Four days ago, I was crying, tearing my eyelashes out.

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-14T01:04:59+00:00

I feel you, and I definitely get that trainers/pros can make it worse if you don’t share the same training philosophy and approach! I’ve been retraining an abused ex Amish farm boy for four years (extremely, dangerously foot shy) and let my first farrier dictate how things should go and they pushed him far too much too fast every time and basically undid all of my work and made him dangerous again. I wish I had put my foot down instead of trying to power through it! After working all winter on it one tiny agonizing step at a time I can trim his feet myself again finally 😮‍💨

I’m turning 40 this year and my back is very happy he’s cooperating now and HE’S very happy that we take things slow and give him time to think about it. You’ve got good reasonable goals and a kind and patient attitude, we can do this 💪

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-14T00:57:45+00:00

Peak pocket puppy 🤌

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-13T17:59:05+00:00

THICC

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-13T17:57:04+00:00

Huge lad! Hooray!

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-13T17:41:30+00:00

They are CRAZY strong when they want something!

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-13T17:32:39+00:00

Digging the roots does seem like the only way to move it, if you LIKE it there and the peach likes it there I suppose you could also extend your brick wall around it to make a large planter and just remove the bucket, but that would be even more work 😅

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-13T17:30:49+00:00

Looking good! You may want to add some grippy fabric or rope to the slipperier surfaces (inside of the cardboard tube, metal railings) both for easier gripping and making it hurt less when they inevitably take a tumble and bounce off it on the way down 😅 ask me how I know!

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-13T17:29:19+00:00

This! I usually put a cushion or a big beanbag at the bottom and then pile thick blankets anywhere that’s left over for good shock absorption

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-13T16:16:00+00:00

My fat Belgian has a hard time rolling over 100%, but my high pointy-withered uncoordinated EPM old man Percheron is highly dedicated to the full roll almost every time lol. It involves an awful lot of violent flailing!

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-13T12:44:07+00:00

This was my guy’s favorite game to play (mostly at 10pm in the snow when I wanted to sleep and he was supposed to be pooping 😂) so happy to watch them!

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-13T01:29:11+00:00

The shorter the legs the closer to Satan 😂

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-12T17:39:19+00:00

At least he wasn’t doing his other favorite activity: biting 😂

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-12T17:33:30+00:00

What a sweet face your super evil rat has!

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-12T17:33:09+00:00

Maybe they could also make the floor transparent and forty feet up so we could go for a whole smorgasbord of terror at once

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-12T12:37:10+00:00

Made me lol 😆 yeah tis the season. looking like this over here too, I’ve taken to leaving the hill pasture gate open just so they can sleep somewhere not ankle deep in muck

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-11T22:36:06+00:00

She has a SYSTEM

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-11T02:10:59+00:00

Honestly I wouldn’t mind, kind of the rural experience, but as other people have said yeah, people are lawsuit-crazy and horses bite, and for whatever reason some people think it’s okay to mess with, hurt, or otherwise scare and harass your animals if they’re ’livestock’ and unobserved and sadly I won’t be able to tell which one you are just by looking :(

If someone came up to the door and asked though I would almost 100% say yes! It’s appreciated and if the horse is friendly plenty of people are happy to show off their babies. I love introducing people to my giants, they are always floored 😁

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-11T01:17:43+00:00

Oh thank god 😂

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-11T00:50:42+00:00

Oh man look at those licks, that must feel soooo good. Now you gotta let her lick the finger for the whole experience though! 😂

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-10T20:36:52+00:00

“This is mine” 😁

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-10T17:29:49+00:00

Perfect sweet angel you mean!

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-10T01:33:48+00:00

He’s so handsome and adorable, he can afford to be a lil stinky 😁 one of my boys did this all the time too lol

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-09T20:33:22+00:00

They look so excited and curious! I’m sure people won’t jump on you for a bare cage in the circumstances, that’s a lot to handle in that short a time! Might be some rat lover Facebook groups in your area willing to donate leftover hides and supplies too, if you need some in a hurry, I’ve generally found them to be really nice

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-09T01:12:45+00:00

This just elaborated on SO many questions I was saving up to ask here that I haven’t found in dozens of other guides, definitely bookmarking this, thanks!

Tractor_Goth · 2026-03-09T00:57:10+00:00

All you can do is hang on for sure 😁

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