Wait. What does pitbulls have to do with my pretty horse? But thanks everyone I am surprised how many have horses or are into horses! Eventually would love to be able to shoot off of him. I'm sure he could care less if I did!
Pinkpony, I apologize for hijacking your thread. Just carying over my anger from another thread titled pitbulls. Beautiful horse by the way.
Riding is one of those things that will help keep you sane. Things I have learned in Wyoming: Horses are way more useful than 4 wheelers, and never forget to look up. Good looking pony.
You got a beautiful horse. I wish I had a good lookin horse like that to take up in the mountains for a day rode. :D
I've always wanted to chase down a deer on horse back and shoot it with a bow & arrow. Guess that's the Indian in me..
Soldier is a good looking horse. My wife and I have two horses. Hers is a Morgan/Quarter gelding named "Squirt" and mine is a Morgan mare named "Rhythm". I didn't really want a horse of my own, but I bought Rhythm so that my wifes horse wouldn't be alone. I used to ride quite a bit and always help with the feeding, grooming and the like. I still help her take care of them and I do still ride occasionally, but I have to admit to being very "gun shy" after being launched around 10 feet into the air and breaking ribs when I landed horizontally in October 2012. It's funny how the ground seems much harder when you're 50 years old.
Oh my LittleChief! I can see where that comes from. I got bucked off at a local fair in 2010...I hadn't rode since then until I bought this guy. I have always had nice broke horses, until my last one and I just wasn't ready for it. Care to share a picture or two of yours?
I'll see what pics I can come up with. Rhythm is actually a very good natured horse and she's great for riding. She's less prone to spooking that Squirt is. This incident was as much my fault as it was hers. Rhythm's problem is that she likes to try to step forward once you get a foot in a stirrup to mount. We were riding about a mile from home and I had dismounted to tighten the girth on my wifes horse. When I went to get back on Rhythm decided to pull her stunt and walk forward. I decided to do what I call a "cowboy hop" and go ahead and swing up. Just as I was about to get in the saddle she jumped forward and I landed on her hindquarters behind the saddle, which freaked her out a bit. She reared and then bucked. Let me tell you, when you're on their butt they have a LOT of leverage when they buck.
Well, that's a bit better than just a crazy horse phase. But how unlucky! I bet that was a LONG mile home!
This is the only horse pic I have with me is this one of Squirt in the sacrifice area. I got tired of scooping horse poop so I'm making him do it.
Yes it was. After I finally caught my breath and realized I wasn't going to die there, I walked over to my horse who had run about 50 yards and stopped. I took the reins, walked her back to the same spot and this time I pulled those reins back and grabbed a handful of mane before I got on. I made it about 3/4 of a mile before I just couldn't take the shifting in the saddle any longer and dismounted. I didn't take very many steps before I realized that walking was worse than riding, but by then the initial shock had worn off and I couldn't mount up again. That day sucked.
He is a very nice looking horse! Does your wife do anything special with them - or more so trail riding? Broken ribs take forever to heal - I can't even imagine the pain.
She just likes to trail ride. Nothing fancy at all. That pic of squirt was taken before we sent him to two months of professional training. Squirt had some issues with doing what he was told which, to tell the truth, was because my wife spoiled him and treated him like a lap dog. He had put my wife and my daughter on the ground a few times. He came back lean, trim and much more obedient. He is a lot more desensitized too, but some things still freak him out. The last time my wife took him out someones chickens had gotten out and the way Squirt was acting you would have thought they were going to eat his legs.
