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Hay Day
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We bought Badger when he was 7 yrs old. I was looking for a solid ranch horse, one that had some miles on him. He has always been a get on and get to work guy. He is cutting horse bred from the Peppy San Badger line. Hutterite colony had him for awhile before me, and were hauling logs out of the bush with him, roping bulls, etc. He knows his stuff.
Our late mare Magic was bought for my wife as a riding horse for pleasure. Previous owner tried to make a barrel horse out of her, but she did not have the get-up and go for it. She was just 3 when we got her and I put the miles on her for ranch work. No cow work in her pedigree at all, in fact she had thoroughbred blood. But she took to cattle work like nobody's business. First cow ever roped was out in the middle of nowhere on the north end of the a7 when I worked there, and she never missed a beat. God, I miss that mare. She was special.
Dakota was used for some ranch work, and was a rodeo pickup horse. He did not like the rodeo so much, as getting in close to the bucking horses to pick up the rider bothered him (it would bother me too!) He is very solid to rope on, and is 16 hands tall so we have roped some big stock together. My experience with paint horses in general has been that they are very sensitive, meaning they fret easy and worry about stuff. Very easy to wind them up or blow them up if you work at it. So I tend to try to give him a little more time to figure things out before we do them. Then he's ok.
Houston was bought for our son, wonderful horse to ride, and I won money on him at a ranch roping competition. But he went lame in the rear leg after a bit and turned out to be degenerative arthritis in the back leg. No way to predict it or do anything about it. High tech xrays showed the bone riddled with little holes where the disease eats away. So he just hangs out with me when I'm out doing chores and stuff. Him and I have some long conversations about life in general, and we compare aches and pains once in awhile. He is on a pill every day call Previcox that seems to help him quite a bit. So as long as he tells me he wants to stick around, we look after him. Here he is getting his belly scratched...tell me that doesn't feel good!
Our late mare Magic was bought for my wife as a riding horse for pleasure. Previous owner tried to make a barrel horse out of her, but she did not have the get-up and go for it. She was just 3 when we got her and I put the miles on her for ranch work. No cow work in her pedigree at all, in fact she had thoroughbred blood. But she took to cattle work like nobody's business. First cow ever roped was out in the middle of nowhere on the north end of the a7 when I worked there, and she never missed a beat. God, I miss that mare. She was special.
Dakota was used for some ranch work, and was a rodeo pickup horse. He did not like the rodeo so much, as getting in close to the bucking horses to pick up the rider bothered him (it would bother me too!) He is very solid to rope on, and is 16 hands tall so we have roped some big stock together. My experience with paint horses in general has been that they are very sensitive, meaning they fret easy and worry about stuff. Very easy to wind them up or blow them up if you work at it. So I tend to try to give him a little more time to figure things out before we do them. Then he's ok.
Houston was bought for our son, wonderful horse to ride, and I won money on him at a ranch roping competition. But he went lame in the rear leg after a bit and turned out to be degenerative arthritis in the back leg. No way to predict it or do anything about it. High tech xrays showed the bone riddled with little holes where the disease eats away. So he just hangs out with me when I'm out doing chores and stuff. Him and I have some long conversations about life in general, and we compare aches and pains once in awhile. He is on a pill every day call Previcox that seems to help him quite a bit. So as long as he tells me he wants to stick around, we look after him. Here he is getting his belly scratched...tell me that doesn't feel good!
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Re: Hay Day
interesting .... very interesting indeed .... thanks for taking the time to share the info and pictures .... I show them to my wife, she's become a big fan of your photography and comments
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Nice to hear. Thank you. Actually my wife took that pic and lots of other good ones. I get a few here and there with my cell phone.
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Re: Hay Day
Wonderful story, RR. Thanks for sharing your life through essays like this one and some remarkable photographs. I read every post you make... always with pleasure.
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Glad you enjoy them. Thanks.
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Re: Hay Day
That story and history certainly will touch a mans' heart. Thank you RR for sharing it with us.
My late Brother in Law spent much of his life on his beloved Quarter horse " Impy ". He traveled the country attending shows and competed as well. What limited knowledge I have of horses, is because of ' Nick ' God rest his soul.
I love the Stetson he left me!....not to mention a couple holsters.
My late Brother in Law spent much of his life on his beloved Quarter horse " Impy ". He traveled the country attending shows and competed as well. What limited knowledge I have of horses, is because of ' Nick ' God rest his soul.
I love the Stetson he left me!....not to mention a couple holsters.
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Always enjoy seeing RR and Badger in pictures. For me its a connection to the forum. Sure Im here because of the Henry rifles but when there is a post from Badger and Ranchroper from Alberta in Cow country or where ever Im there checkin it out. Its beautiful country up there and maybe someday who knows I might just wander up that way.
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Badger was tearing around the pasture this evening with Dakota. Looked fine to me. They were going bonkers cuz I sprayed bug spray on them. Haha.
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They say the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man.markiver54 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 17, 2019 9:50 pmThat story and history certainly will touch a mans' heart. Thank you RR for sharing it with us.
My late Brother in Law spent much of his life on his beloved Quarter horse " Impy ". He traveled the country attending shows and competed as well. What limited knowledge I have of horses, is because of ' Nick ' God rest his soul.
I love the Stetson he left me!....not to mention a couple holsters.
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Re: Hay Day
Today's adventure took me by this.
Sure hate to know I had to pick it up in this heat.
RP
Sure hate to know I had to pick it up in this heat.
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