->     No, true there.  However, my eldest is 23.5, and I've put up with the
-> horse thing from her for about 19 years now.  She got her first horse 
bout
-> 6-7 years ago, a thouroughbred, but it died (brain hemorrage) maybe 4-5
-> years ago, so about a year later she bought a quarterhorse stud with the
-> insurance money. A couple of years later, she bought a filly yearling
-> quartherhorse at an auction. She really lucked out, as the filly has grown
-> into a fabulous mare (her words).  Last summer, she went deep into hock, 
and
-> signed the mortgage for 40 acres, a 1250 sq. ft. house, garage, barn, and
-> tack shed, about 10 miles west of here. Then my other daughter, 11.9,
-> decided she *HAD* to have a horse of her own, so the two of 'em together
-> ganged up on Dad.
Well my daughter is 21 now, she will be graduating from RIT next year
hopefully.  (I don't know why I say hopefully she has a 3.8 gpa right now).
She talked us into her first horse at about 12 I think.  It was also a TB 
mare.
 Had something go wrong with her back though and was never right again.
She then talked a breeder into letting her lease (free) a Norwegian Fjord 
horse
from him.  Well I am sure you can guess the rest of this story.  Yes we still
have her and no she isn't still free!  Even Dad fell in love with this one.
I did find out from all of this that if you really want to get close to your
daughters, horses are a great tool to use to do it.  I think it is real sad 
o
see all these kids at horse shows all the time and maybe you will only see a
handfull of fathers there.  Yeah the mothers go but the ones that have the
whole family there are the lucky ones in my eyes.  When I look back I can
remember an awful lot of good times being spent in the aisle of some old 
smelly
barn with the wife and kid and some good old horse people!
->     I wouldn't know what a leopard Appaloosa was, except I heard the girls
-> talk about it.  As far as horses go, my mind's a sponge (shaddup Kohl), 
nd
-> I soak up what I hear.  Unfortunately, when it's squeezed out, it usually
-> doesn't make sense.  :)
Well stick around here then and you will soak up some info I am sure.  I did.
Welcome aboard  Bob.
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