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How many people here have had a horse?

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The thread about what sort of person is a poodle person got me thinking....and I wanted to ask here how many of us poodle people have had or do have a horse too :) as it occurs to me that I believe horse people and poodle people are much the same personality.
 
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I have owned 2 horses. 1 died when she was 36 & my other horse I gave to a friend that really wanted him & so was happy to find him a good home in his late teenage years. I haven't owned a horse in years but I still have their Saddles & Bridles, halters. I always think one day but I know I most likely won't ever own another due to back issues but I can't get rid of my saddles.
 
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I finally gave away my pony saddle last year! I kept ponies for several years when I worked on an agricultural campus in the South Pacific - a long held dream come true, but it also taught me that horses are hard work unless you are fortunate enough to have a paddock close by the house. I now daydream about miniatures, or a pair of Welsh Mountains to drive ...
 
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I have had horses most of my life and I even worked on a guest ranch for four summers in college. Currently I have been "in between" horses for 6 years since I have decided to focus on the show dogs.

My last two horses were American Saddlebreds. The last one was a sport horse that was very successful in our area as a dressage horse. I will have horses again in the future but the only breed for me is the ASB!
 
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I have loved horses since I could say the word as a child you could not see the walls in my room thru the posters and I knew every name of every horse on those posters lol. When I was in high school I worked at a rental stable for free just so I could ride sun up to sun down on the weekends but I loved every minute of it. When we moved from California to Missouri we bought a 20 acre farm and we raised Spotted Saddle Horses for many years,it killed me when we had to sell the farm and move in to town but it was out of necessity because are son was not doing well in scholl and need extra help and the little po dunk town we lived in would not provide him the help that he needed so we were forced to make the decision to move.

I have not had horses in 12 years now and my son graduates this year I would love some day to have a small piece of property again and have a horse or 2 again we'll see. How ever Poodles have always been in my life my grandmother raised miniatures I have a picture of me in the crib with one of her girls I was maybe 6 month or so,seem they are in my blood. Growing up I had toys because my parents were not big dog people and now my standards I have told my HD on many occasions I will die with one they seem to be the one constant in my life and I will never be with out one.
 
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I was talking to a good customer about my desire to own a horse. After discussing breeds and what I want to DO with my horse she said "OH, SO YOU ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR A BIG PET!"

She hit the nail on the head. She told me that horses are so designed for a type of work, just like Collies herd and Terriers hunt vermin....horses arent happy unless they have a purpose, even if their purpose is pleasure riding. So I KNOW I dont have time to devote to a horse. If I could do it the RIGHT way, I would but I'm too fearful of falling and fracturing a bone.
 
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Well, i dont own a horse, and never had. I did however work at a therapeudic riding facility for a long time. We had anywhere from 30-42 horses. I Loved it! I took care of the horses, fed them, hayed them, got them ready for class, etc. I knew and loved every horse very well. They all trusted me. I knew everyones blanket side, halter, girth size, which student rode them, what type of student could ride them, what grains and how much each ate, who they could walk with, etc. I adored every single minute of it! They all felt a part like My horses. It killed me to leave them.
 
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Growing up I loved horses too, my parents paid for riding lessons for a year or two and when we finally moved to some acerage got me a mongrel horse that was supposedly part appaloosa part QH, more like part appy part mule. I still have him but since getting married and moving away he has had to stay at my parents. He is also getting up there in years and has foundered a few times(we had to pen him up every spring to keep him off the grass but he figured out how to open the gate several times) and is no longer sound. One day I wouldn't mind having a very calm/reliable horse to pleasure ride, but they are a very expensive animal to maintain and keep so that may be a dream :)

Pudelmom, where in MO were you? I"ve been in MO my whole life.
 
#14 ·
Yep!!! Horse girl here too! I have a Perch mare named Bella and an off the track TB name Fierce Advocate (aka Tuff). I love, love , love my horses! I have been a horse girl my whole life.
 

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We raised and I showed Appaloosas. Halter, showmanship, Wester Pleasure and Trail - some pole riding. (Hey ladies! That is VERY different from pole dancing!)

Loved them.

When I moved to NOLA of course they didn't come. I was sad about that for a long time. Now you've made me realize the 5 poodles compensate for the 17 missing horses.

Not a bad trade. :aetsch:
 
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No poodle yet (but looks like it may be soon). I've had horses most of my life, but since moving to FL to care for aged parents, I am no longer riding. Still have what we believe is a Passo/App cross up north. He's about 30 years old; retired on pasture.

