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Winston Churchill said, 'the outside of a horse is good for the inside of man (woman added, LOL). He was a very smart man. I would suggest 'horse therapy' to everyone. I know my little hobby horse clears my head in no time. Thanks about the eyes. Cheryl

I finally got the pendants done for all of these and put them on WinterBear's display board, oh and rhythm beads too forgot.

Nice job. And you caught the movement of the Icelander wonderfully. Cheryl

People who ride rodeo broncs have to use a halter SIMILAR to this so they can't put pressure on just one part of the horse's nose. But they've become very popular as a decoration among 'us' weekend warriors :-) So I just made one to see if I could.

I'm sorry, I should have mentioned it was April 25th (which I didn't realize until after I posted this). Cheryl

Hey Nicole. I make similar items, and I use water based paints like the cova's but any acrylic will do. The thing is to water them down and put on more than one coat instead of having a thick glob on them. And put a good leather finish on them. Cheryl

I think it's going to be a good workshop, and I think Sylvia is right, they'll be glad I want to share the info.

I will Syl. I don't know about honored by they want a pic of me for their brochure. I'm finally going to be a poster child :-)

Beautiful job Jon! Cheryl

I think Tandy's kit would be a good place to start, and they're having a sale right now, although I don't know on what. Also WC, one of our members sells Tandy stuff so I get all my stuff from him now, support a small business, etc. His shop is www.standingbearstradingpost.com I do some horse things, and made a dog leash for a friend of mine, and hope to do tack later on, but I'm having too much fun doing what I'm doing right now to focus on that. If I see something on here that looks intriguing, I try and make it. usually doesn't work out but it's fun and I learn a lot. And I also keep up with my rhythm beads and 'Mare's Stare' which are products I'm selling by doing it that way. I've had a lot of help on here getting what I need to do some work, and you'll find people are willing to answer all your questions! But think about the fact it's an expensive hobby.....and addicting. If you start you probably won't quit until you own a mall sized work area

If it is Spooky, I'l just recap the salient points and post them. Cheryl

I don't think the techniques will pertain just to where I live. Cheryl

I've had a couple horse people ask me about these and i thought I'd explain what they are and show you the ones I have for sale currently. I also do custom orders. These really ought to be called rhythm bells because they are used by riding instructors to help their students hear along with 'feel' when they are out of rhythm with their horse. They are used with eventers such as barrel racers to 'hear' when a horse makes a wide turn, and help with areas to work on. Dressage riders use these frequently because that is such a precise sport. Trail riders are also starting to use these to 'warn' small critters they are coming so you don't get that adrenalin rush of a rabbit jumping right, your horse jumping left, and you somewhere in the middle. This first one I made will always be one of a kind. I used a good braided English rein, conditioned it, and repeated the same rainbow patter all the way around. Putting two pieces of leather thong through a pony bead is hard, this took forever, so this one is not a consideration for a custom order, well unless you want to pay a lot more :-) These are all handmade, and not the cheap cheesy things you see on the net, all of them are on a backing. All of them, including custom orders are $35.00 plus $5.00 for shipping priority mail. I have the rainbow set on leather, a set with round rawhide braiding on ANOTHER English rein with just a few blue beads, and a yellow set I just made with a 5/8ths tapestry trim backing. These are so light I don't think any horse would mind them. The braid trim has so many colors in it, I'm going to do more sets in just one color, blue, green, etc. PM me if you'd like a custom set. They don't cost anymore just allows you to pick out the colors, or not have beads if you prefer. I'm only set up to take paypal at this point. Thanks, Cheryl

Today I finished a leather handle for a display case, started another leather handle for my product case, and stenciled the letters, and drew a pattern for a leather frame I'm making for my business registration that came Saturday.

Good, they're not hard. Enjoy!!!!

You're just looking for someone to cut and sew them? I have all the equipment necessary and a template for the holes. I would do the first one for $10.00 if you are supplying the materials and shipping. Could do that in a day's turnaround, then we could go from there if you like the belt. Cheryl

Hi Burn. I sent you a pm with my email, I just made one of these for a rope halter which I laced a back on after tooling the front. I can help you if you want, from the way I did it. Because you really need a back if it's rope, a regular one you can just sew on. Have example here and picture I drew it from.

That is so cool Kevin, both Lucky and the gif. Cheryl

Oh don't apologize. I still have my very first on I tried to make that looks like a deformed microbe. I like the reminder of where I've been and rwhere things are now. Cheryl

Hi Yaklady. Thanks. This is rather an old thread and things have come a way since then, but that doesn't mean I won't check it out. I'm always looking to improve. Kevin (Tree Reaper) took my best one and made a mold for me. This is how 'we're' looking these days

I agree John and I've already apologized to Art for them. I'd delete them if I could.

Knut, i think to research that you'd need something more objective and quantitative first. You could measure behaviors but that doesn't necessarily mean the cow was happy. It would even be hard to measure treatment/mistreatment. Are you mistreating a dairy cow if you're an hour late in milking? Does the cow feel mistreated? I was recently at a farm north of here for about a month, and if you hit the barn after 7:30, the cow, goats, minis, ducklings, horses, etc. were all hollering for breakfast. (well the baby ducks usually water). Were they unhappy? If I sleep late my dog does that...but she is so happy ACTING that she looks like she's smiling and singing most of the time. I just don't know what you would measure, I swear I don't.

yes I suppose you are right. fortunately you knew of that Kalamazoo tribe that raises them to rigid guidelines. Cheryl (before I wet my pants)

Isn't St. paddy's day the SEVENTEENTH, uh like today? What the heck, missed this one but might be one for Easter.

So you kinda just want to be TOLD they were happy before someone smacked them between the eyes, stunned them and cut their throat while they were still alive? I can do that....Springfield has some killer deals on happy cows, actually we have a whole list of suppliers that can provide you with happy hides Oh and sort the happy ones just for you so you don't have to do anything special Art get me outta here before i get in trouble, beam me up. Cheryl