Painting a horse to ride in a parade
Lorraine Lawler
as a clown and would like to decorate Rocky with paint to continue with the
clown theme. If anyone has painted a horse, could you please tell what kind
of paint you used and where did you get it? Thanks - Lorraine
roc...@ix.netcom.com
Jane H. Kilberg
<roc...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
Water based paint, finger paint, or marking chalk (limited colors). You
can get finger paint at a five & dime type store with toys; chalk & water
based paint you can get at any lumber supply place or home improvement
type place such as Home Depot, Lowe's, Furrows, or hardware store such as
True Value or Ace Hardware, etc.
down the spotted trails. . . in the great nation of Tejas
jane h. kilberg and her gang of spots (GOS)
member: ApHC, Montgomery County Adult Horse Committee
editor/publisher: Appaloosa Network
Saddlebred
celebration at the barn where kids could come and ride and trick or treat...
We just used Tempra paints, washed right off, but I'm not sure that I would put
that on faces or noses or anything...and definitely paint right before step-off,
or as close as possible. If you leave it sit too long, it fades.
Sue ~ We used a black one! Even wrapped the top half of the tail in black vetrap
and painted that in stripes! Same horse was a cow one year...and a dalmation...
them wonderful Saddlebreds!
Lorraine Lawler wrote:
>
> I'm going to ride my horse in our town parade in September. I'll be dressed
> as a clown and would like to decorate Rocky with paint to continue with the
> clown theme. If anyone has painted a horse, could you please tell what kind
> of paint you used and where did you get it? Thanks - Lorraine
--
I can only please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow
doesn't look good either
Tim Shurtleff
<roc...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>I'm going to ride my horse in our town parade in September. I'll be dressed
>as a clown and would like to decorate Rocky with paint to continue with the
>clown theme. If anyone has painted a horse, could you please tell what kind
>of paint you used and where did you get it? Thanks - Lorraine
>roc...@ix.netcom.com
Susan Harris uses a white horse to demonstrate musculature and skeleton.
She paints the muscles on one side and the skeleton on the other and
then gets the horse to move, demonstrating how the structure all works
together. She said she uses poster paints, which wash right off.
I would guess they would sweat or rain right off too. Hope it is cool
and dry in your neck of the woods in Sept. ;-)
Tim
Tim Shurtleff
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Samantha Jordan
patterns.
Samantha
Jane H. Kilberg wrote:
>
> In article <7npjqt$j...@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com>, Lorraine Lawler
> <roc...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
> >I'm going to ride my horse in our town parade in September. I'll be dressed
> >as a clown and would like to decorate Rocky with paint to continue with the
> >clown theme. If anyone has painted a horse, could you please tell what kind
> >of paint you used and where did you get it? Thanks - Lorraine
>
Don Bruder
: I'm going to ride my horse in our town parade in September. I'll be dressed
: as a clown and would like to decorate Rocky with paint to continue with the
: clown theme. If anyone has painted a horse, could you please tell what kind
: of paint you used and where did you get it? Thanks - Lorraine
Well, I never actually painted my horse... He sorta got painted for me as
a prank one night. Seems to me they used some kind of "paint soap" sticks
(Leastwise, the package said "Jumbo Soap Crayons" and the stubs looked
just like the leftover ends of giant crayons made out of soap)
You might look around for something like that. A source that comes to mind
is a Spencer's, or maybe Dollar-Tree, All For $1, or other similar "Cheapo
Stuff" type shops. This happened when I was up working on Mackinac Island.
There's about a dozen little shops that sell that sort of thing along main
street.
When I found him painted up in the mornin', I just brought him down to the
wash rack and gave 'im a good lather and rinse cycle. He loved the wash
rack to begin with (he always liked to get hold of the end of the hose in
his teeth so the water was spraying into his mouth while I scrubbed him)
and once the boss saw what had happened, we both got most of the mornin'
off, with pay, while he dried :) It took a lot of rinsing, since they'd
used a lot of the soap, but finally, I got him "bubble-free". If he had
any kind of bad reaction to it, it was so minor that I wasn't able to see
any sign of it.
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Jorene Downs
Lorraine Lawler <roc...@ix.netcom.com> wrote
> I'm going to ride my horse in our town parade in September. I'll be
dressed
> as a clown and would like to decorate Rocky with paint to continue with
the
> clown theme. If anyone has painted a horse, could you please tell what
kind
> of paint you used and where did you get it? Thanks - Lorraine
> roc...@ix.netcom.com
Depending on what kind of design you have in mind, you can also use
temporary spray on "hair dye" like the shampoo off stuff you'd find in the
stores around Halloween. Saw this used not long ago as a touch up on a
black leg / hoof for the horse to look nicer for a photo.
