The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread 11

[HairOfTheDog]

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - (very out of date) Who's Who *pics*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
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread NINE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread TEN

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]

I let the lawnmowers out...

[CindyDawg]

I hate to hear that. Come back when you feel like it.

[Duchess47]

I am amazed that they eat the grass and not the flowers.

[Duchess47]

So I was telling a girl at work about my search for orange trees. She said, oh - I’ve got nine of them, I’ll bring you a couple. They are three years old, about 8” tall and started from seeds. I don’t have a clue about what kind of oranges they are from or if they will ever bear fruit :)

[HairOfTheDog]

Mostly ;~)

Actually, they’ve never eaten the flowers, but I have the sprinkler on behind them to keep them out of the fallen birdseed. It’s just BOSS, but I don’t like them eating the old stuff on the ground for fear of mold/too much dirt. The sprinkler keeps them away.

[Duchess47]

Aha - now I know the secret :) Although Indy would stand in the sprinkler with no problem.

[CindyDawg]

I’m going to go to the flea market Sunday and get a banana and an avocado tree.

[Duchess47]

Oh I envy you - I would love to have a banana tree and and avacado tree. Take some pictures of them okay?

[CindyDawg]

will do:’)

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

So did Pony figure out how to get the treat out of the Kong?:)

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

If there was a treat inside, she probably would have :~)

Good morning everyone :~)

Are you off the farm sitting now? Let us know how it goes when you talk to her and settle up :~)

I think we’re fixing a rotting post in the back yard fence today, lunging horses, and we’re going to RIDE tomorrow.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Today’s my last day to feed.

Mack and I have been out cleaning up the shop since I got back from feeding. It really needed it.

Not sure what the rest of the day holds. It’s getting pretty warm now.

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

Somewhere out by our gate is a sign that only dogs can see that says "ALL LOST DOGS WELCOME HERE"

I R A BEAGLE

[Duchess47]

Good morning.

LOL - Homer put the sign out there :)

[HairOfTheDog]

I figger that must be it... I wish I could find it ;~)

[Beaker]

Heheh. I get a kick out of beagles. I think that I’m the only person in the world who does. Have you found who he belongs to?

[HairOfTheDog]

There’s a beagle and basset hound rescue down the road someplace. Not quite sure which house, I’ve just heard them sometimes. He may have come from there. We’ll go take a drive later and see if we can figure it out if she hasn’t come here from the sign we put up at the store.

Half the beagles I’ve ever met have been completely insane. This one seems to be among the sane group. He’s a nice old pooch. :~)

[Beaker]

The problem with beagles or any scent dogs is that once they smell something they're off and running. But the ones that I have met have been very sweet, and I think that their bark adds to their charm.

I felt energetic enough to go to the barn today and ride Levi. Now I'm home and feel like I've been dropped on my head. I'm taking tomorrow competely off and staying in bed. We did most of the lesson at the walk, which allowed me to work completely on my position and improving the tempo of his walk.

[rockyridge]

hey...since we are cooking....has anyone heard of a chocolate chocolate sauce?...i had the recipe from a neighbor in arizona and my mom thru it away....talk about that later.....you melt chocolate squares and i think a bag of hersheys chips and other stuff...helpful i know but maybe someone has heard of it

[rockyridge]

this is frustrating guys that everytime i post...they send it for preview....hey i love god,my country,i honor the flag...i listen to rush and i read ann coulter.....what more...o i am in the dar...and have met every republican pres since the white house easter egg hunt under eisenhower...i know...i am old...but i was only 9 at the egg hunt...and i went to church with ron and nancy at bel air pres...come on...that’s a pedigree.