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Posted on 10/04/2005 9:56:41 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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ROFLOL:)
Might be tho. I've always told Mack you either pay for the horse or for a phyciatrist:)
Becky
He's definitely too fat but the only feed he gets is about 2 cups of crimped oats, a cup of biotin supplement and his daily wormer, once a day. The pasture is gone from no rain but he does get free choice grass hay. He just needs some exercise but that's hard to do when he's always lame.
LOL...well I figured I should know being older:). I figured I didn't know because I'm not very mature:)
Becky
Well, In my experience, you don't often see appys with dark spots on color. Usually darker spots appear either within a white blanket, or inside peacock spots that have their own white border. A palomino with dark spots would be unusual.
I didn't know about the smutty gene until we started talking about it here either but since then I've noticed that just about every palomino I've seen since has it to some degree, but Harley's shoulder blotch is just about the most prominent one I've ever seen.
Well your right:). I think it was just because they were such nice round spots, and mostly on his hips, except for that blotch on his shoulder. Spots on hips just make you think App. But your right that dark spots are usually within a blanket.
Becky
You've got mail...
The bus ride was fine going up there. I was patting myself on the back for being "smart". They lost my suitcase though so I didn't have my riding clothes or equipment until that evening. After everyone left me I got into it with the bus driver going back. He was short handed so I put my suitcase in myself. He came around and took it out and started talking down and reading me the riot act about how luggage has to be tagged. I should have kept my mouth shut but I diddn't like the way he was talking to me and made a comment about it didn't seem tags made a difference and an "I forgot, ok? That set him off."That was all you had to say" as I grabbed my bag and went inside. He came around the other side and pointed his finger at me and yelled to the clerk, "she , has an attitude" I'm figuring, he's kicking me off anyway so I took the offensive and yelled back and told him, I wasn't riding with him, and that him griping at me about luggage a joke because they couldn't keep up with my tagged suitcase and that yesterday I had to wear dirty clothes until they found it so don't lecture me about systems. He called the clerk in the backroom. The ticket agent came out again and asked me if I really wasn't getting on the bus. I told him no, I'll wait for the next one and showed him I was calling my sister. He told me" you have the best route, with no lay overs. The driver just understaffed and would I just get on the bus and sit in the back because I only had to ride with him to San Antonio. So, I took my tagged bag and gave it to the bus driver with the attitude and stuck my nose in the air and got on the bus. He got in with his nose in the air and off we went. We were going down 35. Traffic was packed. We were kissing close to 18 wheelers he was passing. At that time I got to thinking p/o the bus driver might not have been a good idea. At the next stop I told him I was sorry for having an "attitude" I figured I wasn't responsible for his bad attitude but I was mine. In San Antonio they switched. I'm thinking, good. Hell, I was on the bus with Rambo this time. He started lecturing peopl e about who he puts on the side of the road. I kept my mouth shut this time:')
Being smart vs strong. Getting things done with tech instead of strength.
Manditory pictures?
Kind of like the Ann Coulter, Anna Kournikova, Helen Thomas rule?
Exactly like that ;~D
That did sound funny:'). No, she has clinics. We were kind of trying out. She didn't seem too impressed with her raw material at first but I guess liked us. She told us we were both good riders and have a lot of potential and invited us back. I was expecting her critque of me to have been at lot worse.
OOOHHHHHHHHH!!!! Ok. That is interesting. How did your evaluation go? Give us some tips:)
Becky
Yall know. It's stuff I read here all the time. Just different terminology.
You have to try out to be able to go to her clinics?
Becky
Uh... I was only joking about the Helen Thomas pics...
:-)
I told you you had a good seat:). Now you just need to believe it:).
Can you take your own horses to these things, or do you have to use hers?
Becky
Her place, her rules. I have homework. You would like her. My assignment. "time in the saddle. One day a week not going to cut it and stay in that saddle for at least 2 hours at a time:')".
LOL...well I've sworn off trying to get people to ride more:), (but I still think it's the best thing you can do for you and your horse)
Becky
Yeah, the next time I'll take my own. I have things I have to work on here 1st though.
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