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Mine would probably be to watch out for my Border Collie pup because she's going to bite my heels (I don't understand that, all pups usually do this at some point because you're feet are moving and it looks like a fun toy, not because she's herding me)
And that yellow (palomino) horses are more stubborn and less smart than any other color... because that makes sense?!
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Location: Texas | I needed to crack my Dobermans skull... that way she wouldn't turn on me when she got older.
Not really a stereotype but I have had a ton of people ask me why I cut my cat's tail off, one even called me cruel. She was born that way goober.
I took in a puppy once. He was mean as snot, not playing mean... MEAN. Someone told me to knock him out with a frying pan... that would fix him. |
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| When I got my new barrel horse (14.2hh) a family member asked me when I'm gonna get a "step-up" horse, and ride a "real" horse, not a half pony. Man that made me mad, I need a step up from my 1d barrel horse?!
I've been told that if a horse tries to bite you, bite it back in the neck! Sounds like a really good idea, huh?  |
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Location: CTX | Well, I got bit by a horse once, and before I even thought about it I grabbed an ear and bit back.... Not sure if it was because of that but he never bit me again.....  |
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Location: TEXAS | Just constant ignorance about my pit bulls and people asking what my best barrel time ever is. Ya know with no knowlege of pattern size, ground, etc... |
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | My favorite are the folks that judge my skill level etc by my attire.
I go to trail ride in:
-A helmet, western saddle and jeans = Green horse or I'm a beginner rider (neither being true)
-A helmet, endurance saddle and the stretchy pants = I must like to go FAST! So they don't want to ride with me.
Meeting a group of friends to ride I have had a guy (I didn't know) say to me " You can ride behind me if it will help you feel more safe"... He just Assumed I must be a beginner rider. I was on my national champion distance horse...but chose to use my barrel saddle and jeans that day (and helmet). Made me laugh. I did choose to follow him for a while...because of the wranglers of course.
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| I enjoy the "oh you're a mtd shooter, you must not know squat about horsemanship" when I show up to reined cow horse events.
Hmmm the stereotypical - Border Collies are too full of energy; how can you possibly manage them living in your house!?
Or the - You have sheep, you know they're all dumb, right? |
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| and the "Double swirl!!! EEEEECK that mare is gonna be crazy!!!!" thats another really lovely one .... |
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| clover girl - 2015-05-28 12:14 PM
Blue-eyed horses are crazy.
If you can see the whites of their eyes they're crazy.... |
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Location: Texas | clover girl - 2015-05-28 12:14 PM Blue-eyed horses are crazy.
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Location: CTX | FlyingJT - 2015-05-28 12:48 PM clover girl - 2015-05-28 12:14 PM Blue-eyed horses are crazy. If you can see the whites of their eyes they're crazy....
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Location: west of East Texas | When he rears up, hit him right between the ears. :) |
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Location: Midwest | chasendacash - 2015-05-28 1:27 PM When he rears up, hit him right between the ears. :)
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Location: Kentucky | barrelracr131 - 2015-05-28 2:28 PM chasendacash - 2015-05-28 1:27 PM When he rears up, hit him right between the ears. :) With an empty water bottle lol
I heard to crack an egg over their head.... they will think they are bleeding (WTF) |
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Location: North Dakota | "You should see my dressage horse! She does rollkur and everything!" (That was a lady that knows nothing about dressage. She told me herself she's never had a professional lesson).
One barrel racer I know said that dressage was "useless fancy riding" when I told her that's what I did a lot of. No wonder her horses shoulder barrels, look like giraffes, and can't make a smooth run even to place in the 3D.
I also got into an argument with a coworker who tried to tell me that palominos could be yellow OR gray with a black mane and tail. That's what his dad told him and his dad knows everything.
I'm actually glad the blue eye stereotype exists. I might not have found Cash if it didn't. He has a blue eye and when I told the girl who sold him to me that I thought it was so pretty she was suprised and said she'd had some people look at him, see he has a blue eye, and not want to try him. |
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Location: Lost in the swamps | If you want your horse to ride with his head down tie a a car tire on each side of his head!! What the????  - true story! my friends and I still laugh to this day about that dude! |
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| What is your fastest barrel time really bothers me for some reason! And the usual oh you just sit there... |
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Location: Texas | Murphy - 2015-05-28 1:32 PM barrelracr131 - 2015-05-28 2:28 PM chasendacash - 2015-05-28 1:27 PM When he rears up, hit him right between the ears. :) With an empty water bottle lol
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| I copied this post off a FB page:
So lets hear everyones opinion. I have always been told if a horse can roll all the way over their a good horse to ride bareback. And if a horse cant than you shoupdnt ride it bareback |
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Location: Texas | BarrelStarr - 2015-05-28 12:08 PM Just constant ignorance about my pit bulls and people asking what my best barrel time ever is. Ya know with no knowlege of pattern size, ground, etc...
