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!

[HairOfTheDog]

Hope everything goes really well now for Winnie. We'll be waiting for word.

[HairOfTheDog]

I don't think she's ever been around horses 'cept occasional contact at fairs and such. Bay isn't very scary for most folks... he has this innocent look about him. ;~D

[ecurbh]

Pony kind of looks like a gymnast preparing to do a backflip there.

[HairOfTheDog]

It's a funny shot because it doesn't really resemble what she actually was doing! All four feet are off the ground, and she was doing that thing she does where she stands in one place and bucks several times in a row. But she looks like she's just hopping straight up. :~D

[HairOfTheDog]

Here's one of the out-takes, because it's blurry, but it's another funny pic of the pony. Again, she's bucking but it's the wrong moment, and it looks like she was running along and someone from above has just grabbed her by the back of the pants. ;~D

[Rose of Sharn]

Jacob saw that picture and I read to him what was written and he said "more like he's getting a wedgie!" : D (not sure of spelling on that!)

[HairOfTheDog]

I agree, that's what it looks like!

[Rose of Sharn]

As Becky can't post today, I may stroll out and try and get some pics : )

[HairOfTheDog]

That sounds like a ~fabulous~ idea!

[Rose of Sharn]

: ( it would have been, but my camera is in the van and deaconjim has taken my van to work! Emma has a kids digital that she bought for $20, and I am going to try with that and see if they come out worth posting!
Be back in about 15 mins.
Sharn

[MissTargets]

Oh yes, I remember them doing that. Family cookouts always had the "bacon bread". Rye bread with onions, and black pepper dripping with bacon fat, cooked over an open fire. I tried it a few times, but could never find the right kind of side bacon. It sure was good. No one worried about their arteries then..lol

[MissTargets]

That is so nice, you have a FRiend for a visit. Heck, we could pretty much travel all over the Country, and stop along the way at the Saddle Club's houses. Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Oklahoma, Texas, Nevada and Washington.

BTW, very nice pics of the horses!

[Rose of Sharn]

No luck, I took load of pics, tried to download them and the cameras batteries got low. Had to change them and lost all the pics. Guess thats what cheap digitals do. Or it may have been when Thunder tried to eat the camera! I had Adge nudging me from behind and Thunder in my face trying to chew the camera. Arent foals supposed to be nervous around new stuff?? Can someone tell Thunder and Adge that? : D

[HairOfTheDog]

Arent foals supposed to be nervous around new stuff??

Not until they learn to be afraid from the older "wiser" horses! They're like toddlers. They'd walk right into a pit full of tigers ;~D

[HairOfTheDog]

We could set ourselves up as overnight boarding for traveling saddle club members with horses. ;~D

[Rose of Sharn]

Well the "mums" were busy introducing themselves to Smokey who is in the new field right next to them! They weren't interested in what the little ones were up too!
Poor Lightning is unhappy, cause rather than having the girls right next to him to flirt with, he still has a field of cows fluttering their eyelashes at him!

[FrogInABlender]

LOL! Stallions do like their girls, but while Bob was still a studly dude and had nothing but the other two geldings and cows to romance, he thought the jenny looked mighty good. It's a good thing she was already expecting or we might've had trouble coz he spent an awful lot of time at the fence with her, trying to show her that he was just what she needed. ;o) I'm glad I went ahead and got that took care of, coz the last thing we needed was a Henny.

[Beaker]

Hahaha, that's a riot. :-)

[CindyDawg]

After buying a lawn mower in the box last summer I have decided that assembly better on the nerves and cheaper than a marriage counsler.

[Duchess47]

:) You're welcome in Nevada anytime.