[PasoBaby_CarolU]

I know that so many people on here have very interesting Usernames, and they mean something to you...but don't help people respond to you by name.   I thought I'd start a Who is Who thread, so people can give their REAL name, or at least what they want to be called.   It would also help to say where you are from, at least country.   That might help some language and time barriers we run into occasionally.  

Maybe someone with LOTS of time will volunteer to put them all in one post, near the top in alphabetical order.  

For now, I'll start.  

I'm Carol and live in Utah, United States.

[Julie]

Julie, I am in Surrey in the UK (thats right by London!)

I have Squirrel, James and Quaker who are highlands, and Josh on loan

[Mandy'sMarty]

I'm Marty and I live in Georgia, United States. Mandy is my mare.

[CoolsLadyInRed]

My horse is CoolsLadyinRed and I am Beth from "Home of the Hamburger", Seymour, Wisconsin

[carefreegirl]

This is Valrie, my boy's name is Bently, and currently I live in the Inland Empire area of California USA  

[becky b]

Here is a shocker:  My name is Becky!!
I live in Gastonia North Carolina United States

edited to spell out NC

[Julie]

would people mind putting the whole name of the state if they are in US as I have no idea where the initials are sometimes and would quite like to know?

[cynthia peterson]

I use my real name, Cynthia Peterson. I did on the SC forum too. I live in Northern Illinois ( boo to Rio, we should have got the Olympics), 45 miles from Iowa and 60 miles from Wisconsin, 120 from downtown Chicago. I am a "carded" Horse Judge, have had Youth Judging Teams that have won National Honors. Of course, showed in everything (never much of a "speed event" talent tho, you are either a speed lover, or not)

We own and farm 500 acres. We have feeder cattle and have bred and shown Champion cattle.

Probably been "into" NH for 20 years, Parelli about 8 years.

Been there/ done that.... and getting smarter too late before I got old...

[ice'n'rein]

I'm Donna in Door County, Wisconsin (not too far from you, Beth )

[alva]

My name is Alva and I live in Melrose, Florida.

On the Savvy Club forum my user ID was "meandemma". "Me" being me of course and "Emma" being my daughter.

On this forum, I decided to keep it very simple and just use my name. After all, how many Alva's can there be?????

[Gismo]

Gismo = Grant Mitchell, Monticello Florida USA and RED , the wonder horse (same address)

[Sunny]

Savvylearner - don't know what possessed me to use this stupid made up name way back in 2004...

CarolT here and my avatar is my mare; bred, foaled, and raised by us now 13 years old.

[CoolsLadyInRed]

Hi Donna! Beautiful country in Door County! is ice n rain the weather??? or for your horse? Beth

[janlkb]

JANLKB = a combination of my two daughters - Julie Ann and Lindsay Kathleen.  It's the only screen name I use for everything   That way I can remember it always!  In this crazy world we have too many passwords and screen names for everything!

My name is LaVina and that's almost as hard to remember for some people!  

[Nashama]

I'm Julia, or Jules, and I am from Temora in New South Wales, Australia.

Nashama (nash- am-ah) is our stud prefix and business name, but the name belonged to the bay in my avatar before either existed. We liked the name and meaning so much we registered it as our stud prefix, then our business name for the barefoot trimming and equine body workas it is Shama that is the reason we can now do all of this. Nashama means a human that shows initiative or a horse that responds quickly to the rider's command.

[4theloveofjake]

My name is Sherry Brooks. I live in Martinsburg, West Virginia, USA

I am close to the Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia State lines. I can be in any of those states within 30 min. or less. I am about  2.5 hours outside of the Nations Capitol, Washington, DC.

I have 3 equines, Jake 9 year old gelding, Willow 20 year old mare and Powder 13 year old pony.

I ride mostly with Haleigh, my daughter, who is almost 13 years old.

My screen name is reflective of the reason I started Parelli in the 1st place.

[new2thejourney]

Very cool Jules!

I'm Karen and I live in Narrogin, Western Australia which is a small country town about 2 hours south east of Perth.

