Animal Board:)!

Hi!  Here is a cute animal board that me and Slick Saphinian made a while back:)!

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Misc.

Hi! We are going to the library later and my cousin Maddie left to go to a meeting w/ her Counselor:).  So I am stuck at home and am really bored!  Well my grandma, Aunt, and Mrs Rachel are going to St. Louis for a Joyce Meyers conference:)!  Well I better get back to school.

Slide Show of Prince and Sadie

Hi! Here is Slide Show of my great grandparents new dog "Prince Red" and their older dog Sadie:)! Enjoy the Slide Show:)!

Redid Slide Show at the Top of the Page

Hi!  How do ya'll like how I redid the slide at the top of the page?  Comment to tell me:)!

Dad is coming down soon!

Hi!  Hope ya'll had a good weekend.  We just got back from going out to breakfast.  I will put a slide of Cooper, Jake, and Levi on later:)!  Oh and Guess What!  Dad is coming down Wensday!  YAY!  Well, I have to do school now.

Like my new Signature?

Hi!  How do you like my signature?  Isn't it cute!?  

Well I should be going to bed soon........

The Finished Product~ A Rope Halter

Here is the Finished Product~

Hanging up on the bed~

Side view of it lying on the bed~
Front view of it lying on the bed~
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Slide Show of Sonny!

Hope You liked the slide show!

Horse Lover

PS: The Slide Show is at the bottom of the page too:)!

Tomorrow

Hi!  Hope ya'll have made the rope halter!  Tomorrow I will post another slide show!  Well I better go to bed now..........

Horse Lover

Check out these places~

Hi again!  Well I was just posting to tell ya'll to check out my post on how to make a rope halter.  It makes a good room decoration if you hang it on the back of a chair. 

 Oh and check out Slick Saphinian and Abster's blogs:)!

Horse Lover

Going back Home

Hi!  Guess What!  I am going back home for a visit as soon as mom is feeling up to it!YAY!  Well I've gtg.  I'll probably post later.

TTFN

Horse Lover

Slide Show(again)

Hi!  Like were I moved the slide show to?  Cause if you liked it at the bottom of the page I can move it.  Well I better go to bed soon..........

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Slide Show at the bottom of the page

Hi! Check out the bottom of the page for a slide show I made earlier!

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How to tie a rope halter

Hi! I was bored so I decided to make a rope halter for Sonny. They are really fun to make. Here are the directions on how to make one~

Materials needed

20 feet of 1/4-1/2 inch polyester rope.(I like 3/8 in. and you also want it floppy but stiff enough so the nose band holds itself off the floor)

Matches to melt and seal the ends of rope Measurements are from knot to knot and do not include knot.

Make the knots firm but not tight.

The last knot in about the middle of the rope is a knot with a loop for the tie loop of the halter(I tie the one in the middle first and then work my way to the end).

After you tie the tie loop you go back and tie into the knots you have already tied.

To tie into a knot, loosen knot and tie into knot following rope path.

Tie into the left nose knot first. Then then right nose knot to make a double rope over the nose.

Tie into the throat latch knot. Arrange halter as shown so it makes sense. And tie into the right ear knot.

Gather the two 33" sections and tie a big ugly knot at the chin. Test all knots before putting halter on horse.

If halter falls apart, knots are not tied correctly. Untie all knots and start over.

Slip knots to adjust size of halter. Trim tie ends the same length and melt them with a match to seal the ends.

(Courtesy of Gaited Horses)

And here is how to tie a bloodknot(You use these instead of an overhand knot)~

The Double Overhand Knot

The double overhand knot is tied by threading the end of the rope through an existing overhand knot and back around to form a “double” knot. This is an attractive and durable knot which is extremely difficult to take apart once it has been used on a horse. It’s also difficult to learn to tie because you come at it from different directions on a rope halter. This knot takes some time to perfect, but is ideal for the rope halter because there is no flat portion of the knot.

Tying the Double Overhand Knot

Step 1: Loosen the existing overhand knot and feed the loose end of the rope through the middle of the existing knot. Make sure that the rope goes into the center loop of the existing knot on the same side of the loop as the rope on the first overhand knot.