Well I understand a little where you are coming from. When I take my Boxer in public I hear whispers about the "pit bull", and when I take my Doberman people start snatching kids up and telling them how mean rotts are lol. Take my golden and people tell me "Oh I LOVE labs!"
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Location: Missouri | I don't have anything to add except to say I'm dying of laughter over here!!! I've heard a lot of these myself.
Oh wait I thought of one. 'Oh my horse runs so fast in the pasture, it's gonna be a great barrel horse!' Okie dokie....  |
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Location: North Dakota | Tatum2 - 2015-05-28 2:06 PM
What is your fastest barrel time really bothers me for some reason! And the usual oh you just sit there...
OH OMG THAT TWISTS MY KNICKERS. I can deal with the usual uneducated arse-hat that thinks riding is stupid, but my doctor asked me what I do for for exercise, I was like "well I walk a lot, and of course riding my horses and-" she interrupts me and goes "you don't actually count riding as exercise do you!? Sure you sit there but you have to do something that gets your heart rate up and makes you sweat." I am a very pleasant person to deal with in everyday interactions. I try to be the best customer I can because I know what it's like to work with stupid people, but that day I lost it. My pulse was racing and I'm sure my face turned red I was like "OF COURSE IT'S EXERCISE! It takes a lot of work to ride a horse and besides posting will definitely make you break a sweat it takes a lot of strength and balance to ride but it's hard to explain to someone who doesn't know what they're talking about." She got defensive and told me how she'd "ridden horse" before (whatever). I was so fuming mad I couldn't even form a sentence. Not a good experience and yet another modern medicine failure for me. |
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Location: Bama | cranky B4 10am - 2015-05-28 12:06 PM
Well, I got bit by a horse once, and before I even thought about it I grabbed an ear and bit back.... Not sure if it was because of that but he never bit me again.....
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Location: The edge of no where | cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-28 2:26 PM Tatum2 - 2015-05-28 2:06 PM What is your fastest barrel time really bothers me for some reason! And the usual oh you just sit there... OH OMG THAT TWISTS MY KNICKERS. I can deal with the usual uneducated arse-hat that thinks riding is stupid, but my doctor asked me what I do for for exercise, I was like "well I walk a lot, and of course riding my horses and-" she interrupts me and goes "you don't actually count riding as exercise do you!? Sure you sit there but you have to do something that gets your heart rate up and makes you sweat." I am a very pleasant person to deal with in everyday interactions. I try to be the best customer I can because I know what it's like to work with stupid people, but that day I lost it. My pulse was racing and I'm sure my face turned red I was like "OF COURSE IT'S EXERCISE! It takes a lot of work to ride a horse and besides posting will definitely make you break a sweat it takes a lot of strength and balance to ride but it's hard to explain to someone who doesn't know what they're talking about." She got defensive and told me how she'd "ridden horse" before (whatever ). I was so fuming mad I couldn't even form a sentence. Not a good experience and yet another modern medicine failure for me.
Flame away...but I agree with the doctor.
Barn chores are work and I might get my heart rate up during a run...but riding doesn't count as cardio exercise. That's why so many top trainers also work out. Riding alone won't cut it. Riding a posting trot shouldn't make you out of breath or sweat.
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Someone told me I should tie my puppy up with a logging chain to build her muscles. And then there was the crack eggs on your horse's head when they rear to break them of it. I've heard that one a lot. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | MS2011 - 2015-05-28 2:48 PM cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-28 2:26 PM Tatum2 - 2015-05-28 2:06 PM What is your fastest barrel time really bothers me for some reason! And the usual oh you just sit there... OH OMG THAT TWISTS MY KNICKERS. I can deal with the usual uneducated arse-hat that thinks riding is stupid, but my doctor asked me what I do for for exercise, I was like "well I walk a lot, and of course riding my horses and-" she interrupts me and goes "you don't actually count riding as exercise do you!? Sure you sit there but you have to do something that gets your heart rate up and makes you sweat." I am a very pleasant person to deal with in everyday interactions. I try to be the best customer I can because I know what it's like to work with stupid people, but that day I lost it. My pulse was racing and I'm sure my face turned red I was like "OF COURSE IT'S EXERCISE! It takes a lot of work to ride a horse and besides posting will definitely make you break a sweat it takes a lot of strength and balance to ride but it's hard to explain to someone who doesn't know what they're talking about." She got defensive and told me how she'd "ridden horse" before (whatever ). I was so fuming mad I couldn't even form a sentence. Not a good experience and yet another modern medicine failure for me.
