Pictures Of YOUR Horses...!!!

[Lalaith]

OMG Snips and Balley are awesome! I wish we were neighbours so I could learn more about working a field with horses. I am going to a clinic in a few weeks to learn some technique. My Clyde is broke to drive single and double so putting him to the plough should be pretty easy (I hope!). I LOVE to see the working horses!

 

[houndit]

OMG Snips and Balley are awesome! I wish we were neighbours so I could learn more about working a field with horses. I am going to a clinic in a few weeks to learn some technique. My Clyde is broke to drive single and double so putting him to the plough should be pretty easy (I hope!). I LOVE to see the working horses!

It is really beautiful to see them working. It is a lot of work, but I love it! My favorite thing to see is horses mowing. I am mowing hay with our horse for the first time and it is amazing!

 

[Lalaith]

Pllleeeeaaaassseeee start a how-to thread just for us working horse keeners. Ha ha- I guess it would be pages and pages and lots of work. But if you had any special pointers, please do share your knowledge.

 

[ducks4you]

Do you know of any Amish that live fairly close to you? They are happy to share knowledge and they are DEFINITELY using their horses for work.

 

[michickenwrangler]

Do you know of any Amish that live fairly close to you? They are happy to share knowledge and they are DEFINITELY using their horses for work.

Maybe the Amish by you are decent, but the ones around here have a bad reputation as far as their treatment of horses go. One of DH's friends is a logger who logs with a team of Belgians

 

[houndit]

There are Aumish around us. We have dealt with a lot of them, and they seem very nice. There are a few who have horses that look like walking skeletons that they are trotting to town. One horseman I talked to said he will not sell his horses to the Aumish, because he does not like the way they treat them. Again, most of them seem very nice and have nice looking horses here.

 

[lupinfarm]

The mennonites here treat their horses very well. I think they understand that without the horses, they wouldn't have much of a livelyhood.

 

[lupinfarm]

Luna about a month ago om noming down her breakfast.

 

[Icarus]

Annnnd I want that one...and that one...and that one, and that one over there, and that one, that one.....also that one. Oh! And the pony! And the other pony...and that pony too....


I have four horses myself


First up is Loki. He's a blue-papered Missouri Fox Trotter gelding, '99 model, made in September so he's only 10 yet. Outta Whicker-Whackeren Lilly and by Dusty's War Paint. He's a trouble maker at heart and a total attention hog.
He's registered as a Sorrel Roan and White/Sabino. He was all legs as a baby He's my 'special boy' and a special pain in the arse a lot of the time.
He's a true bred Sabino, he's also been referred to as an Overo, a Roan, and a Gray.

Next up is Loki's half brother, Red Man! Red's also a blue-papered Missouri Fox Trotter gelding. Four years old and due to be saddle broke soon.
This lil' dude is out of Rambling Rose L. and also by Dusty's War Paint. His momma was a solid flaxen Chestnut, beautiful girl with a long, long mane. Loki took off quite a bit of Red's, but it's growing (thankfully) back again.
I don't have any really good pictures of Red...been meaning to get some but always forget. He's a darker red Chestnut with a blonde mane and tail.

Thirdly is Sammy. Sammy is a Tennessee Walking Horse likely crossed with a big Belgian. Sam has a long head and a tank-like body, he sort half-gaits, it's like an extremely smooth trot, and bobs his head. He also flaps his lower lip in time to his head bobbing. I bought Sammy a year ago in May, and just started riding him again. He's roughly 15 years old and fully trained and finished, he's got a big motor and is really a blast to ride.
I'm battling Sweet Itch on his face right now, he's definitely a trooper about it. Fly spray, careful washing, oil, and ointment are starting to win!

Sammy a little more than a year ago, he was just wasted front to back:

Sammy less than a week ago:

Annnd...last but not least. Lil' Miss Nameless (really, I don't have a name for her!). She's a four year old Buckskin Quarter Horse mare. Nice, smooth trot, good stride, well trained but needs to be finished out (I've been itching to ride her since she arrived last Saturday). When her previous owners bought her, she looked pretty much like Sammy did. Now she's at a healthy weight and is filling out nicely. She has a big scar on her butt that makes her rump look a little funny, but it doesn't inhibit her at all.
Very sensitive to leg cues, needs work on neck reining. I'm hoping to do some fun show stuff with her, she's wonderfully bombproof
Only got Craigslist pictures of her...she's been integrating into the herd so I haven't caught her and got pics just yet.

Thats my herd I've bought and sold three others over the last two years. A QH filly who was just to far out of my training abilities at the time. She went to an experience trail home. Next was a stud mule, I kid you not. He also went to a trail home with a very ecstatic 12 year old owner (he was gelded and trained before any 12 year old riding was done).
Then there was the QH stud colt I got as a half-trade for the mule. He was beautiful, dainty little head, big, long stride...but uncatchable, difficult, and wild. I tamed him down, then sent him to a horse savvy family that wanted a matching driving partner for their gelding.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Here is my Max!

His most favorite activity: