#stockhorse

[horsesarecreatures]

Not great quality pictures, but I love this horse that someone just posted in the IL MAREMMANO TRADIZIONALE group.  

[pure-winter-cc]

WIP pic of the steer texture for my upcoming deco cow mod that allows you to place large (but low poly) groups of posed cattle at once. There will be poses for cattle cutting (contrary to the name, no cows are harmed) for both the steers themselves, horses, and riders. It's about time the Western Folks, quarter horses, American paints, mustangs, morgans, stockhorses, criollos, and appy's got a little more love and CC for their RP events. :)

There will also be deco cow herds that are relaxed and enjoying their day on the farm for those of you who want cows on the ranch but HATE the nightmare of taking care of the ones the game includes! Remember, you can pick up the 'deco cow rig' and easily make your own deco cow groups from my patreon.

[blubushie]

You know those misconceptions posts you made about things like weapons and medical stuff? Could you do one for horses (and maybe along with some other animals, too)?

Yeah, no wukkas! :]

Horses sleep standing up. Horses can nap while standing, but REM sleep only happens when the horse is lying down.

Horses are colourblind. Horses have dichromatic vision. They're able to see blues and yellows (and thus certain shades of green) but they can't see red, pink, or purple.

Horses communicate vocally. While neighs and nickers are used for long-distance "where are yous", horses primarily use body language for communication. Most of this is done with ear signals.

Horses need shoes. This is more an individual or breed thing than a necessity. Many horses do fine barefoot, especially breeds like mustangs or brumbies, where they've spent generations without shoes. Other breeds who generally have softer feet (like thoroughbreds) often require shoes as a baseline. Shoes also depends on how much work a horse does. Horses that have a large area to roam and are often active don't need their hooves trimmed often either. When I was a stockman and worked with Wiluna, who was a brumby caught at 2 and trained as a stockhorse, she never wore a shoe a day in her life and she didn't need trimmings since she was run often and naturally wore her hooves down.

White horses are common. The horse on the left is not white, it's grey. You can tell it's grey because it has black skin on its muzzle and black skin around its eyes. Greys are born grey and often lighten to white as they age. True white horses are the result of the dominant white gene, which is extremely rare. They have pink hooves, pink skin on the nose and around their eyes, but brown eyes. Dominant whites are born white. The thoroughbred on the right is a dominant white. ALBINO HORSES DO NOT EXIST. THERE IS NO ALBINISM GENE IN HORSES. That said, the closest gene to albinism in horses are lethal white syndrome foals, none of which survive longer than 72 hours after birth because the frame overo gene that results in their white colour also results in them being born without a colon. It's an agonising death and most are euthanised a few hours after birth. They're born with pink skin, all-white coats, pink hooves, and blue eyes. Sometimes their colour is almost a lilac purple.

Horses don't live a long time. With modern care horses often live into their 30s and even 40s. The oldest horse to ever live died at 62 years old in 1822. The most recent World's Oldest Horse, a gelding named Shayne, passed away at 51 years old in 2013.

Mules are stubborn. Mules aren't stubborn, they're just extremely smart and more certain in their own abilities than horses are (something they get from their donkey parent). Horses are self-destructive and have practically zero sense of self-preservation. Mules have incredible self-preservation and will not do something they do not think they can do without harming themselves, which makes people think they're stubborn. A horse will jump a metre to the ground and break its legs doing so, a mule will refuse the jump and slide down inside, preserving its life.

Mares are calmer than stallions. Any equestrian can tell you that mares are just as bad if not worse than stallions sometimes. They're moody and temperamental and very bloody obstinate. In my experience stallions are generally fairly easy to handle as long as there isn't a mare in oestrus nearby, but even then most riding/working horses are not stallion, they are gelded. You cannot geld a mare and they show it. Wiluna (the mare I rode when I was a stockman) would not tolerate ANYONE but me, and would frequently bite other horses around her, which is why she was relegated to working with me instead of being doubled up with someone else. Because of this she also had to be hobbled alone. She ran the mob and she knew it.