--
Jorene
just moseyin' down the trail on a Paint horse
from the CEOates Ranch in California ... ;)
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Jen
of the horses one day. We used a water-based tempera paint that seemed to
work pretty well. We did have problems with one horse, though. The paint
stained his coat and caused him to break out in a rash. He's a gray (I
don't know if that predisposed him to have sensitive skin) which made the
stain much more noticeable. The stain went away in about a week, and his
rash disappeared after a couple of days. If the paint stained the other
horses' coats, it didn' t show and they didn't break out. Basically, I
would not recommend painting your horse if he has sensitive skin; and I
would not paint extensive areas of him -- just a few little designs --
especially if he has a lighter colored coat.
Have fun!
Jen
>Lorraine Lawler wrote:
>>
>> I'm going to ride my horse in our town parade in September. I'll be
dressed
>> as a clown and would like to decorate Rocky with paint to continue with
the
>> clown theme. If anyone has painted a horse, could you please tell what
kind
>> of paint you used and where did you get it? Thanks - Lorraine
>> roc...@ix.netcom.com
>
Alwzhorsn
>> I'm going to ride my horse in our town parade in September. I'll be dressed
as a clown and would like to decorate Rocky with paint to continue with the
clown theme.>>
Jorene wrote:
>Depending on what kind of design you have in mind, you can also use temporary
spray on "hair dye" like the shampoo off stuff you'd find in the stores around
Halloween. Saw this used not long ago as a touch up on a black leg / hoof for
the horse to look nicer for a photo. >
Of course the simple solution in the future is to get a horse that's already
Painted, right Jorene!?! LOL!
(P&M)
Jennifer
who spent too much time thinking about Paint studs this week
alwz...@aol.com
Jorene Downs
Alwzhorsn <alwz...@aol.com> wrote
> >Lorraine Lawler <roc...@ix.netcom.com> wrote
> >> I'm going to ride my horse in our town parade in September. I'll be
dressed
> as a clown and would like to decorate Rocky with paint to continue with
the
> clown theme.>>
>
> Jorene wrote:
> >Depending on what kind of design you have in mind, you can also use
temporary
> spray on "hair dye" like the shampoo off stuff you'd find in the stores
around
> Halloween. Saw this used not long ago as a touch up on a black leg / hoof
for
> the horse to look nicer for a photo. >
>
> Of course the simple solution in the future is to get a horse that's
already
> Painted, right Jorene!?! LOL!
Yep. Built-in decoration ... LOL!
> Jennifer
> who spent too much time thinking about Paint studs this week
I'd breed that mare in February for an early foal. <innocent smile>
Alwzhorsn
>> who spent too much time thinking about Paint studs this week
>I'd breed that mare in February for an early foal. <innocent smile>
>Jorene
I think all conversations are on hold til her Jr owner gets back (about a
week). He came down to show her yesterday and did fairly well (a few rider
errors but the mare went well). Best class was a 5th in the Pleasure
Championship - multiple winners (including an awesome almost 30 yr old Leolark
horse) were in front of him in the class.
He also brought home a couple of thirds and was second in the Showmanship
(looking very smart in tan wranglers, navy blazer, white shirt and tie). The
mare was so clean you had to wear sunglasses to look at her.
Changing that mare from romal reins to splits has made a big difference in her
performance and her appearance on the rail.
TJ & Bunkie were 6th in the big gelding/stallion pleasure class (same Leolark
horse won it) and third in Eq. He only rode the two classes (got stuck for post
entry penalties because we didn't know if he'd be able to make it to this
show).
Now I've got to find a blazer for TJ. That will take forever because of his
size. I have til Aug. 20.
(P&M)
Jennifer
alwz...@aol.com
Jorene Downs
Alwzhorsn <alwz...@aol.com> wrote
> >> Jennifer
> >> who spent too much time thinking about Paint studs this week
>
> >I'd breed that mare in February for an early foal. <innocent smile>
> >Jorene
> I think all conversations are on hold til her Jr owner gets back [...]
If Chris wants to breed her, having a first foal shouldn't be delayed
without a real good reason when the mare is already 12 (?). Silk is a
quality mare with very nice bloodlines, so the idea of breeding her to a
quality stud doesn't send up any warning flags regarding a "why breed her?"
