Why is My Dog Embarrassing Me in Front of Company?

[Moonbear]

Drat, you quoted me before I got my edits in. Just in case you didn't notice it, I wrote incorrectly that corn is high in protein. It's not. It's high in energy.

Did you press charges against the person who starved your horse? I would have (if I didn't just tear him limb from limb on the spot!). Maybe the courts could order his penalty be to pay for all the added cost of upkeep due to the damage his neglect caused.

 

[fileen]

Drat, you quoted me before I got my edits in. Just in case you didn't notice it, I wrote incorrectly that corn is high in protein. It's not. It's high in energy.

Did you press charges against the person who starved your horse? I would have (if I didn't just tear him limb from limb on the spot!). Maybe the courts could order his penalty be to pay for all the added cost of upkeep due to the damage his neglect caused.

I thought about it, but that's a lot of effort and a lot of drama and a lot of negative energy. I knew this guy for so long I am honestly still shocked that he did it. I don't know what happened but the whole farm just went down hill. The problem is, I buy and sell and breed horses, and in the horse business... if you do something like that.. it gets around. Hes well known for what he's done, but people would not buy horses off of me, or board my horses or sell them to me if I tried to get legally involved with him. Its complicated but its not worth the work involved. I haven't spoken with him since and I have made it clear to everyone what has happened. I work for an equine vet and she has refused to visit his farm, people have quit selling him hay, and I know he'll have a hard time selling horses from now on. I believe in karma, and I know its not worth the pain or hassle. My horse is alive and were out of there and I don't ever have to see or speak with him again. He lost a valuable client as a number of my friends left shortly after myself, and I did most of the work around the stable through the summer. I looked after everything for free while he was on vacation, I spent nights with over due mares when he just needed a good night sleep. He will regret what he's done I am sure.

 

[turbo]

Darn! I hate to read these posts! My father lives across the road from a fellow that until recently raised and trained horses for horse-pulling. Those animals were family, and the owners were heartbroken for weeks when the last one had to be put down. Their days of competition were over, but they were family. Whenever the neighbors had to be out of town, my father would go over and tend the horses, and those big guys were like puppies.

Anyway, Dad is 82, and the neighbor (who was a professional cook) always seems to cook "too much" and brings him chowders, casseroles, biscuits, etc. He always checks in on my father, too, and that's a comfort. Horse-lovers form bonds that stick, and I'm so happy about that.

 

[fileen]

Darn! I hate to read these posts! My father lives across the road from a fellow that until recently raised and trained horses for horse-pulling. Those animals were family, and the owners were heartbroken for weeks when the last one had to be put down. Their days of competition were over, but they were family. Whenever the neighbors had to be out of town, my father would go over and tend the horses, and those big guys were like puppies.

Anyway, Dad is 82, and the neighbor (who was a professional cook) always seems to cook "too much" and brings him chowders, casseroles, biscuits, etc. He always checks in on my father, too, and that's a comfort. Horse-lovers form bonds that stick, and I'm so happy about that.

Draft horses are wonderful. One of my dearest memories is a big old clydesdale named Tom. I rode him, drove him, fed him, kissed him, there's a picture somewhere of me on him and I looked like a pee on a pumpkin. We didnt even have a saddle big enough to fit him so I went around on him bareback. He took good care of me. My horses are my whole life, they are definitely part of the family.

 

[turbo]

Draft horses are wonderful. One of my dearest memories is a big old clydesdale named Tom. I rode him, drove him, fed him, kissed him, there's a picture somewhere of me on him and I looked like a pee on a pumpkin. We didnt even have a saddle big enough to fit him so I went around on him bareback. He took good care of me. My horses are my whole life, they are definitely part of the family.

My great-uncle Romeo had a pair of Belgians that were so wide across the back that it was hard for me to stay on them, though they tolerated me and sucked up for treats. When I was a kid, it was more fun to ride the cows, and the more tolerant of the larger pigs. Those giant horses were a hoot, though! They would nuzzle up to my face, and then one big exhale would make me feel like I was in a greenhouse! Sweeties! They loved fall, with their share of apple "drops".

Edit: the only way I could get up on either of these horses was to lure them in with a treat while I was clinging to high boards on the hay-mow. I could gently pull on their manes and get them to do stuff, but it's pretty hard to get monsters like that used to responding to knees, toes, and heels, when your knees were straight and your feet were hanging out in the air, or just tucked back. Those big guys were gentle and attentive, as long as you could hug them up, talk to them, and give them a treat as small as a kid's handful of grain, a carrot, or an apple.

 

[fileen]

My great-uncle Romeo had a pair of Belgians that were so wide across the back that it was hard for me to stay on them, though they tolerated me and sucked up for treats. When I was a kid, it was more fun to ride the cows, and the more tolerant of the larger pigs. Those giant horses were a hoot, though! They would nuzzle up to my face, and then one big exhale would make me feel like I was in a greenhouse! Sweeties! They loved fall, with their share of apple "drops".

