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Quelah

Speaking as someone who would really really really not want to volunteer at a show, I (virtually) appreciate you making both options available. Blessings on you for doing this, it's folks like you who make horse shows possible

Quelah

Chisamba what's the caution about polos for? If this is re the CP videos, I'm shocked not shocked that people are shocked. When I was still hauling regularly, I picked a horse up that had been training with CP and had been flown out to CA. I remember thinking oh yikes, how fried is this horse going ...

Quelah

Gorgeous pics Chisamba!

Quelah

Strongest jingles for Gaila!

Chisamba I had that happen to be a couple of times on the old board, super irritating when it was a looong post. I learned to at least highlight and copy to my clipboard before I hit send, really long posts (Freeway stuff) I'd compose in word then cut and paste.

Quelah

You all are so good! I need to set myself some goals so I have a plan, but I'm impressed with y'all!

Quelah

This may not be help but since you're in California, reach out to your county supervisor's office. There is often someone in the office who *knows how shit works*. Barring that, call these folks. https://choiceinaging.org/about/ Debbie Toth is the head of it and she is a FIERCE advocate for seniors....

Quelah

Great pic! Though I'll admit I thought this was going to be a thread about castration.

Quelah

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this!

Quelah

Congratulations StraightForward, that's awesome! Isn't it a fantastic feeling when a vetting goes well? I recently sold a horse and the vet doing the PPE told the seller she'd be a fool not to buy the mare. It's the most excellent home/match. A more perfect buyer I couldn't have dreamed up.

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Sadly the big Asian market near our house closed up recently, so I ended up ordering the duck from Whole Foods. It came frozen, but I don't think that affected it. The confit was quite lovely - pan seared it and it was like duck carnitas. Chisamba, maybe next year I'll try a goose! I think Christma...

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Ok to take this thread in a "What's for Thanksgiving?" direction for a few days? I have a dilemma. I thought I was going to be have 6 people. Not having the desire for a lot of leftover turkey (one or two nights for the two of us and some snacks for the dog is plenty), I ordered a 14-16 lb...

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Exvet I hope Brandon is feeling himself again and being a proper Cob hoovering everything down ((Brandon))

Quelah

I love that photo LOL!

Wow, what cool and interesting bloodlines. I met Red Wine as a hunter show a loooong time ago, he was a very good boy. I'm glad you have her, she will have a grand life with you.

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Chisamba wrote:
Quelah wrote:Gorgeous pic Chisamba, I'm drooling over your horse!

Thank you. She is quite pretty and photos never quite so her justice. She is a bit of a bronze color with dark dapples and a pretty face.

Forgive me I feel like I should know this but what is her breeding/bloodlines?

Quelah

Gorgeous pic Chisamba, I'm drooling over your horse!

Quelah

Chisama when I had Freeway put down it was at UCD. I don't remember if I asked for a necropsy or they offered but they did a full necropsy and it was definitely a good thing, well, other than the horse being dead. But I'm really glad I did it, from a medical informational aspect, and also educationa...

Quelah

Congrats on the successes and sorry about the wrist Tanga, ouch, I hope you're keeping ice on it? Does kinda sound like you broke something, which sucks, but might be better than a badly torn tendon or ligament? At least with bones there's a time line for healing. I'll keep hope that it's "just...

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Tanga super excited for you at Champs! Almost makes me want to come up and watch, have to wait to a negative Covid test LOL. I don't feel that sick but it is what it is and I have to wait until I test clean.

Why do you think the numbers are so down?

Quelah

Your image quality is AMAZING! I'm sure it's been asked before but what kind of camera do you have?

Quelah

Western saddles very a LOT. What kind of saddle are you riding in? Brand/model? I ride in a Continental reiner, which is made by some German folks, and thusly allows what I think of as a much more correct position while still being a traditional western saddle and not as weird as I think some of the...

Quelah

Congrats on your successful trailering and wishes for good healing! I'm very sorry about your barn cat. I'm totally not a cat person but I had this large very feral long haired black barn cat that showed up here over a decade ago. It lived in the hay barn, I had not mice. I fed it most nights, but i...

Quelah

Good for you! Quite a few barn fires are started by indoor box fans used in barns. Hopefully someone will have a recommendation but IME good sealed motor fans for barns are more than $100 unless you get a small one (18").

Quelah

I would love to go around with your "birder". Piggy has shown a low tolerance for sharing his space. At the previous boarding barn, there were a lot of peafowl. He would "herd" them in the arena and would even go out of his way to attack them if they crossed his space. He once w...

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I think that's a Brewers blackbird. I regularly have a consulting biologist come through my place. The 70 acres behind me is a conservation easement parcel for the East Bay Regional Parks District and the access they have to it sucks so I let her come through my place. She's a delight and I've learn...

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Better living through chemistry? Just sedate him for the trip? I realize training is better, but sometimes you just need to get the horse where he's going.I've hauled many many sedated horses over the years, I prefer dormosedan/detomidine. Check with your vet. It's great that he's food motivated. So...