Barn chores are work and I might get my heart rate up during a run...but riding doesn't count as cardio exercise. That's why so many top trainers also work out. Riding alone won't cut it. Riding a posting trot shouldn't make you out of breath or sweat.
I agree with you, riding has never been hard work for me, the only work out I get is throwing my saddle up on my horse and unsaddling, LOL...The posting just comes natural and easy for me, I think if you are having a hard time posting is that you are not doing it right are you have poor core strength. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | pinx05 - 2015-05-28 2:11 PM Murphy - 2015-05-28 1:32 PM barrelracr131 - 2015-05-28 2:28 PM chasendacash - 2015-05-28 1:27 PM When he rears up, hit him right between the ears. :) With an empty water bottle lol
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| MS2011 - 2015-05-28 2:48 PM cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-28 2:26 PM Tatum2 - 2015-05-28 2:06 PM What is your fastest barrel time really bothers me for some reason! And the usual oh you just sit there... OH OMG THAT TWISTS MY KNICKERS. I can deal with the usual uneducated arse-hat that thinks riding is stupid, but my doctor asked me what I do for for exercise, I was like "well I walk a lot, and of course riding my horses and-" she interrupts me and goes "you don't actually count riding as exercise do you!? Sure you sit there but you have to do something that gets your heart rate up and makes you sweat." I am a very pleasant person to deal with in everyday interactions. I try to be the best customer I can because I know what it's like to work with stupid people, but that day I lost it. My pulse was racing and I'm sure my face turned red I was like "OF COURSE IT'S EXERCISE! It takes a lot of work to ride a horse and besides posting will definitely make you break a sweat it takes a lot of strength and balance to ride but it's hard to explain to someone who doesn't know what they're talking about." She got defensive and told me how she'd "ridden horse" before (whatever ). I was so fuming mad I couldn't even form a sentence. Not a good experience and yet another modern medicine failure for me.
Barn chores are work and I might get my heart rate up during a run...but riding doesn't count as cardio exercise. That's why so many top trainers also work out. Riding alone won't cut it. Riding a posting trot shouldn't make you out of breath or sweat.
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Location: North Dakota | Sure it's not ALL the exercise you need, but to say that it's not exercise at all? Ridiculous. And I absolutely do post correctly. I've been under professional instruction my entire life. Of course I'm going to break a sweat riding when it's hot out. There's also the fact that I have never had more than one horse to ride at a time, so if you're riding 3 horses a day 5 days a week, you'll be MUCH better conditioned to ride than someone getting lessons for 1 hour a week like I was for most of my life. |
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| I have been told by "old timers" to "jab" my horse in the eye if he acts up or tries to buck. Great then you have a horse with an attitude AND bad vision lol. I get the "what is your fastest time" question too. I just tell them it depends on the arena. |
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| How about - If you can't get your horse out of the trailer - tie his tail to a tree and drive off. OR If he comes out of the trailer too fast back up to the river bank and open the door. |
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Location: Missouri | reditorun - 2015-05-28 6:27 PM
How about - If you can't get your horse out of the trailer - tie his tail to a tree and drive off. OR If he comes out of the trailer too fast back up to the river bank and open the door.
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Location: CTX | reditorun - 2015-05-28 6:27 PM How about - If you can't get your horse out of the trailer - tie his tail to a tree and drive off. OR If he comes out of the trailer too fast back up to the river bank and open the door.
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| MOGirl07 - 2015-05-28 6:31 PM
reditorun - 2015-05-28 6:27 PM
How about - If you can't get your horse out of the trailer - tie his tail to a tree and drive off. OR If he comes out of the trailer too fast back up to the river bank and open the door.
Oh. My. Gosh. What?!
O my gosh years ago i watched a "horseman ship VHS" ( that should date things a bit lol)
And the "trainer" was working on a horse that would FLY out the trailer the horse was flat out dangerous to unload. He backed up to a dougout and open the trailer door. That horse flew off like always and completely submerged himself in the water. His head popped up and was nothing but eye balls and WTF just happned face.