Step 2: Take the end of the rope over the top of the overhand knot, crossing directly in the groove or V of the knot and back behind the two strands of rope. I find it easier to turn the existing double overhand knot to the side at about a 45 degree angle – this makes it easier for the next step.

Step 3: Bring the end of the rope around and through the middle of the overhand knot. Take the rope through the “new” overhand, tighten the rope and take up the slack. Turn the knot over and you’ll have a wonderful double overhand knot!

TIP: Knots for the “Knot Challenged”

For those of you who are having a hard time getting the double overhand knot to work out, you can simply tie into the knot following the path of the rope through the existing overhand knot. This is not as effective for training because it lays flat on the horse. Also, not as pretty as the double overhand -- but it’s not very hard to tie either… It works!

(Courtesy of Natural Horse Supply)

It is a bit of a challenge but after you have it down it only takes about 15 min

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Bored

Hi! Hope ya'll have been having a good week so far:)! I have been soooo bored. I can't do ANYTHING! But hopefully I will be going back to SC so I can see all my friends and my horse. Well maybe sometime in the near future I will dig up some pics from when Sonny was a baby(He was soooo cute!). But I will probably post some pics of the dogs and me in my grandparents backyard!

Horse Lover

Training tips........PLEASE!

Hi! Does anyone know of any training tips that I could use on Rambo? Cause when I got Sonny he was already leading, clipping, bathing, be able to have his hoofs picked up(But not riding he was only 9 months old)etc...So tips PLEASE!!!! We won't be getting him and Red until November. Well mabe I'll post later:)!

Tah Tah For Now!

Horse Lover

Slide Show

Hi!  Here is a Slide Show I made:)!

Me and the Raccoons:)!

Hi! Here are the promised pics of the raccoons! Oh and Mrs.Rachel might start a blog to! They are sooooo cute(The Raccoons)! They live on 15 acres w/ all sorts of different animals but no horses or livestock.

Me with Scout~

Missy looking off at Scout~

Scout is the male and Missy is the female
TTFN!

Horse Lover

Sorry!(again)

Hi! I am so sorry that I have not posted in like forever! But that is because I have been sooooo busy!! Well Rambo has turned almost totally black, I have been out to my grandma's friends house and got to play w/ her baby raccoons:)(They are sooooo CUTE!) I will post some picks of me and them soon:)! Oh and Cooper got his ear ripped open and we had to clean it and bandage it up(Blah) It was really disgusting! We started school, and we also got to go out to the property and now it actually has grass! I am so excited about getting the horses down. Well Tah Tah for now!

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Pics of Sonny's old barn buddies:)!

Here are some pics of the horses at my old barn:)!

Godfrey's The Horse photo:) (He had to have surgery on his left front Fetlock cause he had a bone chip and was 3 legged lame:(. He was also my fav before I got Sonny!)~

P-nut the Mini(He came from the same place as Sonny)~
Sonny and Cupcake~

Well that is all of them!

Horse Lover

Pics of Sonny!

Hi! Here are the promised pics of Sonny:)!

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Horse Quotes

Hi! I will try to post more often:)! But I know in my last post I promised to post some pics of Sonny later and I will! But I will probably post them tomorrow:)! Oh and do ya'll like my Horse Quotes column? Please comment and tell me if you do or not:)!

Horse Lover

Sorry!

Hi! Sorry I haven't posted in like forever! But so far this has happened ~ I have gone out to the barn twice(and have gotten LOTS of pics of Sonny), We have packed the entire house, We have driven through the night to move into my grandparents house, and right now I am posting on my grandma's computer! I will post some pics of Sonny later!

Horse Lover

Random pic of Cooper

Hi! We are now leaving on Saturday morning! I am so excited!!! Oh and we went to church today and had a TON of fun! Well that is all that has happened! I was bored so I took this pic of Cooper:)

(:!!Isn't he cute!!:)

Cooper looking cute-

Horse Lover