PapaFrita
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PapaFrita
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Winged monkeys won't alert you that they're going to nick your pony. They're too cunning for that. Nope, they'll use their cameraphone to identify her and then pinch her.
Oh noes! Can't have the winged monkeys carting her away!! Will they plait her beforehand though, you know, to let me know they're coming? It'd be nice to know...
PapaFrita
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Yes, breed from her. How cute to have a little scamp of a duplicate of your mare
I know some people say that soundness issues and temperament are hereditary, but what do they know?? And I've read that breeders are struggling to sell their papered youngstock, but that won't happen to you. Do you have children? How cute will it be to watch them and your foal play?! You can put the videos on Youtube and everyone will coo about how adorable they are together. As for a stallion... well, unless your mare is papered then there's not really much point in getting a registered stallion, is there? I recommend a coloured though; those are always popular Look forward to seeing photos cloudandmatrix
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can i just say eating moussaka and reading this thread is a bad combination.
i am a brilliant rider. my mum said so when i managed to trot a 20metre circle without falling off. so WHY am i not winning at grand prix dressage ? my pony can do piaffe- out hacking but i am sure in the school it the same thing, passage- again past a car she does this brilliantly, and her extended canter is to die for. sure it takes me half an hour to pull her up, but it looks amazing.
i have tried a double bridle, training- but i fired him because he said i was NOVICE! as if! i have been riding for 1 year and can now sit to her canter! where am i going wrong?
i am a brilliant rider. my mum said so when i managed to trot a 20metre circle without falling off. so WHY am i not winning at grand prix dressage ? my pony can do piaffe- out hacking but i am sure in the school it the same thing, passage- again past a car she does this brilliantly, and her extended canter is to die for. sure it takes me half an hour to pull her up, but it looks amazing.
i have tried a double bridle, training- but i fired him because he said i was NOVICE! as if! i have been riding for 1 year and can now sit to her canter! where am i going wrong?
PapaFrita
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Thinking up answers to these questions must be what it's like to be high
OK, back to business. Clearly if your mum tells you you're a brilliant rider, then you must be! You're not winning Grand Prix dressage because your parents haven't spent a ton of money on the right horse. Shame you didn't nab Totilas when he was on the market. Basically this is all their fault and you should sulk massively. As for your trainer... well, he's clearly jealous of your precocious talent!! You'll get him back when you beat him at dressage with your new horse that your parents will remortgage the house to buy....
cloudandmatrix
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thank you so much for your brilliant advice i have just had a huge tantrum, threatened to leave home, threw my mousakka at my mums head and then cried.
i am going horse shopping tomorrow as well as shopping for the new pink gear i will be sporting, matching jacket, bandages, whip, horsebox, gloves and hat- but only for competitions- wouldnt want to mess up my hair!
i want a 17.2hh grey 4yr old stallion with a HUGE crest, will compliment me perfectly at 11 years old, 5ft and very skinny
house has been successfully remortgaged
thanks so much PF
you truely are enlightened
i have just had a huge tantrum, threatened to leave home, threw my mousakka at my mums head and then cried.i am going horse shopping tomorrow
as well as shopping for the new pink gear i will be sporting, matching jacket, bandages, whip, horsebox, gloves and hat- but only for competitions- wouldnt want to mess up my hair!i want a 17.2hh grey 4yr old stallion with a HUGE crest, will compliment me perfectly at 11 years old, 5ft and very skinny
house has been successfully remortgaged
thanks so much PF
you truely are enlightened
PapaFrita
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thank you so much for your brilliant advice
i am going horse shopping tomorrow
i want a 17.2hh grey 4yr old stallion with a HUGE crest, will compliment me perfectly at 11 years old, 5ft and very skinny
house has been successfully remortgaged
thanks so much PF
you truely are enlightened
So glad it's worked out for you. You deserve to do well
Achinghips
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Dear PF,
I have a very serious problem indeed. Thing is, I want an iPad. Of course, it does mean that to get one, the horses will have to go without a few things, that will be ok, won't it?? I mean, I can cut down their hay to one slice each a day, and reduce their hard feed to a couple fo handfuls each too. Forget the vitamins, I can let them chew the wooden fence posts....and what about not bothering to have them shod anymore? I could make my own shoes, out of plastic pop bottles, and stick them on with glue! I could also use my nail-file to trim their feet, right? Someone offered to buy my tack, so will I get away with baler-twine bridles? I don't mind going bare-back, and I could flog my hat at the local carboot...
Can you suggest other money-saving tips for me, so I can get that iPad??
I have a very serious problem indeed. Thing is, I want an iPad. Of course, it does mean that to get one, the horses will have to go without a few things, that will be ok, won't it?? I mean, I can cut down their hay to one slice each a day, and reduce their hard feed to a couple fo handfuls each too. Forget the vitamins, I can let them chew the wooden fence posts....and what about not bothering to have them shod anymore? I could make my own shoes, out of plastic pop bottles, and stick them on with glue! I could also use my nail-file to trim their feet, right?
Someone offered to buy my tack, so will I get away with baler-twine bridles? I don't mind going bare-back, and I could flog my hat at the local carboot...Can you suggest other money-saving tips for me, so I can get that iPad??
