And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, April 21, 2018
Wow
The feed bill for that is probably astronomical, as would be the bill from the large animal vet.
Don't think he's as big as he appears, camera angle? The vet does not charge according to size. Most of the bigger horses are easier to work on than a damn Shetland pony.
That IS a Big Horse - I have a Dutch Warmblood (also a Draft) Not as Big as this Critter, He's only 6 Foot High at the Shoulder. The Vet is $150 to just to Come to My House, and usually several Hundred More to get him to Leave. Fortunately, the Horse is seldom actually 'Sick'. The Guy in the Pic looks like Expensive to Feed...
All horses cost a lot to maintain, but draft breeds tend to be “thrifty”, meaning they eat less than you would think. They don’t expend a lot of calories in nervous energy, their metabolism and temperament is usually calm and steady, as is their manner of work.
Since they don’t race and their leg bones and ankles are thick, they don’t get a lot of the problems more fragile horses like thoroughbreds do.
Impressive animal!
ReplyDeleteWhen the word "horsepower" as a measure of torque was assigned, I take it that this is not the horse that they tested.
ReplyDeleteThat'd make a helluva 4H project.... Just sayin ;-)
ReplyDeleteDon't think he's as big as he appears, camera angle?
ReplyDeleteThe vet does not charge according to size. Most of the bigger horses are easier to work on than a damn Shetland pony.
What make is it?
ReplyDeleteLooks like a Gypsy Vanner crossed to some sort of draft.
DeleteMy Grandmother once told me that raising horses would make you a moderately wealthy man, if you started out a Millionaire. She was right.
ReplyDeleteThat IS a Big Horse - I have a Dutch Warmblood (also a Draft) Not as Big as this Critter, He's only 6 Foot High at the Shoulder. The Vet is $150 to just to Come to My House, and usually several Hundred More to get him to Leave. Fortunately, the Horse is seldom actually 'Sick'. The Guy in the Pic looks like Expensive to Feed...
ReplyDeleteAll horses cost a lot to maintain, but draft breeds tend to be “thrifty”, meaning they eat less than you would think. They don’t expend a lot of calories in nervous energy, their metabolism and temperament is usually calm and steady, as is their manner of work.
ReplyDeleteSince they don’t race and their leg bones and ankles are thick, they don’t get a lot of the problems more fragile horses like thoroughbreds do.