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    Yes, some of the horse medications are pretty good. I have a lot of time for Rapigel linament. Works wonders with arthritic joints both on horses and humans and also good for muscle fatigue in horses as well. Even Doctors are now prescribing it. Us Bushies have been self medicating with it for years.
    My comment about horse ownership was not meant to be flippant. As young stockmen, we were required to look after all our horse's needs. If we were unable to do that, we shot it and broke in another. The relationship one develops with an animal when you are its sole provider can become very strong. If not done properly it can become very dangerous. It never ceases to amaze me how uneducated many of the "city" horses are or how fragile the relationship between horse and rider can be. A day at a horse show can be quite amusing at times. A horse that is answerable to one person is a very different proposition to what you have been describing here. When you shoe your horse yourself, you will know if you've "pricked" it. When a farrier does it you often have no idea. If the horse plays up on the farrier he clouts it over the head with the hammer. After all, he isn't going to be riding it tomorrow, you are! Now you have a horse with , what did you call it, "Farrier syndrome."
    A race horse gets shod every race. The farrier will shoe up to about eighty per day. He has no time to gentle-educate nor the inclination. If things don't go well, the horse will soon start to react.
    Yes, you could say its a bit like a car. And therefore my statement was daft. Here is the difference; The car doesn't feel. The car doesn't think and the car doesn't see. Yes, you can drug the poor bloody thing into submission and whinge about the wait, while it comes around and the subsequent mess in the float, but that's the price one pays for incompetence.
    I don't have a horse anymore. Not because I don't like them, quite the contrary. I'ts because I don't need one. A bit like your wife and a shirt full of sore ribs.

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    Bob

    Only just seen this thread. Sorry to hear about your woes and those of SWMBO. It seems that the armour plating would have been the go: Then she would have had no bucking worries.

    I trust one and all are on the mend.

    On the subject of Throughbreds, there must be a huge number of "rejects" and the fundamental problem is they are bred for only one thing: Speed. there is little consideration for structural soundness or temperament. As RWBuild said, it is amazing that the police find enough suitable horses as they have to be literally bomb proof.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushmiller View Post
    Then she would have had no bucking worries.
    And here was I thinking you were one of the better spellers on the forum.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushmiller View Post
    Bob

    Only just seen this thread. Sorry to hear about your woes and those of SWMBO. It seems that the armour plating would have been the go: Then she would have had no bucking worries.

    I trust one and all are on the mend.
    Yep the ribs are the least of her worries now she got a flu and can even can cough without too much pain.

    Like the mens shed safety issues I try not to think about the horse thing too hard. I haven't told you 1/10th of the issues and costs involved and from my perspective it's always been a black hole for mostly her money but like I said she's happy and leaves me alone for long periods so that works for me, so I'm happy.

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    Gosh Bob, I’m sorry but I’ve also only just caught up with this thread. I hope things are improving on both the home and equine fronts?
    Im used to my SWMBO wearing the pants but you’re going to have to insist on yours wearing the jacket as well?

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    Criteria for a good horse: Catchable, shoeable, floatable, ridable, even gait, sound of lung, sure footed, soft mouthed. Anything else is a bonus.
    I used to have the same criteria for women but I found the combination of “sound of lung” and “sure footed” was eventually detrimental to my own health?

    Keep your head down Bob, it sounds dangerous over there!

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    Just remember the horse did not do a health and safety course. Even if you could sue it for damages the only thing you are likely to get out of it will go on the garden.

    Speedy and safe recovery for you both (and the horse).

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    Quote Originally Posted by fletty View Post
    I used to have the same criteria for women but I found the combination of “sound of lung” and “sure footed” was eventually detrimental to my own health?
    And there was uproar on the Opposition Benches....

    Catchable, Yes
    shoeable, Uh, maybe
    floatable, ¿Que?
    ridable, whatever do you mean
    even gait,
    sound of lung, sure footed,
    soft mouthed. ahhhh....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushmiller View Post
    As RWBuild said, it is amazing that the police find enough suitable horses as they have to be literally bomb proof.
    what it really shows, I think, is just how disposable racing "thoroughbreds" are.
    Given the duration of a police horse's working life, I'd guess that the cops get to select one from well over 100 possibles each year.
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    They would have to be very selective. Educating an older horse is no easy undertaking, particularly if that horse has pre-developed vices, like finger biting or chucking off riders. I had a horse that would pick you up by the shoulder, in his teeth and shale the s#@t out of you, if you rode him with spurs. Easy fix...no more spurs. Otherwise he was the best mannered gent you could wish for. At 17 hands he needed to be.
    Bob, please be careful. None of us are getting any younger, your good lady included. What we could handle in our youth becomes considerably reduced with age. Cracked ribs are one thing, but a broken neck or skull are much worse and quite life changing injuries. There come a time.

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    I meant more that they have a lot to choose from so can be very selective
    regards from Alberta, Canada

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