakes. like "my horse doesn't listen to me or do what i'm asking"...how about you don't know what your doing??? yeah sometimes there are horses that with even the best rider don't listen. but for the most part, i believe it's rider error. what do you think?

ok so this is a challenge to see who can come up with the ugliest breeding pari of mare and stallion. rules are that you must post the pics of the mare and stallion and they must be alive today. use whatever websites or personal pics you like. remember we are going for horrible conformationa and general ugliness. 10 points for the winner.

so this questioned is spawned off another post http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=ApYUB... about people and horse pet peeves.

What are some of your bad experiences or peeves about trail riding and the annoying people with no trail etiquette?

here is mine:

I trail ride most of the time...so mine would have to be the A**holes that run the crap out of their horses on the trails with out respect to other trail riders. one time i was riding down the trail when two morons came round the corner a good 1/4 mile down the trail. they came at a full gallop and showed no intention of slowing. i waved at them to signal them to slow down, but no response. my horse usually is pretty calm, but i could not fault her for spooking at two horses pounding hooves towards her. so i stood there and prepared for the spook, and sure enough they came blazing past me like two giant asshats. luckily my horse just got a little excited and threw her head but didn't spook.

i run across morons like this weekly, it really don't understand how other ride

just curious.... i hear alot of different opinions about working your horse on a hill. i've always believed that you should make your horse walk up a hill if you want to build their shoulders and foreleg, and walk down hill if you want them to build their hind end.

what are your opinions?

so I'm just playing around with the idea of getting an english saddle for me QH mare. she's a typical wide shouldered low winthered QH. does anyone have a particular brand they liked for their QH? her western saddle has full quarter bars so would the english saddle need a wide tree? it's been a while since i've ridden english and i forget all these things.

in light of all this Frodo Baggins talk, check out this link that shows the pictures of Frodo's fall along with some other nasty eventing falls. one site said 12 riders are killed a year in this sport.

http://www.eventing.zzn.com/

ok so i know there was/is a massive hay shortage in the southeast and our economy is in a decline which makes anyhing other than keeping a roof over your head and food on the table frivolous. but in CA i haven't really noticed alot of horses for sale or cheaply for sale. so is the horse industry slump more of a regional thing? what are your thoughts?

i posted this earlier but i don't see it on YA. What is your favorite stallion alive today? post pics please!

this is one of my favorites, Jullyen el Jamaal

http://www.varianarabians.com/stallions/jullyen_el...

http://www.varianarabians.com/stallions/jullyen_el...

i'm just curious, i noticed that alot of posts from people in the UK say they ride ponies. is this just a nick name for any equine or do you really ride alot of ponies? i don't really know too many people here in the states that ride ponies, mostly horses, especially at competitions.

i have migraines, but last night i had symptoms i don't usually have. can anyone tell me if this is normal? after first becoming nauseated i got a dull headache on the right side of my head, then part of my face on the right went tingly/numb for a couple of minutes and throuhgout the night i felt really cold on the right side of my body. i still have a dull headache and chills on my right side.