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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Monday, January 03, 2005 - 2:56 pm
Wow- I just saw this for the first time now...very cute 
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 12:36 pm
Two new ones from yesterday: Goldenboy:
Shadow and Goldenboy:

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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 12:37 pm
The snow's all melting because it's so warm right now and it's making the background so pretty I think, with the fog forming.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 12:44 pm
I can see they both have nice thick coats on and look to be very healthy guys. You take good care of them and it shows.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 12:48 pm
Goldenboy's a huge horse- and a pig. He's about 9 years old. Shadow's pretty small and the sweetest little guy ever. He's about 17 years old. They're...spoiled rotten. Smart though- when Shadow wants some rubbing and brushing in the summer he goes and rolls in burrs and makes a HUGE mess of himself so he has to be cleaned up. They're my mom's though, not mine. I live in an apartment.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 8:45 am
Omigosh! Such beautiful animals and the winter scenery is stunning.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 9:17 am
Stunning, I agree, but all the same I'm awfully glad it's not my backyard. Brrrrrrrrrr!
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 10:11 am
Oh the cold's no big thing...I wish it was my backyard. My "back yard" I suppose would be the balcony off my apartment. Well, maybe I could claim a bit of the parking lot too. 
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, February 07, 2005 - 6:37 pm
Oh Kaili, it makes me miss my horses so much!! Those are beautiful pics!
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Kristylovesbb
Member
09-14-2000
| Friday, April 29, 2005 - 11:24 am
http://www.bassfiles.net/cleanscreen.sw This is GREAT!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, April 29, 2005 - 2:53 pm
What a fun video.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 1:35 pm
I don't if this has already been discussed, I didn't go back thru all the posts, but, I wonder how intelligent are horses. They "look" smart, but I have never had the chance to hang around horses so I have no idea. Also, do they have good memories?
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 6:09 pm
Horses can be highly intelligent. They learn to untie knots, open gates, get under fences, and all without someone teaching them. whatever they are inclined to figure out, they can do it. Pigs are suppose to be the most intelligent of animals. However, I have a problem with they way intelligence is determined. I don't believe that you can compare intelligence between species. I am sure there are some dumb pigs just as there are dumb horses. Now if you want to compare intelligence within a species, then the Arabian horse probably is the highest on the list. Or it should have been years back. Now, the breeding has been so refined, that they are becoming too high strung and flighty to actually demonstrate that high intelligence. The Quarterhorse is a very intelligent horse, for the most part, but in a different way. They can be taught just about anything and will remember how to do it for the rest of their natural life. Well, of course all this is just my own opinion. So I will stop rambling on my favorite subject, horses.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Monday, May 02, 2005 - 6:31 am
Thanks for your answers, which brings me to another question. You know how dogs and cats seem to read humans, and then feed back human type emotions to their owners--at least that how it looks and feels--do horses bond and relate to the people who handle them? I read an interview Vigo Mortenson did after making Hidalgo, where he said the horse was a genius knowing all his scenes, and they became very close while making the movie.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, May 02, 2005 - 7:32 am
I believe they used 6-8 different horses on Hidalgo, as they each had a different behavior that was their speciality. The horses were mostly white, and the brown pattern was sprayed on so they all looked pretty much the same. (I think it was the 'extras' on the DVD where I saw this.) I would suppose in some of the closeup work that Mortenson would be on the same horse, so therefore became quite fond of that one.
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Karuuna
Member
08-31-2000
| Monday, May 02, 2005 - 8:57 am
Cable, I'd like to post more on this when I have more time. I use horses in an EFMH (Equine-facilitated mental health) program at a local therapeutic riding center. My work is primarily with abused children, however, we also use them for drug rehab, at risk youth, autistic, hospice and ADHD children. They make amazing therapists! Horses are biologically equipped to be very attentive to subtle changes in body language, so they can get a better 'read' on people than we often do. One of the things the horses are espeically good at it is sensing emotional incongruence - that is people who are behaving differently than they actually feel, for example, someone acting brave when they are really terrified. We use that ability to help chidren get more in touch with their feelings. Another therapeutic aspect we use is that some of our horses are also excellent at sensing what a particular child needs. With the truly timid, the horses are gentle and encouraging; with those children who are overly aggressive, the same horse won't mind until the children learn to get gentle and try cooperation instead of bullying. I am constantly amazed at how much the horses teach me about our children!
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Monday, May 02, 2005 - 11:26 am
Thanks for that info in Hidalgo, Ohphilliasgrandma, I should have known better than to bleive everything i read. Karuuna, that is fascinating stuff about horses reading people. I'm glad there are programs that utilize this. Horses always look to me to have personalities and a uniquness about them.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, May 02, 2005 - 1:26 pm
I have a quarter who is dumber than a box of Rocks. I also have an appy/draft who is one of the smartest creatures I have ever seen. He amazes me on a daily basis. He is very even tempered and at 16 hands, he is a wonderful kids horse. My DD just loves him. I have also had Arab's who don't know day from night. I loved them anyway, though. Their like people, they have their wits in different ways. My appy will trick you into feeding him a second dinner. He will eat up his dinner and then if a different person comes out to turn the fences on or the lights off, he will snicker and grumble like he is starving and someone forgot to give him his dinner, and sometimes, he'll get thrown an extra flake. But if the same person who fed him comes out to turn off lights, he's keeps quiet.
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Monday, May 02, 2005 - 7:01 pm
Escapee, that is just too funny about your Appy. ehehehe And your quarter and Arab just go to show that there are smart and dumb amongst all species of the earth. I am still chuckling about the starving horse routine. LOLOLOL
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Monday, May 02, 2005 - 8:20 pm
Viggo did buy the original horse, Hidalgo, because they got along so well during the filming of the movie.
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Cablejockey
Member
12-27-2001
| Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 5:34 am
So he really did like that horse--thanks Twinkie--that's nice to know.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 1:38 pm
Funny horse story that just happened a while ago. I have a two year old who is horse crazy! She loves her rusty boy. Mind you, Rusty is HUGE compared to her. My mom was out cleaning out his feet and she looked up, and my daughter was standing between Rusty's back feet, watching my mom, and trying to pick up his other back hoof. Now, she stayed calm, not to spook Rusty, (who'm I have never seen spook in the twelve years I've had him) put his hoof down, grabbed DD and walked her out of the barn. She didn't even know she was outside, she thought DD was taking a nap. She reluctantly told me about it. That kid has no fear. Thank god for good natured animals. here's a pic of my babie's

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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 1:39 pm
PS, don't make fun of my fat horse. He can't help it.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Saturday, May 07, 2005 - 1:58 pm
Horse race time!
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Babyruth
Member
07-19-2001
| Saturday, May 07, 2005 - 2:07 pm
<passes Rosie a mint julep> Lovely hat!
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