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

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To: Beaker

Got to get out of here. Hubby waiting. Wants to go to the Road House. later.


541 posted on 01/05/2005 2:33:39 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Be comfortable with who you are and what works for you. Ignore um:')


542 posted on 01/05/2005 2:35:27 PM PST by CindyDawg
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To: CindyDawg

That's a hard question. I guess I'd say an animal that you are emotionally attached to.

Becky


543 posted on 01/05/2005 2:46:54 PM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: Beaker

It has quit sleeting here now. But still very cold. With everything wet, everything is covered in ice. I had trouble getting the gate unlatched just now when I went to feed, because it was covered in ice.

Becky


544 posted on 01/05/2005 2:49:40 PM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: CindyDawg

Later. Good to see you back! :-)


545 posted on 01/05/2005 2:59:33 PM PST by Beaker
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; All
I hope it's not serious.

It isn't... could barely see the scrape till I clipped around it a little. It's on the inside rear, I think he probably kicked himself, or got his leg through a rail... I think Cyn went in there with him. Our fault for leaving his stall unlatched.


546 posted on 01/05/2005 3:01:06 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
I still remember/use alot of the tips she gave me. She's very good with a horse. I've often wished she was more approachable. I actually think she is more rigid with her horses then I am:). She's the one that taught me to be careful about treating them as if they were a pet like a dog would be. She made so much sense to me that it stuck.

We're lucky if we had some early training from such people. My early trainer was not very 'approachable' either, she was harder on us kids than she was the horses, but her lessons stuck also. (She scared me to death ;~D)

547 posted on 01/05/2005 3:03:35 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Well, that doesn't look too bad. Good.

Becky


548 posted on 01/05/2005 3:16:20 PM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: HairOfTheDog

This lady scared me too:), and I wasn't a kid. About the same age as her. I don't know what it is about her, she was very very nice, and very encouraging, but I don't think I could call her again for help.

I use to tell Jenny that my goal as far as horses were concerned was to be like Meg. She rode her horses all the time, rain or shine, hot or cold, down the side of the road, and always looked so calm and unconcerned about the whole thing. The year Charlie was in kindergarten and I had to take him to school every afternoon, she was almost always out riding down the side of the road. I thought that was so cool:). I was very envious.

One time I saw her sitting on a horse in front of her mail box, one leg crooked around the horn, reading her mail...LOL...funny what impresses us, huh:)

Becky


549 posted on 01/05/2005 3:22:26 PM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Wimmen of great confidence and few words...

I have a very vivid memory from when I first moved my horse to this trainer's place. I put him in his stall, took his halter off and tossed it on the ground by the doorway. Her 6 year old daughter saw me do that and said "If my mom saw you do that, she'd hang you from the nail where the halter goes". I believed her!


550 posted on 01/05/2005 3:37:02 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

LOL...another quirk of horse trainers???

I worked one summer for a girl who trains, boards, etc. She was very picky about that sort of thing. Halter and lead ropes not only had to be hung, but hung in a certain fashion. The halter buckled and hung from the poll strap, and the lead rop looped ONE time around it.

Becky


551 posted on 01/05/2005 3:50:17 PM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Sounds like the same trainer! I'm picky, but not that picky... Or will I be when I am running my own barn?


552 posted on 01/05/2005 3:52:26 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

I thought that was a picture of my husband's leg.


553 posted on 01/05/2005 3:54:46 PM PST by tuffydoodle
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To: tuffydoodle

ROTFL! Welcome back!


554 posted on 01/05/2005 3:56:08 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: tuffydoodle; HairOfTheDog

LOL;

Totally off subject, but Mack just showed me an article from another web site that was about a girl that was rescued on Monday 100 miles from shore from a piece of tree. From the tsunami thing. That's incredible.

Becky


555 posted on 01/05/2005 3:58:33 PM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: HairOfTheDog

I don't know. I imagine you could get pretty frustrated dealing with a bunch of people, especially kids. It might be part of the business, getting that picky.

Becky


556 posted on 01/05/2005 4:00:45 PM PST by PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain
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To: HairOfTheDog

Thanks, I appreciate the welcome back!


557 posted on 01/05/2005 4:01:30 PM PST by tuffydoodle
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To: tuffydoodle

Now behave yourself... Halter hung up neatly, lead rope looped around just one time ;~D


558 posted on 01/05/2005 4:05:22 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain

Unbelievable.

Did you see on the news about the little british girl that warned her family that a tsunami was coming? They were down at the beach when the water disappeared. When her family started to walk out on the dry sea bottom, she said, "mummy, let's get out of here, that's a tsunami coming! I studied them in science right before we left for vacation!" Family says, "what's a tsunami?" She replies, "a tidal wave!" Family grabs all the nearby people and runs for it. They all lived. I'm think the girl was under 10, but I'm not sure.


559 posted on 01/05/2005 4:06:38 PM PST by tuffydoodle
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To: HairOfTheDog

I'll do my best but I might have a relapse.


560 posted on 01/05/2005 4:07:16 PM PST by tuffydoodle
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