Friday, June 27, 2008
Chief, our first horse purchase
WoW! It has been 8 years since we first purchased a horse. Chief was my first riding horse. I am a green rider and he treated me well. When we moved from town to the boondocks in 2001 Chief didn't look like he was going to make it. He went down to skin and bones. We couldn't figure it out. Anyhow, he pulled out of it and is now romping the mountain side as if he was a young 10 year old (as he was in this photo) instead of 18 years old (I'll need to get an updated photo of him inserted next week). It is good to have memories with horses in them.
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Memories that include horses are the best. Chief looks great! I guess as horses age, their bellies start to sag and their backs sway. My horse, Autumn, has had a weak back for a long time and since she's in retirement it probably won't get much stronger.
Do you know how old Autumn is? When you adopted her did you have any idea her age? I think one of the posts says you have had her three years. Do you know how to look at the teeth to tell age? I have learned so much about horses the past 3 years. In particularly, when we got Nattie with her 17 day old colt, Scout. I never knew foals had milk teeth and then get their adult teeth later. I was asking about such things because Scout's front tooth was chipped. Anyhow, then I found out about the Galvayne's groove for determining the age of horses. Do you know about that?
I looked through all your photos. Very nice. Are your dogs male or female (the one's baring their teeth)? They are pretty.
The vet told me that Autumn is somewhere between 22 and 25. The people we got her from thought she was 18 then, so I suppose they were a few years off. I do know about the groove that tells age, but Autumn doesn't like her mouth messed with so I just leave it alone.
Both the dogs are males. They look pretty rough when they play, but you know dogs - always acting like wolves!
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