• CHAOS :rolleyes:

    Maya yesterday racing around with Charlie. They wind each other up so much :rolleyes:

  • Houston

    Wow…amazing pictures..I love how strong Charlie looks..


  • With all due respect, you're not worried about Charlie stomping Maya? Magnum loved to romp with the horses across the road, but I was so anxious about him getting stomped, I made him stop… (They're not my horses, so I have no say in their behavior.)

    Pretty Horse + Pretty Dog = Pretty Pics!


  • Charlies a proper little chunky horse, he's fab 😃

    Charlie has grown up with the dogs (i've had him 14 years!) and the dogs have grown up with him 😃 They have a mutual respect 😉 I often take a dog or two on my rides with Charlie so no, i dont worry about him stomping on them 😃


  • There is just NOTHING like being in the presence of a horse running free (as opposed to racing, don't talk to me about that!).


  • Racing horses? I know a breeder who quit showing horses just to race them. Got her son into it also. 50-100 miles over a weekend and she loved it. I know, different racing. You really do become one with the horse over those miles and really do have to care for them.
    Da Mac


  • Great pictures Jess… My OJ loved horses... and always loved when we would go to the one coursing field that had a bunch of horses... now my Maggii on the other hand "hated them"... and would nip their noses.


  • @DaMac:

    Racing horses? I know a breeder who quit showing horses just to race them. Got her son into it also. 50-100 miles over a weekend and she loved it. I know, different racing. You really do become one with the horse over those miles and really do have to care for them.
    Da Mac

    What I am really against is thoroughbred horse racing. I feel (my feelings) it's just not right to have a 2 year old horse pounding around a track injuring themselves. Those bones are still too soft. I'm not a fan of it for older horses either.

    What you're talking about in my mind is fine, again as long as the horse is ready for it. Yes, I agree - it's a different type of 'racing' - more like an outward bound experience that does engage both rider and horse closely together, caring for each other.

    I miss riding, but after an accident injuring my back, I was warned to put that activity to rest. 😞 But, if Kipawa gets big enough to ride…. 😃


  • I've always found that my Basenjis have an affinity with horses. Lovely pictures and Charlie looks a cracker.


  • Wow, great pictures!


  • Fantastic pictures, it's great to see different species getting on together like that.


  • Gorgeous Pictures! I noticed the white brand on Charlie Is he a mustang?


  • Just out of curiosity - what happened to Charlie's chest? It looks like the hair is missing in a big strip across the front.


  • Love your pics!


  • Thanks all, glad you liked the photos 😃

    @Whoalookitsme:

    Gorgeous Pictures! I noticed the white brand on Charlie Is he a mustang?

    Thats a freezemark for identification if he were stolen. He's a connemara, a native irish breed.

    @bewler:

    Just out of curiosity - what happened to Charlie's chest? It looks like the hair is missing in a big strip across the front.

    Rug rub :rolleyes:


  • Great Pictures! My dog Spranky used to play whit my Shetland pony?s but they were way too enthousiastic so Spranky was always staying a few meters away from them 😃


  • As in pony? Connemara? I had a 1/2 when I was a Junior rider years and years ago… he seems a bit bigger?


  • Charlie is only 14.2 😃 He's a proper old fashioned type though so built like a tank. He looks and rides a lot bigger than he is 😃

  • First Basenji's

    The pictures are great!! My daughter is raising a lamb for 4-H. She keeps him at a friends ranch. Mojo loves to chase the lambs- he likes to try to round them up and get them back in their pen. The only problem? I have to run and keep up with him- I keep him on his leash- I'm not comfortable letting him run with the lambs. I'm scared he'll get to close and get trampled. Maybe I'm just a worry wart!!!!


  • Great pictures Jess 🙂

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