[Clarissa]

Well SHOCK! ....... this is Clarissa here!!  

I live 30k's south of Gympie in South East Queensland, Australia.

I have only 3 horses these days:- Jude my 13yo 2xQH mare of Dicky Bar Joe & Red Miller bloodlines, Cassie is arabXQH by same sire as Jude, & of course 'my pesky critter' Sonny 1xQH Roc O'Lena bloodlines.  
   

[marsha lee]

No imagination here - I used my name! I'm Marsha, live in southeastern Minnesota near the mighty Mississippi River.

[creekwood]

This is Kelsey from Washington (state!), although I'm moving to Kansas soon, & I'm owned by Ziya (7 yo arab), Quinn (2 yo 1/2 arab), and now, Patrick (arab yearling)

and the creekwood is from Creekwood Farm

[happycat]

[cheerios]

I'm Mary from North Texas.

(My blog/website is www.stalecheerios.com , hence the user name cheerios.)

No horses of my own and none in the future as long as I'm paying school tuition. Actually have never owned one, although have been around horses for most of my life.

But, currently have 44 horses (and 3 burros) to play with at a local rescue, so I have more than enough to keep me busy!

[littlechestnuthorse]

Hey all, sorry for my extended absence!  
Name is Suzanne, living in SE Michigan.  My partner is Socks.



This has been a crazy year.  I quit my job and started a business in July, and have been a busy bee getting it going.  I haven't had much time for horsey stuff because of this, which isn't all bad, since Socks' arthritis is getting worse and I don't do much with her other than go for walks, hang out and graze.  Just had the vet out for new xrays this week and her hocks barely have any space in the joints now, she practically walks straight-legged.  We've gone to steriod injections into the joints to help (in addition to all the supplements and bute), but he gives her about a year before the pain is debilitating

I miss you guys!  I'll try to visit more often.

[whisperingwindfarms]

Well I never saw this thread!

I'm Erin in beautiful, balmy Gilbert, South Carolina.  I live with 4 dogs, my horse (Lucky Bucky), my wonderful rescue pony (Doodlebug), the damn donkey (Radar), and my boarder's Paso (Aries).

[4theloveofjake]

Hi Suzanne.....Missed seeing you here and am sorry to hear about Socks. Enjoy the time with her and keep positive. She is a beauty !

Erin, I love that pic of you and Bucky !

[jackspark]

My name is Nancy and my horses are:  April, Gem, Rookie, and Shawn
I live on a farm (Jackspark) located in the middle of Missouri. It's between Springfield and Kansas City.

[babs]

Hello All,

I'm in SW Ohio and have two wonderful equines (Dauber, 21 y.o. Arabian and Mykey 13 y.o. TB-Percheron/Friesian).




Edited to add: Dauber was euthanized due to colic on August 10, 2010. Mykey has a new home. I have a new partner, Duncan, 10y.o. Connemara Pony/QH cross.

[Horseshoe Creek]

Chris here.  I live on a cattle ranch in southern Saskatchewan, Canada - about 40 minutes north of the North Dakota/Montana/Canadian border points.   I have 2 horses, 3 donkeys (2 mammoth, 1 standard).  Horseshoe Creek is our farm name.

Chris

[Pyrgirl]

Patty here in middle TN.  The Pyr  in Pyrgirl comes from my lovely Pyrenees dogs, Annie and Arial who are the best dogs in the world.  My current equine family consists of two miniatures - Shiloh and Moriah who teach me something new every day.

[jokersmama]

I just found this thread!

My name is Alona I live in NW Washington state about an hour south of the Canadian border and an hour (or 2 depending on who's driving) north of Seattle.

I try to use the same username on every forum site I go to, sometimes it's taken. "Joker" is my 22 yr old gelding and the equine love of my life.

[Mangoes]

Hi all

I am Deanne and I live in an area called the Southern Highlands which is about 1 hour south of Sydney, Australia.

