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Hi everyone! I am new to the board. I recently purchased the a beautiful trakehner, Tarythmic, from Tannenwald Trakehner. I am new to the trakenher world and am looking forward to meeting others...
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Wow, I get to be the first person to welcome you to the forum and our little Trakehner world! 
I hope you can make the ATA meeting in November -- it's always great to get to meet and hang out with the people you talk with on the forum 
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Second to Ingrid's welcome and hope you can come to OH. Congrats on your new baby!!!
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You're certainly getting a great start, Tarythmic appears to be an awesome horse. Welcome to the forum.
Blessings,
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Wow! To have Mick as your first Trakehner is terrific! What an intro to Trakehners! Welcome!
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Welcome! Most of us have known Mick since he was a little fella. I'm so happy he's your new partner. I hope you bring him to St Louis so I can meet you both of you in person. You'll find Trakehners are tariffic!
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Welcome to the world of Trakehners (and the board of course!). Congrats on your first Trakehner and good luck with him! He's a beauty and quite the character!
Heather
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Thank you everyone for the wonderful welcome. I just love Mick - he is the greatest. He just got new shoes yesterday for the first time ever and was a perfect gentleman...
I just took some pictures of him laying down in the field (he is definitely comfortable with his new home) with his new buddy and will try and get them posted tomorrw.
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Just a thought...maybe to get you thinking about why we do certain things...but why did you put shoes on him? I rarely shoe my horses, and then only if necessary. For instance, my little mare was working in a sand arena every day, so I finally had to put shoes on her to keep her from wearing her feet down to the nubs.  When that situation was past, off came the shoes, and she did dressage, trail, jumping, you name it, and she was fine, and still working every day. I've found that horses rarely need shoes, and then only in extenuating circumstances. I always assume they don't and act accordingly if things change.
Definitely looking forward to your new pix.
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i can answer this one
Mick's feet are pretty "new to the world." He has spent his whole life on sand and snow; nothing harder than frozen sand ground before snow covers it. All of his under saddle work has been on similar sandy ground, or arena footing (also usually sand...).
At his new home, he is having to deal with hard ground and rocks most of the time, at work and in turnout. I can see that it could be better for him to have some protection on those tootsies and not let him get sore to go along with all of the other changes in his life.
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Ingrid said it correctly... Mick has great feet but my area is known for its rocks and rough terrain... I put shoes on to protect his feet more than anything. When he came off of the trailer he had perfect feet but after a week at my house they started to break.
If anything they are going to enhance his already great movement. I also like him to have a little more support as we start training him to jump.
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I do the same thing with front shoes and jumping - it just helps them! And while some horses can get away with no shoes, there are just some that need them. I have a 25 year old Insterruf gelding that is 17 hh. He is basically retired (still gets ridden and even shown sometimes, but really he is the "babysitter" more than the riding horse) and he HAS to have 4 shoes on. I tried to go without and within 2 weeks he was 3 legged lame. Just too big, too heavy, to go without shoes. Trust me, my pocketbook would rather go without that bill every 6 weeks, but he has earned the right to be sound and have shoes.
Mick is a very nice horse and I'm sure that you are going to have a blast together!
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I intend to use him for the hunters but sometimes horses have different ideas... He is a lovely jumper and seems to like it so we will see how it goes.
Here are a few pictures. I am not good at loading them so bear with me...
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I like this one you sent
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What a beautiful boy! He looks quite at home in the gorgeous scenery!
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Thanks everyone! I have never been acquainted with such nice people. I am looking forward to going to the ATA meeting to meet you all.
I will get more photos up of us riding and jumping... I just have to wait for this rain to stop in PA.... It is driving me crazy!
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Looks like Mick went from one nice home to another nice one. Best of luck on your future together!
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I want Mick's view!!!! Congratulations on your new TK - he's a tremendous specimen and a terrific introduction to our breed. Welcome!
p.s. If you're looking for someplace to send that rain . . . we'd love to have it here in TX!
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Twin Gates - I wish I could send the rain... It is the third day now in a row and it just doesn't want to stop... the mud is unbelievable and the horses are getting more and more miserable
Amy - you are welcome to come and visit anytime.. where are you located? you can send me an email at rebmouras@aol.com
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