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[20 Aug 2008|02:24pm] |
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Does anyone have sample hay tests of GOOD quality(hell, I'll even take average quality) hay? Horse hay?
I've got two nutrition books from my undergrad career and I can't find either of them and most of what i come up with only is for sileage or wet bales.
We got a new hay guy this year and he ruined our first crop of hay. I've got the forage tests and I KNOW that it's bad and I'm going to tell him about it but I want the actual figures to back me up. if I could find my stupid books, I'd be set. But I can't.
So does anyone have any test results for alafalfa/orchard grass/timothy (or similar to) hay? Either from a book or actual tests, it doesn't matter. Or heck, what the nutrient content SHOULD be? I can't find that either.
Thanks!
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| Need some advice on my horse. |
[20 Aug 2008|11:21am] |
Hi everyone. I just recently joined. I use to be a member of a lot of forums, but, eh. I quit those. I'm looking for some advice on my horse, though. I really need it :\ I'm going to put it behind a cut because the back story is kind of really long. I hope somebody can give me some awesome advice.
( the story is behind here! )
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| Horse Feed |
[20 Aug 2008|09:52am] |
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I've been feeding my two year old stallion Purina's Strategy for a while, but have lately heard some gruesome stories about horses getting colic from it. Even the breeders of my colt (who fed Strategy to all of their horses) have switched off. So now I want to switch feeds. Does anyone recommend a good feed designed for growing stallions?
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| Ciao Ciao! |
[20 Aug 2008|12:01pm] |
Vi saluto ragazzi,
tra qualche ora partiamo!
Tappa a Milano per un giorno, poi si parte per Caserta e poi si prosegue per Matera.
Sulla strada del ritorno tappa a Ferrara e poi Aida a Verona!
Sono giá stanca ;)
Ci si risente intorno al 2 settembre!
Baciiiiiiiii
Rosy
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| horse trailer shopping |
[20 Aug 2008|12:08am] |
Hi all. I am looking for some trailer purchasing advice. I don't have a ton of money, so I am looking to buy an old "beater" trailer, to fix up myself, but I also don't want to buy a total piece of junk. I have never owned a horse trailer, so I am not sure what to look for as far as potential problems that would make the trailer not worth purchasing. Can anyone give me a few pointers? Here is one that I am considering: http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/grd/800185941.html
Thanks! :-)
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| fire ant help |
[19 Aug 2008|11:09pm] |
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Annie, my rescue, apparently thought it was a fabulous idea to roll...erah wallow, in a fire ant mound. She is covered in welts. I called the vet, he recommended that i give her some banimine. How can I get rid of these annoying pests in the paddock?
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| Ocala Camp Trip |
[19 Aug 2008|10:26pm] |
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Hello Equestrians! I went to an annual camp in Ocala my trainer holds as the working student a couple of weeks ago and I come bearing some pictures! Comment! Enjoy!
( Pictures! )
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| dressage freestyle |
[19 Aug 2008|10:03pm] |
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I am just watching the freestyle now and I am completely in love with the Danish guy who did his freestyle to Pink Floyd and Green Day...!!!!
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| Saddle Repair- NE Ohio (Or Ohio/Western PA) |
[19 Aug 2008|09:33pm] |
I have two saddles, both of which are just schooling saddles, that have some stitching coming loose. I used to have a guy that I took this kind of stuff to, but alas, he's gotten to the point where he feels he's too old to repair tack correctly.
I sent one to a person he recommended, and even after explicit instruction of "replace the fender" on it, he instead just put a piece of leather behind the tear in the fender and sewed it to the torn pieces. Uhh.... that won't pass a tack inspection for anything.
Does anyone know of a person that can redo leather and sew saddles preferrably in the NE Ohio area, but also anywhere in Ohio or Western PA would work.
Thanks!
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| To Wrap or...or what? |
[19 Aug 2008|09:26pm] |
I have a new student and her horse is drastically over at the knee. She wants to do pretty low level stuff with him--dressage and some light jumping. I don't want to turn this into a huge argument about what should and shouldn't be done, but how can we help the horse? Specifically, wraps.
An example of how badly this horse is over at the knee:
Ok, he's not quite that bad, but pretty darn close. In both front legs.
Poll #1244941 Wraps
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: AllWhat option would be the most beneficial for a horse over at the knee?
Feel free to elaborate on your response.
ETA: Or, just feel free to say "ARE YOUR FREAKIN' CRAZY?!?! DON'T JUMP THIS HORSE!!!" because honestly, that's my knee jerk reaction. *sigh* But, I will try to present a less bleak picture to my student if possible.