Mustangs have always been in the Americas. While it's true that horses WERE native to the Americas at one point, they (like most Pleistocene megafauna) went extinct in the Americas during the tail end of the last ice age, possibly due to overhunting by humans. The mustangs that are now in America (and the brumbies now in Australia) are technically feral animals, having descended from domestic animals what went wild or were left to wander. There is a case that could made, I supposed, for how long a species has to be in a place in order for it to be considered native (for example, dingos are considered a native species in some states despite having only been in Australia for ~5k years and not evolving on continent) but this is up for debate.

The natural gait of a horse isn't a gallop, but instead a trot. In the wild, galloping is only for flight to escape predators. A trot is the comfortable cruising gait of a horse.

Horses don't have sensitive skin. Horses have very very sensitive skin! It's why I don't like pointed spurs. The spurs I wore were rowels with the prongs filed down so I wouldn't poke Wiluna when I used them, but often they just ended up being for show since she responded so easily without them. All I needed was a light tap of my boot and she'd sidestep or do whatever I needed her to. That side, while the hide is sensitive, the mane is not. I would routinely fist a hand with the reins in Wiluna's mane when riding hard and she never fussed over it. You also grip the reins with one hand and fist that hand in the horse's mane when mounting as well.

You don't drive a horse. You guide it. You can drive a wagon/cart but you're still guiding the horse. Driving when it comes to animals/livestock means to bring an animal (but typically a group of animals) somewhere. So "driving horses" would mean you're mustering a mob of horses to a certain location. Think "cattle drive."

Most horses don't actually like their faces touched. This goes especially for strangers. Do not touch the face of a horse you do not know---you're liable to be bitten. If you want to present yourself to a horse, hold out your palm FLAT OUT with your fingers extended slightly downwards and let the horse sniff it. Then pull your hand back before it can bite you, because it's liable to try. (Also, if you feed a horse, the whiskers tickle!)

That's all I can think of for now. Have some horse moustaches.

[horsentale]

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[copperbora]

Selkirk, a Peter Stone Design-a-Horse on the Remington (cantering stockhorse gelding,) mold in rose dapple grey tobiano pinto, painted by Jess Hamill.

I like to imagine him as an exceptionally pretty cavalry horse for some reason and I'd love to get him some tack someday. His grey is a lot warmer in person; the snow kinda washes him out. Jess did a super lovely job on his face!❤️

[trickster-whim]

I managed to get out of the house the other week and took a walk to Goodwill, and there was kind of a lot of stuff there! But unfortunately for me, I got super sick immediately after. I still wear a mask everywhere I go (I was wearing one on this trip also), and I do try to social distance as much as possible, no movies or restaurants or parties or whatever. But my parents don't. So my parents got covid and gave it to my sister and me, and we've been sick for days.

But that's just me being bitter!! Let's see what Goodwill had for me. (I can barely even remember when this was, so it's gonna be mostly brief, but I'm mostly not sick anymore, so I'm just getting it out of my drafts)

Most tempting was a pile of about a dozen NaNaNa Surprise Maxwell Danes. I wanted to get him when he was in stores, so I obviously picked one up, but unfortunately I didn't need a dozen. At least not for (an admittedly very reasonable) $5.50 each. I don't love his shirt, but I always want more boy dolls, so I'm glad I got one at least.

Why was I so tempted by this little rocking horse?

Good face...

...

This actually made me a little sad to see. I used to be really into Harry Potter before I grew media criticism skills and also JKR went mask off as a terrible person, and I remember being so into the board games. I still miss the style of the first couple books, but now whenever I see HP I mostly just feel jaded and bitter.

(It also reminds me of shopping at KB Toys. I remember digging through bins of discounted Quirrells and trolls, looking for catgirl Hermione... I have some regrets in life, I must say...)

Anyway! There were a lot of tempting fashion dolls in the bagged doll section. I love a Snow White, especially an emotionless mask like this, and there was also a Belle. It's kind of interesting looking at disney dolls from before the very standardized Disney Store or Hasbro/Mattel look of today, if that makes sense. Some of them are just hunks of plastic in the shape of princesses, and some barely resemble their characters at all. I just didn't need any dolls, so I mostly just looked.

Chomp!

I was tempted by these chubby babies...

Hey, good lookin'.

It wasn't actually clear whether the mannequin bottom was for sale or just the jeans, but it did startle me, because we don't have mannequins here.

