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  • #21
    Darn, I wish I had seen this thread earlier. We just body clipped all of our fuzzy wuzzies and a couple of them would definitely have been in the running for this award. Would sending in pictures of the piles of hair we got off each horse count?
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      #22
      Canterlope...I can see how you got your name...Among the ranks of the HAIRARCHY HUMANE, suggestions like yours are considered OBSCENE!!! Happy Holidays anyway!!!

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      • #23
        Originally posted by Reg Corkum:
        OLYMPIC PRINCESS!!!!... are you insinuating we are not being original here???????

        Dag Drat Ya!

        Bring out that lil FURRY WONDER!!!
        no, no, no, I wasn't meaning that - she won it at a local therapeutic ride-a-thon in October when they had "fun prizes" at the end. Nice prize actually- $20 g.c. to a tack shop.

        I will have to see if I can find a picture of her w/ her winter coat. She looks so pretty all sleek in the summer so that's when I take most of her pictures. As sleek as she is in the summer (gets the TB coat), it's so hard to believe what a serious coat she gets in the winter (the QH/yak coat ).

        Maybe I should be nice and give others a chance.

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        • #24
          One very hairy Equine Bulldozer: Tank in Winter Drag

          One very fuzzy brat: Penny en Fuzz
          <>< Sorrow Looks Back. Worry Looks Around. Faith Looks Up! -- Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given a cactus, but you don't have to sit on it.

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          • #25
            I think that the rules should be expanded to show a clipped horse and the pile of hair at the foot of the horse.
            Maybe I misread the rules bit it didn't state the hair had to be 'on' the horse.
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            • #26
              Ohohohoho, how long are you going to give us to get our pix in? I have a furry little beastie who won't be coming home until the first of the year, but she looks about as furry as Raven's Wings' little furball
              Y'all ain't right!

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              • #27
                Chocomare may be my most challenging competitor!

                We're talking winter coats, right? My horses have shortened manes and are trimmed up (though I haven't clipped since late Oct.)

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                • #28
                  I think there should be a "Useless Hairy" catgory for us in warm climates. You'd be surprised how wooly our ponies get despite to 70 degree winters!

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                    #29
                    Well... jest listen tuh yuz...gefawin' and heebeehawin' bout how this and that and how it should be that and this... this is not all that hard to follow!!! It is for the purists of pure of the LENGTHY LOCK LEAGUE! Let all others sit back and weep!!!! Now GIT GROWIN!!!!

                    Like I clearly mentioned earlier, there is no time limit. If there has to be one, well then let it be the FIRST DAY OF SPRING!!! This contest runs until the last hair falls. If you feel this is like watchin paint dry then maybe you ought to take up hairdressin to pass some time.

                    If it takes puttin him in the freezer for the last month to win it, then so be it!!!! A race is a race and it should be treated as such!!! I take back that fridge suggestion back as it may cause a stir with the rockin chair set, and we don't need no flurry of flying dentures!!!!

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                    • #30
                      This is Cricket aka the Bearded Lady
                      Lostfarming in Idaho
                      http://i512.photobucket.com/albums/t...etPleasure.jpg

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                      • #31
                        LOL, Cricket looks like she gets the same type of winter coat as my mare. My mare's coat stays somehwta smooth looking...but down the backs of her legs, under her belly and under her jaw she gets long, long hairs! Looks so funny!
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                        • #32
                          lol -- the pony (Champ) is way furry i just need to get this new digital camera figured out before time runs out

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                            #33
                            I don't think you are short on time. Winter has just begun. I think about March is when the pictures should start getting interesting LOL

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                            • #34
                              Are there rules...is a Cushing's horse considered "cheating"... ??

                              I have a 31 year old "floofy girl" that grows a 6" coat.

                              Don't want to drag the camera out and tromp around in the ice/snow if I'm going to be disqualified in this, most competitive event of my horse-business year!
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                                #35
                                Sure! I will allow it! The original rule setup doesn't exclude based on "health issues"!! Some might think it unfair but I personally think it would be more unfair to say NO! Give the ole gal a chance to "have her moment in the spotlight"!!!

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                                • #36
                                  ta da! I have a 27+ year old mare who in the summer is super sleek but in the winter... her hair becomes sooo long that it curls! lol it's so thick in fact the snow doesn't even melt on herHairiest horse !!
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                                  • #37
                                    OK I think Im winning....

                                    here is the before....this is our Pony Sulley (show name is a blond moment) in the summer time

                                    http://community.webshots.com/photo/...87660447fCjOMW

                                    now here is that same pony sulley just 90 days later- same level of fitness...no extra weight...but with a fur coat suitable to bring her through the cold canadian winter with no additionally blanketing- (by the way she even had a hunter clip for hunting in between in mid october)
                                    http://community.webshots.com/photo/...26116827eRVvSQ

                                    no photoshop- really!!!!

                                    btw- this pony is allergic to hay and hay products so she eats only 2 large scoops of high fat/high fibre in the morning and the same at night- no hay etc.

                                    one more thing...here is a picture I took of our mini mule "crackers the insane mule" also living outside
                                    http://community.webshots.com/photo/...61675801otnyfJ
                                    Own a legend...ride a Friesian

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                                      #38
                                      amc2...both you and your pony are very cute. However, its a ways to go yet. You may need to let her grow a bit yet for the "Homestretch" ha ha!!! Keep us posted. Very cute picture. Where are all those ANGORRA horses when we need them????? I think your mule picture is much more "HAIR FRIENDLY" for our judge's appreciation!!! Well lit!!! and very "in your face"!!! works best here!!!!

                                      I am not sure if the photos may need to be taken fairly tight so we can really appreciate the hair affect. Drama works in this contest!

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                                      • #39
                                        i am heading off to go take pictures of the two fuzzy beasts. They are out 24/7 with no blankets in the high desert (i believe it was in the mid 20s there last night!!) Will post pictures of them and their harryness when we return

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                                        • #40
                                          acm2 that is too cute!! I do love me a fuzzy pony
                                          Y'all ain't right!

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