This entry will probably not be of interest to anyone who doesn't have horses; I simply have to share the link to a particular thread on the Homesteading Today equine message board with other horse owners. It made me laugh out loud.
That thread was great! Thanks for posting the link!
I've always said horses are born to self-destruct. That being said, Boo is 16 and has had 2 grams of Bute his whole life, and I can put him anywhere. He will literally stay in four posts stuck in the ground with string strung between them LOL! 'course I only paid $1 for him ;p
Articles like that upset me. The dark ages of horse ownership are suposed to be over, yet I still see horses behind metal wire fences and worse yet barbed wire fences. I also see a lot of uncapped T-post fences. It's not the horses that are stupid but rather the owners. These are horses, not cattle. They only need a psychological barrier that they can see, not a high tinsel barrier that they can't see.
my 28 yo gelding who Ive owned for 20 years is kept in a 6 strand tight barb wire fence with uncapped t-posts and has NEVER been injured. So, I beg to differ.
I am far from a stupid horse owner.
It is the horse. Ive seen horses that continually are injuring themselves, could do so in a padded stall. Then there are the ones with sense, that can be look out for themselves.
True, and same for horse owners. I don't invite disaster. It cost far less to do a fence right than it costs to have a vet come out on a farm call to stitch up a horse and treat it with antibiotics to prevent infection. I have seen so many horses with fence injuries. I owned three horses so far hat have had serious fence injuries. Two of which had touch and go recoveries but both were deemed ridable by the time I purchased them. My horses live without sharp objects, electrobrade fence wires that are able to stretch, rounded fence corners so no horse can be trapped and kicked to death. They don't go out into mud so they never get skin or hoof disease.
I hope your future horses have the good fence sense your present horse has. For me, I won't take that risk.
My 7 year old gelding was out this morning and my son noticed there was water literally pouring out of his mouth. We have apple trees...is it possible that he has an apple stuck in his throat or that he has foundered on apples? He doesn't appear to be feverish and is acting fine except for the constant water fall from his mouth. Does anybody know what could be causing this.
That thread was great! Thanks for posting the link!
ReplyDeleteI've always said horses are born to self-destruct. That being said, Boo is 16 and has had 2 grams of Bute his whole life, and I can put him anywhere. He will literally stay in four posts stuck in the ground with string strung between them LOL! 'course I only paid $1 for him ;p
Articles like that upset me. The dark ages of horse ownership are suposed to be over, yet I still see horses behind metal wire fences and worse yet barbed wire fences. I also see a lot of uncapped T-post fences. It's not the horses that are stupid but rather the owners. These are horses, not cattle. They only need a psychological barrier that they can see, not a high tinsel barrier that they can't see.
ReplyDeletemy 28 yo gelding who Ive owned for 20 years is kept in a 6 strand tight barb wire fence with uncapped t-posts and has NEVER been injured. So, I beg to differ.
ReplyDeleteI am far from a stupid horse owner.
It is the horse. Ive seen horses that continually are injuring themselves, could do so in a padded stall. Then there are the ones with sense, that can be look out for themselves.
good forum, thnx for the link Donna!
True, and same for horse owners. I don't invite disaster. It cost far less to do a fence right than it costs to have a vet come out on a farm call to stitch up a horse and treat it with antibiotics to prevent infection. I have seen so many horses with fence injuries. I owned three horses so far hat have had serious fence injuries. Two of which had touch and go recoveries but both were deemed ridable by the time I purchased them.
ReplyDeleteMy horses live without sharp objects, electrobrade fence wires that are able to stretch, rounded fence corners so no horse can be trapped and kicked to death. They don't go out into mud so they never get skin or hoof disease.
I hope your future horses have the good fence sense your present horse has. For me, I won't take that risk.
My 7 year old gelding was out this morning and my son noticed there was water literally pouring out of his mouth. We have apple trees...is it possible that he has an apple stuck in his throat or that he has foundered on apples? He doesn't appear to be feverish and is acting fine except for the constant water fall from his mouth. Does anybody know what could be causing this.
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