tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post349298397685510309..comments2008-06-13T10:53:17.542-07:00Pony Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02464088874054923635ponygirlridesagain@gmail.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-65227689786356992302008-06-13T10:53:00.000-07:002008-06-13T10:53:00.000-07:00Enjoyable post! Great photos of a terrific looking horse! Am not familiar with Surpass, but have found DMSO very helpful.<BR/><BR/>About those potty places, oh yah. So familiar around here. When Royal leaves the barn onto the trail, there is one spot that we know where he will stop, whether he needs to or not. It is his giant kitty litter box.Strawberry Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10555143299042580481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-48303913203425234752008-06-13T03:16:00.000-07:002008-06-13T03:16:00.000-07:00Oh and I almost forgot to add something else I noticed....<BR/><BR/>My Boy has no problem with crossing water, does he?<BR/><BR/>It would seem that he gets lots of exposure to it around there. hahaTwinvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03562627840013868980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-47390096037346544102008-06-13T03:15:00.000-07:002008-06-13T03:15:00.000-07:00Girl! You totally crack me up with some of your posts. This potty talk post, with pictures even, had me giggling. hehehe<BR/><BR/>My Baby Doll has an annoying trait of always peeing in the stall. As soon as she comes in for hay, she stops inside to relieve herself.<BR/><BR/>Weirdly enough, she typicaly won't poop in the stall, just pee.<BR/><BR/>She'd rather pee in the stall than anywhere else on the 2 acres she has to roam. Crazy mare! haha<BR/><BR/>I gree about the nutty weather. Blogging has made me realize that something is going on with weather around the country. Some places that are usually warm, are now cool, some that are usually cool are not hot, some that are dry are now wet, and some that wet are now dry...and like our area, we don't usually have any winds after May, bt it hasn't stopped being windy since last October!<BR/><BR/>What is up???Twinvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03562627840013868980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-63534773782323732072008-06-12T17:28:00.000-07:002008-06-12T17:28:00.000-07:00Think My Boy is beautiful but really love Edgar and Walter!! Hope the eye colors fade quicklyPeggyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16467921308987979013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-89787705504702906882008-06-12T12:21:00.000-07:002008-06-12T12:21:00.000-07:00Thanks for your tips on the header! I'm going to play around with mine and see what I can do. My blog is not quite as substantial as yours, but I'm having fun working on it! My goal is to start taking more pictures so I can update more often.Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098723884511551091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-34735894358910598922008-06-12T10:19:00.000-07:002008-06-12T10:19:00.000-07:00Thank you for the info on the books. I have already decided I want to spend too much on them.<BR/>I enjoy reading so many blogs it ain’t funny, but I make sure you are a daily read for sure. <BR/>Glad to hear the vet appt went as good as it could. Even gladder Your Boy is doing well, pouty face and all. He is a beauty! <BR/>Geez, that is a lot of water! One good thing about the rains, it makes for such beautiful greenery, of which we never have enough of here where I live.<BR/>That Surpass sounds like something I may need to check out for my Jackie who has a touch of arthritis so it will make our rides more pleasant /less painful for her.<BR/><BR/>Potty spot, my little guy had at first peed on the feed that was his…apparently this was a normal thing. He has now gotten his momma’s habits and at least pees and poops way away from where his food is thank goodness.<BR/>I will have to read backwards and see what happened to your eye…LOL<BR/><BR/>I CANNOT WAIT til I hear of the adventures of your "Quest for a Cowboy!" Maybe I can hold off getting one of those books you recommended,,, hehehe!Momma / Cowgirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03758798587172414823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-25977178173110470102008-06-12T07:41:00.000-07:002008-06-12T07:41:00.000-07:00I have some catch up reading to do!! You make me laugh!! I have a gelding pony that would pee anywhere, but I have a gelding horse that is more particular. He doesn't like it splashing up anywhere. Some horses are neat and tidy and other just don't care. And you have a black eye!!! I will need to do some back reading!!!!!Andreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13155749395336824191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-6539029813752606172008-06-11T21:55:00.000-07:002008-06-11T21:55:00.000-07:00What great photos! I love all the expressions of your boy! That's what I love about Appaloosa's, you can always tell what their thinking! Their eyes tell it