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RE: Dogs and Horses

the.beauty.is.within. — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:44:25 GMT

I'm a little different than most stereotypes I guess. I don't own any dogs, but we do have barn dogs wandering around the stable everyday. Our barn is a English/Western barn, but I do a little of everything. We don't have any Jack Russells and we only have one herding dog, and he's a mutt. We have just normal dogs mostly: Two Labs, a yellow and a black, Charlie and Chloe, a Collie/Border Collie/Heeler mix, Dakota, and a mutt, he looks like he has bulldog and boxer in him, but I'm not sure, named Basker. Then a couple little dogs that stay in the kennels in the back. So I guess the stereotypes are a little off as far as my barn is concerned!

RE: Dogs and Horses

daylightbreezezip — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:00:57 GMT

I have an Australian Shepard and an Australian Cattle dog, bot go to the barn with me. I ride western, hunt, and saddleseat.

RE: Dogs and Horses

buckslittlerider — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:31:57 GMT

my friend has a pom and she trys to go to the barn but the horses know they biggget than here and she runs back to the truck. there are no dogs on my uncles farm.

RE: Dogs and Horses

katana77 — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:17:54 GMT

Yeah, I see the mutt thing. My dog Bear, is a lab, chow, border collie, huskey mix. I ride English Pleasure, Jump, and Western Pleasure. I also ride both gaited horses and non-gaited, so could that also contribute to the "mutt" theory?

I don't take her to the barn, because she's terrified of horses. Poor girl.

RE: Dogs and Horses

Beckitty — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:11:47 GMT

There are always atleast one dog at the my boarding stable. I'd bring mine too but my horse is deathly afraid of dogs. Last month he took off with me on his back because a labrador ran up to him barking and growling. It happened so suddenly that I didn't have time to brace him! Luckily I stayed planted to that saddle and hehe it was actually LOADS of fun! But yeah in short he hates dogs. I ride English Pleasure, Hunters, Jumpers, and a little eq. We trail ride together and ride bare back. I personally love the jumps! Wow ok end rambling.

RE: Dogs and Horses

Palomino_star89 — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:00:57 GMT

I know exactly what you mean! My sister's French Bulldog Rhina loves to come with me to the barn. It doesn't occur to her that she's so much smaller than the horses - she just thinks they're big dogs! I ride a little bit of everything from bareback (which is my favorite), to english pleasure, jumping, western, trails...the list goes on!

Dogs and Horses

Horse Illustrated Managing Editor — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:19:42 GMT

Hi All,

What is it about dogs and horses that makes them go together so well? I have an 11-year-old mutt named Annabell (she's a Retriever mix) who loves to come out to the barn with me to help clean and feed. I have to do chores before work, which means Annabell and I are up well before the sun, but no matter the time or the weather, that little dog is always ready to go! I know she looks forward to seeing the horses--I think they look forward to her as well.

In the March 2007 issue of Horse Illustrated magazine, we published a fun story about dogs and horses. The story angle was how it seems that certain dog breeds go with certain riding disciplines. As I've been quoted as saying, "You can't go to a hunter/jumper barn or show without being affronted by a snapping Jack Russell Terrier."

I've ridden various disciplines (although dressage and trail riding are my favorites), so maybe that's why I have a mutt??? What kinds of dogs do you have, and what discipline(s) do you ride?