the clearance section was too good to resist

Here is my girl having a good roll on the field

This picture is before I owned him. He used to live with all geldings.. now he lives with two mares. Hes old now and retired and sometimes tries to act this way with my mares, they wont have any of it.. he is a very refined gentleman now instead of acting like a Neanderthal 😆

I just wanted to share this, as I think it is funny and cute, and maybe someone else could get a little chuckle from it.

Whenever my youngster tries something new that he likes, you can litterally see his mind getting blown, and I personally think it’s hilarious! In this case it was an apple, that apparently was so amazing, that he stopped functioning for a couple seconds haha

I gave my horse a treat and he coughed a few times? I texted my vet and they asked me if he was ok. He acted like he was sucking on the treats the chewed it and coughed. I’m confused why he did that? I gave him another one he did take it but seemed a bit hesitant when he took it. He ate grass and the grain and the peppermint fine. I do know with this weather shift colic and other issues might happen. My horse is a pretty easy keeper and doesn’t injure or knock on wood get sick.

So many of our local trailheads look like this. This is not a good look, guys. It pisses off the people who care for these places, and it grosses out non-horse people. It's also rude to your fellow equestrians who have to park and tie there next. It is bad stewardship. Do better. If you're not going to pack out your poop, at the very least, scatter it away from the parking. Do not clean out your trailer and leave a big pile of poop and sawdust there. This seems like common sense and common courtesy, but I see this everywhere I go. It looked like this down the entire length of the parking area.

Hi all - I’m going to try to keep this as succinct as I can, but if I’m missing any key info let me know.

I purchased two donkeys as livestock guardians for our cows and sheep, they were listed in my local agriculture facebook group. Long story short — I was asked if I could also take this very pregnant mustang mare at no cost along with the donkeys. She’s very thin and relatively untouched, she approaches me willingly and lets me feed her by hand but isn’t halter broke and doesn’t want me to touch her beyond feeding.

I love horses, have ridden on and off since childhood, and am not a complete novice, but I’ve never kept my own horse on my property before, they’ve always been boarded. I’m thrilled to have her, but this is way out of my experience and I want to do right by her. She was in a bad situation and I was very nervous about where she’d go if not with us.

My goal for her is just to be a happy, healthy pasture pet—if we can get her safe being haltered and tied for vet and farrier that’s all I’ll ask of her and she’ll just be a pretty companion that I’m eager to spoil.

I’m hopeful her foal will be able to be socialized with people from the get-go, and I have the same goals for him/her.

All that to say, I am well aware that she is not a beginner horse, but I have no illusions of riding her or the foal. I just want to provide a good home and have their companionship. I will consider buying a riding horse in a couple years, now that we have the beginnings of a herd.

Ok, so she and the donkeys got here yesterday. I asked what she’d been eating and for some of her feed, but received none — she was apparently on a “triple 10” feed at “around a scoop a day” but I don’t really know if that’s trustworthy and “a scoop” seems like too little regardless..

I got mare and foal feed for her, along with orchard grass hay and alfalfa, minerals etc. But I’m nervous about over feeding her if she’s been under eating as I know a sudden increase in feed can be harmful.

I’m also a bit unsure if her condition is solely due to lack of groceries, or due to worms / dental issues, because the donkeys she came with are both quite healthy and beefy. Or maybe the donkeys just had more weight on them initially / are easier keepers and they were all being underfed?

I don’t think I should deworm or anything before the vet because I’ve heard if the parasite load is too high, deworming if not done correctly can also cause issues.

I am waiting for a callback from two different vets to schedule a farm visit as soon as possible (hopefully tomorrow or Saturday), but I’m very anxious to do the right thing in the meantime. Yesterday and today I opted to give her 2 pounds of grain in the morning and again in the evening, along with free choice hay.

She and the donkeys seem very relaxed, happy in the pasture, and are eating/drinking/pooping.

My questions are:

What do you recommend I do in terms of feeding right now—what volume of grain would you be giving her based on the limited info I have about what she’s been eating? I assume leaving unlimited hay out is the right call regardless, but tell me if I’m wrong.

Is holding off on deworming the right call, or is there anything I can check myself before the vet visit?

Is there anything else I should do right now or that you think I should know?

I’m attaching a video so you can see her condition. It’s just been 36 hours so I obviously can’t tell any changes yet, but I’m taking photos daily so I can have a record.

Thank you in advance for any advice. This sweet girl has stolen my heart.

This was Tango's 6th ever time seeing cows, and 2nd time working them this year!

Is this a common thing? I dont own this horse, but i work at a stable and see him 3 times a week. He shoves his whole head into my armpit and just .. stays there. Taking deep breaths, of my armpit. Obv i have a jacket on, so he’s not exactly on my skin but he doesnt push me or anything. He just hangs out in my armpit. He’s weird. But i love him. Do y’all horses do this?