I scouted Pointers and ran Weimaraners in field trials with this horse and the Missouri Foxtrotter I mentioned elsewhere.

Now I just need a pal to share long walks, swimming and smooching ~~~
 
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I used to have a horse! His name was Max :) He was technically a small horse/pony. I had him for at least 7 or 8 years but eventually had to sell him because I was so incredibly allergic to him.

My mom has a horse, Roxy. She rides dressage and has a Warmblood. Her horse has been off and on lame for a year, has arthritis from and injury and had a possible bout of EPM last year. She has been on the hunt for a second horse so she can do more advanced dressage. She recently found the PERFECT horse out in Miami, but the vet check revealed a bone fragment or something that would have to be removed as well as some serious eye issue. I guess the horse's eye is fine now but there was evidence that he had major swelling and could go blind if it ever occurs again. This horse costs more than my Lexus times two, so needless to say it is not worth it for a horse that could go blind.

Truly a bummer though, she cried tears of joy when she went to visit and ride the horse (before the vet check, obviously) and realized he was perfect.
 
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My first horse was when I was about 5/6. and old nasty mare that the neighbors gave us when they moved..and the next one was a tri-colored shetland when i was 8. we lived in VERY rural S Dakota and I rode the pony to school. a couple of years not having a horse after we moved to town, but basically have owned horses and mules until 2005. Sold the last pony and gave any a couple other when we moved to NC. I miss the sweet nickering, and the horsey smells, but don't miss the hauling hay and poop
;-).

One day I will get new driving pony, I kept the buckboard.

PS..I got my first poodle when I was 13
 
#21 ·
i have horses 2 t the moment.
i ride dressge now but used to do jumpers s a teen and before that barrels and western pleasure (WAY WAY back when )

Texas i got as a weanlng in holland and imported.

He ws lame for two years and is sound now- hope to try him back in work ths year

Inco got to replace Tex but then with divorce hasnt done much. this is him this past spring
 
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I have one horse right now. We used to have two, but my appaloosa gelding suffered a freak pasture accident that severed a tendon in his back pastern (right above his hoof). He was at the vet's clinic for a week, during which time he lost his entire hoof. The vets had a plan that he would come back to the barn and live in an indoor stall for 7-8 months (which he would've HATED, as he was a 100% pasture horse) and then in an outdoor stall for several more until his hoof grew back. I had made arrangements with the barn owner for use of the stalls. He was supposed to come home on a Monday, but on the Sunday before he was to come home, I got a call from the vet and Tally had passed away overnight. It was a shock!!

Shortly before we lost Tally, my daughter and I rescued a Suffolk who was being sent to auction - he was terrified of people and still a stud, so his value was pretty questionable and he more than likely would've ended up going to slaughter. We had Xe (short for Xenophon) for 4 years and I recently sold him to our barn manager and his wife - she wants to use him as a therapy horse (he's come a long way from the terrified, spooky boy he used to be!)

So now we just have Indy - who was also our FIRST horse! We bought him when he was a green 2 year old and now he's coming 12. He's a sweet, gentle soul!! :)
 
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I have had quarter horses as a teenager and showed a tiny bit in western pleasure. My big thing though was showing COWS!! Yep, my dad had a registered angus farm and I would show his best heifers every year. We did quite well. It is similar to dog showing but you don't run them, only walk. They are actually easier than showing dogs. I miss doing that and had never been exposed to dog shows until we moved to Hawaii and had no room for big animals. Then, somehow I got into the dog showing. Horses are cool but I have to say cows are my favorite. They have really easy going personalities and most don't get spooked as easy as some horses. I never got bucked off my cows :) Stepped on, yes. Pulled around the pasture while halterbreaking, yes. Kicked, yes but never bucked off :)
 
#29 ·
Some of my first memories are of wanting a horse. I was a one track mind growing up- horses, horses, horses. I think my parents were baffled by the whole obsession. We lived in the city and didn't have much extra money, but my parents did give me private lessons my whole childhood.

When I was sixteen I had saved enough to buy my first Quarter Horse. My boyfriend and I cleaned out, and fixed up a neighbors abandoned barn. Over the years I have ridden and driven, owned and Leased. For years my husband and I would look for our farm on weekends, but I guess it was not to be.

The horse in my mind would be a Blood Bay Overo Paint horse, with lots of chrome. I do have acerage in Florida, so the hope is that in later years I will get another horse.

I am between poodles- but I hope to remedy that in the Spring.
 
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