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Cherokee Flats 3
About HORSES
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There's an old saying:
"You can lead a horse to water
but you can't make him drink it."
Always keep clean water available for the horse. Sometime you may run across a horse that refuses to drink the water for whatever reason. He may not be used to the taste of the well water if he has been relocated. He may just not be a good drinker.
Victory, a 30 year old Thoroughbred, has resided in California all of his life. Here he's shown with owner, Carolyn Royce. She purchased Victory from us years ago and boarded him at stables. Just recently Carolyn retired Victory to their Indiana family farm where he happily roams spacious pastures now.
Here's what I did in the case of Victory.
When we bought him in Apple Valley, CA he just didn't drink much water.
We added JELLO (presweetened) to his water pail and he drank water often then. We kept doing this daily until he got used to the flavor of our well water at our place in Lucerne Valley, CA..
Victory preferred the Strawberry or Cherry Jello.
HORSES
They gallop, trot, whinny and neigh, capturing our imagination and our hearts. Horses are said to have done more to change human history than any other domestic animal, once upon a time carrying explorers to new frontiers and mighty armies. Many men, women and children dream of riding or of owning their own horse. Sadly many times obstacles prevent this from occuring.
The horse has long been a symbol of freedom.
The mother horse is called a Mare or Dam.
The father horse is called a Sire.
Baby horses are called foals.
Boy foals are called colts.
Girl foals are called fillies.
Young horses are called colts and fillies up until the age of 3.
Yearlings are colts or fillies who are a year old.
A Mare or Dam is a female horse over 4 years old.
A Stallion is a male horse over 4 years old that has not been cut.
When a horse is born, it's legs are almost their full adult length. Giving them that cute 'long-legged look' we all love so much.
A newborn foal can stand up within an hour of being born. When first born, foals cannot eat grass because their legs are too long to reach it!
In the Northern Hemisphere, (which includes the USA, Canada and Europe), Horse Birthdays are on the first day of the year (January 1st) no matter when the actual birth is. This makes it easier for keeping race, breeding and show records.
In the Southern Hemisphere, which includes Australia, New Zealand and Japan, horses have their birthdays August 1st.
A Palomino is a color and not a horse breed.
Monitor your horse's feet.
Picking them before and after rides should be basic.
No hoof, no horse - and that's no fun.
Basically horses want to please us. Exercise your horse on a regular schedule but not during feeding times.
Horses will eat as long as food is available to them. Actually they will even eat until death if allowed. We don't want to be able to count their ribs from a distance but then again we don't need them fat. It isn't healthy for the horse and is hard on their heart. Feed on a regular schedule as it's very important. Horses may colic or have other health issues when a feeding is late or missed. Colic can lead to twisted intestines which is fatal. If a horse gets colicy, or goes off his feed even, WATCH the HORSE and WALK him in unfamiliar areas. CALL the Vet for advice and a check-up ASAP!! The change in routine and scenery will help the horses digestive tract. Keep fresh water available. We have took turns, and over several hours, walked a sick horse many a late night. Sometimes when the Vet has put a horse on Bute for pain this can irritate the horses stomach and this tends to make some cantankerous. I believe there is a time limit when using Bute but not all Vet's regard it. My theory is that since they don't have to be present to care for the animal daily they might not even have thought much about this becoming a problem.
When a dog wags it's tail that means he's happy to see you! When a horse waves his tail it's not because he is happy to see anyone. They wave their tail to swat the bugs away from their body. Also horses will Flag their tails for other reasons. Enough said about that.
FACTS about Famous HORSES
*The Smartest Horse in the West is Trigger. Trigger's hoof prints share a cement spot with Roy Rogers in the April 21, 1949 dedication at the Mann's Chinese Theater, Hollywood, CA.
Click here to learn MORE about Trigger.
*The horse that starred as Mr Ed, in the TV
series, was a registered American Saddlebred.
HORSE NAMES
Bandido
Bandit
Baron
Baroness
Beau
Beauty
Belle
Blossom
Bigshot
Bojangles
Candy Apple
Cimarron
Comanche
Cowboy
Dixie
Dazzele'n
Duke
Echo
Foxy
Freedom
General
Glory
Gold Dust
Haley's Comet
Honor
Jet
JigSaw
Johnny Angel
JoJo
Majesty
Major
Merrylegs
Misty
Morning Star
Nevada
Pal
Paladin
Partner
Peaches
Phoenix
Pilgrim
Pistol
Pride
Ranger
Rebel
Reno
Rocket
Rocky Road
Roman
Sahara
Shadow
Shortcake
Squire
Sundance
Tahoe
Taffy
Thunder
Trooper
Tornado
Vanilla
Velvet
Victorias Secret
Victory
Yes there are the special names of Trigger, Buttermilk, Champion, Flicka, Fury, Silver, Topper, Man-O-War, Duke, The Black Stallion, Black Beauty, and others
but everyone knows them already.
I think that they are 'One of a Kind'
and dear to my heart
so I don't name my own horses after them.
DONKEYS
Christian tradition stated that donkeys originally had unmarked hides, and that it was only after Christ's entry into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey that they received the dark cross on their backs.
Mule
The offspring of a male donkey
and a female horse.
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