[neri]

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How interesting.....you have the American saddlebred.....

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No I have the American standardbred. Or warmblood or whatever they are in english. Horses that do this:


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Ok.....did the conversion.....146cm = 14'3 hands (1 hand = 4 inches = 10.16cm). My 26 year old thoroughbred is 160cm. My filly at 1 year is already 146cm......(stallion is 173cm & mare is 170cm) Think I am going to have a giant (LOL) filly when she is older.

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My colt is 148cm , bigger than your filly. Windy is only 146cm, the woman who ownes the stable my horses live in said Windy looks like a cute little barbie-horse She's head to heels in love with him anyway.

I truly hope Willy wont get as big as dressage horses, though that is unlikely.

[eskielover]

OOps, sorry about the saddlebred instead of the correct standardbred....my mind went away when I was typing. Warmbloods here in the US are usually the huge dressage horses.

Your colt has 3 months on my filly....think she will catch up? She grew 1/2 inch in 4 weeks.....thinking she is in a growing spurt.

I love those photos of the horses pulling the carts.....that really looks like a thrill to do. I haven't seen much of that sport around here.....it may be something they do in other parts of the US. Around Southern California, racing is a big thing, jumping, western riding/showing, & dressage takes a back seat to those. I am finding more & more people involved in the dressage. It seems to me that it is a very disciplined style of riding.....what I like most is that everything grows from the basics.....kinda like building blocks. The tiniest seat or leg pressure tells the horse so much. I am now at the point where I can almost just think & it happens......but there is a long long long long way to go.

From the photo of Windy is very beautiful.....with his awsome personality, I can see the stable owner is head over heals in love with him. I always heard how stallions could be so dangerous......lucky the one I breed with my mare is a lover too. I have my mare boarded in the field with him & everyday I take her out for her grain, he comes up for his loving & nuzzels too......he is such a teddy bear. So many others are afraid of him but they just don't know him.....guess size can be intimidating too.

If only your colt & my filly could get together......they could create some gorgeous foals. I know they do artificial insemination.....but where is the fun in that for them.

I had to laugh at my filly last night when I was blanketing her. I leave the front of the blanket buckled & then slip if over her head (like we do for all the other horses). She decided to give me a hard time & stuck her head way down in her flake of alfalfa with only her ears sticking out.....avoiding me being able to slide the blanket over her nose. I tried about 4 times & the same thing each time. She really loves to tease me....but couldn't let her win.....so on went the halter & immediately no problem once she knew I couldn't be messed with.

I actually started to feel like a pro horse owner today. For the first time, I successfully gave my mare the rhino shot for pregnant mares. It is IM, so much easier than IV. I put the halter on her, gave her a carrot, scratched at her neck a few times to distract the feeling sensationl, then stick. Not even a little twitch from her. I give my dogs their shots (except for the rabies which has to come from a vet). Never in my life did I think I would be doing things like this. I am always afraid that they are going to associate me with ouch....but luckily they haven't gotten mad at me yet. I hate shots so bad myself...I thought it would be impossible for me to ever give a shot.

Tamzinrose.....don't you just love their squeal......then when they shake their head & their whole body shakes & they jump off the ground. I really love quinea pigs. However I do think that the domestic rats (which I have had 2) are my favorite rodents. Their intelligence continually amazed me along with their sense of humor.

Geeze, sleeps, maybe your dog has cat claws to allow him to climb trees.....that must be really funny to see him up in the tree. I do feel sorry for the birds though. My dog has a very interesting way of catching the birds. He lays down & just lets the birds come down around him.....when wham. He is so quick thay don't have a chance. Then he runs away from me cause he knows I will take it away. I think my tiny baby is the one who will take on the bears, cayotes, & anything that is bigger than he is. He is only 10 inches long but takes on his older brother without a thought.....what Timmy wants, Timmy gets. I bought him some toys his size to play with (cat toys). He wants nothing to do with them....they are too small so he plays tug of war to get Leo's toys away from him. The poor stuffed cayote had his ear torn off within 3 days.

