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My colt...

katrina

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RoperAB

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Nice yearling
What colour is he? Kind of looks like he is wet. His mane and tail almost look like they have sorrel in them but its hard to tell from the photo.
 

katrina

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Thanks everyone...
Took me a week to get hime to trust me to get a halter on. He would strike at me.. Now he is really kind, once I got him halter broke, I could do anything with him,,, Never once raised a leg to kick me. And I can pick up all four feet... He didn't shed off vary well so I clipped him with the electric clippers and he was just fine.... Before I turned him out, him and I would walk every morning.....
 

RoperAB

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What colours does he have in his mane and tail? I havnt really seen a horse coloured like that before. Or is it just the photo? It looks like sorrel running through them?
 

katrina

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He is just a plain jane buckskin.. No sorrel...It's the way the light hit his tail.. It's all black... His daddy is standing across the fence... The other buckskin....
 

Faster horses

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I've seen lots of young buckskin horses with that 'yellow' in their mane and tail. I think it eventually leaves. It looks like just some bleached out hair. I don't remember seeing it on full grown buckskins so maybe it is
just something to do with baby-to-maturity type thing. Sure keeps their mane and tail hair from looking bright and shiney, but it will go away. IMO
 

katrina

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You're prolly right Fh. He didn't shed vary well off this spring. That's why I clipped him. And I had a heck of a time keeping him fat. Usually with showing horses I can do it.That's why I turned him out.. They do better... I will get him in this fall and start working with him so maybe instead of taking him to the trainers I'll just start him myself..
 

Faster horses

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I have learned that teeth problems can keep colts from shedding among other things. Our horseman friends tell us that if you have their teeth checked before they are 2 year olds, and have any problems taken care of, they get along the rest of their life with very little trouble. And I don't mean checked by a cow vet; most just don't have the knowledge or the tools to properly work on their mouth.

It's real common for young horses not to completely lose the caps on their teeth when they shed them and it can cause a lot of different things.
We bought a 4 year old once and he didn't act quite right, nice horse and all, but just something not right. We have an equine dentist right across the line into North Dakota and we had him checked. His teeth were a mess from not losing the caps. Big waves in his mouth. Took quite a bit of work to get them leveled off. Made a big difference in his attitude and response.

We partnered on a Firewater Flit son this spring that is an incredibly nice horse. Our friend has him in Texas and thought there was something bothering him a bit, not sure what it was. He is very knowledgeable and had an equine dentist take a look. His teeth were a mess. He had hooks in the front. Dave said he'd never seen that before. They did some major work on that horses mouth. In fact the dentist said he wouldn't be able to eat well for a week, but by the 3rd day he was eating. And he is so much more relaxed and fluid now.
Amazing what teeth can cause.

We sold some horses to a fellow in California seveal years ago and he said the first thing he does when he gets the horses home is to get their teeth checked and worked on. Makes big changes in the horses according to him.

I really think this and getting their sheath cleaned is conductive to happy
horses. The calvery used to clean their horses sheaths twice a week when they were marching. Arena horses especially need this done because of the dust in the arena. Dirty sheaths can horses to completely stop working. Cutting horses even, will stop cutting if it is bad enough.
It's a big deal and should be taught to these 4H kids as part of taking care of their horses. I know people who have never heard of it before.

If it is possible to get the teeth checked it is preventative maintenance.
 

katrina

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You are so right... I had him by himself and I don't think he liked it at all. Walked the fence alot. And with haying, I wouldn't have time to fool with him. So I just turned him back out with his mamma...
 

Faster horses

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Our friend trains barrel horses at Aubrey, Texas.

The Firewater Flits are in demand because of Firewater Flit passing away.
So we bought this one to resell, to the 'right' person of course.
Heck we don't sell horses, we 'PLACE' them! :wink:

This horse had a little problem that we were aware of. It is all taken care of now and the mouth deal was part of that little problem. So he's ready to go now. We have had him since April, but we weren't in any big hurry to sell him. Wanted to get him fixed and comfy first.

He is a buckskin too, and really broke. He runs a great barrell pattern. That's what our partner will sell him as. He likes him well enough
to keep him for himself and that's saying a lot because he sees and rides
lots of barrel horses.
 

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