Originally Posted by Redneck

I only did an introduction post once we got the Welcoming Center up and running, so there isn't one from when I first joined the forum.

Go for it Crazy.

Man i love the mods like a fat kid loves cake!!! (wait, i'm a skinny kid, but I STILL love cake!)

*Jumps up and down in chair*

Hey Redneck, you got any horses?

Originally Posted by OCDTSmith

Hey Redneck, you got any horses?

Right now I'm all hat and no cattle, my quarter died in January and my paint died in June, both from stomach cancer. It's probably the government's fault.



I used to have a string of four quarters, and before that I had an appie. How about yourself? Was the horse in your picture yours?

Yeah, that's one of my Appaloosas, I have 3. Before I decided to give appies a try I had 2 QHs. I got one bred to an appy and the horse in the picture is the result Sorry about the loss of your horses . I don't know about you, but my horses are like my best friends Nothing can beat a nice long ride in the woods with my horse and my golden retriever tagging along behind

Originally Posted by Redneck

I feel for you, my brother got rejected by the Air Force Academy after completing all requirements because he had infantile asthma, then got rejected by the Army even after scoring 300+ on the APFT. Now he's a professional firefighter.......

Thank you for the well wishes.

I feel sorry for your brother, My uncle got rejected by the russian air forces because he couldn't take the G's after passing all the tests

Originally Posted by OCDTSmith

Yeah, that's one of my Appaloosas, I have 3. Before I decided to give appies a try I had 2 QHs. I got one bred to an appy and the horse in the picture is the result Sorry about the loss of your horses . I don't know about you, but my horses are like my best friends Nothing can beat a nice long ride in the woods with my horse and my golden retriever tagging along behind

I hear you there. Pancho (my paint) was like a massive dog, when I was out working he would follow me around and when I stopped to do something he would drop his head on my shoulder trying to see what I was doing. That's a good looking horse you have there.

Thanks It's hard to keep the belly off of her though. I think she'd eat until she'd explode if I left her. My horse is a lot like a dog too, she always comes when I call and when she slides to a stop at the gait she's always got to stick her nose in my face. She does it to everyone and it sometimes scares people because she pushes her nose as close to your face as she can She's kind of weird like that but that's why I love her so much She's got a big heart to go with her big belly

Sounds a lot like Pancho, towards the end of the summer he would always look like somebody had pumped his gut up with an air compressor after eating green alfalfa all season.

So what kind of riding do you do? I think I remember reading on some of the posts that you did roping? I ride Western but not the "tough stuff", just trail riding, western pleasure, horsemanship, halter, etc. My horse doesn't really have high gear, she's naturally slow and even if I'm away on training for 2 months and decide to take her for a ride after not having been ridden, she still pokes along. Are you hoping to get another horse again?

No I do Hunter-Jumper and other English-style riding.



Just kidding, I haven't done any serious riding in years, but I tried my hand at roping for awhile (ended up almost ripping my thumb off when I caught it in a dalley, got a nice scar circling my right thumb now ). Most of what I did in the past and do now is just working cattle, nothing too fancy. I did just win a race down a mountainside with an open can of beer in either hand though here a month ago, I was impressed.

So how's the showing going?
I'm hoping to get another horse, but it might be almost a year before I can, the Army's being pretty inconsiderate with scheduling my life.