missmidwestangel

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United States • Age 44

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Get a dog or a horse?

volcanoman @volcanoman (145) • United States 29 Jun 07

Here is the debate in my house now, should we get an expensive dog or a nice middle aged horse? My oldest daughter (age: 4) is a fanatic about horses, I am quite fond of and enjoy them, my youngest daughter is quite fond of them...

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missmidwestangel Having a horse is not something that kids get to do everyday where a dog is very common. I would go for the horse myself just make sure you check the temperment of the horse so that the girls can ride them. We have had a horse for about 13 years and when he...

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Horse Measurements

sharon_ @sharon_ (1169) • United States 28 Jun 07

I know that you measure a horse by "hands" and I believe that it is 4 1/2 inches to each hand, but I seemed to have remembered something about being able to measure a horse (before full maturity) and getting a pretty good ideal of...

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missmidwestangel A hand is 4 inches. You string test a horse as a 1-2 yr old. Take a piece of string from their elbow to their fetlock and turn it (using the elbow as a point and turn it so it goes around their withers). This gives you an expected maturity height.

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