Kirsteen McCallum - 2013-01-18 If you walk behind a Clydesdale you will see that its back legs are perfectly straight and not 'cow hocked'. They are said to be 'close behind' and they walk with one huge back hoof placed exactly in front of the other,just as if they were still walking along a single ploughed furrow.
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Clarice Brough - 2013-01-20 Excellent input Kirsteen, some great info for the description area. Thanks!
desiree - 2009-01-18 I have wanted a horse for a long time now and I decided awhile back that I wanted a Clydesdale and I am happy to have found out that they do make good riding horses. Hopefully I'll be able to get one someday and thank you for helping me get this information.
Clydesdale Mad - 2012-11-25 Who on earth said that Clydesdales were not used for ploughing? Clydesdales were bred in Scotland to work the land as well as for pulling. The true 'Scottish' breed also has 'COW HOCKS' as a standard so that their huge feet would fit into the furrows (and they still do)! Whoever wrote that Clydesdales weren't 'plough' horses is having a joke. What has America done with our Clydesdales. Not bred for ploughing and only used as 'flashy carriage horses'? There weren't any 'flashy carriages' in Scotland (we were too poor) and only 'The Laird' would have carriages when these laddies were bred. Scotland was predominently a FARMING and FISHING country back then. Where do you get your information from? My auld grandfather would turn in his grave if he heard about this.
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Clarice Brough - 2012-11-25 I understood the information a little bit differently, saying that their legs were bred to be very sturdy... so they are excellently suited for pulling carriages on hard cobblestone roads. Also they were used throughout many countries for farm work, so it naturally seems that they would have been used for ploughing. However I can see how it is confusing and you've provided a very interesting tidbit as well, about their being bred with 'cow hocks' as a standard, so their large feet would fit into the furrows.
destiny - 2012-10-22 I've always wanted a clydesdale but there so expensive and I don't have room at my house! I wish somewhere there was a close horse ranch with clydesdales! <3 from Wisconsin
cazzie - 2012-08-22 I have a 20 year old clydesdale mare called Lady Jane and she is an absoloute star, one in a million, it will be our first winter together this year and am dreading the cost of feeding her!! haha!! She has become a bit footsore on cobbles and stones so will be getting her shod next week
Regina Elliott - 2009-10-13 When I was a toddler in the early 60s my parents bought me a rocking horse. My mother told me (when I was a teenager) that I was on my rocking horse all the time. As a teenager my two younger brothers and I would go horsebackriding for $20 an hour each. That was back in the 70s. I haven't gone horsebackriding in a while. I always wanted to board a horse for my daughter but my husband and I realized we couldn't afford it. I'm a good scratchboard artist and horses are my favorite subject. I have sold some of them but neglected to make prints. I'm active with petitions with two humane associations to stop the slaughter of horses. I'll always love horses and if I could I would have two Clydesdales for my husband,daughter and I to ride. Horses are such noble animals.
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Charlie Roche - 2011-04-14 You put it on your BUCKET LIST and go for it. Somehow all dreams should happen.
charli watkins - 2011-04-12 I have a clydesdale and he is so handsome his name is Merlin. Me and my mum do absolutely anything for him. He is 21 now but even though he is getting slower I think he still has alot of life left in him. He does suffer with feet problems and lots of money has gone into it and I was wondering if they are common to get problems like that? I do advise if you buy one to rug them in the winter by the time they are 18 beacuse they start using all of the food you give them to keep them warm and become anorexic.
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Charlie Roche - 2011-04-12 A Clydesdale is a big guy and from what I have read, many are subjected to feet problems. He is older and even us humans have foot problems as we get older. There are various foot balms that are recommended - I don't know if they work or if they help. The way I look at it is if they are natural then what can it hurt. I have a litle amazon who is 27 and he has arthritis in his toes. Now I can't give him aspirin but he gets around just fine.
The Clydesdale is one of the most popular heavy horses in the world!
If you walk behind a Clydesdale you will see that its back legs are perfectly straight and not 'cow hocked'. They are said to be 'close behind' and they walk with one huge back hoof placed exactly in front of the other,just as if they were still walking along a single ploughed furrow.
Excellent input Kirsteen, some great info for the description area. Thanks!
So beautiful and big. Also it mezmorizes me on how amazing they are.
I have wanted a horse for a long time now and I decided awhile back that I wanted a Clydesdale and I am happy to have found out that they do make good riding horses. Hopefully I'll be able to get one someday and thank you for helping me get this information.
Who on earth said that Clydesdales were not used for ploughing? Clydesdales were bred in Scotland to work the land as well as for pulling. The true 'Scottish' breed also has 'COW HOCKS' as a standard so that their huge feet would fit into the furrows (and they still do)! Whoever wrote that Clydesdales weren't 'plough' horses is having a joke. What has America done with our Clydesdales. Not bred for ploughing and only used as 'flashy carriage horses'? There weren't any 'flashy carriages' in Scotland (we were too poor) and only 'The Laird' would have carriages when these laddies were bred. Scotland was predominently a FARMING and FISHING country back then. Where do you get your information from? My auld grandfather would turn in his grave if he heard about this.
I understood the information a little bit differently, saying that their legs were bred to be very sturdy... so they are excellently suited for pulling carriages on hard cobblestone roads. Also they were used throughout many countries for farm work, so it naturally seems that they would have been used for ploughing. However I can see how it is confusing and you've provided a very interesting tidbit as well, about their being bred with 'cow hocks' as a standard, so their large feet would fit into the furrows.
I've always wanted a clydesdale but there so expensive and I don't have room at my house! I wish somewhere there was a close horse ranch with clydesdales! <3 from Wisconsin
I have a 20 year old clydesdale mare called Lady Jane and she is an absoloute star, one in a million, it will be our first winter together this year and am dreading the cost of feeding her!! haha!! She has become a bit footsore on cobbles and stones so will be getting her shod next week
Does that clydesdale in the photo have and eye?
That horse is beautiful
i truly love horses! And Clydesdales are my favorite. I love the fact that they are so big and yet so friendly!
They are enormous but they are so gorgeous and yes they are friendly. Gentle giants - and in this case a real giant.
When I was a toddler in the early 60s my parents bought me a rocking horse. My mother told me (when I was a teenager) that I was on my rocking horse all the time. As a teenager my two younger brothers and I would go horsebackriding for $20 an hour each.
That was back in the 70s. I haven't gone horsebackriding in a while. I always wanted to
board a horse for my daughter but my husband and I realized we couldn't afford it. I'm a good scratchboard artist and horses are my favorite subject. I have sold some of them but neglected to make prints.
I'm active with petitions with two humane associations to stop the slaughter of horses. I'll always love horses and if I could I would have two Clydesdales for my
husband,daughter and I to ride. Horses are such noble animals.
You put it on your BUCKET LIST and go for it. Somehow all dreams should happen.
I have a clydesdale and he is so handsome his name is Merlin. Me and my mum do absolutely anything for him. He is 21 now but even though he is getting slower I think he still has alot of life left in him. He does suffer with feet problems and lots of money has gone into it and I was wondering if they are common to get problems like that? I do advise if you buy one to rug them in the winter by the time they are 18 beacuse they start using all of the food you give them to keep them warm and become anorexic.
A Clydesdale is a big guy and from what I have read, many are subjected to feet problems. He is older and even us humans have foot problems as we get older. There are various foot balms that are recommended - I don't know if they work or if they help. The way I look at it is if they are natural then what can it hurt. I have a litle amazon who is 27 and he has arthritis in his toes. Now I can't give him aspirin but he gets around just fine.