Billingsley99 Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Lostin76 said: Good to hear. And bless you for taking such good care of him. Good old boy. 13 years old 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted August 23, 2022 Report Share Posted August 23, 2022 Have a cat that spends most of its time outside patrolling the perimeter. It was a stray that now keeps all other strays away thank goodness. Had a neighbor that let its pit mix run around untethered. Got in our yard one day and the cat attacked it and won. She got bit on the head and split her scalp open. Got a rabbit later that day. The thing is a beast. Get her fixed up and she looks even more intimidating. It's the gray one. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted September 1, 2022 Report Share Posted September 1, 2022 He is not a happy boy. Mom drove through jeep to work this morning and the rules are no one takes the jeep without giving Knight a ride. He sat there in that position for at least 15 minutes. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 We brought our newest guy home from training. We were following my wife's trainer who hauled him for us... As we're going down 242, at a stoplight, our horse is looking at a motorcycle... I could read his mind... "Iron horse, huh? Think you can outrun the real thing? Well... Do ya, punk?" 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 39 minutes ago, IUFLA said: We brought our newest guy home from training. We were following my wife's trainer who hauled him for us... As we're going down 242, at a stoplight, our horse is looking at a motorcycle... I could read his mind... "Iron horse, huh? Think you can outrun the real thing? Well... Do ya, punk?" Reading a new book from Geraldine Brooks called “Horse.” It switches back and forth between a racehorse in the mid-late 19th century and present day. Really good book so far. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 22 minutes ago, Lostin76 said: Reading a new book from Geraldine Brooks called “Horse.” It switches back and forth between a racehorse in the mid-late 19th century and present day. Really good book so far. Horses have an interesting dynamic... We have a gelding (the white one, who we rescued... He'll be going to a new home soon) and a mare (middle) that get along pretty well. The mare is the alpha... Our newest guy is a gelding as well (but I think he was gelded late, as he still has some stallion tendencies) but for now we're keeping them in separate pastures. If we didn't, there'd be trouble... We'll keep them like this probably until the white gelding gets his new home... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madison22 Posted October 27, 2022 Report Share Posted October 27, 2022 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted October 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2022 16 hours ago, Madison22 said: Awesome! You got a good one there, Madison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drroogh Posted October 27, 2022 Report Share Posted October 27, 2022 16 hours ago, Madison22 said: Super dog or is that a hover jacket? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted October 27, 2022 Report Share Posted October 27, 2022 18 hours ago, Madison22 said: Gonna need some more details on this pupper! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 My wife convinced me to foster another rescue kitten. I was hesitant, but this little kitten is definitely winning me over. Our dachshund rescue Edie is obsessed with her and the kitten seems pretty into her as well. At night she sleeps on my chest just under my beard, so I can’t move. But that’s okay with me. Am going to be bummed when she is adopted out, but we can’t have another cat in our small apartment. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 Another picture of the goofball. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 @Lostin76 My wife fell in love with a "stray" about 12 years ago. Until a kid was looking for his cat and it was the one we were taking care of. So she talked me in to adopting one cat from a shelter. And now, well.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steubenhoosier Posted November 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 14 months after we lost our Golden, we rescued this guy. Miniature Aussie/poodle. Not quite 3 months old and smart as a whip. This is a rare quiet time Bailey is a joy! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Hoopsier Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Power went out as I planned for our football beat down. I asked my boy Hunter what to do. Ha casually said, “no power? Meh, so what! Chase a different squirrel”. This dog knows his shit! 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaybobHoosier Posted November 16, 2022 Report Share Posted November 16, 2022 He was enjoying me being home on vacation today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluegrassIU Posted November 16, 2022 Report Share Posted November 16, 2022 1 hour ago, JaybobHoosier said: He was enjoying me being home on vacation today. He must be beat from all the holiday decorating! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lostin76 Posted November 16, 2022 Report Share Posted November 16, 2022 One of our foster kittens was adopted Monday night and someone is coming to pick up the other one on Thursday. I think my wife has a signed up for two more kittens this weekend to foster. The way she convinced me was saying, “If we foster two kittens, it really saves four. We take the two from the rescue organization and then they have room to rescue two more.” I’m a sucker for animals. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWB Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) On 8/22/2022 at 2:20 PM, IUFLA said: Is he keeping it on his land? If not, then the boarding can be anywhere from $300-$900 per month...Pasture boarding is the cheapest. They simply stay out all the time and pretty much graze. Full board is where they put them in a stall at night, and feed them hay and grain... If your friend has land, then of course that's no factor...Just gotta worry about feeding, bedding, and vet visits. We turn ours out to graze during the day, and bring them into their stalls at night. I put about 3 flakes (There's about 9 flakes in each bale) of hay in each stall for overnight munching. Hay is about $11 bucks a bale here right now, delivered. We also feed them grain 2 times a day. They go through a bag of grain a week. Grain is about $25 per bag. We change out the bedding in their stalls every other day (we muck them every day). Pine shavings are about $7 a bag and will cover 2 stalls. Vet visits normally twice a year for shots, teeth floating, and sheath cleaning for the geldings. That's usually around $300-$500 per visit, depending on what they get done. Of course, it's cheaper to trailer them to the vet, than have the vet come to your house. And the farrier comes about every 6 weeks to either trim their hooves or put on new shoes if they wear them. You overlook that part, and the vet will be making extra visits...and he's not as cheap as the farrier...Costs about $50 per horse for trims, and $200 if they get 4 shoes. Believe it or not, you're getting off cheap Mr IUFLA. I live in "horse country" in SC, and boarding (with feed) can run up to $@2-3k / month. No kidding. Farriers and Vets are in high demand and they know it, and charge accordingly. One of neighbor friends spends $4k+ / mo on her horse. I thought boats and golf were expensive hobbies. Not even close. Good thing I like to look at horses rather than own them. We live in an Equestrian neighborhood. 5-10 acre lots. I think we're only 1 of 2 property owners without horses. Everybody else has 1-10 of the critters. Edited November 20, 2022 by DWB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 On 11/16/2022 at 7:58 AM, Lostin76 said: One of our foster kittens was adopted Monday night and someone is coming to pick up the other one on Thursday. I think my wife has a signed up for two more kittens this weekend to foster. The way she convinced me was saying, “If we foster two kittens, it really saves four. We take the two from the rescue organization and then they have room to rescue two more.” I’m a sucker for animals. Be careful. They can add up quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, DWB said: Believe it or not, you're getting off cheap Mr IUFLA. I live in "horse country" in SC, and boarding (with feed) can run up to $@2-3k / month. No kidding. Farriers and Vets are in high demand and they know it, and charge accordingly. One of neighbor friends spends $4k+ / mo on her horse. I thought boats and golf were expensive hobbies. Not even close. Good thing I like to look at horses rather than own them. We live in an Equestrian neighborhood. 5-10 acre lots. I think we're only 1 of 2 property owners without horses. Everybody else has 1-10 of the critters. Whoa 🙂 That's much higher than anyplace I know around here or when we boarded in Chicagoland... I have a friend/co-worker whose wife owns a prestigious eventer barn in the Fort Worth area, and I know she charges $1,200 for full board. I tell my friend she finances his aviation habit 😁 But, if people will pay it, that's the very basis of capitalism... Edited November 20, 2022 by IUFLA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWB Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Whoa 🙂 That's much higher than anyplace I know around here or when we boarded in Chicagoland... Aiken, SC is THE horse capital of the US. People come here from all over the country to partake in competitions, shows, polo tournaments, steeplechases, the whole 9 yards. Aiken is only 8-10,000 people at most, and I bet we have close to 20 polo fields. They just build a multi-million $$$ steeplechase facility a mile from our house. Use it 2-3 times a year. But it's packed when they do use it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted November 21, 2022 Report Share Posted November 21, 2022 After 2.5 years my tortie is starting to be social. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted November 30, 2022 Report Share Posted November 30, 2022 Im waiting for my wife's new dresser to arrive. I, uh, took the old one apart you might say. Anyway, new dresser will go where the guitar and mirror is. And I'm throwing that lamp away too. In the meantime 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted December 6, 2022 Report Share Posted December 6, 2022 Not actually pets, but we have a couple of pretty cool birds that have taken up residence on the property... A Pileated Woodpecker And a Red Shouldered Hawk Not that I'm a bird expert... If you look at the pictures in Microsoft Lens, it'll identify them for you 🙂 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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