The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FIVE

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[HairOfTheDog]

*New* The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - Who's Who *pics*

This is a horse chat thread where we share ideas, ask for input from other horsemen, and talk about our riding and horse-keeping. We have a lot of different kinds of riders and horses, and a lot to share. In the previous threads we have had a great time talking through lessons, training, horse lamenesses, illnesses and pregnancies... and always sharing pictures and stories.

I always have a link to this thread on my profile page, so if you have something to say and can't find the thread in latest posts… look for it there and wake the thread up!

I also have a ping list for horse threads that are of interest, and Becky pings everyone most mornings. Let Becky (Paynoattentionmanbehindthecurtain) and/or me know if you would like to be on the ping list. As FreeRepublic is a political site, our politics and other issues will probably blend in…. There are many issues for horsemen that touch politics… land use, animal rights/abuse cases that make the news…. Legislation that might affect horse owners.

So... like the previous threads, this is intended as fun place to come and share stories, pictures, questions and chit-chat, unguided and unmoderated and that we come together here as friends. There are lots of ways of doing things and we all have our quirks, tricks and specialties that are neat to learn about.

Previous threads:

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - thread ONE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread TWO!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread THREE!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FOUR

New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!

[Duchess47]

Most apps don't have a mean bone in their body :) and are careful when they throw a fit that no one gets hurt.

Now, are you sure you are telling her what to do or are you just agreeing to do what she wants to do?

My mare and I used to have converstations I swear. She'd say, are you sure you want to do this? and I'd say, Yep, I'm sure - why - don't you think it's a good idea? One time she and I really argued about going up a mountain trail, and she finally went because my husband had already gone ahead on his horse. She made it real clear it was NOT a good idea. When we got to the top, we were in time to see sand still falling back into the tracks of a good size mountain lion track.

I learned something that day - if she really didn't like an idea, there was probably a good reason.

[Duchess47]

As everyone said, try just clipping his claws.

Also, get a squirt bottle full of water and squirt him when he claws you. Either that or a fairly light container of some kind with pebbles in it - something that rattles. Throw that at him. He's a smart cat, he'll learn.

[CindyDawg]

I'm going to give it a try this evening. He isn't a mean cat. He is just playing. I used to do the water thing with a cat that tried to hypnotize my parrot but I don't think it would work with him caz he wakes me up and I kick him away before I'm really awake.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Congratulations!!!!

Becky

[CindyDawg]

[HairOfTheDog]

Congratulations for your new foal! I am looking forward to pictures!

[Beaker]

What is that a picture of?

[CindyDawg]

I know it's kind of blurry but it came from a crackerjack box and I taped it to a door and took a picture. It's a horse though. Can you see her? A young girl that knew I liked horses gave it to me.

[Duchess47]

What a sweet thought on her part. I'm sorry, I see a frog, not a horse - I'll get my glasses.

[CindyDawg]

It is a frog but look at it sideways.

[Duchess47]

LOL Okay, I saved it to my desktop and then rotated it and I could see it.

[CindyDawg]

:')I just wish I could have posted it clearer. It was the best my camera could do.

[Duchess47]

Well, it really was clear enough if you looked past the frog :)

Obviously, today, I'm operating at 1/2 speed.

[Beaker]

Yeah, all I see is a frog too. I'll keep lookin' though. My dad is down to visit and he walked in on me moving my head at extreme angles trying to see the horse in the picture, and demanded to know what the h*ll I was doing. :-)

We went to a Mike Seeger concert. It was really really good.

[CindyDawg]

LOL. I would have liked to have seen that. Once you see it, you see it though:')

[Duchess47]

Hey, I had to snag the picture to my desktop so I could rotate it before I saw it. :)

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Good morning

Becky

[Beaker]

Good Morning. It's a cruddy day here today. Rainy and overcast. The teps aren't too bad though. I have my bedroom window open and I'm getting a nice breeze. Thought I heard a couple of rumbles of thunder last night.

[Beaker]

Um temps. even. :-)

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

I think today here is going to be nicer then yesterday, but we did get a freeze here last night. My bird bath was iced over. Garden looks like it survived tho.

Becky