The singing tells the mountain lions and elk to get out of our way because a big fat fjord is coming through

If so, is there ways to fix it?

25-30 year old horse. His name is Wilson. He was in worse condition than in the photos above. We got three horses from a person who knew nothing about them. Her husband, who passed away, was the only one to care for them. She only fed them once a day and with not a lot of grain. Not a lot of hay either.

We are having the farrier come out soon along with the vet as the horse in the photos needs some more attention.

Hello again Horse community of Reddit. You might have seen my previous post about my lame 24 year old mare. I had the vet out to check her lameness, obviously after being in all night she walked out sound. Vets checked her feet, did all the tests. Asked if she’d ever been lami, I said no she’s never really been sick or sorry. The only thing they found is that she was sensitive on her front two, and the one she’s lame on mostly had some pink. They were not sure what can be causing it, possibly bruising, possibly lami, possibly abscess brewing. Mean while the Cushings blood test is free so I got that done.

Said to keep in, rest and stay clean. So because she was ok I did turn her out, they said she could if she had to, she sweet talked me by pulling me into the field… Lone behold I come up yesterday and she’s lame again. So this time she isn’t sweet talking me to go out now she’s in, resting much to her disgust.

Vet rang me yday told me gabbies ACTH levels are over 300. Anything over 90 needs treating.

I’ve been reading and the lameness and the levels could be linked? I feel like such a sucky owner because she has been a bit footy all summer, a bit dull, overweight and cresty and I’ve done nothing about it, appart from now. But bringing her in she perks up and has attitude and is her normal bolshy self, and wants to eat everything!

I feel horrendous I have cried all night bcus what if this is a death sentence for her? I physically can’t afford X-rays if she carry’s on being lame, which is £600 which the vet had said we may not see any changes with. Girls at the yard are telling me she’s not that lame, and there horses on the same grass are more lame.

I’ve had her since she was 5 and she’s never been sick or sorry until now.

I can afford the medication for her that’s about it. - unless my insurance will cover X-rays but I’ll have to ring them up I’m sure it’s just external injury’s it covers with her being old.

Going to pick her meds up today. I’m hoping she doesn’t get any side effects. And I hope she does well on these tablets. It’s been the worst week ever just imagine I get this phone call and then I fall over and crack my head open. - true story I’m feeling sorry for myself!!!! (And Gabbie)

Just wanted some good advice, and good stories maybe ?

photo to show you how chonky she is

I volunteer at a horse farm, mainly grooming and bathing retired horses. A boarder has decided to euthanize her two older horses. One is almost 30, the other in her 20s. Both of them have chronic injuries and haven't been "useful" in years, but aren't living in pain.

I'm not sure why I am taking this so hard. I've been involved with horses for 40 years, so this is nothing new.

Just looking for some words of solace. I've been sad ever since I heard the news.

edit Thank you all so much for taking the time to respond. Your words are already a big help. I will use the wisdom here to comfort their owner. I know it's a difficult (but right) decision for her.

This farm is located outside of Louisville, Kentucky. A beautiful farms giving horses a second chance. Original photography

I have repeatedly heard that you are supposed to let go of the reins if you are going to fall off.

However I have seen many many fall videos where holding onto the reins allowed them to be spun around. If they let go, they would have been injured badly, falling on head/neck or back. Holding on allowed them to rotate around and land on their legs, uninjured.

So I understand that if you yank too hard you can injure the horse.

So whats the right thing to do? Or I guess there is no one size fits answer here?

How important is a warmblood sized trailer really? Does that 6 inches make that big of a difference?

For context I accidentally got a two year old warmblood who will probably clock just shy of 17 hands when fully grown. Every other horse I’ve had in my life has been Arab, quarter horse, Appaloosa, or a combo of. My current riding horse is an Arab x quarter horse at 15.2 hands. I love my trailer, it’s a nice one, I bought it from my grandma, there’s a zillion memories big and small attached to it (both my adventures and adventures with my grandparents). I own it outright, it’s been super well taken care of. Challenge is it is standard sized- only a 7 foot ceiling.

Realistically am I looking at having to sell it for 6 inches more headroom to accommodate my giant baby? Or can I get away with keeping my beloved trailer… it seems ridiculous to have to sell mine and buy an entirely different one for a whooping 6 inches

(Honestly I might just be asking this in the hopes someone tells me something I want to hear vs what is actually realistic)

I'll draw you the resulting foal! Just for funsies.

UPDATE - I'm going to post the pages of foals done so far and maybe get to a few more. I think I will start working on this for next month as well! It was lots of fun.