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The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread NINE
See our "who's who" page! ^

Posted on 02/24/2006 9:12:25 AM PST by 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!


TOPICS: Hobbies; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: ofcourseofcourse; saddleclub; thehorseyset
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To: FrogInABlender

I understand that. I wouldn't recommend you put yourself at risk, and I didn't mean to imply that. My situation was different, I didn't have that fear with my 'friend'. But the Humane Society woman can do it... with backup if she wants it.


7,321 posted on 06/07/2006 8:42:32 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Yeah, having another talk with the humane society lady is probably a good idea if the talk with the vet turns up questionable.


7,322 posted on 06/07/2006 8:52:55 AM PDT by FrogInABlender (Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: MissTargets

This is a good time to go to Florida:') Have a fun and safe trip.


7,323 posted on 06/07/2006 10:28:47 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: FrogInABlender

It may be as he believes, Frog. If he thought he was in trouble he wouldn't have claimed him and wanted a puny horse back, I wouldn't think. Yall all know where he lives now. I would sure check with that vet though to make sure he doesn't have something you need to treat yours for.


7,324 posted on 06/07/2006 10:34:21 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: Duchess47

Yeah. I can see that everything they want will help me in the long run but I'm on the short track right now. Something happened though. I've been praying a lot about this. Friday, she thought it was going to be very detailed and seemed... distant. The place uncomfortable too. They wear suits and whisper. She called and talked to the state though and they didn't need all that . I don't know what they told her but she seemed very engouraging now.


7,325 posted on 06/07/2006 10:40:49 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: ecurbh; FrogInABlender; PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain; CindyDawg; Duchess47; Beaker; ...
Just got this email from Kay, husband of my friend Bob, entitled, "The inevitable".

Thought you should know that we had Hogie [Hogie is Bob's old mule] put down this morning. He went down yesterday afternoon and just couldn’t get up. We tried and tried but finally decided enough is enough. So, it’s a sad day at the Munson’s. . . . I’m not sure who’s more upset – Bob or Jessie. Bob was going to pick her up from school and they were going for a riding lesson so maybe that will help.

The end of an era . . . .

Kay

I called him... He's not ready to talk much about it but he was glad I called.

I told him he sure gave Hogie a good life, and he agreed. I said "Dammit if they don't all get old" and he agreed with that too.

Then he said he'd talk about it in two weeks, and 'lets go riding'. I said "call me, and lets go riding"

He called back again after we hung up to say he appreciated the call and wasn't trying to be short with me.

I said I understood completely.

I've been through animal deaths with him before... When his old horse Beau had to be put down from Cushings, he didn't want to be there so I was there in his place. When his old dog was found, poisoned by the chicken farmer, I sat with him in silence and drank almost a whole bottle of Crown Regal with him. When my Logan was put down, he came to help me dig a hole and place him into it. He's always been a good friend.

It breaks your heart to see a really tough guy cry the most sensitive tears over a beloved animal.

RIP Hogie


7,326 posted on 06/07/2006 10:41:25 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Who is having seizures? :')


7,327 posted on 06/07/2006 10:41:58 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: CindyDawg

Heh... I don't know, but it doesn't sound fun :~D


7,328 posted on 06/07/2006 10:43:12 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

Such a happy picture. He has one?


7,329 posted on 06/07/2006 10:46:04 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: HairOfTheDog

Aw, nuts. Good pic.


7,330 posted on 06/07/2006 10:50:20 AM PDT by Ramius (Buy blades for war fighters: freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net --> 1400 knives and counting!)
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To: CindyDawg

He had one mule... He has now his riding horse, the horse he's leasing for Jessie, and a pony. He went miles and miles on that mule, and he retired him a couple years ago. Hogie had really slowed down of late, he was really old. Not sure how old in years, but it was showing. He'd had episodes of being down too long before, this time it was the time.


7,331 posted on 06/07/2006 10:51:27 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: Ramius

It really is a great picture :~)


7,332 posted on 06/07/2006 10:53:45 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: no one in particular

I bet Kay wouldn't like being called "husband of my friend Bob"...

Woops :~D


7,333 posted on 06/07/2006 10:55:47 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
Hogie looks like a good 'un. That pretty dark sorrel color too (I'm told that's the fashionable color for mules).

No shame in mourning a good faithful critter. But guys don't like to show tears.

7,334 posted on 06/07/2006 11:07:23 AM PDT by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: AnAmericanMother
No, Bob doesn't like to show tears to anyone.

Hogie was in more or less his prime in that picture... he's one more recent, that I took last summer. He looks older in it. I cut his ears off, which is, I think, probably the most unforgivable sin one can commit in mule photography, but it still shows his great face.


7,335 posted on 06/07/2006 11:16:39 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog

I love mules. That's a beautiful beast, imo.

I've never really wanted a horse, but I've kinda always seen myself riding a mule around my property.

Well, not my current property...

I've also kinda thought a burro would be nice...you know, the kind with the cross on it's back? I rode one with Steve in Mexico after taking a little boat across the Rio Grande. It's a fond memory of mine...a gringo honeymoon.

:-)


7,336 posted on 06/07/2006 11:16:50 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same)
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To: 2Jedismom

I've heard tales of that trip :~D

Donkeys are great... and mules too. I'd like to see you riding one around the place.


7,337 posted on 06/07/2006 11:18:25 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: HairOfTheDog
If Steve passes away before I do, I'm gonna have Gringo Honeymoon played at his funeral and scandalize everyone.

Heh heh!

7,338 posted on 06/07/2006 11:24:07 AM PDT by 2Jedismom (Life's about changing, nothing ever stays the same)
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To: 2Jedismom

Heh... that ought to keep him fighting for life :~D


7,339 posted on 06/07/2006 11:25:08 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
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To: CindyDawg

That is outstanding. You got it made with God in your corner :)


7,340 posted on 06/07/2006 11:32:10 AM PDT by Duchess47 ("One day I will leave this world and dream myself to Reality" Crazy Horse)
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