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Post by morabhobbyhorse on May 12, 2011 8:48:16 GMT -5
I rescued her 3 years ago and I honestly don't remember what life was like before her. I'm putting up a picture of her new bosal headstall I made for her. She gets to 'see' it today :-) I'm making a matching breast collar for her out of the reins that came with it as soon as I get a good measurement today from her old one.
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Post by Calaminty Jane on May 13, 2011 16:04:13 GMT -5
Oh aren't you cleaver. That is a nice looking bosal. Sienna is adorable. She looks like a very sweet, willing horse.
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Post by morabhobbyhorse on May 18, 2011 13:59:08 GMT -5
She is a 'big personality' in a small package. She gets away with way too much because because I think 1/2 her bad behavior is funny. She is willing but forward if I don't watch her. She's almost like a smart dog, seriously. The last time I saw her I called her name and she turned around and looked. Then she moseyed a couple steps and took a bite of grass. A couple more, then stopped to smell another horse's dropping. Another mare was at a hay pile, and saw me at the gate and was like 'Wow, a human, let me go claim her.' Sienna raced across the pasture and ran her off with all that mare squealing, etc. Once I had finished riding her in the arena and turned her loose in there to roll. She likes to roll in the arena dirt after working. Well she was wandering every where and I was cold and wanted to put her back out and go home. So I laid down in the arena dirt, called her, and then started rolling back and forth. She came around to my right side and laid down and rolled with me. I've always been sorry I didn't have a picture of that. Sweet? Well she can be. That's an 8 YO that just took off her halter with her in the picture. That's her Morgan side. The squealy, 'I can ignore her but you can't have my human' is the Arabian. Too smart for her own good and for me to keep up with most of the time :-)
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Post by morabhobbyhorse on May 22, 2011 8:16:57 GMT -5
I wanted to show you how 'easy' (that might not be the right word :-) The breast collar will go together. I already had the reins of course because of the bosal. And I would be a 'hoarder' if I had the room. I had an old running martingale that I have no idea where I got it but if someone was giving it away, well then I took. It had dry rot on part of it so I cut off one of the rings. Then I have the reins attached with the Chicago screws that came with it. For the part that attaches to the saddle, I just bought a set of stirrup hobbles at eBay because I didn't want to run down all these rings, buckles etc.
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Post by morabhobbyhorse on May 22, 2011 8:35:26 GMT -5
A friend of mine sent me a box of stuff when I started leather work and the odd shaped 'rings' were in the box. I'm going to use those to attack the hobbles to the pretty part of the reins. I have a rivet setter and capped rivets I had already ordered from 'my leather guy' at steckstore on eBay. He combines shipping so I got those, the setter and the long domed Chicago screws. I also bought what he sells as 'practice leather' precut arrows and those were 12 for a buck. None of these were bought for the breast collar, they are just going to work!!! I'm going to tool and dye the arrow to fit behind the O ring, and use one of the long Chicago screws to attach it to the fold over piece of leather that goes under the belly, which I will make from undecorated piece of my 6' reins. So right now, all I need is the buckle that goes under the belly. So since I paid $14.00 for the Poco bridle plus shipping, and everything else I got free or for my other leather work, I'm going to have maybe $20.00 in the set. I had it sold for $25.00 when it was still a bridle, but all the moisture this winter in an unprotected tack room, well it took less than a month for the ferrules to start 'pitting.' So once I brought it home I wouldn't sell it because of that. I looked up what to do about it online, and know now how to maybe reverse it, or if not keep them from getting any worse, and I'll have a nice headstall and breast collar that should last a long time.
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