I have meet some really cool arabians, all were excellent mounts for kiddos!

Bays and Greys are 1000/10. My heart horse is a bay, and the first horse I ever saw at my barn when I came in was a grey pony named Anna.

We have a spicy older Grey Arab mare. She has a few melanomas , we have our vet keep an eye on. My grandkids ride her every sat when we host Saddle up Saturday for them. We have 8 grandkids from 16 down to one year old. I make a huge crockpot of soup, a veggie tray and snacks . They all come over and ride our horses. We love it

Wouldn’t that be something if it were the same horse?

Name him Keeper.

And this horse has 'landed on his feet'.

🎉SO MUCH TO DO JUST WONDERING. DONT YOU HAVE A FARM HELP?

I suspect he decided he trusted her and felt like laying down knowing she was there to protect him, and then he had the other horse on the other side of him who was also signaling it was rest time, I think that's why he decided that was a good time to flop down for a bit.

Me too!

I also mention this to people on KZfaq. An easy way to support people, orgs and animals we like.

ditto from 🇨🇦

The light snows like this one we in Colorado call flurries.

@@alycewich4472 Yes very light flurries, Alaska we would say LOL

Ditto.

I lost my 25 yr old thoroughbred who had melanomas that went internal. That’s not what caused the colic we lost him to, though. It was the strangulating lipomas.

@@JoC-mp6sf Please, what are strangulating lipomas?

@@bernadettecartin they’re fatty tumors that wrapped around his intestines. It’s not known what causes them.

@@JoC-mp6sf Okay, thanks for that info. I wonder if that's what eventually did my sister's excellent pony in. He was awesome, 13.2, beefy, very cobby. He was always very smeggy, even right after having his sheath cleaned. Eventually he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma, and had the last four inches of his penis amputated. He did well after, she rode him for a few more years after that and retired him. He'd colic once in a while throughout his life, but always mild. In the last year of his life, he colicked badly enough in early fall that it needed intensive treatment, not the bellyache that caused mild discomfort and passed. But he got through that. Then on New Year's morning of 2009, he colicked again, and my sister got the emergency vet out asap. I saw him first and told her, but had to be out all day into the evening for a job. The vet treated him and had to come back because he wasn't getting any better, and she left my sister with a really strong pain killer shot for later if needed. I got home later in the evening. It was bad. She eventually gave him that shot but it did nothing. We realized he was dying in agony. The vet was far enough away that if she could have come that second she wouldn't get there in time to put him down. It was the worst helpless feeling, I know many here have been there. Anyway, my theory for years has been that maybe he also had tumors in his intestines, either spread from the squamous or just other cancers, that would periodically cause partial blockages that eventually passed until the last time. I don't know what vets knew about how to tell what kind of colic a horse had at that time, whether there have been advances in the past 15 years or if it hasn't changed. I wasn't there when the vet was out, so don't know what she told my sister about what she was finding or even if she could tell anything specific. Maybe he had what your horse had.

My horses get enough turnout that I don;t know that they would benefit them very much, unless they were in training for something

I have unfortunately been a part of controlling a few strangles outbreaks at boarding barns, what an absolute nightmare!

It's not like cancer in humans and is probably nothing to worry about. Most greys who get them just live with these little lumps and never have a problem, unless the lumps grow somewhere that interferes with saddling, or internally. My old horse (a grey Arab x, very like the horse in the video) had a few, and they never bothered him or needed any treatment. He died of quite unrelated problems.

Ok thx that’s good 😅

I am looking forward to getting out and riding this guy! Fun for both of us!

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Are you suggesting she name him Gandalf? Actually that would work well. If she's a Ringhead, she will understand. I always thought Mithril would be the perfect name for a grey horse. It means "grey brilliance" in Elvish. And it is the most precious metal in Middle Earth. Perfect name for a grey heart horse.

@@bernadettecartin I totally agree - that 100% sounds like a name I would pick! However, in context, I’m trying to think of what would go with the rest of the herd - Nigel, Gus, Skeletor, Pete, Studman, etc - and I’m thinking that Gandalf is just more approachable? Could be Alf for short! I think Gandalf makes more sense with the Grey element, and the character/role match up, but I also feel like Merlin is in a similar vein. Not too pretentious, but still a character/role match. But I would totally pick Mithril - I had no idea it had that meaning and it is a bada** name. Nice one!

@@rwhite2345 Yeah, I like Gandalf. I already knew of a horse named Gandalf and he wasn't even grey. But it's a good name for the reasons you said. I sort of "collect" names that would be good for this or that animal. Mithril was a name I was saving for a grey. We are Ringheads here. Had dogs Pippin then Merry. When I'm ready I want my next dog to be a female GSD and her name will be Eowyn. Currently just have two ponies, Bill and Strider.

​@@bernadettecartin 🤩 I have 2 Pekin ducks named Mary and Pippin! There's also Mr. Gimli and Galadriel. 😅 Smaug the Red is our rooster. I knew I was amongst friends here. ❤ I love the name Mithril, but Gandalf would also be great . . . 🤔 I like Merlin, too!

@@littleozarksfarmstead Hahaha my first ducks were Pekins, but that was when I was a kid and hadn't read LOTR yet. That's cute. What are Mr. Gimli and Galadriel? Smaug is the PERFECT name for a rooster if he's like so many of them. I did have an Arab/Welsh stud I named Mithril. He was given to us . . .until the previous owner decided she wanted him back. It got ugly but wasn't worth my Dad having a heart attack so we didn't really fight to keep him. So I kind of used the name already. I know a Merlin now, an OTTB.

That is actually a very common place for it! Since gray horses change color over time it is thought that their is a genetic component linked to cells turnover. Very interesting stuff! Unlike humans, sun exposure has not been shown to increase the risk in gray horses.

@@TheCleverCowgirl. This is very interesting. I am covered in ‘beauty spots’, ie moles. I understand melanomas in humans to be a Toe tag, so it is nice to know it is not so dangerous for horses.

Thankfully in horses they are not nearly as aggressive as they are with humans

Same!