[leighj]

Hi,
My name is Leigh.  I live in Cornwall in the UK.
We have 4.5 horses of our own!  One mare is in foal, so fingers crossed!
My passion is the horse!
I am an Equine Bowen Therapist, (soft tissue manipulation) and have spent the past 17 years looking into a better way of training and communication.  
My interest is also the pain /behaviour link and equine biomechanics.
Love the challenge of the personal journey.

[Never-E-Nuff]

Hello All!
I'm new to this forum. My User name, Never-E-Nuff, is a reference to the non-profit horse rescue & sanctuary that I founded back in 2005:
Never-E-Nuff Acres.
Real name: Dawn Walsh. I live in Waxahachie, Texas, just south of Dallas.
My personal horse is Rohan, a former PMU foal who is now 7 yrs old and HUGE!
He's a Percheron/Leopard Appaloosa/Belgian/Paint. In other words, a mutt!!!
But he's the love of my life.
At the Rescue, I've cared for as many as 50 head at one time; now that number is closer to 40. That's about 30 too many!  
Visitors are always welcome!

[PasoBaby_CarolU]

Welcome to the forum Dawn.  I can't imagine taking care of 50 horses, and if I did, I'm sure I'd be divorced.  LOL

[Docked by the Bay]

I am Maggie.  Was here before then got dropped I think.  It's been a while since I looked.  

I live in southern Indiana, near Bloomington, home of Indiana University, ex-home of Bobby Knight.  

I have 2 quarter horses, one is Docked by the Bay, is that not a stupid name?  I call him Doc on his good days.  The other is my hubby's retired horse Popeye, His reg. name is Majestic MacIntosh - sounds like an apple doesn't it?

Yes, I am still a Parelli student.  But love to learn from all kinds of places.

[merry]

Hi,
  My name is Roxanne and I live in San Diego County.  My pony's name is Merry.  We are having a lot of fun with Liberty these days since I brought her home.

[4theloveofjake]

HI Roxanne and welcome ! Do you have any pics you could share of Merry?? We LOVE pics !!

[ElaineW]

Elaine W.. From western Ky!!  

[alexwein]

Alexandria here. I live in Ashland, Oregon, (originally from Ohio and lived on the East coast for many years). My 2.5 year-old filly, Dakota, lives down the street.  Don't have my own property but the barn is small and self care, so no one touches her but me. Hope to have a second horse for the hubbie and our own spread soon. The rest of the family is made up of my husband, John, and two dogs, Mila and Timmy.

Last winter pics:

[thelmanelle]

I am Sonya from Ga.

[ivgoneriding]

Hi

Vikki here (Ivgoneriding from the Savvy Club and a few other places) I live in Worcestershire in UK, about an hour from Stoneleigh.

I must say, its nice to see some of the faces (usernames) that i recognise from the SC forum.


Vikki

[PasoBaby_CarolU]

Welcome Vikki, I hope you enjoy it here.

[merry]

Here is my pony, Merry.  We are in San Diego County, California

[4theloveofjake]

Merry is so cute and I love your pedestal !! What type of pony is she ??

[merry]

Thanks.  She is a Connemara Pony.  The photos were taken at a stable I used to board at.  They had a whole 10 acre Parelli Playland.  It was awesome.  Now she is at home.  I just filmed our Liberty audition and am going to send it in tomorrow. Crossing my fingers that we pass.
Roxanne

[CoolsLadyInRed]

Hi Roxanne! My name is Beth. I live in WI by Green Bay. Have a quarter horse mare, Lady(CoolsladyinRed) that is 15yr. old. We enjoy trail riding and playing. Hubby isn't a horse person but we manage Your pony is beautiful! Good luck on your audition!
   Hi Vicki! I recognize you from the SC. Nice to have you here! Hope you enjoy your time here

[merry]

Thanks Beth!
Roxanne

[jackspark]

Cute pony Roxanne!  Got some gaited horses and live in central MO  Glad you found your way here

[HorseLoverAtHart]

