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I’m another firm believer in big ears = nice soul.
May you have many happy years and experiences together.
May you have many happy years and experiences together.
I am feeling so lucky.
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Aperchristmas
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Oh he looks gorgeous. My love of big ears (and to be fair, tiny pony ears too) is well documented on this forum, and those are some beautiful big ears. I wish you many years of happiness together.
Cortez
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Is that your first time on board? (Sorry, don't keep up with things)? Love big ears, and they are highly prized in some breeds (PREs, Irish Draughts and Connemaras, for instance).
SheriffTruman
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It's the best feeling, isn't it? Congratulations, sound like you found a great friend!This probably isn't deserving of it's own thread really, but I just wanted to commemorate day one of what will hopefully be my view for the next 25 years or so!
It feels so special when you have worked with them since a 'baby', he was 5 days away from being 3 when I put my deposit down on him when he was still in Ireland.
He will do hardly anything until he's properly 4 in May, other than get the basics, see a bit of the world and tick over. I have always loved horses with big old lugsthey're usually a nice soul.
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AShetlandBitMeOnce
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I did not know that! Everydays a school day eh! It was my first time on board! He was lightly backed by a local jockey back in Sept, and I've just re-started him this week as I am on garden leave from work so thought it the perfect time to crack on
The king of the big lugs would like to thank everyone for their kind words, as would I. I am still over the moon - and this photo made me cackle after the comments on this thread, it's almost like he wanted to show them off!
Well it's because you did what you did that I "urged" a friend of mine to do the same. Hers is equally gorgeous with a temperament to die for.
You deserve a good life together - just keep the pictures coming so I can live vicariously please.
Ooooh what did she get? I am so lucky with how he's turned out, his kind face is what made me scroll back on Facebook to find his advert again!
Surbie
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He's so beautiful - I hope the greying out is slow and gives you lots of interesting coat changes.
His ears are gorgeous!
His ears are gorgeous!
PurBee
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You might be surprised - i thought mine would grey out and lose the strawb roan fast - but at 10+ he’s still got strawberry speckles! Especially face, neck, chest.
Dex is gorgeous, youve come so far since you got him, well done to you both! Great partnership
MidChristmasCrisis
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He is lovely..I wish I could post our newbie…same age who has very similar colouring and has one side of head/face paler than the other. Ours is ID/thoroughbred cross and the most gentle kind person. Look forward to your posts about him.
Palindrome
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He looks lovely. I am trying to get brave enough to get on mine too, so far I have done the "potatoe bag" accross her back but not been on properly 
AShetlandBitMeOnce
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You might be surprised - i thought mine would grey out and lose the strawb roan fast - but at 10+ he’s still got strawberry speckles! Especially face, neck, chest.
Dex is gorgeous, youve come so far since you got him, well done to you both! Great partnership
Ooooh, I'll keep my fingers crossed then! He has quite a bit of grey round his ears but his body is still very much roan and his legs are black!
Sounds lovely, I'd love to see a photo if you can post them one day!
He looks lovely. I am trying to get brave enough to get on mine too, so far I have done the "potatoe bag" accross her back but not been on properly
I know how you feel, it's not until you lean across that you think jheeeeze, I am not as nimble as I used to be and actually this is quite high up!