He got the horse out drove the trailer a head loaded the horse drove around. Opened the door and that horse SLOWLY tested every step until he was out.
I can not rember the name of that guy, but I can see that horses shocked and scared face like it was yesterday.
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| Murphy - 2015-05-28 1:32 PM
barrelracr131 - 2015-05-28 2:28 PM chasendacash - 2015-05-28 1:27 PM When he rears up, hit him right between the ears. :) With an empty water bottle lol
They used to break bottles over horses has while breaking them. From what I understand it worked for their rough method of training...i couldn't imagine ... |
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Location: north dakota | I've heard the tobacco for worming and the water balloon for rearing. I knew of someone that thought if you wacked a horse on top of the head with a training stick it would teach them to put their head down. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | ndcowgirl - 2015-05-28 9:07 PM I've heard the tobacco for worming and the water balloon for rearing. I knew of someone that thought if you wacked a horse on top of the head with a training stick it would teach them to put their head down.
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Location: Montana | ndcowgirl - 2015-05-28 8:07 PM I've heard the tobacco for worming and the water balloon for rearing. I knew of someone that thought if you wacked a horse on top of the head with a training stick it would teach them to put their head down.
I've heard the tobacco for worming too...not sure if it is true or not...my dad claims so.
The one that peeves me the most is putting a horse on barrels will ruin them. Grrr.
As for biting the horse, I don't know about that, but if they are being a stink about something, if you twist their ear they pay more attention to the ear than whatever it is you are trying to work with them on.
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Location: SE Louisiana | Southtxponygirl - 2015-05-28 9:12 PM
ndcowgirl - 2015-05-28 9:07 PM I've heard the tobacco for worming and the water balloon for rearing. I knew of someone that thought if you wacked a horse on top of the head with a training stick it would teach them to put their head down.
I have heard about the tobacco too.
I would not use it for horses. The amount needed would need is prolly toxic to horses. My mom used to use plug tobacco on her dairy goats way back in the early 70s. I don't know what kind of worms it worked on but I know Tape Worm was not one of them. They didn't have anything for goats with tape worm so the vet gave her the same they used on people and it worked. Yomesan... |
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| ndcowgirl - 2015-05-28 9:07 PM
I've heard the tobacco for worming and the water balloon for rearing. I knew of someone that thought if you wacked a horse on top of the head with a training stick it would teach them to put their head down.
Tobacco for worming has actually been proven to be effective and published in scholarly veterinary journals back in the 70's or 80's and still holds true today as per my vet, I haven't tried it yet, but the tobacco paralyzes the worms so they let go of the intestine and the horses develop diarrhea and poop the worms out.
The amount is supposedly the same amount as a dip of chewing tobacco
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Location: North Dakota | mtcanchazer - 2015-05-28 10:16 PM
ndcowgirl - 2015-05-28 8:07 PM I've heard the tobacco for worming and the water balloon for rearing. I knew of someone that thought if you wacked a horse on top of the head with a training stick it would teach them to put their head down.
I've heard the tobacco for worming too...not sure if it is true or not...my dad claims so.
The one that peeves me the most is putting a horse on barrels will ruin them. Grrr.
As for biting the horse, I don't know about that, but if they are being a stink about something, if you twist their ear they pay more attention to the ear than whatever it is you are trying to work with them on.
I did have a great grandfather that bit a cow on the nose when it kicked him.
Or you'll end up with an ear shy horse that to this day won't let you put anything over his head. |
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Location: Montana | cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-28 9:39 PM mtcanchazer - 2015-05-28 10:16 PM ndcowgirl - 2015-05-28 8:07 PM I've heard the tobacco for worming and the water balloon for rearing. I knew of someone that thought if you wacked a horse on top of the head with a training stick it would teach them to put their head down. I've heard the tobacco for worming too...not sure if it is true or not...my dad claims so.
The one that peeves me the most is putting a horse on barrels will ruin them. Grrr.
As for biting the horse, I don't know about that, but if they are being a stink about something, if you twist their ear they pay more attention to the ear than whatever it is you are trying to work with them on.
I did have a great grandfather that bit a cow on the nose when it kicked him. Or you'll end up with an ear shy horse that to this day won't let you put anything over his head.
But mules are kind of the same. If they get stubborn, hold your hand over their nose til they can't breathe and put a clod of dirt in their mouth when they open it. Once they start thinking about the clod of dirt in their mouth, they forget whatever they were being stubborn about and do what you wanted them to do in the first place.