My name is Rebecca (Becca for short). I live in Missouri , with my Appaloosa/Quarter horse mare, Cookie.
This is a great forum! I'm glad I found my way here. I've been looking for a forum like this for awhile. Thanks Carol, for starting this!
I haven't been in Parelli very long (less than 6 months). I'd always heard that Parelli wasn't a very good way to train your horse, but than I got a dvd from the library (Seven Games), I was hooked, it was just what I'd been looking for! I haven't been able to do the levels of Parelli but I try to learn all I can from the books, dvd's, websites and blogs.
Cookie is an extreme LBI and I have had a hard time trying to figure out how exactly I should work with her. She is part of the reason I got into parelli. Becca

[PasoBaby_CarolU]

Becca, you came to the right place.  As a new owner, perhaps you'd be interested in Hertha's Natural Horsemanship Manual and Workbook.  It kind of takes you through, step by step, how to understand and train a horse naturally.   If you PM her (just search "Hertha") she'll tell you how to get a copy.

She's done a great job of distilling many different methods into an easy to understand education 'program.'  

And I'm sure she'd be interested in a 'beta student' to follow it and see if she missed anything.

OH..........and WELCOME TO IATH!   Thank you for your complement, I think we have the BEST group on the Internet here.  

[jackspark]

Becca, glad to have more Missourians here!  Welcome to the most wonderful forum on the internet;  I'm certain you'll be happy here  I'm just outside of Clinton, for reference......

[HorseLoverAtHart]

Hey, thanks for the welcome!
Thanks for the reference Carol. I'll look into that...
I have never been on a forum before so please forgive my mistakes:( How do I PM "Hertha"? I wanted to post something asking people if they could share their success stories with LBI horses....how and where would I do that? Any tips on how to use the forum, post, etc. would be helpful.
I was wondering if somebody could give me some advice on my situation with my horse.... (I'll tell you in my next post... I don't want to ramble on too much in this one:)
One more question.....If a horse is 18 years old, do you think it is too late to try to do better with her?

Horses4ever,
Becca

[PasoBaby_CarolU]

Becca,

The easiest thing to do is to go to Horse General Chat and see a thread there called "Hertha's Meanderings".   You'll see her name in the closer right volume as the originator of the thread.   Just click on her name and it will bring up her profile.  At the bottom of the profile (and all of her posts) you'll see a button that says "PM"   Click on that button and it will take you to a window to send her a Private Message.  

When you come back to the forum later on, look up that the top where the links are to join or log in.  You'll see one there that will either say "You have no private messages" or it will say "You have 1 private message"...click on it and it will take you to your inbox.  

As for your questions about your LBI horse, when you are in the Horse General Chat, just start a thread asking for help.  There will be a button on the upper left that says "New Topic"  just click on it, write a short question in the Subject box, and then details in the text window.

Good luck...you'll become good at it quickly.

[coveredbridgefarm]

[HorseLoverAtHart]

Thanks so much for your help Carol! I am sure I will learn alot from all of you!
Hi Larry, I live near Springfield.
Becca

[jackspark]

[HorseLoverAtHart]

I've been wondering if Cookie is just to old, and lazy....(LBI decieving me:) Thank you so much, that was really encouraging! I was starting to think I was really weird for trying to work with a "old" horse!
How many horses do you have?
Hey! I went to EquiFest this year and saw Stacy Westfall too!! It was my first time there....I came mostly cause I heard she was there:) I'm a fan of her..
I will probably come again this next march. Maybe we'll see each other!
Do you know where i can get info on Equifest?

[CoolsLadyInRed]

I think 18 years is just prime age. Considering how long horses live and how healthy they are these days. My 15 year old LBI acts old but just because she drags her hooves and walks like she has no zip doesn't mean she is slow or old. If something motivates her...FOOD...she really moves fast!!!LOL

[plodalong]

hi, my name is Lesley Plodalong on the forum, my gypsy vanner and i just like to plodalong the beautiful bridleways we have around us.

[CoolsLadyInRed]

Welcome Lesley! What a beautiful horse you have! Where do you live? Some place warm??? Hope you enjoy your time here! So many nice people to talk horses or anything with. Just like family

[HorseLoverAtHart]

Welcome! You will love it here
Gorgeous horse Lesley!!