all.Jessiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03264955546526540949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-39452805404042116192008-06-11T19:21:00.000-07:002008-06-11T19:21:00.000-07:00Hey Pony Girl- just wanted to say thanks for stopping in at Why I Carry and commenting ;) <BR/><BR/>Keep on keeping safe girl! You are doing a great job there...Mrs Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15269132012512166439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-80879128901529796162008-06-11T19:08:00.000-07:002008-06-11T19:08:00.000-07:00I know exactly what you mean about the potty thing!! Jove always pees about 5-10 minutes after I get off him!!! He is so predictable. :-)Horse Galhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11231345183067371131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-8643394721562280722008-06-11T18:54:00.000-07:002008-06-11T18:54:00.000-07:00I've heard the same about the splash factor. Love the pictures, hope no one tells you boy about them. We have one horse(gelding) who will go to the bathroom in his stall the minute his halter is put on in the morning before going out. I guess they all have their routines like we do.Grey Horse Mattershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05837575441967937196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-16008194809386056052008-06-11T17:29:00.000-07:002008-06-11T17:29:00.000-07:00Every morning when I go out to feed at least two of my guys will pee when they hear me opening the barn door! Now that's quite a reception! My old guy will sometimes stop on the trail and pretend he is going to pee so that he can just stop and not have to work! Seriously, he does this! I used to just sit there and wait and wait but now I give him a couple minutes and if nothing happens we continue on.Midlife Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03531655128417397650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-83984894871194290042008-06-11T14:36:00.000-07:002008-06-11T14:36:00.000-07:00LOL Pony Girl-You come up with the funniest posts.<BR/>Moon can't be fed with other horses. He has a nasty habit of running around and peeing on every hay pile except the one he is eating. What a turd. You can just see the evil glint in that horse's eye.<BR/>So to thwart this habit-I feed him alone and he gets 2 piles. One of the left over hay(for his piddle pile) and his new hay. He learned pretty quick that if he pees on the good pile, he is stuck with the left overs-LOL.<BR/>Rip-the ranch horse come to town-won't pee or poo in the barn-EVER. He always goes outside.<BR/>Woofer-does her business only in one corner of her stall-she is so neat and tidy.BrownEyed Cowgirlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03610547057139295854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-66111377365843929302008-06-11T13:42:00.000-07:002008-06-11T13:42:00.000-07:00Yes, your pasture does look like my sister's! You must be a fellow Northwesterner with all of this rain? My Boy reminds me alot of my horse Shadest. I had him his whole life (sadly only 16 years), and he HATED the vet...for no particular reason. We had to lip chain or twitch him just for the vet to get near him. The funny thing was, that I worked for this vet for 10 years, so it was definitely not the "medicinal" smell that got Shadest in a foul mood! He also was very private when it came to peeing. He would go behind the barn, and did not like you to watch him. When we went camping, he would never pee while tied overnight on his hi-line either. We had to walk him around like a dog! He had the easiest stall to clean also, because if he could not hold it overnight, he would go in one corner only...both pee and the other!<BR/>Great post. Cannot wait to hear about the cowboy search!The Knutson'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08682815635702122191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-36268359122548590652008-06-11T11:36:00.000-07:002008-06-11T11:36:00.000-07:00Another great post. I really enjoy all of the pictures you post...<BR/><BR/>This line cracked me up "As you can see, he still has on his pouty boy face from the vet visit and refused to smile for this picture."<BR/><BR/>I haven't noticed my gelding's potty habits yet - I'll have to keep an eye on that! :-)Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01736592362765508427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-32666853374237343472008-06-11T09:13:00.000-07:002008-06-11T09:13:00.000-07:00My sister's mare will sometimes go in their hay, after they have finished their grain. It's the funniest thing. They run over to the hay piles all excited, then move around a bit, then go!Pony Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02464088874054923635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-48125606760686666972008-06-11T08:46:00.000-07:002008-06-11T08:46:00.000-07:00My gelding always goes potty before I ride him. He likes to go in our indoor arena in the bark/dirt footing. I think he likes that it doesn't splash at all on him there. He also always goes before