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Post by roadsdiverged on Jun 10, 2019 20:37:52 GMT -5
What a beauty. When do you get reaquainted?
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Post by bigwoolie on Jun 10, 2019 20:40:41 GMT -5
What a beauty. When do you get reaquainted? Not sure. A few days at least. I have to arrange transportation. Its a bit of a drive from NC to KS. I'll be working that out this week. |
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Post by sperrytops on Jun 10, 2019 20:42:27 GMT -5
Those are beautiful horses you have there, bigwoolie. I did some riding when I was back in high school. Almost every weekend. A buddy of mine and I would ride out at Griffith Park Stables on the back side of Los Feliz and Griffith Park in Southern Cal near Hollywood. You wouldn't think there would be stables and riding there, but they had hundreds of miles of trails there at the time (60's). You could ride all day and never cover the same ground twice. I don't know if they still have those stables, though I would guess so, at least in part. Griffith Park is where the Griffith Observatory is so they have kept the area pretty pristine.
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Post by roadsdiverged on Jun 10, 2019 20:51:28 GMT -5
That's really cool. I'm sure it's going to be a great reunion. Congrats on the purchase  |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Jun 10, 2019 21:08:06 GMT -5
Fine lookin lady!
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Post by johnlawitzke on Jun 10, 2019 21:56:31 GMT -5
Congrats!
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 11, 2019 16:50:26 GMT -5
Gorgeous horse, bigwoolie. I'm sure it'll be great to be reunited. Question is, will the horse remember you? Do horses even do that? |
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Post by bigwoolie on Jun 11, 2019 17:11:06 GMT -5
I really don't expect her to remember me, but we will see. They can surprise you. But I don't expect it.
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Post by trailboss on Jun 11, 2019 19:15:29 GMT -5
She is a beauty!
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Post by bigwoolie on Jun 16, 2019 6:32:01 GMT -5
My son, Will, is 17 and already turning into quite a horseman. He continues to surprise me with his insight into these colts. He gets it. He understands that less is more with a horse, and only a quiet rider makes a quiet mount. He's taking colts that old riders are saying have to have bigger bits with longer shanks, nose tie-downs and such, and he's riding them in a simple o-ring snaffle. In two days he has this one walking quiet with head down, leading rides, opening and closing gates from the saddle and even leading little children on another horse! It's a sight to behold. Do I sound a little bit proud of him? |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Jun 16, 2019 7:09:31 GMT -5
My son, Will, is 17 and already turning into quite a horseman. He continues to surprise me with his insight into these colts. He gets it. He understands that less is more with a horse, and only a quiet rider makes a quiet mount. He's taking colts that old riders are saying have to have bigger bits with longer shanks, nose tie-downs and such, and he's riding them in a simple o-ring snaffle. In two days he has this one walking quiet with head down, leading rides, opening and closing gates from the saddle and even leading little children on another horse! It's a sight to behold. Do I sound a little bit proud of him? Dewayne...you have every right to be proud of him! |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jun 16, 2019 9:11:06 GMT -5
 Nothing as nice as hearing a Dad brag on his boy, brag away Dewayne he deserves it.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jun 17, 2019 8:32:43 GMT -5
My son, Will, is 17 and already turning into quite a horseman. He continues to surprise me with his insight into these colts. He gets it. He understands that less is more with a horse, and only a quiet rider makes a quiet mount. He's taking colts that old riders are saying have to have bigger bits with longer shanks, nose tie-downs and such, and he's riding them in a simple o-ring snaffle. In two days he has this one walking quiet with head down, leading rides, opening and closing gates from the saddle and even leading little children on another horse! It's a sight to behold. Do I sound a little bit proud of him? Dewayne...you have every right to be proud of him! What he said... |
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Post by trailboss on Jun 19, 2019 17:50:46 GMT -5
That is pretty cool Dewayne, it is magic to watch a person that has the gift working with animals, and has a more humane way of gettin said animal to do what you want. On a somewhat similar note, I saw this rig while making a delivery to a trailer company, them horses travel in style!  |
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Post by bigwoolie on Jun 19, 2019 20:23:28 GMT -5
That is pretty cool Dewayne, it is magic to watch a person that has the gift working with animals, and has a more humane way of gettin said animal to do what you want. On a somewhat similar note, I saw this rig while making a delivery to a trailer company, them horses travel in style! They live better than we do, don't they? |
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Post by trailboss on Jun 20, 2019 0:34:46 GMT -5
Certainly a nicer carriage than I am used to travelling in, Hoss!
If I would find myself in that, I would be fearing midnight...the ride would end with a pumpkin...Cinderfella.
The worker there told me that it is a 400K rig.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2019 21:26:29 GMT -5
One charlatan psychic claims that everyone has one animal that they are connected to in life. I haven't found mine yet.
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Post by bigwoolie on Jul 13, 2019 8:15:32 GMT -5
Well...I quit my job this week. Couldn't tolerate the continued usage of horses with saddle sores. The horses would be saddled every day, often with gear that didn't fit right, then mounted by any criminally fat, out-of-shape divorcee with the money to afford it. Many of the horses got sores on their back the size of silver dollars, but the hands just slathered more ointment on them and saddled them back up at the owners insistence, just to make another buck. Have you ever seen a 300 lb, 5'5" slob on a sore-backed horse? Sorry, but if your grossly fat, you have every right to be that way. I don't care. But you don't belong on a horse.
