Before and After - spring fitting...

BPH · 01-14-2009, 07:22 AM

So thought this would be a fun thread. I just brought my 9 month old into the barn to start getting him cleaned up for late spring/summer shows. I thought it would be fun to show our progress as we go. anyone else is welcome to join in or add there before and after photos from another year.

Before 1/13/2009

oh yeah i have my work cut out for me!

ShyShylow68 · 01-14-2009, 10:01 AM

what will you do to 'clean him up'?

BPH · 01-14-2009, 05:39 PM

he has been out on pasture all fall and winter. he is now in the barn being blanketed and under lights. he is getting groomed daily, learning clippers... bathing once its warm out. we are fine tuning his feeding a little bit more since we have a good true 100% control over it since he is not in with any other horses. in about a month he will also start getting worked. he will be worked up to 15 mins of free lounging in a round pen 5 days a week max.

he is getting "cleaned up" to show later this spring.

PaintYourWorld · 01-14-2009, 08:52 PM

Don't clean him up I like dirty hairy horses...they are lik ebig teddy bears I want to cuddle!!!

BPH · 01-15-2009, 07:18 AM

well.... if you like them come and get him! or actually i have 5 of them you can pick from. i HATE this time of year. all the hair, the MUD... the sweaty horses due to the hair... the MUD!

spinandslide · 01-15-2009, 07:29 AM

Your little guy and mine could be part of the plain sorrel club..

Is he a paint? Reg or SPB

Heres mine, but hes got another few months of free time, hes a rider.

BPH · 01-15-2009, 08:21 AM

SPB.

your guy is cute! switch a sock and they look pretty dang similar. lol. yeah my guy is halter and wp bred. he sure seems to be one of those funky growers which is definitely making him a late bloomer. but i figure LATER this year it wont hurt to get him out there and get some show experience under his belt. see some horses, see some different ground.

Vengeance · 01-15-2009, 09:08 AM

They're both very cute! BPH, yours if so dirty... he's adorable all dirty too! Lol. Looks like a little boy should look like, lol. (all dirt with not a care in the world, lol).

BPH · 01-15-2009, 09:49 AM

vengeance... he LOVES LOVES LOOOOVVVEESSS the mud. i sent a pic of him to his daddys owner. never heard back. guess she wasnt too impressed with my HAIRY DIRTY boy. oh well, i love watching them ENJOY being horses and enjoying the mud. i show every spring so they do get put in the barn and spiffed up but they are in the barn WITH turnout for MAYBE a 1/3 of the year. MAYBE.

Vengeance · 01-15-2009, 10:08 AM

I know exactly what you mean by him loving mud... I think it's my colts ambition in life to give me a heart attack because he loves laying down on one side in the mud and letting it dry on him, then running up to me and from a distance caked much looks like blood... especially red clay mud... I've panicked I don't know how many times because I've seen my boy from a distance with loads of caked mud on him that looked too much like dried blood for comfort. Lol.

01-14-2009, 07:22 AM	#1
BPH Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Skagit County, Washington Posts: 787	Before and After - spring fitting... So thought this would be a fun thread. I just brought my 9 month old into the barn to start getting him cleaned up for late spring/summer shows. I thought it would be fun to show our progress as we go. anyone else is welcome to join in or add there before and after photos from another year. Before 1/13/2009 oh yeah i have my work cut out for me! __________________ Backdraft Paint Horses www.backdrafthorses.com

01-14-2009, 10:01 AM	#2
ShyShylow68 Full Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Littlehampton, West Sussex, UK Posts: 294 Images: 5	what will you do to 'clean him up'? __________________ Danielle & Dougal, Together forever.

01-14-2009, 05:39 PM	#3
BPH Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Skagit County, Washington Posts: 787	he has been out on pasture all fall and winter. he is now in the barn being blanketed and under lights. he is getting groomed daily, learning clippers... bathing once its warm out. we are fine tuning his feeding a little bit more since we have a good true 100% control over it since he is not in with any other horses. in about a month he will also start getting worked. he will be worked up to 15 mins of free lounging in a round pen 5 days a week max. he is getting "cleaned up" to show later this spring. __________________ Backdraft Paint Horses www.backdrafthorses.com

01-15-2009, 07:18 AM	#5
BPH Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Skagit County, Washington Posts: 787	well.... if you like them come and get him! or actually i have 5 of them you can pick from. i HATE this time of year. all the hair, the MUD... the sweaty horses due to the hair... the MUD! __________________ Backdraft Paint Horses www.backdrafthorses.com

01-15-2009, 08:21 AM	#7
BPH Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Skagit County, Washington Posts: 787	SPB. your guy is cute! switch a sock and they look pretty dang similar. lol. yeah my guy is halter and wp bred. he sure seems to be one of those funky growers which is definitely making him a late bloomer. but i figure LATER this year it wont hurt to get him out there and get some show experience under his belt. see some horses, see some different ground. __________________ Backdraft Paint Horses www.backdrafthorses.com

01-14-2009, 08:52 PM	#4
PaintYourWorld Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,060 Images: 44	Don't clean him up I like dirty hairy horses...they are lik ebig teddy bears I want to cuddle!!!

01-15-2009, 07:29 AM	#6
spinandslide Senior Member+ Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: northwest Texas Posts: 1,698 Images: 22 Blog Entries: 2	Your little guy and mine could be part of the plain sorrel club.. Is he a paint? Reg or SPB Heres mine, but hes got another few months of free time, hes a rider.

01-15-2009, 09:08 AM	#8
Vengeance Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gallant, Alabama Posts: 3,545 Images: 14	They're both very cute! BPH, yours if so dirty... he's adorable all dirty too! Lol. Looks like a little boy should look like, lol. (all dirt with not a care in the world, lol). __________________ "When they run up to you in the pasture and neigh a greeting across the field... that's true love." Gypsie & Dakota "It's like complaining that a cow moo's."

01-15-2009, 09:49 AM	#9
BPH Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Skagit County, Washington Posts: 787	vengeance... he LOVES LOVES LOOOOVVVEESSS the mud. i sent a pic of him to his daddys owner. never heard back. guess she wasnt too impressed with my HAIRY DIRTY boy. oh well, i love watching them ENJOY being horses and enjoying the mud. i show every spring so they do get put in the barn and spiffed up but they are in the barn WITH turnout for MAYBE a 1/3 of the year. MAYBE. __________________ Backdraft Paint Horses www.backdrafthorses.com

01-15-2009, 10:08 AM	#10
Vengeance Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gallant, Alabama Posts: 3,545 Images: 14	I know exactly what you mean by him loving mud... I think it's my colts ambition in life to give me a heart attack because he loves laying down on one side in the mud and letting it dry on him, then running up to me and from a distance caked much looks like blood... especially red clay mud... I've panicked I don't know how many times because I've seen my boy from a distance with loads of caked mud on him that looked too much like dried blood for comfort. Lol. __________________ "When they run up to you in the pasture and neigh a greeting across the field... that's true love." Gypsie & Dakota "It's like complaining that a cow moo's."

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