The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread NINE

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[HairOfTheDog]

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 MissTargets will now be pinging everyone most mornings. Let MissTargets 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
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread FIVE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SIX
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread SEVEN
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread EIGHT

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

[RebaJ]

I believe that!

[Duchess47]

One of my current projects is to paint our Suzuki Samuria in a camo pattern instead of the white that it is. Today I finally got a chance to try some different colors and then take them out into the sage to see how they looked.

[HairOfTheDog]

Boy - that first one looks good from here :~D

What a fun project!

[Slump Tester]

We need a picture posted so folks will go here for more pics and the story.

[Duchess47]

I am having a lot of fun with it. It's still too cold and miserable to get much done but at least I've determined which colors I'll use.

[Duchess47]

What a precious little baby :) and an incredible story.

[CindyDawg]

What am I looking at? Is it cars? Whatever it is you are concealing, you are doing a good job:')

[Duchess47]

Right now it's just four different poster boards, about 18" by 24". I want to paint our Suzuki which is rather like a jeep. It's white now and sticks out like a neon sign when we head into the hills. I'm working on making it disappear into the sage :)

[CindyDawg]

Ok,ok:') Well the first color the best. The last is good too.

[CindyDawg]

I would like to see Okie from a distance in your desert. His white would probably show thru but I bet he would blend in good.

[Duchess47]

Paints and Apps - the ultimate camouflage horses :) No wonder the indians rode them.

[CindyDawg]

One of these days I'm going to horse paint him.

[Duchess47]

That would be cool to see.

[Beaker]

I like the first camo pattern and color.

[Beaker]

Bays are great camo horses during the fall. :-) Trust me, I once lost one in the woods.

[Duchess47]

That must have been something, searching the woods for a horse. :)

[Duchess47]

The first one is the one I'll use I think. It's the one on the far left and it really belended well.

[Duchess47]

Oops - the second one is the one on the far left.

[Beaker]

That must have been something, searching the woods for a horse. :)
It certainly gives you a heart attack. Fortunately he found the neighbors new crop of green grass in their back yard to be far more attractive than playing hide and seek. It made him easier to catch. But he left his calling card in the form of great big hoof shaped patches of missing grass when he tried to peel out and run away again.

[Duchess47]

Oh boy, I'll bet the neighbors loved him :) I guess the only good thing about having so many horses is that even if they do get loose, they don't go far, they don't want to leave their buddies.