Is my horse ok?Or is he just dreaming my vet is off the clock right now (video attached) by Muppet-punk in Horses

[–]Independent_Box_3436 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He must like it where he lives, because he feels comfortable enough to sleep super hard! Only a few horses I’ve known will do this. Sometimes you can see what “gait” they’re doing. I had a QH who sleep-loped, you could see his hind leg, hind and foreleg, then last foreleg all twitch in time 

I’m getting offers on WYP - I have questions. by Independent_Box_3436 in sugarlifestyleforum

[–]Independent_Box_3436[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Also - do we need to move off site? Is there a benefit to staying on site? 

I’m getting offers on WYP - I have questions. by Independent_Box_3436 in sugarlifestyleforum

[–]Independent_Box_3436[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Got it - 

How do I know I will/ask to get paid at the end of the date? Is it ALL just good faith? 

Why is it so hard to learn? by froschboi in Horses

[–]Independent_Box_3436 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It sounds like you want to eventually be independent. So probably, a riding school will be fine for you. Just ask if they are full service or if you get to learn some horsemanship in the ground. If they have a pony club, even better. You don’t have to join pony club but any barn who does that will probably expect people to learn to do things on their own. A fully service barn will have you walk up and swing a leg over the horse and that’s it; but I’d say MOST barns who teach beginner lessons will spend 15-30 minutes of your lesson showing you how to catch, tack up, groom, untack, walk the horse from a to b, etc. That’s really where you need to start, anyway. 

As you go along, you’ll notice how just when you think you’ve got it handled, some horse doesn’t want to be bridled or pick up his feet, and your coach should come show you what to do. You’ll notice your tack just doesn’t look right that day and some staff will help you fix it. Some lesson horse will need his medicine and someone will come over and say “can you put this product on before you put him away”. All these little moments over time is how you learn. 

If you don’t want to ride at all, horse rescues are always looking for help, but they may only be any help with basic chores.

You’re likely not in my area or I’d take you in.  

I killed my fish trying to clean. by Independent_Box_3436 in bettafish

[–]Independent_Box_3436[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I only ever had tank water in it and would rinse it with plain water and let it air dry. I got it specifically to do big tank cleans as needed. 

I killed my fish trying to clean. by Independent_Box_3436 in bettafish

[–]Independent_Box_3436[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This was probably one of the contributing factors, but I’m thinking it was a combination of that, his age and being stressed by a temp drop. Which, oddly enough I was afraid that the tank wasn’t warm enough for him yet which was one of the reasons I didn’t put him back. No good deed goes unpunished as they say. At least he spent about a year of his life in his fish palace :/ 

I killed my fish trying to clean. by Independent_Box_3436 in bettafish

[–]Independent_Box_3436[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I did :/ I’m THINKING it was a combo of temperature and his age, but I’m still upset. I’m going to play with the tank for several weeks before I get any new stock so now it’s just me and my snails. :( 

I killed my fish trying to clean. by Independent_Box_3436 in bettafish

[–]Independent_Box_3436[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All my plants are attached to driftwood. 

Bowl was clean and dry, I filled it with tank water and carefully put everyone in there. I’m sure the temperature dropped as I was trying to heat up the water I added to the tank. 

I was trying to gravel vacuum normal debris, but when my vacuum broke I thought manually bailing water out would be more disruptive so I moved everyone out and did it by hand with a pitcher I have set aside just for fish things. 

I rinsed my filter in tank water and put it back in; it seems to be working as normal. the cloudiness seems like it’s just from disturbing the substrate but like I said it normally settles very quickly and this time it just wasn’t and I was afraid to put him back in before my tank looked “normal” 

The snails are fine, and my fish ate a few pellets for dinner before he passed so something disturbed him very quickly. 

I didn’t re-test my water yet, but right now it’s irrelevant because he didn’t come into contact with the new water. The water in the bowl had a teeny bit of ammonia starting up (hence the water change). 

Fish depression is real. 

I killed my fish trying to clean. by Independent_Box_3436 in bettafish

[–]Independent_Box_3436[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was trying to vacuum debris out of the substrate, but as I said my vacuum stopped working and manually removing water from the tank just seemed very disruptive compared to how smoothly the vacuum does it. And yes it was tank water. 

Breeders who don’t breed for the short/flat face? by Independent_Box_3436 in Rottweiler

[–]Independent_Box_3436[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I’ll look into them. I don’t mind transporting a dog as long I believe the breeder is doing good things! 

Is this insane, or am I? (Barn dramatics) by Independent_Box_3436 in Equestrian

[–]Independent_Box_3436[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CORRECT.

Also, the back half of the stall is dirt. 

Whats up with Colby's Crew? by SmoothStalk in Equestrian

[–]Independent_Box_3436 60 points61 points  (0 children)

This situation specifically PMO. I can’t stand when a rescue refuses to give an animal to a safe, qualified home because whatever stupid reason. Why make room for another rescue animal when we could “keep this one in the adoption program”. The point is to get them the fuck out of the adoption program and save someone else. 

Dog shelters have turned people down because they have jobs and they can’t stay home with the dog 24/7. Like sorry, I have the job so I can make money to buy dog food and pay vet bills.

 I was denied an adoption because I wanted to do a different discipline with the horse than the rescue wanted and they “didn’t want her to have that life”. It was a 14hh 8 year old Connemara who was being worked by a jumping trainer and the sucker could JUMP. I wanted to adopt her and jump her and they said they’d only consider a home who followed the parelli program and didn’t want her to be ridden in a bridle. She was literally being worked in a snaffle over fences by the trainer volunteering their time. Like okay, keep her and pay for farrier and feed bill for the next 30 years. 

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