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It's Guinea Pig Angie...."I'm just a Guinea Pig blowing in the wind" !!!!   (While strapped to the top of the station wagon in a wire cage.)

 

Jody

rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

> ..I agree totally and what I neglected to mention is that 
> > some of those "pacey" bloodlines are definitely the ones to avoid. 
>
> Was chatting with vet who was out to geld 7 today (Yeah!) and he started
> talking about the Standardbred racing farm that used to be down the road
> (big deal farm in its day, stallion "Steady Star" set world record) He
> said it seemed those horses were never just lame in one place, it was
> always two...not so much the pacers though. Do ya'll just dislike the
> pace because it's not as smooth as the singlefoot? Is it worse than a
> trot? Am I the only one who ever read "Oklahoma Pacer"
>  in their school
> library? 
>
> By the way, when he gelded 7 he tried to show me thickening scar tissue
> where the testicles had been damaged at some time, probably kicked (bet
> that hurt) or something and he doubted he would have been fertile. All
> that trouble for the poor horse to be kept a stallion for nothing, glad
> we put an end to that. Managed to trim his feet while he was knocked out.
> Doesn't have quite the platter feet I'd feared. :-)
>
> I hung a pretty powerful fan up to blow across his stall to keep the
> flies off him. None of my others like it directly on them and avoid it.
> He walks over and stands with his nose reaching up to the fan and just
> lets it whip his mane around. I think Jody calls it the "Hamster in the
> wind" look? (I didn't see Dr. Dolittle"). This week I think I'll just see
> how much crap I can throw in his stall for him to get used to. Walking on
> a tarp, piece of plywood, etc. He can learn about that while he's
>  sore I
> recon. :-)
>
> Angie
>
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