*New* The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - Who's Who *pics*
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Posted on 01/31/2005 8:31:31 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
*New* The FreeRepublic Saddle Club - Who's Who *pics*
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.
Previous threads:
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - thread ONE
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread TWO!
The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread - Thread THREE!
New folk and occasional posters, jump right in and introduce yourselves, tell us about your horses, and post pictures if you've got them!
I use a rope halter on our gelding when he needs it. He "ain't " going nowhere with it. I switch with riding though because it doesn't fit well with the briddle.
Weird. My computer keeps jumping back to thread 3. It's raining here. I got a tray from the kitchen. Not sure if I'm eating a porkchop or chicken breast:')
If they make leather, they'll make the nylon too. Just make sure to ask for ALL SOLID brass hardware or they'll put the cheap stuff on there.
Her back two are all white. Here she is in her "I am very confused about what you are doing to me so I'll park out." That's the Hackney in her. She offers the stretched park as her default answer when she doesn't know the right one.
Like my halter fashions?
Don't be abusing my poor Fatty Lumpkin! *wink*
hehehehe...Just popped in to say a quick hello since I saw you all have a lovely new thread! :-D
You know I'd never... ;~D She's got me in her pocket.
I have never been to the Equine Affaire, have you? I will be coming back from Tennessee that weekend, and going thru Columbus. Maybe I will check it out.
She's really sweet, even if she has a wee lil' but of mischief in her. *grin*
It's all Bay's fault, you know. He keeps biting her butt.
This'll be year 3 that this family has been involved. Oldest daughter and hubby have gone for the last two. I'm signing on for THIS year's.
Most of the exhibitors/sales booths folks are super nice.
Speaking of excruciating pain to bulls, I have a story. In high school, my husband raised cows, bulls and pigs. One day, my husband and some other ag guys were hauling a big bull somewhere in an open top trailer. He said that they were doing 70 miles an hour or so on a main highway when the bull reared up, put his front legs over the top of the trailer and climbed on out. It happened so fast that they didn't even have time to slow down. Bull falls out and bounces across the highway, then gets up and runs off. When they finally caught him all his injuries amounted to was a couple of skinned places. Judging from that story, I seriously doubt a bucking strap causes excruciating pain.
The pony's stripes are just due to the coloring of her feet. I'm pretty sure she's not a closet appaloosa even though she may have the personality of one :)
Yeah, he's got Two Eyed Jack, Zippo Pat Bars, Watch Joe Jack, and some Poco Bueno on up there a few generations back. Got a real good disposition and a quick learner. First time I swung a rope off his back, he didn't budge.
I think it's cute about Pony's "default answer". She sounds pretty smart to me. She know's that this answer usually makes "people" happy so why not try it.
Do the NSH/morgan/hackney/gaited horse types that pose this way do this by some kind of instinct? It's an odd instinct if it is.... I've assumed somewhere back in her youth someone actually taught her this, but it seems an odd thing to know unless she was actually shown at halter early on wherever she came from. She did it from the first day we brought her home whenever we tugged her line. Made it hard to teach her to lunge at first. If we gave a sharp lead correction, she'd get flustered and park out... It always got her off the hook, because we'd have to go give her an A for effort. ;~D
She is smart, and she really tries hard to be good. I think that when she does blow up, it isn't malice or an unwillingess to cooperate, it's just emotional breakdown. She is either actually afraid, or she's got me completely fooled.
I don't think it's instinctual for TWH or Racking horses. Most people have to work pretty hard to teach it. I wish my 17h monster would park out. A vertically challenged riding buddy of mine has taught hers to do it and it lowers the stirrup a good 6 or 8 inches when he does it. Very handy indeed!
I'll bet the pony was shown in hand and was taught to do it. Her response is probably a mixture of fear and stubborness. Like you've said before, even though you've never hurt her, she still thinks you're gonna kill her anyways. She's always got that concerned look in her eyes.
I wish I could communicate mind-to-mind with her. She's a puzzle.
It would lower the stirrup if you could get yours to do it, but they also aren't real strong in that position, at least the pony looks pretty hollow in the back and easily tipped. ;~D
Maybe that was something she was rewarded or praised for and she just falls back on it.
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