MajorClem, did you and Mr. MajorClem have a nice weekend? Sounds like you both might be firefighter/EMT's? My hubby is one. Volunteer. Keeps him very busy.
Happy belated Anniversary!
Happy belated Anniversary!
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Thank you! We did have a nice weekend. Hubby is Firefighter (volunteer also), EMT, LEO, and Search and Rescue (and I'm single most of the time because of it. I am just the supportive wife who likes to get in on any of the training when I can. The guys are pretty used to me tagging along.MajorClem, did you and Mr. MajorClem have a nice weekend? Sounds like you both might be firefighter/EMT's? My hubby is one. Volunteer. Keeps him very busy.
Happy belated Anniversary!
I know that "single" feeling all too well! We live two houses away from the fire dept. so hubby ALWAYS makes the calls.Thank you! We did have a nice weekend. Hubby is Firefighter (volunteer also), EMT, LEO, and Search and Rescue (and I'm single most of the time because of it. I am just the supportive wife who likes to get in on any of the training when I can. The guys are pretty used to me tagging along.
The chubby butt minis are looking much better now that I've got them off the pasture and on grass hay rations. I've been neglecting my driving again due to riding... Balance. I need more balance in my life.
Sundays are my best days to drive so I'm hoping to get out this Sunday morning. Maybe hubby will hitch the foxtrotter and join me.
My half cheek french link for Clementine arrived on Friday so I'm looking forward to trying it. My eggbutt french link for my riding horse arrived last weekend and I got to try it out midweek. I feel like I have a lot more directional control with it and I love that the eggbutt keeps it from pulling through his mouth. Hopefully I will notice the same benefits with Clementine.
Clem has developed a fairly hard mouth (my fault I'm sure) while in the SJ snaffle. Any tips on how to correct this? Also, she loves to veer to one side. I can't figure out how to pick up her inside shoulder to get her to move back toward the rail without turning her into it...does that make sense??
For the veering, try some backing exercises, cueing her shoulder to back straight. Back at least 10-15 feet.My half cheek french link for Clementine arrived on Friday so I'm looking forward to trying it. My eggbutt french link for my riding horse arrived last weekend and I got to try it out midweek. I feel like I have a lot more directional control with it and I love that the eggbutt keeps it from pulling through his mouth. Hopefully I will notice the same benefits with Clementine.
Clem has developed a fairly hard mouth (my fault I'm sure) while in the SJ snaffle. Any tips on how to correct this? Also, she loves to veer to one side. I can't figure out how to pick up her inside shoulder to get her to move back toward the rail without turning her into it...does that make sense??
It's a red bow. His mane is thick and unruly so I braided part of it and just tied red fabric in it because he is so cute I can't help myself. The sulky was indeed used for racing in Florida. The hitch is a quick-hitch, used by trotters. I love this setup for exercise runs. The shackles are bolted to the saddle and the sulky shafts attach to them. The sulky is a Jerald, but I doubt anything like it has been made in 30 years. I love it.He looks sleek and happy. I thought you had a red bow in his mane but when I enlarged the picture it appears to be a chicken?!? A Rhode Island Red maybe?
I don't think I seen your sulky close up before. What kind of tugs does it have? Are they like what the large race horse sulkies use?
I drove Peanut this morning before it got hot and ground drove Cappy. Did not work on anything in particular, just enjoyed the ride (and walk).
How does DD like that hook up vs a shaft loop hitch that is lower down? Does he go the same in both or better in one than the other?Dapper Dan and I had a good drive today. Little breezy, which made it nice for bugs and lessen the humidity. He was a little powerhouse today.
I so wish I could find a large horse sulky around here. I think my foxtrotter would be a blast in one of those. Of course, I'd need the saddle to go with it since the shafts hook to it directly. My hubby seems to think I have less need for "useless" vehicles than I think I doIf you could hear me laughing! So it IS a bow. I should never second guess myself. I guess I need to upgrade the glasses.
Someone in town here has a large horse sulky that they are getting rid of. It is also an older one. The shafts are very graceful looking and have a nice, slight curve at the ends. My hubby wouldn't let me inquire about it as we have absolutely no use for it, which I suppose is wise. I hope someone takes it and restores it.
When I was a kid our neighbors had standardbreds and I remember squeezing onto one of those seats with my friend and going for a ride once in awhile. That was ages ago and I don't remember much about the equipment. Except for the hopples, I remember that. They had mostly pacers.
Anyway, I like your sulky. And DD's bow, too.
I gave up on Major's bushy mane. He grows a HUGE long mane but it's sooooo thick that it looks like a giant shrub hanging down to his shoulders. To brush it you have to part it down the middle and brush the underside first then bring the topside back over and brush it. I got sick of it and he seemed really hot and itchy so I hogged it right off. Now I keep it in a nicely arched 2" tall mowhawk and I love it on him. Very "war horse" if you will. I probably should have tried something like the coconut oil but I'm so very much not a patient person.....when i got Daisy, her mane was a bush. my friend told me about coconut oil. it is very expensive and i could tell it was working but not fast enough. i was browsing through "Dollar Tree" and found a cream with coconut oil in it. i got home and gobbed it on her mane and tail. the next day it looked better, but the second day it looked like a silky beautiful mane. give it a try.
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