... but her health needs to be considered, and she isn't getting any
younger. <g> First step is a vet check to determine if there are any
obvious potential problems for reproduction. Can't really make a good
decision without that input. ;)
Since the mare is comfortable in the show environment, he could still show
her for much of 2000, meanwhile bringing Skippy along and showing him as a
yearling. Do you have any youngster classes like In Hand Trail available
that would give Chris more options for yearling classes?
> The
> mare was so clean you had to wear sunglasses to look at her.
Silk does clean up pretty nice. ;)
> Changing that mare from romal reins to splits has made a big difference in
her
> performance and her appearance on the rail.
The splits allow more variety in adjustments and fine tuning, creating an
advantage over riders using romals. Those horses in romals must be more
consistent to be competitive, because the rider has less flexibility
regarding "fixing" the horse during the class. I wonder how many judges take
this into consideration in a class with both split reins and romals in use?
Alwzhorsn
[...]
Jorene wrote:
>If Chris wants to breed her, having a first foal shouldn't be delayed without
a real good reason when the mare is already 12 (?). Silk is a quality mare with
very nice bloodlines, so the idea of breeding her to a
quality stud doesn't send up any warning flags regarding a "why breed her?">
Probably the biggest question is whether or not to keep her. He keeps leaning
towards cowhorse/reining type stuff which she isn't. He has to wait a few years
for Skippy to be ready, but there's a possibility he could ride Freckles next
year if he works hard at it. I think if he keeps her she'll get bred early
2000. Gotta get those Paint magazines!
>Since the mare is comfortable in the show environment, he could still show her
for much of 2000, meanwhile bringing Skippy along and showing him as a
yearling. Do you have any youngster classes like In Hand Trail available that
would give Chris more options for yearling classes?>
Most shows don't have in hand trail, but maybe if I make a few phone calls
there could be! LOL. 4H county fair has one and he could also do halter and
showmanship. The fair allows the kids to bring one horse only so he'd have to
choose between the colt and the mare however.
>> Changing that mare from romal reins to splits has made a big difference in
her performance and her appearance on the rail.
>The splits allow more variety in adjustments and fine tuning, creating an
advantage over riders using romals. >
I agree.
<Those horses in romals must be more consistent to be competitive, because the
rider has less flexibility
regarding "fixing" the horse during the class. I wonder how many judges take
this into consideration in a class with both split reins and romals in use?>
I doubt there are many. I see many riders 'schooling' their horses on the rail
with that rein hand pulled very high at times and the horses still win. We've
received a lot of compliments over the years on how well TJ handles a set of
romal reins.
(P&M)
Jennifer
alwz...@aol.com
Jorene Downs
Alwzhorsn <alwz...@aol.com> wrote
> Jorene wrote:
> >If Chris wants to breed her, having a first foal shouldn't be delayed
without
> a real good reason when the mare is already 12 (?). Silk is a quality mare
with
> very nice bloodlines, so the idea of breeding her to a
> quality stud doesn't send up any warning flags regarding a "why breed
her?">
>
> 2000. Gotta get those Paint magazines!
Your best source for "magazine" research on top quality Paint studs would be
the Paint Horse Journal, assuming the breeding wouldn't be specifically
crossing over into the cow world. You can also find many Paint studs
advertised online. Most Paint studs have shipped semen available as an
option, so you can search at a distance, too.
APHA has a Stallion Alley on http://www.apha.com/mkt/sa.html
There is also a Marketplace with classifieds and info on studs on the home
pages of the PaintHorse List
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/5420/ (members only to
advertise - many members have world class horses)
From the bottom of the PH List home page you can also connect with a web
ring dedicated to Paints.
And don't forget you have the legendary Mr Robin Boy mere minutes away from
you. He'd make a nice cross on Silk. Mr Robin Boy isn't getting any younger
(22 now, I think?), but his foals are still very popular and competitive. I
suggest you get in touch with Richard and see if he'll cut a local discount.
;)
I also have some nice Paint studs on the CEOates Ranch web page for
reference (related to our own horses.) While you're there, check related
bloodlines on Mr Robin Boy and see what various dams produced with that
bloodline cross. Magic had a dandy BS colt by him this year, and 2 others
this year were grand-daughters. Blu is a grand-daughter, and as a 4yo is
pushing 16h. Last year's foal crop was great-grandsons, including the red
dun colt I was keeping for myself who died after castration complications.
Happy hunting! ;)
p&m
Jorene Downs
SHuc540722 <shuc5...@aol.com> wrote
> >From: "Jorene Downs" <Jor...@CEOates.com>
> >red
> >dun colt I was keeping for myself who died after castration
complications.
>
about
> castration time here and I like to scare myself silly.
Two snips. One side didn't clot right and went into slow drip mode. From the
external view, Sage was healing fine, with the swelling going down, etc..
