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In reply to the discussion: The Rude Pundit: How Fucked the Climate Is in Two Photos (Updated) [View all]magical thyme
(14,881 posts)I was really happy to find the horsie gifs the other day.
Not pro, made that decision 40 years ago and have regretted it ever since. I currently have a beautiful arab mare in my back yard. Riding has sucked this year due to the combination of weather and my work schedule, but next year will improve after I quit one of my 2 p/t jobs and replace it with social security. My prior arab, a rescue gelding that I kept for 23 years and lost to old age, I had trained to schooling PSG.
I am planning on selling my current home and moving further into the boonies within the next few years. If I'm able to do that, then I will breed, raise and train either morgans or arabs, or morabs for future transport and farm work. I currently live in an area not far from where some small farmers never stopped working their farms with horses. One small farmer interviewed on WERU last year talked about how their community of small farmers was even looking into horses for inter-farm transportation instead of cars.
I can see a future where large draft horses are traded for smaller, multi-purpose horses that are easier keepers. New England was built on the backs of the morgan. I expect that tradition to expand in the future, possibly within my lifetime.