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Re: Hay Day

Post by RanchRoper » Mon Aug 12, 2019 4:44 pm

He might be ready but I'm not...
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Re: Hay Day

Post by dave77 » Mon Aug 12, 2019 7:58 pm

They can definitely change as they get older. Ruby was on grass pasture and feed grass hay as needed along with a small portion of COB (corn, oats, and barley), the cob was more of a daily treat than a significant part of her diet. In her last couple of years (she lived to about 28) she decided to no longer eat grass hay so went to alfalfa hay. Her last year she wouldn't eat any hay so she had to go on a diet of pellets and cob along with a daily dose of horse pain med for her knees.

This will be the first year in quite a while I haven't had to get hay, last year we got hay before we thinned the goat herd so have enough left to feed Luke and Leia for quite a while.
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Re: Hay Day

Post by RanchRoper » Mon Aug 12, 2019 8:11 pm

Do they still make Geritol? Maybe I'll get us both some....
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Re: Hay Day

Post by BigAl52 » Mon Aug 12, 2019 9:46 pm

We don’t use Geritol here RR dont need it. Hemp has now taken the place of it. Maybe Badger needs some hemp grass he would fly up those hills with that.
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Re: Hay Day

Post by RanchRoper » Fri Aug 16, 2019 7:38 pm

Badger is doing better. Looks pretty normal walking and trotting around. Definitely feeling better. I may be wrong but I don't think it was a flare up of laminitis. I think he was sore from the trim, as he has been in the past at times. He is back out on pasture, and the grass has changed from lush green summer to not much growth late summer grass. So I will keep a close eye on things and see how he goes. If things look good by month end may take a light ride on him.

He tore up both front legs and feet in barbed wire a few years back. Did them both, one year apart to the day. Very nasty wounds. Wore a cast both times for several weeks, and lots of rest. Anyhow, as a result he grows more hoof than he did before (messed up blood flow to the foot likely) so we have to trim it back quite a bit each time. No fault of my farrier, he's good, but Badger's feet are a challenge. I sent the farrier the x-rays so he can see what's going on and that will help him when trimming and resetting shoes.
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Re: Hay Day

Post by markiver54 » Fri Aug 16, 2019 7:40 pm

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Fri Aug 16, 2019 7:38 pm
Badger is doing better. Looks pretty normal walking and trotting around. Definitely feeling better. I may be wrong but I don't think it was a flare up of laminitis. I think he was sore from the trim, as he has been in the past at times. He is back out on pasture, and the grass has changed from lush green summer to not much growth late summer grass. So I will keep a close eye on things and see how he goes. If things look good by month end may take a light ride on him.
Good luck and best wishes RR!
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Re: Hay Day

Post by RanchRoper » Fri Aug 16, 2019 7:48 pm

Thanks, gotta get him better, he's my buddy...:)
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Re: Hay Day

Post by JEBar » Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:58 pm

RanchRoper wrote:
Fri Aug 16, 2019 7:48 pm
Thanks, gotta get him better, he's my buddy...:)
in thinking about your horses I can't help but wonder ---- when you select a horse what qualities/characteristics/features do you look for ? ---- how long does it take you to train one ? ---- how many years of service do they usually provide for you ?
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Re: Hay Day

Post by dave77 » Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:07 am

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Fri Aug 16, 2019 7:38 pm
No fault of my farrier, he's good, but Badger's feet are a challenge. I sent the farrier the x-rays so he can see what's going on and that will help him when trimming and resetting shoes.

Having a good farrier is important. The one I had for most of Ruby's life told me if I wanted him there would be no calling him when I thought she needed a trim, he would put her on a every 2 month schedule (a little less often in the Winter). I had worked with Ruby's feet from the time she was a baby so she was very good about having them handled. Once he got to know Ruby he didn't even tell me when he was coming, I would get home from work and see the hoof trimmings around her post.
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Re: Hay Day

Post by dave77 » Sat Aug 17, 2019 12:51 am

JEBar wrote:
Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:58 pm
RanchRoper wrote:
Fri Aug 16, 2019 7:48 pm
Thanks, gotta get him better, he's my buddy...:)
in thinking about your horses I can't help but wonder ---- when you select a horse what qualities/characteristics/features do you look for ? ---- how long does it take you to train one ? ---- how many years of service do they usually provide for you ?
I'm no expert, Ranch Roper will probably give you a more complete answer. But, I didn't select Ruby, a friend gave her to me as a baby and I knew absolutely nothing about horses. I did lots of reading and spent a lot of time with her, handling her feet, lots of walks on a lead, putting blankets on her back and neck and when she was big enough, putting my weight on her back.

I had thought about training her myself but got smart and when she was about 2 1/2 years old sent her to a well regarded trainer for 30 days (went to her place occasionally and she gave me some training as well). Ruby was just a good trail horse, not a cattle working horse like Ranch Roper's horses, so I'm sure they would require considerably more training.

When she came home I just rode her a lot, she was obedient but being young was pretty skittish when she saw new things on a ride. She was very sure footed, I live next to the Cascade Mountain foothills so we did a lot of riding on the game trails, they're pretty narrow trails criss-crossing on the hillsides created by deer feeding on the grass

I rode her into her 20's but she developed pretty severe arthritis in her knees so didn't ride her much after that.
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