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Pets & Working Animals => Horses, ponies, donkeys & mules => Topic started by: Roxy on November 17, 2009, 10:02:42 pm
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Molly and Me
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Oliver and Rick admiring the view
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Molly and Oliver with some of our other ponies, having a blast!
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Now I am just green with envy :'( All my life I have wanted a horse of my own, never had the money and the time at the same time, now it's too late. I'm sure you know how lucky you are. ;D
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Such a shame you are not near us - you would be more than welcome to come and hug a pony :D I have plenty to go round, and enjoy sharing them with people who cannot have their own for one reason or another. I never have any money after feeding 9 ponies and my other livestock, but I get pleasure from it, so why not!!
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Beautiful ponies, and great pictures. Thank you for sharing with us Roxy :)
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Oh, no Roxy. Don't pinch my pony-hugger - Annie hasn't been to hug mine yet!
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I will be Rosemary - do you keep Smokey at home? When can I come - will speak to you about it tonight!
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Lovely pics.
They remind me of mine!
We had two but were froced to sell when we moved house.
Out of interest what breed are they??
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They are Dales ponies, Cameron, one of our British Native ponies. Sadly, the numbers are in decline, so they are classed as a rare breed, but hopefully, if owners keep breeding, then the numbers will increase. They are very hardy ponies, and mine live out, about 1,200ft above sea level. We have really bad winters here sometimes, but they grow very thick coats, and the snow sits on the top!!. I will post a pic of one covered in snow. They used to be used in the lead mines, and can carry a lot of weight. Although they are usually only about 14hh, they are owned by adults, not children. Mine are used for riding and pulling carriages, and they are useful for pulling a small set of chain harrows. Most are black, but you can get bay (brown) grey, and the more unusual grey roan and bay roan ponies.
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They really are stunners,
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Lovely ponies Roxy, i once had a Dales cross filly, very hardy and strong she was only 13.1 and took my 9 stone all over with ease!!
Im also a big fan of Natives. Got a lovely young New Forest i got straight off the forest as a foal, backed him and shown him to present, hes only 13.2 and so strong,
Natives are the best, so versitile!!! :) :horse: :)
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Lovely, Roxy. And I'm coming to pony hug one day (when its dry, and abit warmer!) and to see the banana llama...
but look at the christmas thread and you'll see why it wont be yet!
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Oh yes, Ruth, I do see. I had a little giggle at you with your alarm clock trying to find your way :D
Yes, you must come and visit ......but apparantly the sat nav only brings people half way down the lane, which is strange .......so you would have to manage the rest on your own!!
Do hope you Christmas present turns up!!
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Lovely, I can no longer ride due to back problems so my horse has been out on loan for the past few years, I have my Shetlands to show which keeps me happy enough but there are days when I wish I could go for a nice hack. :horse:
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I hope you don't mind me posting here. I'm new to the site and just doing a bit o reading. I have to say what beautiful ponies! I love 'hairy natives' (including my husband ;D).
I'll post a couple of my horses if that is OK?
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Look forward to seeing them Kirsten. I've always longed for a pony/horse of my own - too late now, so i satisfy the craving by hearing about and looking at other folk's ones.
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we love horses, just really waiting for the right one to come along :horse: my daughters off to reaseheth college to do her bhs studies soon,shew just been accepted for her place,but shes dead tall and lanky and outgrew her pony really quick,so dunno what size we will need
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25 hands? ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Look forward to seeing them Kirsten. I've always longed for a pony/horse of my own - too late now, so i satisfy the craving by hearing about and looking at other folk's ones.
NOt sure if this will work so I may take a bit of time LOL!
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Wow, it worked first time! The Grey is my wee girl. She's 4 and a half. The cream one is my husbands, he's the baby though much bigger than mine. He is just 2 and a half. I should be riding her by this summer and can't wait. He will obviously be another 18 months before he can be broken to ride though quite a few people have said he will probably be OK earlier as he is so big (outsized for a highland). We'll see. I'm not too enthusiastic about breaking before 4 years old and we're in no hurry.
Why do you say it is too late for you to get horses? Feel free to tell me to mind my own business if you would rather not say.
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Why do you say it is too late for you to get horses? Feel free to tell me to mind my own business if you would rather not say.
No, don't mind saying. I never seemd to have the money and the time at the same time to own a horse. Went riding when I was young and got the kids lessons for a while, and now am helping with my grand-daughter's lessons.
