Meeting The Horse With No Name.

[debris4spike]

Wednesday - and lovely weather - and time to get back to a normal routine!

Wish I had my camear today though, because as I went to get DJ in from the field, he had this huge blob of mud between his eyes - maybe he had been trying to do a head-stand!!

Anyway - in we came and he had a mouthful of hay and a groom - very hard with a damp horse - but he needed to be comfortable to wear his tack.

Toni came out, tacked up Smudge, I tacked up DJ just in time for Ros to arrive ... riding ?????

She collected another horse on Monday - seemed nice, mixed breed.  We asked her name and Ros said that she hadn't come with one - so Toni asked what she was called and Ros said that she hadn't named her.

To me, that is so, so sad.  Ros cares for her animals, they are beautifully turned out ... yet that extra something is missing

Oh well - other than that it was a lovely ride.  We went down to the Church and round the block ... a reasonable amount of traffic, but overall it was beautifull - plenty to chat about - and in the sunshine ... Yay!!

Once back I fed DJ and then walked him out to his field - carrying hay for him and Conrad ... I am sure DJ hoped I would let him have it and forget to tell Conrad - but in the end he did agree to share!!

Comments

[tamakin.livejournal.com]

Nawwww yeah that is kinda weird. Do you think she'll come up with one eventually? We get a few pets come in to the vet clinic with no name, tis indeed strange. I need something to attach their personality to lol.

[debris4spike]

All the animals I have known have had names ... and nick-names!!!

DJ nad Jiffy know their names - and ignore them when called(LOL) ... but it part of who they are!

Hope she decides soon.

[tamakin.livejournal.com]

Heeehehehe yeah, gotta love selective hearing! :P And yeah lol, ive had freya like 3 weeks and she already has 2 nicknames! :P

[deborahw37.livejournal.com]

Awww Every horse must have a name ! :(

[debris4spike]

It really stunned both Toni and myself - they all have names .... and nick-names - LOL!

[kalinda001.livejournal.com]

Aw poor horsey with no name. It's too bad you didn't have your camera with you.

[debris4spike]

Yes - sad about the horse - and DJ always does something weird when he knows my camera is at home!

[winsomeone.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine having an animal and not naming them- seems so odd. All of mine through the years have names and lots of nicknames, too.

[debris4spike]

Oh yes - nicknames do arrive rapidly, don't they?

No - it seemed weird - Toni suggested 3 names by the time we were 100yds up the road - and then gave up!

Stunning icon, btw

[kudagirl.livejournal.com]

No name? How odd. Don't your horses have paperwork that include a name? We have had so many dogs overs the years. We had a Missy, Homer, Junior, Sparky, Billy Black Bear(a large black mix breed dog), Ruffles, Kuda(that's were my posting name came from), Athena and Max. Ruffles was an English Cocker who loved to hunt. You should have heard my husband calling her when they were hunting. All the other guys laughed at him, but she was the best hunting dog. Shotgun noised didn't phase her at all.

[debris4spike]

Yes - all horses come with passports - DJs says his real name of Cheeko De Chento ... but I would also want to know what previous owners had called him.

Ros said the passport was in the post!

Your story of Ruffles made me laugh - we had a pony at the yard called Hotpoint ... she had been called Tinkerbell when she arrived, but Toni's husband said he refused to call her that when yelling across a field! So she had the 2 names for about 6 months to get her OK with it.

[jaded-jamie.livejournal.com]

That is sort of weird I guess hehehe Every horse must has a name :-/

[debris4spike]

Oh yes - And a few nicknames - LOL

No - it seemed weird - Toni suggested 3 names by the time we were 100yds up the road - and then gave up!

[mabel-marsters.livejournal.com]

Having worked with horses for years I have worked with horses with no official names. Some I have given a nickname/stable name and others I haven't despite daily contact with them!

I'm currently breaking in two two year old colts that are flat race bred. I have known them all their lives - I even foaled one down - but have given neither a nickname.

Of nine yearlings on the stud - only one has been given a nickname - Bambi - because it looks more like a deer than a thoroughbred! LOL!

My own always have names though :) A foal I bred had several stable names until Travis stuck! His registered name Quizmaster was decided on after a couple of hours! LOL!

[debris4spike]

Most of Mum and Dads dogs have had nick-names from day 1 ... Jiffy was cally Geronimo or Horace ... so I suppose4 I presumed that Ros would do the same.

Toni names them immediately - in fact DJ had his stable name before she met him (LOL) and then his "real" name within 24 hours ... and she didn't think she would be keeping him at that time.

As for other nick-names - better not tell you what we call DJ or Jiffy!!!!!

[mabel-marsters.livejournal.com]

We're putting my friend's mare in foal this year and already have what will be it's registered name! It's not even a glint in its mum's eye yet - she won't be covered until May!

I bought a mare from Ireland several years ago and she had no name with her. We settled on a registered name fairly quickly but her stable name took a little longer. She was eventually called Lips as she flapped her lips when she was ridden! LOL!

I suppose it doesn't worry me so much as when working with flat bred racehorses they are not normally named until they are at least a year old and have been through the sales - sometimes even longer. They are referred to by the name of their dam.

A couple of years ago we nicknamed one of the foals 'Dog' as she followed you around like a puppy dog. Unfortunately the term is used for a racehorse who doen't try on the track and she must have taken it to heart as she was a complete non trier in all of her starts! LOL! We better nickname the best bred colt that we're breaking in, Speedy! LOL

[debris4spike]

Because DJ are my initials - hense his name, I also get the blame that he is weird "He takes after his namesake" is everyones reasoning with him!

[act3scene1.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I am also guilty of being slow to name the animals in my life. Yes, they are family members, each and every one of them, but I am so indecisive! It took a month for me to name the last cat I adopted! It was awful, because the first time I took her to the vet for a check-up and vaccinations, and had no idea what to write on the form where her name was supposed be!

I am glad you a had a lovely ride. There are times that I really miss riding. It was like a mini vacation to get away from the world for a few hours.

[debris4spike]

Most of Mum and Dads dogs have had nick-names from day 1 ... Jiffy was cally Geronimo or Horace ... so I suppose4 I presumed that Ros would do the same.

Toni names them immediately - in fact DJ had his stable name before she met him (LOL) and then his "real" name within 24 hours ... and she didn't think she would be keeping him at that time.

As for other nick-names - better not tell you what we call DJ or Jiffy!!!!!

Do you think riding is something you will ever get back to?