This is a long bodied horse, but my question is in regards to the loin. Is there any way to determine the loin length from a photo?

I meant conformation lol speak text…

Progressively we’re looking better!!
Please don’t judge the haircut, I cut it so that when her baldness grew back it would be somewhat even

I left their information in the screenshot so they get credit and I don't get copyrighted.

I just really thought this little mini was adorable with his little Halloween outfit

I have a photo shoot with my grey gelding early November and can get away with mane and tail washing. He won’t stand still for a dryer haha. Any tips and tricks to make him photo worthy when it gets so chilly 🥶? Thanks!

Here my mare looking at the phone selfie camera like a model

The latest addition Clover

The Equine Disease Communication Center has posted confirmed strangles cases this October in Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan and Kansas, a few at boarding barns with lots of exposed horses. Sharing the basics in case anyone is moving horses or bringing in new ones this fall.

First sign is usually fever (often 103°F+), then thick white/yellow snot and swollen glands under the jaw. Some horses cough or struggle to swallow.

Quarantine checklist (from state ag and vet guidance):

- New horses separate for 21 days, no nose-to-nose contact

- Their own buckets, tack and tools

- Take temps daily during quarantine, twice daily if there's an outbreak

- Disinfect water buckets daily

- Do chores for healthy horses first, sick ones last

Recovered horses can stay contagious for weeks, and some become silent carriers, so ask your vet about testing before they go back out.

How does your barn handle new arrivals?

So a friend and I always walk to this horse who lives down the road from her house.. we have both agreed he does not look well taken care of. His teeth are grated down, hooves are long and he has bad body conditions. I know and own 2 horses but ive luckily never been in the situation of what do I do? Ive been debating on calling the rspca? What do you think i should do

Eddy got a well earned PEMF treatment tonight. He LOVESSSS having his face pemfed. And man oh man did his back need it!!! I’ll do his lower legs tomorrow 💕💅🏼

Sometimes he runs through the sprinkler then rolls in the sand. Other times he looks ethereal in the early morning sun. He is a friendly sweetheart.

Just want to show off and brag a bit about my handsome boy! First full body clip and he couldn't of been more perfect. Stood like a rock for his legs, only needed ear balls in to do his ears and face. Not sure how i won the best horse to clip lottery.

hey guys! i just bought my first pair of tall boots after many years in half chaps. these boots fit me snug in the calf but the ankle seems loose? i am unable to return this pair, is there anything i can do to fix this? or do they seem to fit just fine, i just have small ankles lol. please help!! i’m getting mixed results on google. thanks!!

in one pair (my left foot) i am wearing my orthotics ontop of the tredstep insole which helps, but not sure if good for long term?

Yesterday me and a couple of friends visited a farm in my city we saw a bunch of animals and I saw a couple of horses. Meet a light brown Clydesdale. They were standing at a fence eating grass out of people's hands. I tried to scratch their chest since a sign said that they liked it. But they were more interested in eating. They felt gentle but seemed to have alot of power behind them they moves their head back and forward to eat the grass people were offering them. Surprised he could eat so much.

There was also a Fresian horse near by but they were further back grazing so I didn't interact with them. Seemed more reserved

I also meet a couple of cows and they kicked my hand. Felt like sandpaper which was kind of surprising since I expected their tounge to be soft.

I have video but im unsure about posting them here since im in them.

I got my horse 6 years ago. She was a breeding mare of 6 and had never ridden. But I loved her so!

I broke her in myself and for a while we were going strong. She spooked easily but we could work together.

And then it all fell apart. I had the wrong trainer. I trusted them more than my own gut feeling. They rode Grand Prix so they knew what they were doing right?

She became an absolute nightmare. I was scared to get on. She would run buck, stop, turn. I couldn’t handle her. My trainer did groundwork with her, she attacked the trainer ( allegedly I wasn’t there ) and we both got kicked of the property.

The next stable told me to sell her. The whole stable ganged up on me. Telling me I was wasting my time and talent. Sell her, get rid of her.
They started to refuse to turn her out so we left again.

For some reason I couldn’t, wouldn’t give up on her.

We did TRT. We finally found a stable that was willing to work with her drama. She had massive fear of abandonment ( as the previous stable was scared to take her out they would leave her behind, so she would freak out making them even more scared of her)
They found her a friend and they are willing to take her in and out with her friend.

She has calmed down. She has learned to be away from her friend. Nobody is scared of her anymore and nobody even believes me when I tell them people were.

Our riding had massively improved. We get oohs and aahs and people admire her gaits.
We hack together, we even go out just the two of us and she is fine.

She is exactly what I expected her to be and I am so happy she turned out this way. I love her so much and I always knew she was this horse. She is smart and sweet and she wants to work for me.

How we turned it around? Good saddle, good physical therapy, patient stable, patient trainer and not staying at a barn where people keep trash talking my horse!

We are so happy together now

assuming they got them lol

Hello everyone!

I am currently in between chapters and have a lot of time on my hands (up to 5 hours of absolutely free time a day) for the next two months or so.

Is there any manner that, dedicating a certain amount of time per day, I could go from a beginner to a broadly "good" rider (not advanced or masterful by any means, but being able to ride comfortably, trot, canter, gallop etc? If so, what would such an "intensive" introductory course look like for the first month or two? I would, of course, continue thereafter with classes as I know that it takes years to become advanced.