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That was fantastic, thank you so much for sharing, you inspire me!

Your horse loves and trusts you, what a great pair.

Quelah

Everything said so far, especially about having everything ready the day (or longer before) so leaving that morning is easy. Plan your time up to your ride. Time your warm up so you know how long it it needs to be. When I'm grooming for someone at a dressage show or other show that has the gift of a...

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My friend has a pretty unsound IDSH mare who has been really helped by it. I *think* she has done coffins and stifles, but I can double check if you want to know specific joints. She's still "retired" but is now lightly hackable and looks sound at WT.

Quelah

I just adopted a rabbit from my county shelter. I did NOT need a rabbit but I saw his picture on social media, his ears are badly shredded (didn't happen at shelter, they're healed), he was on the euth list, they named him Blackavar....I read Watership Down in the 3rd grade...I have a rabbit now. I ...

Quelah

I've never had fantastic handwriting, but it's always been legible. I used to sign up to share my class notes with students who needed that in college and so on. I've always been envious of folks who had beautiful handwriting. Over the last 10 or so years of being more keyboard than notepad, plus ti...

Quelah

Yes the footing there is fantastic, I have aspirations to show there this year if it isn't 10000 degrees!

ETA, I just went to their website, no more shows?

Quelah

Yahooey! Usually starting canter work in the wettest winter in 160 years would not be cause for celebration, but yeah, woohoo!

Quelah

Ponichia very cool!!!!! I've ridden in parades and I've driven a LOT but the thought of combining the two gives me shivers, well done! And in a snaffle to boot!

Quelah

Awww bittersweet but what a nice couple, sounds like your trailer got a great home and will be well loved!

Quelah

I'll add to Blob's query, I've used cee coach during lessons and find the cord to be annoying, why don't we just call cell phone to cell phone and use a wireless earbud? I've found using my phone there is much greater delay, often 2-3 seconds, in the audio as compared to using CeeCoach. I either ru...

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I'll add to Blob's query, I've used cee coach during lessons and find the cord to be annoying, why don't we just call cell phone to cell phone and use a wireless earbud?

Quelah

Tanga wrote:Quelah--oh boy, you are put where it's hot.

Yes we are! There's a reason the Brentwood magazine is called 110 degrees! Oregon calls to me quite often.

Quelah

Yes Tanga, we're on the backside of Mount Diablo, between Clayton and Brentwood, AKA The East Bay Fire Factory

Quelah

Tanga thanks for sharing, I didn't realize you are in the East Bay, whereabouts are you?

Quelah

Chancellor, Dingbat is a Katahdin, a breed of hair sheep (doesn't have to be sheared) from Maine. The sire is a Dorper, a South African breed of meat sheep (also a hair sheep). This actually wasn't an intentional breeding, but the work of an overachiever ram lamb that I apparently should have separa...

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We had lambs born this morning, this is Dingbat and her new lambs, a ram lamb (the black one) and a ewe lamb (the brown one). This was not an intentional breeding (I don't breed sheep but I've acquired quite a few of them) but the result of an overachiever 4 month old ram lamb that I obviously shoul...

Quelah

For horse trailers and used cars I do folding money. I sold a year old F250 diesel about 15 years ago. Sales price was ~30k something. That one we did a wire transfer from her bank to mine, but I knew the lady so it wasn't a problem. In this current era, I'd be ok with Venmo or Zelle but the vehicle...

Quelah

There is a FB "horse trailers for sale" group, if you do FB. Good place to check for comps.

Is yours like this one?

https://www.dhmco.com/trailer.asp?id=5208

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Does it have a dressing room? If it does I'll buy it for 7K, but I'm going to resell it and make money on it LOL

I jest but seriously, trailer prices are INSANE these days. Where are you seeing a bluebook valuation for trailers? I didn't know there was such a thing.

Quelah

Wow Tanga, that's an eye opening post. Thank you for writing it.

Quelah

I think this was the right forum to put this in... Those of you who use Pixem or Pixio or similar for remote lessons, which do you have and how do you like it? Why did you chose the one you did and are you happy with your choice? I'm not interested in recording my rides, this is just for remote less...

Quelah

Mountaineer that cool, well not everything else but that you've got Melissa coming for a clinic. When we went to the Carl Hester clinic in San Diego we got a table and I invited Melissa to sit with us. Thank dog I did because the sound system was total shit for about half the clinic so Melissa fille...

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Chancellor maybe a Patreon account? I'd kick in $20 a month, I'm sure a few others would as well. Then at least you wouldn't be out of pocket.

Quelah

I do check in here regularly. Haven't been posting much because I have a lot more going on with sheep than horses in my life right now LOL! I would spam everyone with sheep pictures but it's a bit tedious to post pictures on BBs vs other kinds of media. If finding it tedious means I'm doing it wrong...

Quelah

A good quality shop vac (because the fancy ones have more power and tend to be quieter) with the right attachment works just fine. I have both the big blue horse vacuum and a fancy shop vac and they do an equal job. The shop vac is way easier to move around. I have a Wap Turbo and it is the bomb dot...

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