getting in a trailer. Once again, I'm guessing because of the splash factor. Glad I'm not the only one whose gelding is picky about pottying! (Is that a word?)Heidihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11098723884511551091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-50564521380713314612008-06-11T08:42:00.000-07:002008-06-11T08:42:00.000-07:00It is perfectly normal for the odd colors on your little eye. It means it is healing. <BR/><BR/>As for geldings, mine usually goes to the middle of the dry lot (there is still grass there) and relieves himselves both ways. My mare however is another matter. She cares not where she relieves herself. I heard somewhere that mares are bad about that. Beings she is the first mare I have every owned (besides one mean assed Shetland when I was a kid) I guess it comes with owning one. She does though seem to hold it until she is at least a bit away from the barn and has never (knock on wood) done 'it' anywhere near the gate area. That would just be nasty.Trailbosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10560979016510119034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-2236003581542476022008-06-11T07:40:00.000-07:002008-06-11T07:40:00.000-07:00Great post! I am still ROTFL!! Yes they do have there certain potty spots and times they potty! I have one that every time I go to the barn to feed (2 times a day) he will stop at the same place and pee everytime! Our old gelding would not pee when he was away from home, he would as soon as you turned him out, he would go! Hubby's roan horse is the same way, it just cracks me up! My mare can go anywhere, she doesn't mind! She tries to tell these boys that you shouldn't hold it, but they do not listen! TYPICAL!!<BR/>I have never used or heard of Surpass. But things that we have used in the past for that is Bigeloil-you spray it on there legs before you use them. You can also use it on sprangs, scar tissue, etc. DSMO I really like, but you have to be very careful with it. If you use it you have to clean the area throughly with soap and water and then apply. DMSO carries whatever you put on that area into there skin. So do not use any fly spray, topical things in that area. It is what I have been spraying on the vaccine reaction (scar tissue) on my mare. I spray it on then use my hands to massage it in. (I wear gloves, if not you will taste DMSO, since it will absorb into your skin as well) I have used Asborine litment in the past. <BR/>Good luck!kdwhorseshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07927961715923751666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-134390553266849712008-06-11T07:13:00.000-07:002008-06-11T07:13:00.000-07:00I just had the Surpass discussion with my vet - wondering whether I should try it on Hank's arthritic knee, which seems to be bothering him more than usual and sometimes has a little fluid buildup. He suggested I try DMSO gel first, applying it 3 times per week, then Surpass if that didn't help. <BR/><BR/>As for the potty spots...you don't know potty spots til you've seen two horses and two burros all using the same one ... at the same time. I think equines might be responsible for the term "pissing contest."<BR/><BR/>Your halter under your bridle picture has given me an idea for another photo tutorial -- how to remove the halter without removing the bridle. Look for it soon over at my place.the7msnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01082802012105875164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-11654545573836587182008-06-11T06:58:00.000-07:002008-06-11T06:58:00.000-07:00Yep, your shiner is following the natural course of things there. No worries! ;) (Trust me- the oldest of 6, with several brothers scattered in there, I have given... err SEEN my share of shiners come and go...) <BR/><BR/>My Boy going puddle.... Mom how COULD you! LMAO... Sonny feels the need to pee IN his hay. So ... I wait, and reach through the fence with the rake and move the hay... makes him soooo mad. My old Appy gelding would stretch out so far I thought he would tip over. He HATED puddle splashing on his legs!<BR/><BR/>Crap- hay man here- gotta run and unload!Mrs Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15269132012512166439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8237219937417683108.post-70996572210093134732008-06-10T21:57:00.000-07:002008-06-10T21:57:00.000-07:00Sis, you had me laughing hysterically about your boy's potty spots! Better than that you took a pix of him actually going potty! And my boyfriend/husband always wonders why you are always taking pictures! If he only knew!!!! I suppose I will have to show him another post.<BR/>The only and I mean only good thing about all the rain we are getting is everything is still soooo green! Wait til August and you have yellow grass in the background. Won't be so pretty then. You will have to get extra creative with your photography. <BR/>You forgot to mention that you got an actual "pony girl ride" today on your boy. Hee...Paint Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05095673661149903754noreply@blogger.com