Changing goals and speed

[TAH]

So if they ship to Canada I wonder how much extra they would charge for for us to get one to Alaska. Yes we were going to get a donkey but sister wants a horse and dad said he would consider.

 

[Baymule]

So if they ship to Canada I wonder how much extra they would charge for for us to get one to Alaska. Yes we were going to get a donkey but sister wants a horse and dad said he would consider.

I think I saw on the FB site that it is $1.15 a mile, you might try to find something closer than Arkansas.

 

[AClark]

Depends on the shipper, and how many horses. They seem to cut it down if they are shipping more than one. The person shipping for me knocked off $50 off my single horse price for throwing another one in her trailer for the ride, lol. Some are as low as 60-75 cents a mile, but that's a hell of a long way up to AK.

I'd look up in WA or OR state, good bet there are kill lots up there too and a lot closer. They also have donkeys, mules, etc on that page, so good bet there's another page in that area that has the same.

Bay, figured you'd see the ones I picked up, I stole their photos to post here since obviously they're in AR and I'm not. I think they'll be here tomorrow pretty late, maybe Friday morning. I just scored a new bridle with a flat band hackamore and reins plus a crappy halter (all as a lot) on ebay for $24. The hackamore alone is worth more than that so I don't mind throwing the halter in the shed for use around here. I was short a bridle (only had 2) so it was a great deal. I have 4 saddles, but only 2 bridles. Actually, only 3 of the saddles are mine, the one I gave to DH, the one in the pic, and a tiny kids saddle that was mine when I was little. The 4th is my mom's 2nd saddle that she just gave me so I'd have enough for the bigger kids as well. None of the boys or DH want to ride mine, it's too "girly" or use one of my bridles since it's all heart conchos and also girly. It's a good thing because I was looking at saddles earlier and couldn't find anything that would fit me or DH. Mine is a 14.5 inch seat, his is a 15 - everything we saw was 15.5+.

DH got all into making his saddle pretty. I had to order new concho's for it, since it was missing one and it's an antique so not going to find them locally. He picked out some real snazzy conchos for his and then said mine on my saddle look like crap and I should pick out some to replace them with. So, rather than just replacing 1 that I actually did find on Ebay, I'm replacing all 12 between the two saddles.

 

[TAH]

I brain just went running with a idea even though I know it won't happen, lol.

Bay it probably is a good idea to look in Washington.

 

[AClark]

So, my mares got here last night real late.

I think I got a 2 for 1 on the buckskin, because she looks awfully big in the belly for the body condition she's in.

So the kids mare is on light riding until I can figure out when she might be due. Luckily my kids are lightweight and won't be riding at anything more than a walk for quite awhile since none of them have really ridden.

And, my mare, who ended up being a lot bigger than I expected, but very nice looking, she even has a sock on her back foot you couldn't see for the mud before.

And a pic of everyone. It was real early when I got out to take these, like just barely day light (I had to wait almost 2 hours for the sun to come up to go take pics, ha!) so my pics are limited because I had a lot of glare.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

You might be right on the buckskin....she's got a big ol' belly. Any sign of an udder?

 

[AClark]

She's had a foal before from the looks of it, but no bagging up that's noticeable. Harder to tell on a mare that isn't maiden.

ETA: Trav looks pregnant in this pic, I knew he was fat, but this really puts it in perspective on what a butterball he is.

 

[Bruce]

That's for sure! When I looked at the last picture I looked first at the horse on the right. Yep, pretty round, then I looked at the one on the left and figured out THAT was the one you think might be pregnant. Um, and the other is male, so not pregnant. Time for WW!

 

[AClark]

WW for horses for real! I keep telling myself "at least he's not skinny". Maybe I need to cut back on his feed though.

 

[Latestarter]

the way you're acquiring animals, you're going to need to adjust your signature line(s)