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Location: SE Louisiana | mtcanchazer - 2015-05-28 10:48 PM
cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-28 9:39 PM mtcanchazer - 2015-05-28 10:16 PM ndcowgirl - 2015-05-28 8:07 PM I've heard the tobacco for worming and the water balloon for rearing. I knew of someone that thought if you wacked a horse on top of the head with a training stick it would teach them to put their head down. I've heard the tobacco for worming too...not sure if it is true or not...my dad claims so.
The one that peeves me the most is putting a horse on barrels will ruin them. Grrr.
As for biting the horse, I don't know about that, but if they are being a stink about something, if you twist their ear they pay more attention to the ear than whatever it is you are trying to work with them on.
I did have a great grandfather that bit a cow on the nose when it kicked him. Or you'll end up with an ear shy horse that to this day won't let you put anything over his head. My grandfather and great grandfather did the ear thing, and they were both good, respectable horsemen and had horses that could be ridden by pretty much anyone from kids to older people. I wouldn't do it in ever circumstance or on every horse or every day. But mules are kind of the same. If they get stubborn, hold your hand over their nose til they can't breathe and put a clod of dirt in their mouth when they open it. Once they start thinking about the clod of dirt in their mouth, they forget whatever they were being stubborn about and do what you wanted them to do in the first place.
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Location: Montana | komet. - 2015-05-28 9:50 PM mtcanchazer - 2015-05-28 10:48 PM cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-28 9:39 PM mtcanchazer - 2015-05-28 10:16 PM ndcowgirl - 2015-05-28 8:07 PM I've heard the tobacco for worming and the water balloon for rearing. I knew of someone that thought if you wacked a horse on top of the head with a training stick it would teach them to put their head down. I've heard the tobacco for worming too...not sure if it is true or not...my dad claims so.
The one that peeves me the most is putting a horse on barrels will ruin them. Grrr.
As for biting the horse, I don't know about that, but if they are being a stink about something, if you twist their ear they pay more attention to the ear than whatever it is you are trying to work with them on.
I did have a great grandfather that bit a cow on the nose when it kicked him. Or you'll end up with an ear shy horse that to this day won't let you put anything over his head. My grandfather and great grandfather did the ear thing, and they were both good, respectable horsemen and had horses that could be ridden by pretty much anyone from kids to older people. I wouldn't do it in ever circumstance or on every horse or every day.
But mules are kind of the same. If they get stubborn, hold your hand over their nose til they can't breathe and put a clod of dirt in their mouth when they open it. Once they start thinking about the clod of dirt in their mouth, they forget whatever they were being stubborn about and do what you wanted them to do in the first place. Oh Man!! That's just mean!!!
Maybe, but effective!  Just kidding. I'm the type of person that when I have to scold or get after my horses, I'm always questioning myself if I'm too hard on them. So far not, but I feel bad because I don't want them doing the wrong thing because I know it will continue to get worse if I don't get after them but I don't like getting after them either. |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | pinx05 - 2015-05-28 2:14 PM
BarrelStarr - 2015-05-28 12:08 PM Just constant ignorance about my pit bulls and people asking what my best barrel time ever is. Ya know with no knowlege of pattern size, ground, etc...
Well I understand a little where you are coming from. When I take my Boxer in public I hear whispers about the "pit bull", and when I take my Doberman people start snatching kids up and telling them how mean rotts are lol. Take my golden and people tell me "Oh I LOVE labs!"
So even though I don't have a pit, I'm still judged like I do lol.
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-28 2:26 PM
Tatum2 - 2015-05-28 2:06 PM
What is your fastest barrel time really bothers me for some reason! And the usual oh you just sit there...
OH OMG THAT TWISTS MY KNICKERS. I can deal with the usual uneducated arse-hat that thinks riding is stupid, but my doctor asked me what I do for for exercise, I was like "well I walk a lot, and of course riding my horses and-" she interrupts me and goes "you don't actually count riding as exercise do you!? Sure you sit there but you have to do something that gets your heart rate up and makes you sweat." I am a very pleasant person to deal with in everyday interactions. I try to be the best customer I can because I know what it's like to work with stupid people, but that day I lost it. My pulse was racing and I'm sure my face turned red I was like "OF COURSE IT'S EXERCISE! It takes a lot of work to ride a horse and besides posting will definitely make you break a sweat it takes a lot of strength and balance to ride but it's hard to explain to someone who doesn't know what they're talking about." She got defensive and told me how she'd "ridden horse" before (whatever ). I was so fuming mad I couldn't even form a sentence. Not a good experience and yet another modern medicine failure for me.
