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How about Snot, as in "You little snot!" as she steps on your toe, pushes 
you as you are feeding, or whatever.  I use this on occasions when our 
horses misbehave.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie Fuller" <natira121@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 2:21 PM
Subject: [RC] New horse desperately needs new name!


> Hey guys, this ought to be fun......
>
> I have a new mare.  She is appy/mustang, built just like a short draft 
> horse.  Seriously, she is 13.3 and has size 2 feet!  She is mostly white, 
> with a bit of chestnut roaning.  Her ears are chestnut, and her front legs 
> from the knees down.  She's got a nice thick white mane and tail.
>
> She is spoiled ROTTEN, having been an orphan, and bottle fed by a woman 
> who was terrified of her by the time she was two.  That was 8 years ago... 
> this mare hadn't been touched since then until Heidi and I hauled her home 
> last month, where she is rapidly learning how to be a horse.
>
> The trouble is, her name is FLIRT!  Which absolutely does not work.  She's 
> not a flirt... she's pushy, spoiled, stubborn and more handsome than 
> pretty.
>
> I usually name my horses after characters in Star Trek... any version.  I 
> thought of calling her "Ro" after Ro Laren, but that doesn't work... 
> sounds too much like No, or whoa, and I'm likely to be yelling at her a 
> lot. *grin*
>
> So, I'm going to let all you wonderfully creative people give me 
> suggestions... I can't keep calling her Flirt, or Fat Mare (cuz she's not, 
> anymore)  She needs a name soon, as I am now starting to break her, and 
> gotta have something to yell! *grin*  It doesn't have to be Star Trek 
> related.... it can be anything, so long as it fits.
>
> Just to give you a bit of an idea as to her personality, yesterday we put 
> a saddle on her for the first time.  She couldn't have cared less... and I 
> wasn't timid with it.  I flung it up there, letting everything flap and 
> smack.  Not a twitch. When I tightened up the cinch, she let out a squall 
> like a bronc stallion!  My daughter and I were in hysterics!  She did that 
> twice, but never made a move to kick or jump... she didn't even hunch. 
> She may be opinionated, but she's not one to put a lot of efort into 
> pitching a fit.... so far, anyway.  And we've done a lot of stuff to try 
> to push her buttons.  She gets !pissed!... so pissed you'd think she just 
> blow up, but she doesn't.
>
> She does something else when she's really pissed: she arches her neck, 
> opens her mouth and shakes her nose side to side, letting her tongue flap. 
> It's hysterical!
>
> Anxiously awaiting your suggestions,
>
> Julie with Natira, Sparrow, Jynxie, Tai, and to-be-renamed Flirt
>
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