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!

[Beaker]

Oh Hair, that's so sad. I'm so sorry to hear about Bob's mule :-(

[ShakeNJake]

Lions and tigers and bears OH MY!

I'd have PAID to watch you tearing off into the woods on a 4 wheeler with a shotgun!

Be careful out there and keep all your little critters, human and animal, close by. Do you have any large dogs that might scare it off? Little ones are just snackers to a cougar.

[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks... for the love of a mule, Hogie had a good life :~)

[CindyDawg]

I think home is where his two buddies are. Will he not ride in the truck?

[HairOfTheDog]

Sure he will, but we can't ~always~ take him with us. He gets to go with as often as we can.

[tuffydoodle]

I looked it up, cougars in Texas are all down by you or in the Trans-Pecos.

I asked my son again, "are you sure it wasn't a great dane, maybe?" He said, "only if great danes have long tails that drag the ground and curl up on the end."

[ShakeNJake]

Ditto from me Hair. We have all walked in his shoes and empathize with him. I have a 19 year old and am already dreading the day. He is my best buddy.

[tuffydoodle]

I have a blue heeler and a black lab. Not very good guard dogs but they will bark their heads off under my window.

[Beaker]

I'd have PAID to watch you tearing off into the woods on a 4 wheeler with a shotgun!

Ya don't mess around with a mama bear's cubs, two legged or four legged! :-D

[tuffydoodle]

"I'd have PAID to watch you tearing off into the woods on a 4 wheeler with a shotgun!"

I got about half way back there and thought, "what in the hell am I doing????"

[ShakeNJake]

Ain't it the truth!

[CindyDawg]

It's kind of sad around here. We used to be out in the country but more and more deveopment squeezing the wild animals out. The cougars are a little west of us but we see coyotes every once in awhile.

[ShakeNJake]

The noise will probably do the job to keep him from coming up too close. But, I sure wouldn't leave any of my livestock or pets out in a pasture away from the house at night.

[tuffydoodle]

Until mama gets chicken and runs for cover.

I did tell my kids that they couldn't go to the barn without me anymore. They asked me what good could I do if a cougar came after them. I told them I'd make sure the cougar got me and not them. They were amazed that I would do that for them. Kids are so funny, they'll never know until they have kids of their own.

[tuffydoodle]

We see coyotes all the time and the occasional bobcat.

[CindyDawg]

This dog will probably be gone tomorrow. I don't think the preacher was amused.

[CindyDawg]

We have rabbits, exotic birds, snakes, ducks and turtles:')

[HairOfTheDog]

What do you mean "not amused"? Are you saying he'd do something to it?

[tuffydoodle]

and snakes and snakes and snakes.

[Beaker]

We see coyotes all the time and the occasional bobcat.
We have those too... and a big problem with coyotes. We had brave coyotes that would come VERY close to the house and got all of the surrounding neighborhood cats. I was really afraid to go out in my backyard at night, because they weren't afraid of people.