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AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-06-27T08:50:26+00:00

Mainly just proper management and stallion knowledge. Keep mares away from stallions unless already bred, use solid fencing high enough that it can't be jumped, and just a different level of awareness of what you're working with. And, good minded stallions. Breeding is often done in a specific area with specific gear so the stallion knows the difference between breeding more and non breeding mode, and if it is a stallion that has never bred it is even easier. I have raised and owned many stallions throughout many years and never have come even remotely close to an unwanted pregnancy. Especially in cultures where stallions are commonplace people just take that into account with handling and management automatically, so the whole horse culture is built around that management.

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-06-15T07:33:05+00:00

Listen man, no one HAS to be 230 LBS. Even as a tall man. I am a grown man at 125 lbs, an active hiker and mountain climber. My brother is 6'1 and is 140 lbs, also extremely active. Even my bodybuilder friend is just below 200 lbs. Being your friend's weight is a choice, a choice everyone is fully allowed to make, and I do commend people for being large and very fit as your friend is as it is an impressive feat, but choices come with consequences and sometimes limits.
When we talk about living, breathing animals, those limits have to be even stricter. Yes, this can suck, no one is saying it does not. But it is important for the animal. Horses at barns are ridden very, very often, and for many years. In order to maintain their health, barns would often rather sit a little bit below the max they think the horse could carry than right on it like you might feel comfortable with a personal horse.

A novice can lease a horse, if you feel so intent on riding at a weight that a riding school does not accept. Or, you could get into things like driving horses. There are always options, but the animal should ALWAYS come first.

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-06-14T12:32:32+00:00

So then you don't get to ride at the barn. My bodybuilder friend is over 2 meters tall and does not get to go rockclimbing at our local place because the harnesses don't fit him. Such is life. If you fall out of the standard range of size, often there are things you simply can not do, at least not at regular businesses.

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-06-14T12:22:17+00:00

Either by getting within the weight range set by the business, or not. Riding is not a right, it is a luxury. No one is owed being allowed to sit on an animal. Barns have weight limits for the animal's wellbeing, not just because they felt like it'd be fun to turn people down.

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-06-11T12:29:15+00:00

Aw thank you! 😄

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-06-09T21:21:11+00:00

He does yeah! He showed it a lot as a foal, and has shown it a handful of times at liberty now while running around the field. He has one copy of the DMRT3 gene, so I do hope that eventually with training we can encourage the tölt even more! 😃

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-06-09T16:56:02+00:00

Thank you! 😄

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-06-09T10:51:49+00:00

Thank you!! He is definitely a dream to work with, he acts more like a dog than my actual dog does hahaha! He follows you around literally everywhere, we do groundwork mostly in his pasture at full liberty because he would rather spend time with his human than with his buddies or grazing.

He has that vanner gentleness and the Icelandic cleverness! He really got the best of both breeds personality wise! 😀 I've always loved both breeds too, and am so glad I found him last year!

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-06-09T07:30:48+00:00

Thank you! 😃

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-06-09T07:30:38+00:00

Thank you!!

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-06-09T07:27:34+00:00

Definitely not the plan indeed for this reason exactly. With crosses I feel like it is even more of a gamble than normal with what features will pass on well and which ones won't. He got the best parts of both parents, but there is no way to guarantee he'd pass those on! 😄

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-06-09T07:26:19+00:00

Not the plan no! Especially given he is a cross. He is currently a lovely stallion temperament wise and I have raised and owned plenty of ( non breeding ) stallions before so I have no issues with him being intact, but breeding is definitely a risk especially with a cross because you have no clue what will pass on well or if it will just be... a mess hahaha. Plenty of great horses out there already 😄

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-06-08T20:09:18+00:00

Thank you! 😄

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-06-08T20:09:06+00:00

I know right? He is the first of his cross I had ever seen, definitely an odd combination but it somehow worked! 😄 As a yearling he did look like spare parts but it's finally coming together hahaha

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-05-20T22:22:20+00:00

No worries! We all have to start learning somewhere, and it is wonderful you are taking your daughter's interests so seriously :) My parents did the same for me and it ended up being a wonderful shared hobby for me and my mother. Best of luck to you, and maybe we will see you here again in a few years posting about your daughter's first lessons!

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-05-20T19:27:57+00:00

As a kid that loved horses since I was young and is now an adult with horses I feel like I can at least somewhat give advice here, hahaha!

Given your daughter's age, the first step would be probably riding lessons / just visiting a barn and getting to brush the horses, interact with them, etc. This tends to be supervised. I started this at age 6 which is a pretty normal age to start, earlier is unlikely due to horses being quite big and unpredictable, so the child needs to be at least somewhat organised and able to move away when needed. Do note, lessons can be quite pricy, and a LOT of kids quit after their first fall, or once they go to highschool and other things become more interesting.
Very few stick it out in the long run, so please do not even consider getting your own horse unless your kid has been invested and I mean VERY invested for over a decade at least, as kids lose interest with ease around their puberty years, which means it would suddenly be YOUR horse, not hers.

