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My first thought, after “WOW” ………..”This guy doesn’t believe in hooking to a vehicle, does he?” 🙂

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On the race track in winter, if you bring them in not puffing but running sweat down their body, we take a towel and towel them off. Then we throw a wool cooler or two on dependent upon how cold it is. In your situation, inside a barn with no wind, if the temp was above freezing in the barn, one blanket, if below freezing in the barn two.

Then you come back in about half hour 45 min. and see if the blanket is full of condensation on top. If so, you pull it off and put another dry one on if the horse is still wet. Then, same thing again til dry.

It is bad for their muscles to go from hot and full of blood and lactic acid to standing around still in the cold.

After they are completely dry you can let them go outside without a blanket. It’s when they are wet and cold that it’s very hard for them to keep warm. If they are dry their hair will fluff up on its own and form an air barrier to keep the heat in which it cannot do when wet and matted down.

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I don’t spend money on them “new fangled digity thermo~meters”:D

I get the vet thermometers in the black case. They have a ring in the end you attach a string and a clothespin to. When you grease it and,……..errrr…….insert it, you then clip the clothespin to the tail hair, then, come back in two minutes to check it.

You’re not getting me standing there holding a thermometer in a goats arse:p

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@dominiquer60 5323 wrote:

As far a oats go, 80 years ago it was common practice to sprout whole oats in trays for 7 days to feed chickens as green/fresh feed. I don’t think that it could hurt to try a little with the mule, they say that sprout water can be recycled by using it to water plants, they can benefit from the few nutrients that are in the water. Just remember to rinse well and often, and don’t hang on to any extra, make just what you need to use.

Erika

Thank You Erika!! How many times a day do you recommend rinsing oats? Is twice enough?

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Mine are all fatties except my 27yo Percheron rescue mare. She gets soaked alfalfa cubes mixed into 2 scoops 10% grain with corn oil, sho-glo, hoof supplement, probios , 3 bute tabs and salt in it twice daily and she’s still thin! She’s navicular in all four and arthritic. It’s a balancing act keeping her thin enough so her feet aren’t stressed yet not showing rib.

The Hafie and QH get 1/2 scoop of 10% pelet twice a day and the mule I HAVE TO give a handful of grain to assuage my guilt:D

I don’t feed alfalfa, T and A or beetpulp. We have locally grown coastal hay and I try to get the second or last cutting and long pieces in a round bale. I don’t put roundbales out cuz they start looking like them if I do!

The Hafie and QH get 4 flakes per day if there’s no grass and 6 if there is, the mule none or 1 flake if there’s grass and 2 if not. The Percheron gets all she wants to eat 3 times a day ( I put her up to eat and let her loose when done.)

I’d rather give the mule just some crimped oats but can’t find any around here.

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So then are you supposed to attach a tag to your horse’s “collar” too?

Is this not just a way to try to increase State revenues? Sounds foolish to me.
I’ve never licensed a dog or anything else that eats in my life nor will I ever and have never gotten fined or even had it mentioned to me so, if it passes just don’t comply.
What will they do? Confiscate your horses?:D

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I think this would be great but can you do the same with Oats? I can’t seem to find anyone carrying crimped oats here where I live. Whole oats seem to go right through so I had wanted to give my mule crimped oats.

Would I just soak and rinse it the same as you would barley? I could easily handle doing it with just one mule. I have her with a Percheron who gets a high protein feed not suitable for a mule so I’m searching for something to feed. Right now I give her just a handful of 10% pelet.

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:eek::rolleyes::D;)

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@Donn Hewes 5214 wrote:

Does anyone know of a book or video that shows the rope halter in use? Donn

Any of the Natural Horsemanship Clinician’s videos or Dvd’s like Clinton Anderson’s, Parelli’s, etc.

RFD TV shows with Natural horsemen, the above, Chris Cox and more use them and have Programs using rope halters for training.

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And don’t forget Rob, Never leave a rope halter on a horse in the pasture. Take it off as they do not break easily and your horse could break his neck if he gets it caught on something and pulls.

Also, don’t leave one unattended in one as the same could happen.

Your flat nylon halters are easy for a horse to lean into and push ahead or against you. The knots in a rope halter feel uncomfortable when pushed against.

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http://mylerbitsusa.com/bit_combo.shtml

Here’s the site and a page on the combo bits

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Cute story!

Have you tried uploading them to photobucket and fixing them there? Then load them onto this site?

Funny, Both kids picked the name “Pearl”
My mother’s name was Hazel Pearl..When I wanted to piss her off I’d call her that.
She HATED it!

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I’ve only used the Myler three piece snaffles for riding. I have heard the combo’s main “edge” is you can adjust it higher or lower in the mouth. Don’t know anything more than that and I have nothing that needs a complicated bit.

You might want to check Ebay for a used one.

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@Rod 5186 wrote:

A donkey can outrun a horse and they do run fast. The like to romp and play and will walk, trot or canter and I guess gallop.

Ahhh, NO, sorry, they aren’t as fast as horses.

This is an excerp from an article called “Horse Church”

One characteristic of donkeys that really surprised me is their great stamina. They can run for much longer periods of time than horses. No, they can not run as fast (although quite fast for their size), but they don’t burn out so quickly either. Some donkeys can run for 2 hours straight. Even more important is that they can carry heavy packs for days on end. They have an almost unbelievable endurance. Churches must be able to endure not only hardships and persecution they must also be able to endure the rigors of day in and day out labor carrying the gospel to the world without losing heart or giving up.

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I’m right with ya on this Donn,

Basic training of any equine is teaching them to give to pressure. Once you have complete compliance with it, you can take their head away whenever you like. Not to metion how supple they become in the neck and eventually the poll. Without these exercises you have a very stiff animal that, like donn said, can and will take you back to the barn when ever he has a mind to and you can’t do a thing to stop him.

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