I found this wedding bag with just... the most comfortable- and happy-looking couple... They look so glad to be there...

Cool tote bag I found. I have no idea where Wheatsville Co-op is, but it's been almost 30 years since this 20 year anniversary.

I think this was a shower curtain, and I gotta say... yellow splotches was a bold choice.

If I had been looking for a table runner, this nwt ouija board one would a been tempting. I think it was $13, though, and I didn't need it.

I think this was a paperweight? It was some sort of architectural blueprint made out of a thick plastic and formed into a sort of ball around a weight. It was kinda quirky, and I'm actually pretty curious about it. It might just be mundane, but I don't think I've ever seen one before.

Gotta take a photo of blowjob cat in the wild.

This skirt was sooo tempting. It was a candy corn dream, but also I didn't want to spend $10 on a skirt. Apparently it originally cost $69 (nice), and I'm not sure why. It is super tempting, though.

There was a CD case hanging up, and these were the only two CDs in the whole book. Sounds like a party.

Was I tempted by this plush bear-dog-thing? Yeah :p But it didn't have a price, and I have too many plushies to bring all of them home, especially if I have to ask someone how much it costs, even if it's vintage... I like the yellow and brown, though. Very bold.

So I didn't get any of that stuff, but I did get:

Wow, what a terrible photos. I got one Maxwell, a copy of The Game of Sunken Places (one of my all-time faves) for the little free library, a stack of DVDs for my sister because she's been looking for them, a Breyer stockhorse, and a free local paper with an advertisement for Sabo, since I wasn't sick then and still thought I'd be going...

And then the next day I got really sick, and I've been sick since. I hadn't had covid before, and again, my sister and I have been trying our best to avoid it, but if our parents are sick, it's hard not to catch it from them. But I'm not trying to be bitter right now! I should be better within a few weeks, and then I'll try to find a vaccine event, and then I'll probably be back thrifting, still in a mask because being sick sucks.

[michellefitzgeraldcounsellor]

Different property, moving more cows. Delightful day. 👌🏻😎🐎🐄#stockhorse #australianstockhorse #horsesofinstagram #horses #break #longweekend #bathurst #trunkeycreek #friends #lovelife #sam #brando (at Trunkey Creek, New South Wales) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoWQPRNgeKB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6awgnxq9818e

[elusxvity]

Quiet hack with the old girl

[baycanon]

[hofoffical]

Royal, Stock Horse x Riding Pony by @ecnr.zoe / #horseoffame #horsesofinstagram #horses #royal #stockhorse #ridingpony #dressage #showing #equestrian #equestrianlife #dressagehorse #horse #equestriansofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CAbPdW7HaBN/?igshid=1uww1ymwea1na

[tiffanydmuacosplay]

Awesome pic by my amazing sister @leonietaganphotography of me doing the Spanish Walk on Academy of Dressage’s gorgeous boy Solitaire ❤️❤️ First time doing Spanish Walk properly!! :D #dressage #horserider #spanishwalk #stockhorse #australianstockhorse #academyofdressage #dressagerider #horseriding #horse #beauty #horselover #dressagepony

[horsesarecreatures]

Ghostgum Maceys Memory - Australian Stock Horse 

Photo by spideyspide on Instagram

[alllthesewordsleftunsaid]

Horses at water

[blubushie]

Do you have a favorite horse breed? Sorry if this was asked before

Brumbies and Australian stockhorses! :]

[horsentale]

Team Testimonial Tuesday is an insight into Horse N Tale, where our passionate team members will each share their heartfelt stories about why they love being part of our family.

From the incredible camaraderie to the innovative products we offer, our team continually discovers new reasons to adore being a part of the Horse N Tale journey.

Join us every Tuesday for the next few months and discover each team member and why our team's love for our products knows no bounds.

#horsentale #topicalequineproducts #naturalhorsecare #naturalingredients #equine #horse #barrelracing #barrelracer #breakaway #roper #rodeo #steerwrestler #show #ranch #stockhorse #tuesday #teamhnt #testimonyTuesday #testimonial #testimonialtuesday

[redrcs]

Horsepower

(On my travels)

Roadtrain with woolbales and stockhorses at the Burke and Wills Roadhouse