Do you really think we can fool those from Finland....gotta laugh at mistaking a rat for a mouse.....small rat or big mouse. Even the size of the tail is a give away between the 2.

You do realize that my puppy dog will give your big dog a run for his money it killing anything (including this thread.....lol). He is soooooo TOUGH....geeeeerrrrrrr rrrrrruuuuuffffffffff & buuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrr (haven't figured where that sound comes from). Tell me when you want me to sick'm on the thread & the contest will begin.....lol. He may be tinny but he's tough. I just can't stop laughing at how something that small can think he is so big & tough. It might have come from his daddy (a miniture american eskimo) when he tried to take on an Akita at a dog show. He too always thinks he is bigger than he is. You are what you think you are until you get beat up.

Debbie

[SleepsWithButterFlies]

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Leora said:
I am here cheering this thread on and actually laughing out loud. Its getting scary at my house lol

Keep up the good work
Leora

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Here's some pom poms ...not get to work jump higher for ME the thread killer

[SleepsWithButterFlies]

Eskie my dog even as a tiny pup has always been....ummm demonic..I once before I got poor took him to a dog behavorist/trainer lady to see what was up with him because he would bite us and tear our clothes and ..well was/is off..so I feared he had emotional issues like me lol...She sat with us for wow 3 hours and watched him.....tried to train him etc...In the end she said he was the smartest dog she ever saw..she watched him problem solve and so on...this is btw a long story short....BUT she said that his intellegence would keep me on my toes and that he was obnoxious no %#@&#!..He learned clicker training like 2 tries and all but hahaha he would not work for the meat she had at one point so she had to get havarti cheese out of her fridge,,,,,His tree climbing is a lol and a half..he climbs a pine tree.....he said he could use the puppy to annoy the mice while he kills this thread

[tamzinrose]

Lol I used to love my guinea's punky hair style too.

[neri]

Rats look like those weird water pig things. Mice are cute and fuzzy. Male rat can be the size of a small cat, my biggest mouse weighs 48g. I don't like rats, they give me cold shivers... If a mouse bites you it hurts but that's pretty much it, if a rat bites... ick.

I basically never cared much for rodents, I got the first two mice out of a crazy, spontaneous idea I guess gerbils are okay too, but mice are probably easier to tame and they are more adaptable. Besides, they have a great number of variation in colour and marking and type of coat. I'm trying to breed long haired ba&ar&ag&cc/br

[SpazKatt]

My hamster bit me once... it hurt like a b.itch and bled like crazy.

[Leora]

Glad to see the thread alive and kicking

Leora

[neri]

[SleepsWithButterFlies]

Hey gang I am maybe not going to be on for a few days...but WILL be back to kill this...so watch the thread and keep it going

[SilkySpeed7]

I think I am a thread killer. Thats why i was afraid to post here, afraid it might die....hmmmm....

[neri]

I jusht had two of my wishdom teeth pulled out

[SpazKatt]

PULLeD? I had surgery and it was the best thing ever! I got to stay home from school for 2 days and watch movies the whole time and eat nummy food like pudding jello, and mcdonald's chocolate shakes!

[neri]

Of course pulled, since they were "out" already, but not yet rooted (?). They used local anaesthesia and pulled them out. THAT did not hurt, but now the feeling's back and it HURTS LIKE ****!!!

[neri]

And no milkshakes for me cuz I don't have any money at the moment...

[NICO]

ok i think we should rename this thread pets corner or animal hospital or somethin.

[allthegirls6]

I say we kill the animals along with the thread?1

[SleepsWithButterFlies]

I am back....lol I wasn't gone long was I......Nico the only animal that may kill this thread will be ME

[allthegirls6]

You aint no animal sleeps, your a %#@&#! cat!

[SleepsWithButterFlies]

But I be the thread killing'us cat you ever seen

[allthegirls6]

Ive only got 4 more posts to go and I will be a poobah! Im at 996!

[SleepsWithButterFlies]

Look at me I soon will be GRAND HAHAHA

[allthegirls6]

sleeps, you were born grand!

[NICO]

what will i be?

[SleepsWithButterFlies]

Awwww, you are sweet but still you are not gonna kill my thread hahahaha