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The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread THREE!

Posted on 12/30/2004 7:01:16 PM PST by HairOfTheDog

Free Republic has a lot of horse people that have found each other on other threads…. And since we all like to talk horses, how about a thread where it is not off-topic, but is THE topic?

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.


TOPICS: Hobbies; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: saddleclub
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To: tuffydoodle; All

Good morning - I could read this all day so keep going on the colors :)


4,521 posted on 01/27/2005 8:36:55 AM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: ecurbh

Pinging for new pictures of estrogen


4,522 posted on 01/27/2005 8:51:22 AM PST by FrogInABlender
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To: tuffydoodle

Oh, this is a colt that he imprinted at birth then turned out to pasture for 2 yrs or so and now he's got him in training the Parelli way. I like watching him work.


4,523 posted on 01/27/2005 8:56:36 AM PST by FrogInABlender
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To: ecurbh
New picture of me and Blade. Please replace the one you have....

Also, a picture of Grace. It's blurry but it's the best I've got...


4,524 posted on 01/27/2005 9:05:30 AM PST by FrogInABlender
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To: tuffydoodle
That's the reason in a nutshell.

The quick, condensed, short, sweet, I don't have much break time reason. :)

4,525 posted on 01/27/2005 9:13:18 AM PST by MissTargets
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To: HairOfTheDog
First outcasts, later to become in vogue.

Have you ever seen a silver Lab? Genetic defect on black. Last time I had heard, AKC was not recognizing them.

4,526 posted on 01/27/2005 9:16:24 AM PST by MissTargets
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To: FrogInABlender
Question on your horse Tennessee.
Is he a racking/walker cross, or a walker that racks?
4,527 posted on 01/27/2005 9:21:19 AM PST by MissTargets
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To: MissTargets

No.... I haven't ever seen one. But I did a search on them just now... and see the debate about them.... most thinking they are a defect, a few people breeding ~for~ them. They'll figure out how to really screw them up too, I suppose. ;~D


4,528 posted on 01/27/2005 9:24:43 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
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To: FrogInABlender

The paint that's bucking like a booger is the one he imprinted from birth??


4,529 posted on 01/27/2005 9:31:01 AM PST by tuffydoodle
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To: Duchess47

I like the color stuff too. The genetics of it get way to complicated, though.


4,530 posted on 01/27/2005 9:32:23 AM PST by tuffydoodle
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To: MissTargets
No such thing as a silver Lab, although unscrupulous breeders will try to sell you a light-colored yellow Lab as a "rare white" or "rare silver." A Choc with a yellow coat is sometimes called a "dudley" - has pinkish pigmentation in the nose and eye rims. They look pretty weird, and they aren't acceptable in the show ring, but there's nothing wrong with them in any sort of objective way.

Here's my breeder's take on color in Labs:

Lab Lessons - Let's Talk About Color?

She breeds nothing but Labs, and she's been in the business for 30 or 40 years . . .

4,531 posted on 01/27/2005 9:32:41 AM PST by AnAmericanMother (. . . Ministrix of ye Chace (recess appointment), TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary . . .)
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To: MissTargets

Oh man, tell your boss your busy with your saddle club. He'll understand.


4,532 posted on 01/27/2005 9:34:13 AM PST by tuffydoodle
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To: FrogInABlender
What are Inge_Cav's horse's names.... they are sittin' there with no caption at all!

The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - Who's Who

4,533 posted on 01/27/2005 9:39:34 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
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To: tuffydoodle

My boss probably doesn't mind. It's the "big brother" IT people, who monitor the servers that I worry about. They have fired people at other sites, for being on line so much.


4,534 posted on 01/27/2005 9:42:22 AM PST by MissTargets
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To: AnAmericanMother

No, these appear to be a new thing... a mutation of some kind... they are silver, and look like Weimeraners.

http://www.silverlabs.com/


4,535 posted on 01/27/2005 9:42:29 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
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To: tuffydoodle

Interesting that the "splashed white" pattern carries the genetic defect of deafness.

4,536 posted on 01/27/2005 9:43:23 AM PST by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Ah..the AKC is recognizing the color now. The one I saw was a beautiful dog.
4,537 posted on 01/27/2005 9:45:16 AM PST by MissTargets
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To: tuffydoodle

"The genetics of it get way to complicated, though."

Maybe for some people.


4,538 posted on 01/27/2005 9:46:52 AM PST by KeithMyloe
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To: MissTargets

Not really.... they are registering them as Chocolates. I am sure they would be ignored in the show ring. They might be different and cool looking, but I think the fact that there are people going out of their way to make them is just the same old oft-repeated story.


4,539 posted on 01/27/2005 9:48:20 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life!)
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To: AnAmericanMother
No such thing as a silver Lab.

Well, I did see one, and a local lab breeder does have them.

4,540 posted on 01/27/2005 9:48:30 AM PST by MissTargets
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