tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638445321924227782.post1385337803601846079..comments2010-05-19T21:22:01.705-04:00Comments on Nervous Rider: "The Soul of a Horse"nervousriderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753665213544914095noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638445321924227782.post-21949692095407084752010-03-05T11:18:11.085-05:002010-03-05T11:18:11.085-05:00Love hearing feedback, thank you!!!
I love hearin...Love hearing feedback, thank you!!!<br /><br />I love hearing horse owner's POV on why they do what they do, as I believe we can all learn from it!nervousriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00753665213544914095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638445321924227782.post-5637034690661724322010-03-04T16:27:30.864-05:002010-03-04T16:27:30.864-05:00When I had horses growing up they lived outside 24...When I had horses growing up they lived outside 24/7 and were only blanketed if they shivered, which was pretty rare. <br /><br />Now I've got two horses from Florida that have never lived through an actual winter, and one of them has a lot of trouble keeping weight on. For this winter they've been wearing blankets (though a lot less than the other horses in the barn), I'm hoping that next winter they'll have acclimated enough not to need them. Plus I mean to have them living outside on my own property by then.smazourekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029180368325070266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638445321924227782.post-2776291392830901912010-03-04T09:58:10.916-05:002010-03-04T09:58:10.916-05:00Hey there. I'm new to your blog and totally lo...Hey there. I'm new to your blog and totally look forward to following along.<br /><br />Love this post.<br />-I am an advocate of 24/7 turn out for normal circumstances!<br />-I believe shoeing/not is subject to the horse, topography (or is it topology-- ugh and I was a geography major!), and sport. Its a subject about which I am woefully uneducated however, so my opinion's worth is little.<br />-Blanketing? I do it. I believe it is 98% for my own piece of mind... That being said, I still do it. Perhaps because I always have, and its always worked out for me. If it ain't broke don't fix it mentality...Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08558668876103778821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638445321924227782.post-16213213580263512422010-02-27T18:04:02.994-05:002010-02-27T18:04:02.994-05:00That books sounds great..I'll have to look int...That books sounds great..I'll have to look into it.<br />Agreed..shoes/blankets are a case by case situation. I'm trying now to get Laz's laminitis under control with a barefoot specialist so I'll see if it'll work for us..his shoes are not working.<br />Blanketing..I like to feel him warm and snuggly under his blanket especially being a thinner OTTB and not moving much. I think he enjoys it as well. BUT yes, some/many horses do not need it. Lucky, I say. Breed specific perhaps, I don't know. There is a large TB farm me and their horses are all unblanketed the whole winter and they appear ok, so we can only do what we think is best for our babies.Kristen Eleni Shellenbargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01458744919530540978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1638445321924227782.post-84310181151630544092010-02-21T18:10:24.108-05:002010-02-21T18:10:24.108-05:00Welcome to the blogging world, and thank you for f...Welcome to the blogging world, and thank you for following along. I haven't read the book you mention - thanks for the review. I'm not an absolutist about anything - I think his ideas are good, but I also respect the needs of the individual horse. Some horses, I believe, do need shoes - we've bred them to have poor hoof structure - and I also believe that some horses need rain sheets and blankets more than others - I have a TB that grows a thin coat and she'd never do well in our climate without blanketing. That said, his goals sound worthwhile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com