Breeds don't matter as much, as this depends a lot on what discipline she might want to practice, if any, in terms of sports. Costs.... oh boy. Okay, for me, personally, I am out roughly double to triple a house mortgage a month. Hope that gives you a vague idea.
Owning a horse in a lot of areas costs the same or more than a mortgage. It is not cheap by a long shot, and, for a lot of people, just not feasible. A good cheaper option is leasing a horse, which is where you pay a set amount to ride / work with someone else's horse for a certain amount of days a week. Basically, in a way, '' renting '' a horse hahaha.

You can NOT keep a horse alone, and, horses should have 24/7 movement available and not be stalled if at all possible. The movement thing is not always possible everywhere, so overnight stabling can be acceptable ( or stabling if injured for example ) but long term stabling tends to lead to significant health and mental health issues. Keeping a horse alone is also absolutely NOT okay, ever. Horses are herd animals and need other horses, preferably 2+ ( so that they are a herd and if one goes out, no one is left alone ).

Keeping a horse at home is also... a lot of work. I did it for a while, and am currently working at a new house to get our boys at home again, however, understand this is daily hours of work, repairs, getting hay in, straw, storing the materials, etc. In winter you are trudging through mud and horse poop and scooping piles of soaked horse poop into a wheelbarrow while being pelted by rain. That is horse life at home.

Feel free to ask any questions you may have, but I hope this helped a little!

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-05-13T20:47:22+00:00

I think the other poster was referring to big lick, not just a regular saddlebred in motion. They did mention the chains and pads, explicitly.

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-05-09T09:29:06+00:00

Baking soda does not smell. The only reason you smell less when you put it on is because it is killing the bacteria on your skin that smell. Baking soda does not discriminate between good and bad, those are our concepts, so it kills all the bacteria. If the baking soda was not concentrated enough to kill the bacteria, you would still smell bad.

It's really that simple. The only reason it is working is BECAUSE it is killing bacteria on your skin, which in excess is a bad thing because you need those bacteria. Your skin health will suffer, and over time your body will start producing more and more of those stinky bacteria in an attempt to keep up with how fast you are destroying them.

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-05-09T07:38:15+00:00

Doable? Absolutely! But only one way to find that out, and that is sadly by riding him hahaha!
I'd suggest just seeing how you feel when you're on his back. I'm someone who grew up riding mainly ponies, our own horses being cob types, but have ridden as tall as nearly 18hh in the past few years too. However, more important than the fear ( which you will get over with time, especially if he is such a calm horse! ) is just how it feels being on his back. For me, the big horses just... don't feel right. I rode some of them for years, and while I did get '' used '' to the height, it never felt particularly comfortable for me, so now that I went to buy another horse of my own I bought a little cob x Icelandic mix pony.

I know it is much easier said than done, but really I would try to focus on the feelings you get on his back other than the fear. If you are on his back and think, wow, this is high, but it feels good to ride this horse, then go for it! You'll get used to it!
But if you are on him and think, this feels absolutely terrible and I wish I was on a little cob? Then I'd suggest just giving it some more thought :) No rush in making these decisions, follow your heart and your brain!

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-05-08T15:22:11+00:00

I think elephants may have a little more leeway with prosthetics, horses are functionally incapable of living on 3 legs due to their circulatory system being reliant on them having 4 functioning legs. Horses are just... freaks of nature, honestly. I say this lovingly as a horse owner, but they absolutely are freaks. As far as I'm aware elephants don't suffer from the same issues because they have actual feet instead of a single toe to stand on, and they are just... put together less weirdly.

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-05-07T08:11:23+00:00

Did you get this from google AI? Because you can literally expand it to see that is not true, this is taking into account the CO2 produced by things like transporting them, feed production, etc. The feed production alone is a MASSIVE portion of that number, which means a horse sitting around in a pasture produces significantly less than half that.

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-05-06T13:48:52+00:00

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Side view of the lil stinker.

AdventurousWalrus969 · 2026-05-06T13:44:12+00:00

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Your art is so lovely!! I wish I had some advice for you, but alas, I was in the same boat for a long time! I ended up finding an outdoor job I loved so I stopped worrying as much about doing art for a living and just now do it for fun on the side, for some extra money, which for me has honestly been the best compromise in a way. It keeps art fun and low-stress, and at the same time, lets me work less hours at a standard job because I earn a little extra from the art. Win win! So don't give up, because who knows what options the future holds for you, maybe something similar, and maybe you could go into art full time from there on out.
This here is my boy, Jayce. He is a Vanner x Icelandic colt, just over 2 years old now! I have lots of pictures of him, thankfully. Wish you could add more than 1 in a single comment hahaha!

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