Old fashioned horsey tips/tricks
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fetlock
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I think banging was the original word for it but over time people just refer to it as strapping.
When I first ever knew about it, it was referred to as banging (late 70s probably) but can't remember what the pad I eventually bought a few years later was advertised as. The answer to that may lurk in a vintage Robinsons catalogue as that's probably where I bought it from, in the days the catalogue would be included in some H&H editions.
my bfg
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How is this plaiting done? I've seen it mentioned before, but not been able to find any info on what it is?
Rowreach
Adjusting my sails
How is this plaiting done? I've seen it mentioned before, but not been able to find any info on what it is?
It was to stop the straw bed from moving or being walked out of the door. In the days when straw had long stems, you literally plaited groups of stems at the front of the bed/across the doorway. I can't find any photos online but I'm pretty sure I've got a book with a picture in somewhere.
It also looked really smart, and was a practical way of keeping the yard tidy.
Highmileagecob
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Stockholm tar seemed to get used for every hoof ailment.
Sprigs of elderflowers were tucked into the browband to keep flies away.
Relief from laminitis was to stand the horse in the stream.
Hardly anyone owned a rug.
And does anyone remember Barbara Woodhouse demonstrating how to teach a difficult horse to load?
So glad we now have more enlightened views!
Sprigs of elderflowers were tucked into the browband to keep flies away.
Relief from laminitis was to stand the horse in the stream.
Hardly anyone owned a rug.
And does anyone remember Barbara Woodhouse demonstrating how to teach a difficult horse to load?
So glad we now have more enlightened views!
Rowreach
Adjusting my sails
Ooh I love the smell of Stockholm tar!! That and old fashioned hoof oil and Citronella. And the smell of straight feeds when they were mixed up.
The Xmas Furry
Living in 🦄 🦄 land
Oh yes!
Along with the smells of Benzyl Benzoate (friends pony had SI) extra tail, Easy Start for the horsebox, bran mashes after hunting and on a Sunday night....
Gloi
Too little time, too much to read.
Used engine oil as hoof oil, painting fences and wooden stable walls and as a treatment for sweet itch ?
rabatsa
Confuddled
Goose grease to stop snow from balling up in hooves.
Red-1
I used to be decisive, now I'm not so sure...
I had a Pony Club book that advocated bashing a reluctant horse up the backside with a stiff yard broom if it was tricky to load. Not sure I would recommend that!
Anyone remember the old specimen feed tables, exercise programs and daily routines? I memorised every one of them! Once I had a pony, I realised I needn't have bothered!
Pin firing followed by blistering for bone spavin: my pony had this as it was considered to best treatment at the time. To be fair, he did come sound. It was treatment prescribed by the Vet Hospital in Oakham. We travelled miles to get the 'best' treatment, obviously it isn't the best any more.
Real sheepskin numnahs, made from a single skin. Virtually indestructible.
I still get off and walk the last bit if a hack if it is over an hour and a half.
Anyone remember the old specimen feed tables, exercise programs and daily routines? I memorised every one of them! Once I had a pony, I realised I needn't have bothered!
Pin firing followed by blistering for bone spavin: my pony had this as it was considered to best treatment at the time. To be fair, he did come sound. It was treatment prescribed by the Vet Hospital in Oakham. We travelled miles to get the 'best' treatment, obviously it isn't the best any more.
Real sheepskin numnahs, made from a single skin. Virtually indestructible.
I still get off and walk the last bit if a hack if it is over an hour and a half.
Auslander
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The Xmas Furry
Living in 🦄 🦄 land
Tried the end of a hunting whip? ? (or get staff to facilitate ?)
milliepops
Wears headscarf aggressively
or take the little remote beeper with you
(if i forget to take it out with me in the lorry i have to get out of the cab to push the button )
Red-1
I used to be decisive, now I'm not so sure...
I either use the beeper or ring it from my phone!
Red-1
I used to be decisive, now I'm not so sure...
Electric gate is still very new and exciting to me. It was bought as a 'present' from my late mother. I think she would have approved.
teapot
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I've realised I'm one of the few that still stretches both front legs out after doing the girth up...
The Xmas Furry
Living in 🦄 🦄 land
*sits on same bench as teapot * ?
pistolpete
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Who remembers canvas New Zealand rugs and jute stable rugs?
PapaverFollis
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I do front leg stretches after girthing and walk them in after a longer hack.
I ought to do more thorough grooming and should learn how to strap... I've tried it a couple of times but always just feel like I'm smacking them to no purpose! ? They've never objected though to be fair, they just roll their eyes at my antics.
I ought to do more thorough grooming and should learn how to strap... I've tried it a couple of times but always just feel like I'm smacking them to no purpose! ? They've never objected though to be fair, they just roll their eyes at my antics.
milliepops
Wears headscarf aggressively
when buying a fairfax/prolite girth they actually recommended you don't do this
fetlock
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String sweat sheets too, with straw packed under the rug to dry the horse off or straw under an inside out jute instead.
Ratface
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Good heavens, Cortez! I was taught how to do that too.
Also, to walk the first and last mile out and back, Guinness in the feed after a hard day's hunting and to praise and pat one's horse after every ride, whatever level of success (or none) you had achieved together. To never stop asking questions of people who know more than you, and to actively listen to what they tell you. However, never compromise one's own standards.
Our Head Groom once said to me, prior to my hacking off to a big local show, "Just remember, Miss, you'll always bring the best pony home."
As usual, he was right. And I always have.
The Xmas Furry
Living in 🦄 🦄 land
Just as well I don't have either then ?when buying a fairfax/prolite girth they actually recommended you don't do this
Elf On A Shelf
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Flicking through this thread again and this quote keeps popping up. And now my childish mind reads it in an entirely different and inappropriate way ??? Definitely NOT something to say when amongst non-horsey people ???
Elf On A Shelf
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I always stretch legs out. Its a racing thing - we do it with every horse, every day at home and at the track.
PapaverFollis
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I'll tell The Beast that I'm treating her like a racehorse. ?
littleshetland
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I always tell any little ones after a lesson to say 'thank you' to their pony after a good ride.
Chianti
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Old horse men used to urinate on any cuts. Not sure how that would go down in 2022.
nagblagger
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To put fly cream on ears with an ear sensitive horse, do it while your on their back riding.
palo1
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A string sweat sheet was my most aspirational dream as a child; I knew I would have 'made it' if I owned one. I now own 2, neither of them really fit any horse I have, neither are my preferred red colour but I am still inordinately thrilled to have proper string vests. I often take them when I go off with the trailer though they rarely actually get used lol
My vet has prescribed sugardine, we still use stockholm tar and I have in the last 3 years thatched a horse as well. I think that is a brilliant practice actually as the straw thatching is quite self regulating and most of it has fallen out by the time the horse is properly dry. I was always too worried about plaiting a doorway to actually do it though we were often told to and shown how!