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ORIGINAL: rhondabrwn

This is my "run around shoveling manure" outfit... not exactly Victoria's Secret calibre, but these are honest pics of a decrepit retiree trying to get back into shape [:)] Didn't expect visitors, but put a camera into their hands anyway and said "shoot around" and these are some of the results.

Anyway, these are my horses... enjoy.

CUTE!

My mare doesn't pull off cute as well.......probably because she's always CRANKY. But she has her moments

Have you softened her up with a few carrots, apples, and a bit of grain (hand fed)?

Gorgeous horse

Continue to lose weight though... I'll try to get someone out to take some more flattering shots!

ORIGINAL: rhondabrwn

Have you softened her up with a few carrots, apples, and a bit of grain (hand fed)?

Gorgeous horse

Yes indeed. She was a rescue...half starved and abused. In the beginning she'd pin her ears and grimmace at anyone who came near her and was not above kicking and biting.

Now she's softened up to the point where she only nibbles.....though last night she nibbled and then ripped off a piece of the seat of my jeans. Probably because i had not seen her in a couple days. On approach her ears will pin....then when she sees its me, the ears go full up for i'm happy to see you.....one ear up, one down for I'm happy your here but your in trouble......and the often seen....ears halfway up halfway down....for "YOU ARE IN TROUBLE MISTER. Tempermental cranky demanding thing.

A good curry will usually loosen her up......except for last night where a fabric sacrifice was required.

Example......Her YOUR IN TROUBLE look. Before Curry (and treat)








Uma "after" Curry job and Treat.

I will get it if i don't share the attention with my ex-partner's other two horses.....who get very jealous if they are left out....






Ty....."El Dorko" or as i call him...."The Master of Messing with People" Very smart....very talented.....very confounding to riders.

Fishing for Treats........







Uno....the one-eyed ex-Racehorse. Big.....dumb.....extremely powerful......sweet.....will suck your hand down along with any treat you dare offer him.

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Thanks for posting Rhonda, and I love seeing pictures of your new home.

Hey the lawns are a bit dry [:D][:D][:D][:D]

 
 
beautiful

 
 

Attracted a talented and devious spammer, pictures on topic to lure you in Rhonda.

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

ORIGINAL: rhondabrwn

Have you softened her up with a few carrots, apples, and a bit of grain (hand fed)?

Gorgeous horse

Yes indeed. She was a rescue...half starved and abused. In the beginning she'd pin her ears and grimmace at anyone who came near her and was not above kicking and biting.

Now she's softened up to the point where she only nibbles.....though last night she nibbled and then ripped off a piece of the seat of my jeans. Probably because i had not seen her in a couple days. On approach her ears will pin....then when she sees its me, the ears go full up for i'm happy to see you.....one ear up, one down for I'm happy your here but your in trouble......and the often seen....ears halfway up halfway down....for "YOU ARE IN TROUBLE MISTER. Tempermental cranky demanding thing.

A good curry will usually loosen her up......except for last night where a fabric sacrifice was required.

Love your comements and pictures Maybe it's time to start a "horses" thread?

ORIGINAL: rhondabrwn

Love your comements and pictures Maybe it's time to start a "horses" thread?

Thx....perhaps we should though after last night....there will be no new pictures as I probably won't ever see them again. [:(]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus



Thx....perhaps we should though after last night....there will be no new pictures as I probably won't ever see them again. [:(]

Oh, that sure doesn't sound good...

And Rhonda, I love your hat!
Since I, err, have less hair than I once had [8D] I almost always wear a hat during the summerheat, my body can soak up a lot of heat but not my scalp. The sun fries my brain see? [:D]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

ORIGINAL: rhondabrwn

Love your comements and pictures Maybe it's time to start a "horses" thread?

Thx....perhaps we should though after last night....there will be no new pictures as I probably won't ever see them again. [:(]

That sounds bad... what happened?

My hat is a Minnetonka Fold Up Hat for those who are intrigued from the pictures. It is uni-sex, leather, and totally indestructible. It's the only hat I've ever owned (and the only one people ever thought I looked good in).

Available from a lot of places (just search) but Amazon has it the cheapest:

http://www.amazon.com/Minnetonka-Fold-U ... B000RZK87S

There is a story to it, actually, I was in a trading post on the rez with a few friends and I saw this hat... I picked it up and put it on as a joke... it fit perfectly... looked in the mirror and thought... HEY that isn't bad! A second later my friends came arond and started raving about it so I bought it. That was about five years ago and it became my trademark at the school. People stop me in a store and ask where to get one.

If you are outdoors a lot this is one great, rugged hat. Highly recommended!

I saw a beautiful hawk today. Driving along a road on top of a ridge. The hawk was suspended by the updraft of the wind about 10 feet above and 10 feet over from my windshield.

I've been told that a hawk flying over you is good fortune.
 

ORIGINAL: rhondabrwn

That sounds bad... what happened?

well...without going into messy details....my partner left me this year for a younger model that she had started seeing. She wanted to do the whole "friends" thing of course which included continuing to work together with our horses. I am not doing the 'friends' thing but i have been continuing to go to the place where she is very generously allowed to keep her three pets free of charge (only footing the cost of hay and feed)..mainly in order to keep seeing the mare, who for some reason seems to be attached to my sorry a$$.

Its a wierd...uncomfortable situation....usually i show up at night, well after i know my X has left to go home to her new life. I try not to advertise my presence but a few nights ago i made the mistake of deciding to clean up the Mare's appearance. She allows me to clip her without tranqs or other means of persuasion (which always p/o'd the X off because mare won't let her work on her without a fight). On the subject of manes however, even I can't get away with pulling her mane without her getting pissy so we've been forced to use "cheaters" to cut her mane which even on a good day, looks terrible. Doesn't help that i'm out of practice. The end result was better than the long stragley mane she had, but not super pretty either. Knowing my "X" is an anal retentive perfectionist, i left plenty of length for her to "correct" my work which i knew from long experience would not be up to her standards (noone's horsemanship is when it comes to her)

At worst...I expected maybe a nasty note......or a text'd shout telling me to not mess with her animal(s) again like that. The attached image is what i found instead the next night. I feel very bad about this....can't even generate any real anger at my X. My poor mare has no mane!!!!!!! She shaved it completely off which i can only interpret as a serious FU gesture in my direction. I'd rather she had left a nasty note telling me to stay the **** away. I figure after this incident that i really should take the advice of 99% of my friends and as Tom Petty once song....."not come 'round her no-more" That or i need to just sneak in on occasion and brush and run. The owner of the property has told me i'm always welcome there, but legally my X owns the horses. Like i said....its an awkward situation......and I won't have Uma suffer for it.