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| Oh Olympics, you break my heart. |
[28 Aug 2008|06:53pm] |
Particularily dressage (because I can't complain with jumping. It's about damn time that Ian Millar, after waiting 36 years, got a medal! (which probably would have been gold had we been able to drop but hey, c'est la vie)): I think the judges have blinders on when they see Isabel and Anky (yes, those are their freestyles from HongKong. Bless you YoutTube). They must get an automatic 5% increase just for having cool names. Yes, Satchmo has an amazing half pass, and yes Salinero has a lovely piaffe and extended trot, but here's the thing. They weren't brilliant. At all. Satchmo looked tense and lacking his normal brilliance. And frick, sorry, his little "oops" moment, again? That was Satchmo giving Isabel the finger. That should have been penalized so heavily that she was knocked out of the medals...even our announcer, Cara Whitmore (an FEI judge) said that she believed that that would take Isabel out of medal contention and was quite surprised to see the score. And Anky's freestyle? It was ok. It was consistent. Ok, I'll be honest, it was damn boring. it seemed to have no passion or brilliance to it. In fact, I was almost lulled to sleep with the weird elevator music that never seemed to change. The horse had no halt (again!) and he looked pissed in the tempis. EVERYTHING was done on a straight line, close to the walls, so how she got a good score in difficulty is beyond me (where as Steffan Peters from the US had quite a techniqually difficult test, and did quite well, but wasn't rewarded!) Yet, there she is, gold medal winner, again.
Oh, politics of dressage, how you break my heart.
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| NBC Dressage Olympics FAIL |
[19 Aug 2008|07:34pm] |
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I sat through Synchronized Swimming so I could watch 2 rounds of dressage and 2 half rounds!!! You had a full hour and a half of eventing dressage ( which was like watching water trying to boil (no offense to my eventing friends)), but you give me 20 minutes of the really cool set to music stuff. Plus you cut out to commercial during in the middle of someone's round. WTF NBC!!! YOU FAIL! I am very disappointed.
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| Helmets - IRH Elite? |
[19 Aug 2008|06:13pm] |
I'm looking to buy a new helmet, so when a Dover catalog came today in the mail, I flipped to the helmets section. I was thinking about getting the International ATH, but I saw a new ad for the IRH Elite Riding Helmet.
Does anyone know if there's much of a difference, other than design? The ATH is sliiiightly more expensive, and I would expect their new model to be more expensive than the old, not the other way around.
Or, should I forget the two, and break down and buy a Charles Owen GR8?
Feel free to recommend another helmet, or voice opinions about the three above. (I'm riding in a Troxel helmet that has no vents now, and I've never had a problem overheating in it.) I'm a very indecisive person.
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| Fay hit Wellington... |
[19 Aug 2008|03:52pm] |
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/08/19/fay/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
Anyone know if the horses in Wellington have made out ok? The above picture is of a BARN! If anyone recognizes it, could they let us know if everyone is healthy and out of danger?
(not sure which tags to put, please help with that and i'll gladly add them!)
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| IMAGE HEAVY |
[19 Aug 2008|11:52am] |
Quite a few pictures behind the cut: ( Read more... )
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[19 Aug 2008|08:19pm] |
Sono soddisfazioni :)
In basso basso basso c´é il mio nome :P
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| Food meme.... |
[19 Aug 2008|07:06pm] |
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1) Copy this list into your blog or journal, including these instructions.
2) Bold all the items you’ve eaten.
3) Cross out any items that you would never consider eating.
4) Bold and cross out any items you never would again
I think I'm seeing a pattern with the things I will eat.
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| new gallery and luskwood |
[19 Aug 2008|12:15pm] |
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http://pics.livejournal.com/trufflehog/gallery/0000er5h
New gallery up! This time for Ranger Rick scans! Right now it only has the scans that ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) cherryfury has so generously provided, but I'll add more later tonight. If ANYBODY has some copies lying around and would like to contribute scans...I would love you dearly. Currently the artwork [which, for a monthly kiddy magazine, is pretty great!] cannot be found online for the most part.
Also. Luskwood sent out an email yesterday- looks like there's going to be a 2 to 3 month wait on ordered suits. So Thistle won't be done for MFF. Which is fine! But it kind of kills my interest in going. Its exciting because a lot of friends are going and rooming with/getting to see Fox again would be fantastic...but...MIDTERMS. and MONEY.
Not sure just yet.
Also, to whomever paid for the two month lj subscription- thank you so much!!
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| Pony Shopping - Conformation Crit |
[19 Aug 2008|09:24am] |
What do you guys think of this mare's conformation?
( Pony under the cut. )
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| Freestyle |
[19 Aug 2008|07:16am] |
It's on now.
For those that don't know dressage, this is the best day to watch. :)
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