Then I missed a day, and while I was gone they trotted up to the barn and got the nice little filly I've been riding and training. They saddled and rode her, and put sores on her too. Then they didn't bathe the sweat and dirt off of her or brush her, just dumped her back in a stall for me to find when I came back to work. I was furious. I'm still furious.
Finally heading to Kansas to get my good mare, hopefully this week. I wish I had some business sense, I'd start my own outfit and do things right.
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Post by Darin on Jul 13, 2019 8:26:03 GMT -5
Good on you for walking away from those ethically deprived idiots. Morals over money is increasingly rare and I applaud you for making that stand.
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Post by Low and Slow on Jul 13, 2019 8:33:07 GMT -5
Thats a sad situation Dewayne. Its a shame people think its ok to do stuff like this. Hard to be associated when you know better.
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Post by bigwoolie on Jul 13, 2019 10:11:48 GMT -5
Thats a sad situation Dewayne. Its a shame people think its ok to do stuff like this. Hard to be associated when you know better. Yep. I've come to believe that if "ignorance is bliss", there are truly some very happy people in this world. I don't really have a problem with ignorance itself, however. We're all ignorant of something. It's "dumb on purpose" I can't deal with anymore. And greed. And disrespect. Horses didn't ask for this gig. It's even in the Bible. "Pro 12:10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel" |
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Post by trailboss on Jul 13, 2019 11:26:19 GMT -5
Words to live by.
It would be fair if that owner and the knuckleheads that do his bidding, would be saddled with a 50 pound backpack, and ill fitting boots for a 30 mile hike on a hot, humid day.
If more people thought of such situations as being stewards, the horses would be well cared for.
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Post by toshtego on Jul 13, 2019 12:28:23 GMT -5
Horses are still the best way to round up and move cattle. Sadly, many here use ATVs or trucks instead. I see these guys bumping slow move cattle or honking at them. Then they wonder why they have so many problems penning, loading or moving.
Horses keep the calm.
A few years ago, with my mighty herd of 24 animal units, it was me on foot and a guy in the saddle. We covered a lot of ground that way. I had a herd sire who was trained (Hereford and Romagnola, an Italian Draft Oxen). He oversaw most of the herd movement and followed me. I am big on delegating.
Horses are best in the high country if you want to find an elk. USFS does not allow motor vehicles up there, nor do most private ranches which sell hunting permits.
Mostly, I used mules for packing rather than riding. I did ride one as a kid.
My last horse was a Percheron draft horse. A nice old fellow, calm except when it came to cross water like an irrigation ditch or stream. That got him in a big worry. I attributed that to his long life in west Texas above Presidio. The only open water there is about the size of a hoof print.
Nowadays, I appreciate other people's horses.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 13, 2019 14:51:31 GMT -5
bigwoolie, you did the right thing imo. Can you report the place to some kind of authority so that it doesn't continue?
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Post by bigwoolie on Jul 14, 2019 7:13:02 GMT -5
bigwoolie, you did the right thing imo. Can you report the place to some kind of authority so that it doesn't continue? No, that's really not an option. The horses are fed good, and the sores are doctored every day. It's just that my standards of what constitutes unacceptable abuse and the law's standards do not agree. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 14, 2019 12:37:43 GMT -5
bigwoolie, you did the right thing imo. Can you report the place to some kind of authority so that it doesn't continue? No, that's really not an option. The horses are fed good, and the sores are doctored every day. It's just that my standards of what constitutes unacceptable abuse and the law's standards do not agree. Well I, for one, take my hat off to your higher standard. I know my wife would do the same. |
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Post by bigwoolie on Mar 28, 2020 22:02:45 GMT -5
I know this thread is a little old, I hope no one minds me reviving it? I feel like I kind of take over the Daily Chronical thread with my horse stuff sometimes, and I dont want to do that. But horses are where I live. I just got off of the phone with a lady I know north of here that was trying to sell me a horse. He's a big, stout gelding of 9yo. My sons and son-in-law and I are planning a 4 day, 100 mile ride for summer 2021. Im tired of working other peoples horses, just for them to mess 'em up again. This fella sounds perfect for a horse to partner with for the rest of my riding days. Im gonna go check him out in a couple of weeks, if the travel restrictions around here dont get any worse by then.  Not a great picture, but the other pictures have her little granddaughter in them, and Im not putting pictures of children of strangers on the internet. PS - anyone following this thread from this summer might remember the mare I used to own, and was gonna go pick up again in Kansas. That fell through in the end, and Ive been looking for another prospect ever since. When you head out for 100 miles on the trail, not just any ol' horse will do. |
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Post by trailboss on Mar 28, 2020 22:13:13 GMT -5
That photographer has such a mug that the gelding couldn’t bear to look at him! 😉
A friend me looking gelding. I hope that everything works in your favor, Dewayne.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Mar 29, 2020 12:53:46 GMT -5
We need more horse and doggie pictures...certainly better than pictures of people.
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Post by adui on Mar 29, 2020 13:56:49 GMT -5
Nice looking horses! Hopefully the sale works out. Some day I'd like to get a horse, but I doubt I'll ever have the property for one, or the money. I'll just keep enjoying yours thru your pictures!
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Nothing as nice as hearing a Dad brag on his boy, brag away Dewayne he deserves it. 