Inside, he was slowly bleeding to death. I found him dead in the pond one
morning about a week after the surgery, but the night before my last view of
him was head down and eating his hay. Nobody spotted the "slow down",
because he was by nature a very calm, mellow yearling. Bummed me out,
because Sage's conformation and disposition was exactly what I was looking
for, plus the bonus of being a real pocket pony from the moment he stood up
next his dam.
Necropsy showed his deworming program hadn't been effective, which
(speculation) may have made him more vulnerable to problems healing. El
Nino, etc., weird weather around here has caused changes, and our deworming
schedule keeps getting shorter and changing to try and keep up.
Don't have any panic attacks. <g> The vast majority of castrations are
problem free.
BTW - Our vet removes wolf teeth while the colt is out, too.
SHuc540722
Alwzhorsn
>Your best source for "magazine" research on top quality Paint studs would be
the Paint Horse Journal, assuming the breeding wouldn't be specifically
crossing over into the cow world. You can also find many Paint studs advertised
online. Most Paint studs have shipped semen available as an option, so you can
search at a distance, too.
>APHA has a Stallion Alley on http://www.apha.com/mkt/sa.html
I believe her sire, Silk N Quincy, is listed there.
>http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/5420/
cool resources. thanks as always.
>And don't forget you have the legendary Mr Robin Boy mere minutes away from
you. He'd make a nice cross on Silk. Mr Robin Boy isn't getting any younger
(22 now, I think?), but his foals are still very popular and competitive. I
suggest you get in touch with Richard and see if he'll cut a local discount.>
Now there's an idea!
Jennifer
alwz...@aol.com
SHuc540722
>Don't have any panic attacks. <g> The vast majority of castrations are
>problem free.
So sorry about Sage. It is a heartbreaker when you lose any of them, but to
lose one without a clue...horrible. I just had to hear it or I would tell
myself horrible stories (LOL). I am a worrier so all the information I can get
about something helps quell my imagination. Anyway, so far I have been able to
laugh at myself when the worrying gets over. All this while my poor husband
grits his teeth & wonders how many things I will be able to think up to worry
about.
Jorene Downs
Jan Flora <snow...@xyz.net> wrote
> that she had lost her boy. She had asked us all for name ideas for him,
then
> she lost him. I cried. I'll bet a bunch of other folks around here did
too, when
> they read that post...
I cried, too. I generally don't get sentimental about the horses or get real
attached (good thing, since we usually breed to sell <g>), and tend to have
strong control over my emotions. Starting right around the end of the year,
too damned many things were going wrong - real wrong - in a matter of
months. Sudden death in the family. Several in the family with major health
problems (like cancer & heart) requiring surgery. Death of 2 friends. The
freeze here had a big impact on finances. I gave up the mare I'd bred for -
and raised from a foal - when we had to reduce the herd size and narrowed
the focus of our breeding program ... and I had just pulled that mare
through nearly a year of recovery from major leg injury. I cried over giving
up Blu, even though it was the right thing to do. The list goes on. I was
stressed. Keeping Sage (I was there when our mare delivered him) was my
emotional band-aid, "something positive" to keep me sane, something to focus
on that made me smile because he was growing into exactly what I needed in a
horse. Losing him - particularly with no warning - ripped my crutch away and
dumped me on my butt. Not remotely a good feeling for someone who is
normally a person others rely on for crisis management. ;-/
I posted to rec.eq about finding Sage dead before Christi even arrived to
help me fish his body out of the pond. Rec.eq came through for me. Again. I
had e-mails arriving before I even went outside for the necropsy a couple of
hours later. And I handled helping with the necropsy. Rec.eq'ers had propped
me back up again.
Rec.eq is what you make of it. Over the years, I've found this newsgroup to
be a great source of information - an excellent forum for discussion of
options - but it can also become an online community. Just like any
community, there will be some you get along with better than others, and you
can find friendship. I've been lucky enough to meet a bunch of rec.eq'ers in
person, and have never been disappointed. Rec.eq can be a wonderful cheering
section to help celebrate when good things happen, and when things aren't so
good rec.eq can be a helluva support group.
> My MIL is teaching me how to not worry. [...]
> "Fight like hell for the living, and pray
> like hell for the dead. Do the best you can and don't beat yourself up
when you
> lose one, if you've done your damndest to save it." That works for me.
[...]
That's good advice. But regardless of all the planning and prevention
effort, regardless of doing your damndest ... sometimes Shit Happens. You
can't undo what has already happened, but you can learn from the experience
so you can do better in the future.