How do you refer to your horse?

[Mrs. Jingle]

Just for fun! I dint want to clog up someone else's post about an advert looking for a 'fur baby'. so following on from that - I hate the expression and someone suggested it is possible that the pony/horse is seen as a replacement child. Seems a reasonable theory and I wonder what that says about how we all refer to our animals? This is some of mine please feel free to add your own

17.2 great lump of a thing - my big handsome man...obviously I need a big handsome man in my life - Mr J does not live up to this description.
16.2 elderly mare - my lovely gentle old lady ....yes I still miss my late Mum and wish she were still in my life.
Grumpy elderly donkey with mobility and pain issues - my poor grumpy old thing....I know exactly how he feels so there are two of us in this family!
Little shy donkey - my sweet little chap - obviously still miss having a baby boy in the family!

 

[Gingerwitch]

Varies depending on what they are behaving like, it ranges from from Princess to *£££%%!!!! and being threatened to be sold in ether Horse and Hound, through to Horse Quest,right down to the free ads ! lol they usually stop the behaviour when i get to threatening them with Pre loved or Dragon Driving though.

 

[PapaverFollis]

"Ponies" (12hh, 15.1hh, 16.2hh ... all ponies)

"The boy." "The girls." "The Monsters" "Herd"

"Dickhead" occasionally! ?

 

[BeckyFlowers]

His name is Henry, so that gets shortened to H. He's also known as Hoover, not only because his name is Henry, but also due to his incredible skill of inhaling and making carrots disappear very quickly. Hoover then gets shortened to Hoov. I only call him Henry when he needs reminding of his manners, and that's in a stern voice. Sometimes he is known as Fat-ass, Fattie or Fats, but I say in in an affectionate way so's not to injure his self esteem I expect that he calls me Fat-ass as well! 1-all.

 

[gemisastar]

Simply Gembo the Magnificent - although she was very naughty for the farrier yesterday so I called her a big twat...

 

[LadyGascoyne]

Mimosa gets Samosa a lot... what does that say about me? ?

 

[PapaverFollis]

Oh... The Beast's real name is "Lady"... so she gets called "Lady Lumpus" at times! Not very flattering.

 

[StowfordPress]

Prick and tosspot for my gelding, affectionately of course.

 

[Jeni the dragon]

Rog gets called Grotty quite alot, or Git!
Thena and Morgan are the hairies. And Morgan gets called Yob!

 

[ihatework]

The big eventer -
‘Hey handsome’
‘Big fella’
‘My carthorse’

Little youngster
‘Oz Woz’
‘Little man’
‘Twat face’

 

[scats]

Rog gets called Grotty quite alot, or Git!
Thena and Morgan are the hairies. And Morgan gets called Yob!

I call my friends Mum Grotty (after Grotbags, as when we were kids she had this green coat). She’s now 54 and I’m 35 and I’ve never called her anything other than Grotty!

Horses- Millie gets Millipede or Old Bag, depending on her mood! Polly is generally princess, Pol Pol, or occasionally Drama Queen, when she’s being hysterical.

 

[meleeka]

I have many names for them depending on whether they’ve misbehaved ?

I often use Daddy Bear and Mummy bear for the head gelding and girlfriend. They are both in their 20’s. Then there’s the kids who are the little ones, even though one is probably 30! They do act like the kids though.

 

[Roxylola]

Cobnob mostly

 

[vmac66]

Windy. Rhymes with Indie, or the witch or the diva.

 

[IngramsRoughDiamond]

The ponies mainly

 

[Bojingles]

Tubby

 

[WandaMare]

I have HairyMarey the Welsh cob and my TB cross is known affectionately as Rhubarb

 

[Mahoganybay]

My lovely mare is called Whisper and I quite often call her Whisper Woo ??, I actually don’t realise I’m doing it.

 

[C1airey]

Buggerlugs.

 

[tiahatti]

Used to refer to them as The Girls. Now it's only Tia, its Tea pot like the rhyme as she is short and stout.

 

[The Jokers Girl]

Varies depending on what they are behaving like, it ranges from from Princess to *£££%%!!!! and being threatened to be sold in ether Horse and Hound, through to Horse Quest,right down to the free ads ! lol they usually stop the behaviour when i get to threatening them with Pre loved or Dragon Driving though.

Aww nothing wrong with pre loved ? my horse of a lifetime came from there 8years ago x

 

[ester]

Donut, sausage, frank

 

[ITPersonnage]

Monkey, Bella, Ruby redster, Princess, Rosey all nick-names for my much missed Red.

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

B Fuzzy is commonly known as, Bouncing B, Batshit B or Bonkers B depending on situations, also called B boo too....

The shitlands are known as the smalls, the tinies, the eejits or independently as piggywig or beetle and airhead or dipstick. They seem to respond to anything ?

 

[milliepops]

Collectively, the Top Horses and the Yard Horses (sometimes the YH's are the giddyups because they are the ridden ones. And the TH's are the field potatoes because they aren't )

Too many nicknames to list but Kira answers to "hey gorgeous" reliably

 

[Auslander]

Alf thinks his name is "Hello Handsome"
The shitlands are known as "The Gremlins"

 

[ecb89]

His name is Paddy. He gets called Patrick, Dollop, fat lad, fat boy, padster, patrice, paddy whack, paddles... it’s endless ?

 

[DabDab]

Collectively 'the donkeys', individually:

Diablo gets called Dabs, big man, Moose, big dick, idiot

Artemis is Arty, Arts, Art easel, Artisan, lady

Pebbles is pebblington, pebs, my little pony, hearth rug

 

[tristar]

i normally say ``come on my love,``

when the stable is dirty its its `poopalot``


d calls j `` king`` mutual male admiration

``fatty`` who ain`t fat no more

 

[Cornish]

My cob is called Mr P by lots of my friends, generally 'gorgeous boy' or 'handsome man' by me. ID is often 'stinky', 'Princess Pissy Knickers' or 'that bloody mare' - normally as she disappears through a hedge or over a gate at inconvenient moments....