I'd probably have told her, "Well, it sounds like you weren't doing it right, then." |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Nita - 2015-05-29 12:12 AM
cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-28 2:26 PM
Tatum2 - 2015-05-28 2:06 PM
What is your fastest barrel time really bothers me for some reason! And the usual oh you just sit there...
OH OMG THAT TWISTS MY KNICKERS. I can deal with the usual uneducated arse-hat that thinks riding is stupid, but my doctor asked me what I do for for exercise, I was like "well I walk a lot, and of course riding my horses and-" she interrupts me and goes "you don't actually count riding as exercise do you!? Sure you sit there but you have to do something that gets your heart rate up and makes you sweat." I am a very pleasant person to deal with in everyday interactions. I try to be the best customer I can because I know what it's like to work with stupid people, but that day I lost it. My pulse was racing and I'm sure my face turned red I was like "OF COURSE IT'S EXERCISE! It takes a lot of work to ride a horse and besides posting will definitely make you break a sweat it takes a lot of strength and balance to ride but it's hard to explain to someone who doesn't know what they're talking about." She got defensive and told me how she'd "ridden horse" before (whatever ). I was so fuming mad I couldn't even form a sentence. Not a good experience and yet another modern medicine failure for me.
I'd probably have told her, "Well, it sounds like you weren't doing it right, then."
Next time tell her riding the ponies in a circle at the carnival does NOT count as riding horses... |
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Location: Texas | Nita - 2015-05-29 12:09 AM pinx05 - 2015-05-28 2:14 PM BarrelStarr - 2015-05-28 12:08 PM Just constant ignorance about my pit bulls and people asking what my best barrel time ever is. Ya know with no knowlege of pattern size, ground, etc... Well I understand a little where you are coming from. When I take my Boxer in public I hear whispers about the "pit bull", and when I take my Doberman people start snatching kids up and telling them how mean rotts are lol. Take my golden and people tell me "Oh I LOVE labs!"
So even though I don't have a pit, I'm still judged like I do lol. I cringe when I hear people say to feed them gun powder to make them mean. Like it's going to make them a better personal protection dog or something.
Oh I've been told that one too. "If you want a protective dog... feed 'em gun powder." Protective... or bat crap crazy?
I have heard strangers talking about my dogs to other people, saying that since their ears were cropped that I fought them. Right, these are lean, mean, killin' machines... that will literally pee on themselves if the other one even acts like it wants to fight. (True story, Boxer made a bunch of noise, Doberman took off peeing all over her self. She is my prize fighter lol) Granted now thanks to getting her butt whooped over and over by the neighbor's dogs in our yard, she holds her own. She is still a big chicken though. |
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Location: North Dakota | mtcanchazer - 2015-05-28 10:48 PM
cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-28 9:39 PM mtcanchazer - 2015-05-28 10:16 PM ndcowgirl - 2015-05-28 8:07 PM I've heard the tobacco for worming and the water balloon for rearing. I knew of someone that thought if you wacked a horse on top of the head with a training stick it would teach them to put their head down. I've heard the tobacco for worming too...not sure if it is true or not...my dad claims so.
The one that peeves me the most is putting a horse on barrels will ruin them. Grrr.
As for biting the horse, I don't know about that, but if they are being a stink about something, if you twist their ear they pay more attention to the ear than whatever it is you are trying to work with them on.
I did have a great grandfather that bit a cow on the nose when it kicked him. Or you'll end up with an ear shy horse that to this day won't let you put anything over his head. My grandfather and great grandfather did the ear thing, and they were both good, respectable horsemen and had horses that could be ridden by pretty much anyone from kids to older people. I wouldn't do it in ever circumstance or on every horse or every day. And it is not like you are trying to twist their ear off or are actually hurting them. But I could see if someone got too aggressive with it where it could make them head/ear shy. But mules are kind of the same. If they get stubborn, hold your hand over their nose til they can't breathe and put a clod of dirt in their mouth when they open it. Once they start thinking about the clod of dirt in their mouth, they forget whatever they were being stubborn about and do what you wanted them to do in the first place.