Achinghips
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Everyone knows that one; it's 42
But if that answer doesn't suit you, it's also a film by Monty Python, released in 1983
Brilliant!
tallyho!
Following a strict mediterranean diet...
Achinghips
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tallyho!
Following a strict mediterranean diet...
Tears streaming down my face now
oh I know!!! Do your ribs hurt?????
foraday
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eahotson
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I am so pleased you are back papaFrita as I have a very serious problem too.I bought this poor neglected cob from a FIELD!!! with other horses!!! How bad can that be? No stable or individual turnout or anything.Of course I have him in a stable now.I have bought him loads of boots as horses legs fall off without boots right? They are all colour co ordinating naturally.We have turnout boots, flat work boots, jumping boots, cross country boots (different type of jumping!) hacking boots and boots to stand in the stable with.Don't think I have missed any.My problem is that everytime I approach him with some boots he lays his ears back and turns his bum on me.Do you think he just doesn't like the colours I have chosen? Numptie
tinaub
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It is so good to have such a wonderful advice line on this forum! I wonder if you could help me and my friend. We have just started to go hunting, and we are getting so good at plaiting that our ponies plaits stayed in all day!! We wondered, would it be alright to leave the plaits in till next season? What about tails? Please reply as soon as possible. Thanks
tallyho!
Following a strict mediterranean diet...
Really hope PF gets back to you on this as I have been wondering the same thing since October (that was the last time I did an amazing plait)
Do you reckon you could just shave off the perfact plait.... then unibond it back on when needed???
Why don't they make readyplait (TM) I'm patenting that by the way because I think it is well amazing.
Do you reckon you could just shave off the perfact plait.... then unibond it back on when needed???
Why don't they make readyplait (TM) I'm patenting that by the way because I think it is well amazing.
Kokopelli
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I love this thread!
Just read some of it for like the 100000 time and I'm still laughing.
I think PF could do with some more questions though
Just read some of it for like the 100000 time and I'm still laughing.
I think PF could do with some more questions though
irish_only
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I have a very agile colt who has learnt to jump out of his field. If on one of his forays he happens to cover one of my liveries mares, should I charge her a full stud fee or offer a discount?
skint1
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I think you should charge her double if she has a coloured foal, how lucky is that?!
narkymare
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lol so so glad this thread is back - but where is papafritta?
Piglet
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Dear PF. I have a little horse of 15hh approx, can I ask my farrier to shoe him with a pair of 4" platforms?
Natch
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Dear PF
Please can you solve an arguement I have been having with my mate. I think that gelding is inhumane and the most cruel thing ever, and so is keeping stallions locked up all day. So I keep mine in a nice big field - not that they are grateful, when they're not having some lady love with their own girls, they are off over the barbed wire fence as soon as another horse rides past, but be that as it may.
My friend says I am the victim of indiscriminate breeding. Now I don't mind being called a victim, where there's a blame there's a claim etc, but she keeps on telling me it is cruel to bring so many new lives into this world. I personally don't see the problem, as they are nice and cute and to be honest they go walkies after a while anyway.
Who is right?
Please can you solve an arguement I have been having with my mate. I think that gelding is inhumane and the most cruel thing ever, and so is keeping stallions locked up all day. So I keep mine in a nice big field - not that they are grateful, when they're not having some lady love with their own girls, they are off over the barbed wire fence as soon as another horse rides past, but be that as it may.
My friend says I am the victim of indiscriminate breeding. Now I don't mind being called a victim, where there's a blame there's a claim etc, but she keeps on telling me it is cruel to bring so many new lives into this world. I personally don't see the problem, as they are nice and cute and to be honest they go walkies after a while anyway.
Who is right?
PapaFrita
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*Creakily gets out of virtual armchair and shuffles over*
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Bow down everyone, the banana stick guru is here!
PapaFrita
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Definitely cut feed back; it's overrated anyway, as is tack. OR you could buy a cheapo saddle on Ebay; one saddle fits all, and don't let anyone tell you different! You can of course take a 15 minute barefoot course and dispense with shoes, no need to worm or vaccinate of course... in no time at all you'll have your iPadDear PF,
I have a very serious problem indeed. Thing is, I want an iPad. Of course, it does mean that to get one, the horses will have to go without a few things, that will be ok, won't it?? I mean, I can cut down their hay to one slice each a day, and reduce their hard feed to a couple fo handfuls each too. Forget the vitamins, I can let them chew the wooden fence posts....and what about not bothering to have them shod anymore? I could make my own shoes, out of plastic pop bottles, and stick them on with glue! I could also use my nail-file to trim their feet, right?
Can you suggest other money-saving tips for me, so I can get that iPad??
PapaFrita
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Doesn't the fluff clog it up? You know, like the lint catcher in a tumble-drier?
PapaFrita
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Well, it is possible that you're not matchy-matchying properly, or that the colours don't exactly complement your horse's colouring.. he may be an 'autumn' horse, but if you're using spring colours... well... the consequences could be... *gulp* that you don't... *gulp* match and he'll never forgive you. Please post photos so we can discern which season your horse is
PapaFrita
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Very good idea! The less effort you have to put into your turnout the better. You MAY have to use some super fixative or even varnish to keep them in place and properly shiny, but it'll be worth the expense and trouble in the long run.
PapaFrita
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VERY good idea. Perhaps you should velcro it on though.