I turned 66 on the 30th and I am fat and I have borderline osteoporosis, plus being on fixed pensions there's not a lot of spare cash. If I can lose enough weight this year I may treat myself to a couple of refresher lessons.
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Smokey's still waiting on his cuddle.
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What breeding are your Highlands?
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What gorgeous ponies - I do have a liking for my natives, having Dales and Fells, and quite often we have Highlands in our classes at shows.
I find my ponies are slow to mature, and are usually 4 before I back them. They seem to carry on growing up and out until they are 8!!
I know two ladies who started to ride at 50, and now have their own Dales ponies .....and one lady came to ride my ponies, and after she got off she told me she had ridden as a girl, and was now 72!!
So, no in my eyes, you are never too old to enjoy riding. Look round at riding school prices, some do good deals, and maybe block bookings.
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Smokey's still waiting on his cuddle.
Yes, I know but 9am's a bit early for me - by the time I see to all the dogs it's easily 10. ;D
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Lovely photos of ponies. I love natives. I used to have a Fell/Welsh and and Shetland/Welsh, but didn't have the time or money to do them justice, but always really regret selling the Shetland/Welsh she was fantastic.
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Annie, I'm still there at 10! I START at 9 but if I know you're coming, I'm happy to idle around.
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Annie, I'm still there at 10! I START at 9 but if I know you're coming, I'm happy to idle around.
Ok, but have too busy a week this week - hope the snow isn't bad tomorrow - I have to get a pup to the vet.
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Hi there Roxy, am Charliedales on dalesfans and the other board ;D met you once at a summer show, my girl Susie was on breeding loan to daftmare at the time, I have her at home again now and have Charlie,the first one bred with her, nice to see you ;D ponies look really well
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Imagine bumping into you on here, Charliedales :)
I don't get on the dales boards much ....but have increased my herd - nearly into double figures now.
Yes, I remember Sarah having your Susie - didn't know you had got her back. Have you bred from her again?
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Wow, you must be busy ;D We haven't bred one from Susie ourselves yet, I'd love to this year but pay per horse for keep so need to consider that, I'd love a filly to keep from her ;D
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What breeding are your Highlands?
Hi Rosemary
She is Caenlochan and Whitefield and he is Strathmore and Concorde. I think that tells you what you're asking! We're a bit new to being owners so everything a bit different.
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Why do you say it is too late for you to get horses? Feel free to tell me to mind my own business if you would rather not say.
No, don't mind saying. I never seemd to have the money and the time at the same time to own a horse. Went riding when I was young and got the kids lessons for a while, and now am helping with my grand-daughter's lessons.
I turned 66 on the 30th and I am fat and I have borderline osteoporosis, plus being on fixed pensions there's not a lot of spare cash. If I can lose enough weight this year I may treat myself to a couple of refresher lessons.
Annie, take a look at the picture of me! I am a right porker, thats one of the reasons for Highlands LOL! I also have early stages of osteoporosis. I have it in my neck and hips. In that respect, horse riding is probably not the best sport but I love it. I have not long been riding so was late starting too. I know what you mean about the cost but someone suggested seeing if you can get a 'bulk deal' and that is what I did. They took quite a bit off for buying 10 lessons at a time. You do know they say that if you have osteoporosis, you should keep yourself slightly on the heavy side....that's my excuse anyway!
Good luck with it.
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What lovely photo's although it looks cold!! I am the same as doganjo, I used to ride, I had a dislocated hop from birth and it became very painful, plus it was hard for me to lift my leg over ;) Now my hip is great just muscle problems and too much food so I still cannot lift my leg without help ::)I have given up on having a horse now, far too much work unless I had a field and stable next to our house...funnily enough, I married my ex with the thought of getting a horse as his dad was a farmer...never happened!!!
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Great photos and I have to admit I'm rather jealous as I've always loved hairy native breeds.
We sold our 4 horses when we left the UK as I didn't want to stress them by travelling them for 4 days in a wagon when none of them had been more than half an hour in a box. We did buy a couple of Bulgarian village type ponies and although they're lovely they aren't hairy enough! Have been teaching myself to drive our palomino mare and really enjoying it and the bay mare I've backed and done a little riding with but hope to get more done when the weather changes here.
Miss my 1/2 friesian who was a big hairy softie so much and have been trying to trace them all in the UK to see if they're ok. Recently heard from the lady who got our now 30 yr old welsh sec B and he's doing fantastic and back in the show ring!