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Is this Paddy?  Reminds me of hours sat on top of a horse in the winter with frozen toes and fingertips, watching my dad looking miserable on a bench.  I loved learning how to ride though, even though I usually got the grumpiest pony, called Hamish.

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by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Sat Dec 15th, 2007 at 06:21:14 PM EST
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well, when i wasn't riding i was walking so not to freeze to death-

yup that's paddy, i thought you'd be happy to see him again, i haven't showed him off here for a while..he's building a lot of muscle and is getting a bit more salty, as in nippy...

he doesn't get so much attention living at the stables as he does at home.

could be the cold, too.

he settled down once we started working, and did a good job.

my teacher says horses nip each other in affection.

what do you say, colman?

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Sat Dec 15th, 2007 at 07:04:52 PM EST
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They'll certainly groom each other quite roughly, to our eyes, but "nip" isn't the word I'd use to describe it - it sounds like something done with the intent of causing pain. It's the difference between massaging someone's neck strongly and pinching them ...

Of course, a horse grooming you with his teeth is going to feel like being bitten, because we don't have a nice thick coat of hair to protect us!

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Sun Dec 16th, 2007 at 07:17:34 AM EST
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