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truepennyThis is one of the reasons I'm looking for a part-time job:
His name is Franco Donatello*; he's a 15.3 hand, five-year-old, chestnut Holsteiner gelding, and as of this afternoon, he is mine.
You can see that he celebrated with mud:
Also, that I take crap photographs. The best one I got was one of him modeling his fly-mask:
Which mostly shows you how weird fly-masks look.
I am undoubtedly insane for buying this horse, but there are a lot of things that I have wanted to do and not done because they were too expensive or I didn't have the time or I didn't have anyone to do them with, and I know what those regrets feel like. With dressage and horses, I'm taking the other approach, of going ahead and trying, even though I'm not sure it's going to work. Because this is something I really want to do, and this young, sweet goofball of a horse seems like he's going to be a good partner to do it with.
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*His current use-name is Donny; for a variety of personal reasons, I wish to change it, and suggestions are welcome, although of course I reserve the right not to use any of them.
His name is Franco Donatello*; he's a 15.3 hand, five-year-old, chestnut Holsteiner gelding, and as of this afternoon, he is mine.
You can see that he celebrated with mud:
Also, that I take crap photographs. The best one I got was one of him modeling his fly-mask:
Which mostly shows you how weird fly-masks look.
I am undoubtedly insane for buying this horse, but there are a lot of things that I have wanted to do and not done because they were too expensive or I didn't have the time or I didn't have anyone to do them with, and I know what those regrets feel like. With dressage and horses, I'm taking the other approach, of going ahead and trying, even though I'm not sure it's going to work. Because this is something I really want to do, and this young, sweet goofball of a horse seems like he's going to be a good partner to do it with.
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*His current use-name is Donny; for a variety of personal reasons, I wish to change it, and suggestions are welcome, although of course I reserve the right not to use any of them.
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Date: 2010-06-23 03:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-23 04:17 am (UTC)This is so cool. I've always wanted a horse--I'll be thrilled to experience it vicariously through your blog!
(I might be getting ducks tomorrow. Weird animals unite!)
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Date: 2010-06-23 05:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-23 03:21 pm (UTC)(Ducks are my favorite waterfowl, and possibly my favorite avian species. I am completely geeked about your possible ducks!)
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Date: 2010-06-23 04:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-23 04:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-06-23 05:27 am (UTC)You could call him Johnnie, which might be close enough to Donny that *he* doesn't think he's had a name change. And which makes me laugh at the idea of a horse named Franco (close enough to Frankie) being called Johnnie for geeky folksong reasons.
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Date: 2010-06-23 03:23 pm (UTC)(I'd thought of Danny, and also Johnny--both for the "Frankie and Johnny" joke and for, of course, Johnny B. Goode.)
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Date: 2010-06-23 05:30 am (UTC)i like "don so-and-so" as a name for horses, but i may have spent a bit much time among baroque breeds. still, it makes for something fun to say, as you can pick/change the "so-and-so".
i also really like "teller", but i'm big on listening to one's horse ;)
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Date: 2010-06-23 11:13 am (UTC)Also, not insane choice, at least by horse people standards. I know someone who could barely afford getting another horse, but got it anyway because she fell in love.
Donatello (as a name) just reminds me of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and while I wouldn't suggest that as a name, Turtle would be amusing. But I do not know him and therefore I Have No Real Idea.
So that's what those masks are called... I kind of always wondered what they were for, aside from possibly helping in a highly distracting/noisy environment.
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Date: 2010-06-23 01:52 pm (UTC)I have the long-nosed version for my horse Surprise because she has a pink nose and the strong Arizona sun gives her a terrible sunburn otherwise.
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Date: 2010-06-23 12:37 pm (UTC)Maybe he can stop by and help with your yard work...
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Date: 2010-06-23 05:02 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-06-23 08:59 pm (UTC)I like Tell/Teller for a name. It's related to his registered name, it's yellable, and Teller = storyteller = Mildmay reference, but not in a cheezy I-named-my-pet-after-my-character way.
"Frank" is also a good horse name.
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Date: 2010-06-23 10:09 pm (UTC)Don / Tell / Teller / (he doesn't look like a Frank) / DoDo /
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Date: 2010-06-24 02:55 am (UTC)MKK
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Date: 2010-06-28 11:23 pm (UTC)Horse
Date: 2010-07-18 01:27 am (UTC)