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<blockquote data-quote="USMCRanchGirl" data-source="post: 409545" data-attributes="member: 6043"><p>Same here. Not a crazy horse person, just plain crazy!</p><p></p><p>Had horses long ago and only helped out with cattle. This time I started with cattle (ok, actually the chickens came first), then got horses again. And, only once I had both cattle and horses did I really come to understand just what horses can do to a pasture when you're trying to raise cattle! It's gotten to the point now where I have divided the pastures into three ... two to rotate the cattle back and forth on and one small one in the front for the horses. If I didn't keep them out of the cattle pastures, the darn things would eat every square inch of it down to the dirt and the cattle would starve! I do love them, though.</p><p></p><p>I think it's just a matter of taking responsibility for all your animals and keeping the kind of animals you enjoy. I enjoy riding, I'm training the horses to help with the cattle for when we get more land (and more cattle) and my kids are learning different levels of responsibility from all of it. I treat my cattle and horses the same way - always paying attention to what kind of condition they are in and what types of feed they are eating, etc.</p><p></p><p>And I've noticed the same thing around here when it comes to buying hay. And for the vet. The equine vet in town puts a credit card on file for any new client before they even schedule to take a look at the horse and won't give you any advice or info over the phone (standard response, "well, I'd have to see her to really get an idea") - you gotta' pay to play. The vet we have for the cattle will give whatever advice you want over the phone, and on my first call to him he offered to come out, implant CIDRs and give a looksee, then come back out to TAI without ever asking about form of payment. All he asked was if we had a headgate or "something" he could work with! Definite difference in attitudes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="USMCRanchGirl, post: 409545, member: 6043"] Same here. Not a crazy horse person, just plain crazy! Had horses long ago and only helped out with cattle. This time I started with cattle (ok, actually the chickens came first), then got horses again. And, only once I had both cattle and horses did I really come to understand just what horses can do to a pasture when you're trying to raise cattle! It's gotten to the point now where I have divided the pastures into three ... two to rotate the cattle back and forth on and one small one in the front for the horses. If I didn't keep them out of the cattle pastures, the darn things would eat every square inch of it down to the dirt and the cattle would starve! I do love them, though. I think it's just a matter of taking responsibility for all your animals and keeping the kind of animals you enjoy. I enjoy riding, I'm training the horses to help with the cattle for when we get more land (and more cattle) and my kids are learning different levels of responsibility from all of it. I treat my cattle and horses the same way - always paying attention to what kind of condition they are in and what types of feed they are eating, etc. And I've noticed the same thing around here when it comes to buying hay. And for the vet. The equine vet in town puts a credit card on file for any new client before they even schedule to take a look at the horse and won't give you any advice or info over the phone (standard response, "well, I'd have to see her to really get an idea") - you gotta' pay to play. The vet we have for the cattle will give whatever advice you want over the phone, and on my first call to him he offered to come out, implant CIDRs and give a looksee, then come back out to TAI without ever asking about form of payment. All he asked was if we had a headgate or "something" he could work with! Definite difference in attitudes. [/QUOTE]
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