Edit: the only way I could get up on either of these horses was to lure them in with a treat while I was clinging to high boards on the hay-mow. I could gently pull on their manes and get them to do stuff, but it's pretty hard to get monsters like that used to responding to knees, toes, and heels, when your knees were straight and your feet were hanging out in the air, or just tucked back. Those big guys were gentle and attentive, as long as you could hug them up, talk to them, and give them a treat as small as a kid's handful of grain, a carrot, or an apple.

Its taken me two years by my haflinger and my thoroughbred both go entirely by voice command. My Haflinger is better about it though, he's a draft breed and doesn't seem to know that its optional to listen like my thoroughbred does. I bought him for my mom when she finally decided to learn to ride. She needed something push button go and although he wasnt when we bought him, he's so smart he's improved above and beyond my mare with much less work. Haflingers are real characters, they are a short breed but drafty enough that they feel larger than they are. He is wonderful, he steals hats and will undo zippers. He will bow for a treat but only if he feels like it. When he sees my mom or myself coming up to the gate of his field he whinnies like a little filly and runs up all hair pomp and bounce. Id post a link for a picture but I am not sure how, but they all look identical so google haflinger and you'll see what I mean when I say he's a rock star.

 

[fileen]

ok, well none of my haflinger pictures worked but I managed to get one of my Tb

 

[rootX]

Old dog is 14 now and showing some age. Blanca is her name and she was a service dog for my father -in -law for 4 years. When he passed away I decided to let her enjoy being a dog.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/media-217354/Quill-Movie-Part-1.html

I just finished watching a Japanese movie about a guidance dog - nothing special, just an ordinary guidance dog (They didn't free him up when his owner died but he neither served anyone else). It was very heartwarming!

 

[turbo]

ok, well none of my haflinger pictures worked but I managed to get one of my Tb

I love your "family photo", fileen.

 

[edward]

http://www.crunchyroll.com/media-217354/Quill-Movie-Part-1.html

I just finished watching a Japanese movie about a guidance dog - nothing special, just an ordinary guidance dog (They didn't free him up when his owner died but he neither served anyone else). It was very heartwarming!

There was a two part series on PBS titled "Dogs That Changed the World" Wolves went from being wild predators to being mans companions in just a short two hundred year period.

Here is part of the series:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/dogs-that-changed-the-world/introduction/1273/

 

[edward]

During the time Blanca worked with my father-in-law we had a couch that had a recliner on one end. My father-in-law would sit in the recliner and every time he dozed off Blanca would take a nap on the other end of the couch.

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6058/scan10001001od7.jpg

 

[edward]

ok, well none of my haflinger pictures worked but I managed to get one of my Tb

That is a beautiful horse fileen. It makes me stop and think about mans relationship with our animal friends. Without them we would probably still be living in caves.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I had heard that all modern dogs "evolved" from the wolf over the last 4000 years, but nonetheless, I find this to be an amazing fact from Edward's link.

From the tiniest Chihuahua to the powerful and massive English Mastiff, modern domesticated dogs come in a bewildering array of shapes and sizes, with an equally diverse range of temperaments and behaviors. And yet, according to genetics, all dogs evolved from the savage and wild wolf — in a transformation that occurred just 15,000 years ago.

 

[fileen]

That is a beautiful horse fileen. It makes me stop and think about mans relationship with our animal friends. Without them we would probably still be living in caves.

Haha thank you, I asked my boyfriend to help me post a pic of my haflinger and he was searching around on my laptop and looking at pics and blurted out "why don't you have any pictures of me? You have thousands of horse pictures, dog pictures, cat pictures... and there's not a single picture of me!" I laughed which was probably inappropriate, but I couldn't help it. In 4 years he's never had a jealous bone in his body. It reminded me of how important my pets are to me. I reminded my boyfriend he was in the "pets" folder and that he is not a pet... I still have way more pictures of my horses than him, but theyve been in my life a lot longer.

 

[turbo]

I picked all the remaining apples from my tree on Sunday, and have put them in storage. All the apples with bird-nibbles, bruises, etc are in a huge onion-bag, and I'm going to give them to my wife's friend and co-worker, for horse treats.

 

[fileen]

I picked all the remaining apples from my tree on Sunday, and have put them in storage. All the apples with bird-nibbles, bruises, etc are in a huge onion-bag, and I'm going to give them to my wife's friend and co-worker, for horse treats.

my ponies drool all over the place when they eat apples, its quite disgusting. Take note: when feeding a horse an apple, be sure to keep a safe distance, they can fling that stuff long distances.

 

[turbo]

my ponies drool all over the place when they eat apples, its quite disgusting. Take note: when feeding a horse an apple, be sure to keep a safe distance, they can fling that stuff long distances.

I've had my share of horse-drool. It's a contact sport. I used to feed apples to the cows at the university pastures. The cows would see someone coming with treats, and they'd all run at top speed to try to snag one while they lasted. If they'd had to run from the far end of the pasture, they'd be huffing and panting and blowing big globs of green drool everywhere. I took a nice young lady from NJ to feed the cows after supper one fall night. She was panicked by the stamped, and disgusted by the drool, but she talked about how fun it was afterward.