Thanks, clanter. He is very expressive and probably the most talkative horse I’ve been around.
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He’s gorgeous! Congrats! As someone who took 17 years off from not just horse ownership, but horses, then leased my horse before buying, I know how momentous this is!
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Beautiful!! What a gorgeous QH! I love a shiny chestnut!!!
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He’s a real looker!! 
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15 is nothing. I foresee many, many happy years for you two.
ETA: My last one went to 38, so 15 seems like a baby. 
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Wow, what a good looking dude! Congrats on your new best friend!
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Dudley is One HunkaHunka Burnin’ Copper Dude!
& What a sweet eye 
Wishing the pair of you many,.many years together 
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Wowza, what a hunk! Please give him a peppermint from his COTH auntie.
P.S, my best boy is 15 and it’s looking like it’s our best year together so far – and we’ve had 9 incredible years before that too. 
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Hubba hubba! What a lovely shiny coat!
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Congratulations! Dudley is sooo handsome! Plus, he’s a Quarter Horse! I admit I’m biased because my guy is a Quarter Horse. 
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What a gorgeous boy!!
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WOW!
He looks wonderful
And so shiny
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He’s gorgeous! And his personality shines in these pictures.
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oooh he’s handsome!
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Very nice horse. To quote one of my favorite lines from Raiders of the Lost Ark " you chose wisely" 
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Thanks again to everyone! You’re all so kind and encouraging!
Erinmeri, you are so right. Coming back to horse ownership and riding after a long break is momentous. It was just so much easier when I was younger. I didn’t worry about all the ‘what-ifs’ and I was braver and bounced better, and I just went out and did it. Now I worry and fret (trying to get better about that-I know it does no good), but now I am so much more aware of all the things that can go wrong. And it’s a struggle to get back to where you were, riding-wise. I’m still not there, and maybe never will be again. But I am still loving it and having fun, and I guess that’s the main thing.
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5 is nothing. I foresee many, many happy years for you two.
ETA: My last one went to 38, so 15 seems like a baby. [/quote]
Thanks, Fiesta01. I hope Dudley has that many good years!
I’m really enjoying my first weekend as Dudley’s owner (horse mom / servant), even though the weather has not been particularly co-operative. I hope everyone else is having a good weekend too!
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Haha. Just ONE saddle? There are so many others out there!
JK JK JK. Some of us are junkies.
