Naming Your Horse

Jamil · 08-07-08, 04:04 AM

When you guys all choose a name for your horse, how do you choose it? I have heard some of the silliest names given to horses and it always seems a shame-but even more so for a horse. Calling a majestic animal like that something like Fifi or Trixi seems insulting.

alexis · 08-07-08, 07:01 PM

Most times for the silly names there is a story to go along with it and I love hearing some of the stories. I know naming other pets I have had we do the same thing, I have one named pickel who is a cat.

Jewel · 08-07-08, 11:48 PM

I really can't say that I use any specific method for choosing a name for my horse. I usually pick a name within the first few minutes to an hour of being with the animal the first time, a name just seems to come to mind that fits.

iHorse · 08-08-08, 08:30 PM

Hey now, iHorse likes his silly name.

well maybe he just likes the carrots we feed him while calling him that. He's got a proper name as well, its just a bit stern sounding for a horse who listens to an ipod. I mean how can you take some of those names seriously like "kiss of a rose" or "snow on cedars"?

Jamil · 08-11-08, 03:54 AM

Well I never knew that, Buckskin, so thank you. That goes a bit of the way to explaining some of the things that I have heard horses being called at one time or another.

Stabilo · 08-11-08, 05:08 PM

I imagine that with those rules most of the sensible names would be taken already, and it would be hard to think up something that actually meant anything.

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Jamil Member Join Date: 08-01-08 Posts: 24	Naming Your Horse When you guys all choose a name for your horse, how do you choose it? I have heard some of the silliest names given to horses and it always seems a shame-but even more so for a horse. Calling a majestic animal like that something like Fifi or Trixi seems insulting.

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08-07-08, 07:01 PM	Naming Your Horse Post #2 (permalink)
alexis Member Join Date: 08-10-07 Posts: 329 Images: 2	Most times for the silly names there is a story to go along with it and I love hearing some of the stories. I know naming other pets I have had we do the same thing, I have one named pickel who is a cat.

08-07-08, 11:48 PM	Naming Your Horse Post #3 (permalink)
Jewel Member Join Date: 07-06-08 Posts: 50	I really can't say that I use any specific method for choosing a name for my horse. I usually pick a name within the first few minutes to an hour of being with the animal the first time, a name just seems to come to mind that fits.

08-08-08, 08:30 PM	Naming Your Horse Post #4 (permalink)
iHorse Member Join Date: 08-01-08 Posts: 25	Hey now, iHorse likes his silly name. well maybe he just likes the carrots we feed him while calling him that. He's got a proper name as well, its just a bit stern sounding for a horse who listens to an ipod. I mean how can you take some of those names seriously like "kiss of a rose" or "snow on cedars"?

08-11-08, 03:54 AM	Naming Your Horse Post #5 (permalink)
Jamil Member Join Date: 08-01-08 Posts: 24	Well I never knew that, Buckskin, so thank you. That goes a bit of the way to explaining some of the things that I have heard horses being called at one time or another.

08-11-08, 05:08 PM	Naming Your Horse Post #6 (permalink)
Stabilo Member Join Date: 08-01-08 Posts: 25	I imagine that with those rules most of the sensible names would be taken already, and it would be hard to think up something that actually meant anything.

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