That's just what happened with one of mine. They grabbed his ears when they were training him years ago and he's 12 now and I have to unbuckle his headstall to get it on him and I can't use a browband or one ear, had to take that off. I can't put reins over his head and it took me a year just to be able to touch his ear. |
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Location: North Dakota | komet. - 2015-05-29 12:26 AM
Nita - 2015-05-29 12:12 AM
cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-28 2:26 PM
Tatum2 - 2015-05-28 2:06 PM
What is your fastest barrel time really bothers me for some reason! And the usual oh you just sit there...
OH OMG THAT TWISTS MY KNICKERS. I can deal with the usual uneducated arse-hat that thinks riding is stupid, but my doctor asked me what I do for for exercise, I was like "well I walk a lot, and of course riding my horses and-" she interrupts me and goes "you don't actually count riding as exercise do you!? Sure you sit there but you have to do something that gets your heart rate up and makes you sweat." I am a very pleasant person to deal with in everyday interactions. I try to be the best customer I can because I know what it's like to work with stupid people, but that day I lost it. My pulse was racing and I'm sure my face turned red I was like "OF COURSE IT'S EXERCISE! It takes a lot of work to ride a horse and besides posting will definitely make you break a sweat it takes a lot of strength and balance to ride but it's hard to explain to someone who doesn't know what they're talking about." She got defensive and told me how she'd "ridden horse" before (whatever ). I was so fuming mad I couldn't even form a sentence. Not a good experience and yet another modern medicine failure for me.
I'd probably have told her, "Well, it sounds like you weren't doing it right, then."
Next time tell her riding the ponies in a circle at the carnival does NOT count as riding horses...
I was tempted. |
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| I was in San Diego for work and went to the maritime museum as a side excursion. I was wearing my boots, jeans and buckle I had won our NBHA state finals. The lady at the gate asked how I got the buckle so I told her I won it barrel racing - she replied with, "you mean like that thing around cans at a rodeo?" Shaking my head and chuckling to myself I told yes that is how I won it and she looked at me and said, "well don't you just basically sit there and the horse does all the rest?" Yeah, I walked off and could not respond. |
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Location: Florida | How about white legs are weak. one white foot buy them, two white feet try em, three white pass em up, four white feet "can't remember." lol |
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Location: Midwest | These are so funny!
I was told.... In order to get respect from a horse you lay it down. Tie the legs together so they can't get up THEN point and laugh. It "humiliates" them
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Location: Home....Smiling M Farms | reditorun - 2015-05-28 6:27 PM
How about - If you can't get your horse out of the trailer - tie his tail to a tree and drive off. OR If he comes out of the trailer too fast back up to the river bank and open the door.
I literally LOL'd at the last part! Are you kidding me? lol |
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Location: IM A DUDE!!!!!!! | avmalibu - 2015-05-28 11:36 AM This is meant to just be a funny lighthearted post so can we keep it that way? Anyways what's the worst (funniest) advice you've been given or the dumbest stereotypes you've heard of? For horses, dogs or any other pets.
Mine would probably be to watch out for my Border Collie pup because she's going to bite my heels (I don't understand that, all pups usually do this at some point because you're feet are moving and it looks like a fun toy, not because she's herding me)
And that yellow (palomino) horses are more stubborn and less smart than any other color... because that makes sense?!
I have heard the same about Palominos. Another "thing" about them is if you don't ride them for a month, they will turn into broncs |
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Location: Kentucky | Stay away from white feet. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Murphy - 2015-05-30 10:10 AM
Stay away from white feet.
One white foot buy 'em, two white feet try 'em, three white feet be on the sly, four white feet pass 'em by. |
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Location: Oklahoma | I love white feet, Palominos and Paints, and only geldings. People have a heyday with me. lol |
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Location: North Dakota | dianeguinn - 2015-05-30 8:46 PM
I love white feet, Palominos and Paints, and only geldings. People have a heyday with me. lol
Me too! I had a palomino mare (with double hair whorls AND a Roman nose gasp!) And a blue eye'd paint gelding with 3 white feet! The horse that's given me the most trouble is the black footed, no white sorrel gelding. Maybe I should start running in all yellow. It might be GOOD luck for us lol.
