Horses

[pete46]

1. Horses Are Large Animals With The I.q. Of A Retarded Dog.
2. I Love Horses Anyway!
3. I'm Look'n At Tucker's Hoof; Bigu'n Don't Like Tucker!
4. Bigu'n Chases Tucker .
5.tucker Spins Me Into The Ground Like A Lawn Dart!
6. Yep I'm Look'n At Surgury # 3 On The Old Right Knee!
7. Moral Seperate The Horses And Tie Them When You Play Vet!

[Brian C.]

And people ask me why I dont shoe horses.

[tzonoqua]

Sorry about your knee Pete46
Been a while since I had one of my own so this one will do for the moment. She doesn't kick, rear or bite, but is not half as fun to ride...

[Finnr]

Colleen: As always beautiful work. I love seeing what you are making!
Finnr

[steve sells]

my little brother and his wife raise Morgans. they also have, for pleasure a paint, an arab, and a southwestern buro (looks a lot like me and little brother I am told)

Why it is the people see you in a forge and assume we can shoe their horses? I dont mind helping my sister in law and brother. but they say they need size oo or 5 to replace what is on there now, or whatever and I get looked at funny when I am clueless?

Just a fast rant.... I feel better now , Sorry yer Lame Pete, do we have to shoot you now ?

[pete46]

Thanks Everyone .colleen I Agree With Finnr That Is Fine!
Steve: Maybe I Could Just Be Put Out To Pasture For A Year Our Twenty
ps I'M NOT A FARRIER EITHER,BUT THEY HAVE MY RESPECT!
DEALING WITH OTHER PEOPLES HORSES IS LIKE DEALING WITH OTHER PEOPLES KIDS !
SPEAKING OF KIDS !MY 5yr.old niece Riley ;thinks uncle pete is soooo fuunnyyy! The way he flops and beats his head on the ground!
OH I WAS BABY SITTING THAT DAY!

[tzonoqua]

Thanks, guys... my horse is not a patch on the real thing though!

I nearly became a farrier, well, I went so far as to enrol in college for it back when I was in Canada- before it was due to start they informed me they were no longer going to run the course due to lack of interest... (apparently I was the only one who enrolled!!) I used to ride and show Appaloosas, and sold my last horse an Appaloosa/Quarter horse mare named Jammer and used the money to go travelling, that was over 15 years ago. (and consequently I only discovered Blacksmithing 9 years ago)

The point of this story is that Jammer was born with a slightly turned in rear right hoof, which when I took her on at the age of four, (she was gifted to me as a ''problem child'' with a penchant for rearing) I discovered that it could have been corrected if she had been properly shod, but as it had been neglected was now permanent. She wasn't a "problem child'' really, she just needed some extra attention.

Moral of this story- Farriers have my respect also.

oh yes, and if only I had a penny for the number of times people come into my shop and see all the ornamental stuff and still ask," so how do you like shoeing horses?"

[pete46]

The Second Thing Out Of My Mouth When I Say
'i Do Blacksmith'n " Is "i Don't Shoe Horses" !

[ThomasPowers]

My smithing hat has the horseshoe with the red circle and slash on it front and center and I usually get the same comments/questions

My stock answer is: "Horses are *bigger* than I am and *dumber* than I am and that's just too scarey a combination for me!"

If they are really interested in the differences I can go into the history of the crafts and that on the american fronteir there would often be only one smith and he did a bit of everything. For older folks I can remind them of the *old* westerns where there was both a blacksmith shop and a forge at the livery stable showing the split of the crafts.

[pete46]

Very Good Idea I Should Get A Stack Of T- Shirts Like That!