tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post3001276229117777728..comments2024-03-01T06:49:59.106-05:00Comments on Behind the Bit: Lost shoes and time I'll never get backStacey Kimmel-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-26293396944329319862012-08-31T09:10:29.969-04:002012-08-31T09:10:29.969-04:00:)
Thanks! My friend was happy, too. Her helper...:)<br /><br />Thanks! My friend was happy, too. Her helpers looked a little annoyed though. They had been in their for half an hour.<br /><br />Funny about the contact lens.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335385366138424092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-21743633944512061772012-08-30T21:25:25.567-04:002012-08-30T21:25:25.567-04:00I'm a good finder, too. Found my riding instru...I'm a good finder, too. Found my riding instructor's gold hoop earring in the dirt of the outdoor arena, during a lesson. It pays to look down.<br /><br />Laughed at the boarder who said she felt sorry for the FARRIER. Nothing like a snotball to put things in perspective for you ;o)<br /><br />Happy riding! Happy showing! I'm narrowing my search for a suitable dressage saddle--am TBDancerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889066602819359591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-63849880435157012452012-08-30T21:22:01.189-04:002012-08-30T21:22:01.189-04:00Maybe a metal detector would work? That must have ...Maybe a metal detector would work? That must have been an exorbitantly priced shoe!JessicaFourteenCarrotshttp://fourteencarrot.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-57444087171878920382012-08-30T19:42:32.218-04:002012-08-30T19:42:32.218-04:00My sympathy. I cannot tell you how many hours I ha...My sympathy. I cannot tell you how many hours I have spent looking for lost shoes. <br /><br />They rust instantly, I swear. And, I always find them weeks later after my saint of a farrier has come by to shape and fit a new one. <br /><br />Done the grid search dozens of times. And the horseback search. I am beginning to think it would be worth the investment to put a homing device in them. *S*<Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-59703712216543968722012-08-30T19:23:13.424-04:002012-08-30T19:23:13.424-04:00As a life long owner of Saddlebred show horses (wi...As a life long owner of Saddlebred show horses (with custom hand made shoes), the origin of the thought that finding a horse shoe is "lucky" has always made sense to me....SmartAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219182373225762230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-67846038164565828122012-08-30T18:44:07.556-04:002012-08-30T18:44:07.556-04:00Ah, yes we have shoe eating fields too. My friend ...Ah, yes we have shoe eating fields too. My friend and I spent hours finding my Draft cross' specially adapted new balance size 5 shoe, she lost. Great exercise and a good time to chat.<br />I love when a year or so later the field decides to give it up and there it is laying in the field.<br />Fly masks are another thing we are always looking for since our yearling pulls them off my boys.<br Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13675631291488697042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-72201906011672417472012-08-30T17:45:44.692-04:002012-08-30T17:45:44.692-04:00I once had my whole family, all our workers, and m...I once had my whole family, all our workers, and my students all looking for a lost hind shoe in a 3/4 acre paddock for 4 hours. No shoe. I looked sporadically for the thing for several days and still no shoe. I wondered for months where the darn thing went. One snowy day, there it was - hanging in the no-climb fencing!spotz58https://www.blogger.com/profile/09924034532557607333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-35603562921068028462012-08-30T17:01:51.731-04:002012-08-30T17:01:51.731-04:00Oscar has lost three shoes in the past year. We...Oscar has lost three shoes in the past year. We've found one of them. What's more galling is he's only shod on the front!<br /><br />Glad that your determination paid off and that Riley will have his shoe replaced shortly!Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14093558563358431804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-54124025023998187352012-08-30T16:49:13.328-04:002012-08-30T16:49:13.328-04:00This made me laugh, cause I do the same thing (exc...This made me laugh, cause I do the same thing (except I am the farrier) and when ever they lose a shoe, I assume they pawed the fence and caught it somewhere (9 times out of 10). But sometimes that isn't the case. I can never figure out why, on a dry lot, I can't find the shoe I'm looking for, and I always, always, always find other shoes...some that I never even knew had been missingMikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03574914465998507310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-33011479518999947642012-08-30T15:51:49.363-04:002012-08-30T15:51:49.363-04:00I agree with Val it is much easier to find things ...I agree with Val it is much easier to find things when your not looking or just about when you are ready to give in. I am so glad that you managed to find the shoe in the end though! The time and effort was deffo worth it and made what could have been an expensive mishap a lot cheaper! AmberRose- Girl With a Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01985661554315096806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-17339444717542213672012-08-30T15:32:59.632-04:002012-08-30T15:32:59.632-04:00Yay, you found it! I would have been looking for s...Yay, you found it! I would have been looking for something shiny as well, so now we've all learned a lesson. <br /><br />Val - you are SO right! How many times have I realized something was missing, looked like a maniac to no avail, and then had the object turn up days later (often right were it was supposed to be). And it's also funny how some people are better "finders" than RiderWriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05679157278313699794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-71280113326541962072012-08-30T14:44:26.565-04:002012-08-30T14:44:26.565-04:00Future niche market? Homing devices in horse shoes...Future niche market? Homing devices in horse shoes.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-4787642525208707972012-08-30T14:38:06.052-04:002012-08-30T14:38:06.052-04:00Great story! I wish that I could have helped you ...Great story! I wish that I could have helped you out. I am quite the finder.<br /><br />I once found my friend's diamond from her engagement ring in a stall full of shavings. A horse knocked it out of her ring. I walked in to find ten people crammed in one stall, crouched on the floor, sifting through shavings with their fingers. Before I could finish asking my friend what had happened, Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335385366138424092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-13317826144372619132012-08-30T13:30:08.879-04:002012-08-30T13:30:08.879-04:00My guy gets aluminum fronts, bare backs, and is in...My guy gets aluminum fronts, bare backs, and is in the early stages of a relationship with a chiropractor. So, of course, he throws a shoe at the same time that my farrier has a death in the family. Little bugger got two weeks off before the farrier was able to make it out. The chiro is going to love us. :)<br /><br />Oh, and I never found the shoe, even though alums stay remarkably bright.Beka Burkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510058677533021975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-4903838044517080472012-08-30T12:24:33.907-04:002012-08-30T12:24:33.907-04:00You have made me extremely grateful that my horse ...You have made me extremely grateful that my horse never loses his shoes. LOL.Friesianwelshxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11559821379568055421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-61563409591741408322012-08-30T12:20:28.283-04:002012-08-30T12:20:28.283-04:00I'll have a glass! I feel your pain...my Riva...I'll have a glass! I feel your pain...my Riva has a custom made shoe on her front right, club, foot. She has only lost this shoe in the pasture once. Husband and I thankfully had a Caboda vehicle to seach the mare pasture for the missing shoe. Think it took us about 2 hours...but we found it!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10313417800020012776noreply@blogger.com