Becca

[plodalong]

thank you all for your welcome, No we dont live anywhere warm we get summer here but it rains a lot. haha, at least we dont live in Australia, after what those guys have recently endured i dont think i will ever again moan about our weather, we are fast approaching spring and really looking forward to getting rid of the darkness, we will soon be able to hack out after work.

[CoolsLadyInRed]

Do you have your horse at home with you?

[plodalong]

Yes, we live on the same farm as my horse is liveried at, so its nice to have him just outside.

[thelmanelle]

I am drooling over the horse picture of the Gypsy Vaner...Vanner?  Good Lord!  He can plod along all he wants... beautimous!   Sorry for starring....

[plodalong]

haha, thank you, that picture was taken last summer you may not like him so much in the winter, As you can see he is kept as god made him with full mane tail and feathers, i go throught gallons of pig oil in the winter to keep the mud at bay. he can be scruffy in the winter months, He has two blue eyes and is 15hh but built like the draught horse that he is, He was bred by thr gypsies to pull their bow top caravans and he is an extreem LBI, we have scared each other in the past but now we have a good relationship and trust each other.

[Yes_But_Neigh]

I LOVE HIM!

He is even cuter with all of the hair!!!!

What kind of saddle are you riding in? It looks super comfortable. What kind of bridle is that? I really like the looks of it! (Can you tell I'm on the look-out for more tack? hehe)

My gosh, you must be super flexible- I don't know that I could stretch that much to fit on such a wide barreled horse. He must be a total DREAM to ride bareback.

PS: What is pig oil?

[plodalong]

the saddle is a torsion, it is treeless i also use a copper beech treeless saddle , the bridle is a dr cooks, it is bitless, the natural hackamore is seen as a halter here and my insurance will not cover us for riding on the roads with a halter but we are covered with a bridle, so if we are on the road i use a dr cooks and if i am on the trails and bridleways  we use the rope hackamore.I am not anti bit, but my boy was only a baby when i got him and had only just been under saddle for 3 weeks, i couldnt find a bit that he likes, i didnt listen to him until my heavy hands caused him to rear up and i fell off into the road, i almost got hit by a car . We were being looked after that day, My crash hat cracked all down the back and i offered a silent prayer that i wasnt brain damaged.I will never ride without one, it saved my life. So i took the bit away and began with the hackamore. now i was listening to my horses opinion of me and it was getting better. I have recently purchased a cradle bridle and covered the bit with honey and just started to rebit Bo in readyness for our finess stage of the programme, he is accepting of the myler low port c3 bit, it gives him lots of tongue relief. we have used the bridle in the school but on the big rings which means that at present the noseband is used (just like the hackamore) and the bit is carried. when i feel he is ready we will try a slight contact and see where we go from there, the bridle is very resellable if he hates it and then we will simply go back to the dr cooks and the hackamore. Bo doesnt need a bit but i would like to learn to ride with contact, we will go slowly and at our own pace.Pig oil, is a mineral oil (same as baby oil but without the perfume) it is used by farmers for their pigs to prevent mud rash. I apply ti to mane tail and feathers twice a month, this keeps the hair from getting discoloured and the mud simply slides off leaving the legs dry and clean under the feathering, i also add sulpher flour this smells like matches but helps prevent those pesky feather mites which can cause a lot of itching and unpleasentness for feathered horses.Just telling you all this is showing me how much i have learned in the past 4 years, i am 60 yrs old this year and feel that i have missed so much in my life by never having a horse around, My first horse was rescued from slaughter but sadly needed to be put to sleep just a short time after i got her, i had never even met a horse before then.after she was gone i missed her so much that i looked for another, I went to look at a similar horse who was for sale with the gypsies ,there stood in the samr field was Bo jangles, i thought he was the ugliest horse i had ever seen , white, dirty, round, and very cheeky i still say that he chose me that day.He was determined to get my attention .

[DaisyMae]

Only just noticed this thread!

As my sig suggests, I'm Antonia, and this is me abusing my donkey Rupert!!