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Category Archives: News
Slippers? From Hay string!
Another use for the hay string – and the latest project?
Imprinting Foals
I have, in the past, actually foaled out some of our mares –
Posted in Articles, News, Ponies, Training
Tagged belly rope, colt, figure 8 lead, filly, foal handling, imprint training, imprinting, LP Painted Ponys, new born foals, Ponies
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Driving ponies – Farm work?
Yes, we do “farm work” with ours. Can they plow or disk in a heavy, wet clay soil field all day? Probably not.
Posted in Articles, Driving, News, Ponies, Working Ponies
Tagged 3 abreast, disk, Eclipse, good for what, harrow, Kreature, logging, LP Painted Ponys, pair, Pampered Pets Pharm, Ponies, pulling logs, pulling manure bins, pulling trees, shetlands, single pony, Y ponies
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Bay & Silver, Silver & Bay!
I’m already “tired” of bays. I’m “over bayed” at the moment and will be as long as we use Wizard (all foals guaranteed to be bay pintos or chestnut pinto w/ bay gene – homozygous for both bay and tobiano.
We are FAMOUS!!
Wow – Imagine my surprise when I was tooling (& drooling) thru one of my favored Driving Supplies website and I found pictures of my ponies, my harness and parts of our “rig-up” on equipment.
Birthday and News
Post by @HegyesSkye. Source: Birthday and News
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Shows – riding Shetlands western
The Hoffman girls of LP Painted Ponys started showing in 1998. Sierra and Madira showed western while Skye usually showed english (hunt seat).
Posted in News, Ponies, Riding
Tagged 4-h shows, children, Children ride, good for what, horse shows, LP Painted Ponys, open shows, Ponies, right size, shetlands, western riding
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A beautiful Trim Day
Another “Cat” day! Started a bit “wonky” – it’s beautiful but breezy
Braiding – More Collar Examples
I have done several other collars. Some designs were done out of necessity, some were just a bit different.
Posted in Articles, Braiding, Horse Equipment, News
Tagged braided collars, braided haystring, Braiding, collars, pony identification, recycled haystring
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Pregnant mares
While in the process of moving late 2014 and setting up fencing on our new place in 2015, we’ve found that there were some unplanned visitations. So we are following 3 Jr mares with their pregnancies. We don’t know exactly … Continue reading
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