Edited by cavyrunsbarrels 2015-05-31 1:04 AM
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Location: Wherever They Send Me | When I was looking for a farrier, I was asked by a farrier what my fastest barrel time was. I said it depends on the size of the pattern. He said he could decrease my time a full second, because there are these shoes out there that he could get...No, I didnt chose him as my farrier. Note: My horses are 3D horses. |
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Location: Florida | I heard from the cowboys that blue eyes moon blind. |
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| cheryl makofka - 2015-05-28 10:32 PM ndcowgirl - 2015-05-28 9:07 PM I've heard the tobacco for worming and the water balloon for rearing. I knew of someone that thought if you wacked a horse on top of the head with a training stick it would teach them to put their head down. Tobacco for worming has actually been proven to be effective and published in scholarly veterinary journals back in the 70's or 80's and still holds true today as per my vet, I haven't tried it yet, but the tobacco paralyzes the worms so they let go of the intestine and the horses develop diarrhea and poop the worms out. The amount is supposedly the same amount as a dip of chewing tobacco
ok - I gotta say it ... please find me a source for that one.
I only know of it ancedotally from my grandfather. I don't believe it was every "proven" in a scholarly journal of reputation that you could worm a horse with tabacco. |
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Location: Oz, Kansas | My horse that I had as a teen that I got off the track would over reach all the time & his shoes would click or he would pull them off. When I explained this to my farrier at the time he told me everytime he over reached I needed to whack him to shorten his stride. I just shook my head over that one & never used him again. I was amazed that he no longer pulled shoes when he was properly trimmed. |
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Location: Phoenix | komet. - 2015-05-28 8:50 PM mtcanchazer - 2015-05-28 10:48 PM cavyrunsbarrels - 2015-05-28 9:39 PM mtcanchazer - 2015-05-28 10:16 PM ndcowgirl - 2015-05-28 8:07 PM I've heard the tobacco for worming and the water balloon for rearing. I knew of someone that thought if you wacked a horse on top of the head with a training stick it would teach them to put their head down. I've heard the tobacco for worming too...not sure if it is true or not...my dad claims so.
The one that peeves me the most is putting a horse on barrels will ruin them. Grrr.
As for biting the horse, I don't know about that, but if they are being a stink about something, if you twist their ear they pay more attention to the ear than whatever it is you are trying to work with them on.
I did have a great grandfather that bit a cow on the nose when it kicked him. Or you'll end up with an ear shy horse that to this day won't let you put anything over his head. My grandfather and great grandfather did the ear thing, and they were both good, respectable horsemen and had horses that could be ridden by pretty much anyone from kids to older people. I wouldn't do it in ever circumstance or on every horse or every day.
But mules are kind of the same. If they get stubborn, hold your hand over their nose til they can't breathe and put a clod of dirt in their mouth when they open it. Once they start thinking about the clod of dirt in their mouth, they forget whatever they were being stubborn about and do what you wanted them to do in the first place. Oh Man!! That's just mean!!!
My dad did this once. He was helping a girl at a rodeo with a horse that would just dick around in the box. He rubbed some dirt in his mouth, sent her in the box and he was so distracted by the dirt that he didn't have time to fidget around and be stupid. She had a great run. |
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Money Eating Baggage Owner
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Location: Phoenix | Anyone heard of giving a horse whiskey if they are tying up? I've heard that.
Also heard that if a horse rolls al the way over--his value increases. On the other hand, also heard that if thy DO roll all the way over it means that they need adjusted. I would think it means they don't need adjusted. We'll never know! |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Had someone tell me that her dad would give disel to his track horses when they had a cold, would squirt it down their throat befor a race. |
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| Most of these posts are down right scary, poor horses if these things were done to them. |
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Location: Montana | hammer_time - 2015-06-01 5:07 PM Anyone heard of giving a horse whiskey if they are tying up? I've heard that. Also heard that if a horse rolls al the way over--his value increases. On the other hand, also heard that if thy DO roll all the way over it means that they need adjusted. I would think it means they don't need adjusted. We'll never know!
Not sure about the whiskey thing...don't think it would do a thing because grain kind of naturally ferments after a horse eats it, or so I have read.  |
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Location: Eastern OH but my heart is in WV | My mom has a nice little mare that my daughter is in love with. She has told Mackenzie that she can start riding her and start her on the barrel pattern but my aunt is having a fit because "All barrel horses are just hot heads." I seriously want to deck her when such stupid words come out of her mouth.
I remember too growing up, I use to always hear dark colored hooves were "good & strong" but light colored hooves were "poor & weak."
Edited by Rolling J 2015-06-01 10:04 PM
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| When I was looking at my off the track QH gelding I was told he was too big to be a barrel horse (16'2)and his SI was to high and I'd never get him to shut down and turn a barrel. Challenge accepted. He runs low 17s on standard patterns, won a few barrel races and is consistently in the 1/2 d. He doesn't know he's big LOL |
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