#horselink

[neighhhh]

hey, you took quite a fall there. glad to see you're awake!

exams? essays..? what are you talking about, let's run!

[runningawayintothewoods]

Radio Collar ID replacement for Horse alterhumans

i noticed somewhat of a trend of radio collar ids for wild canines so i looked into it. But since they are not as popular for wild horses i propose something else: Freeze Brands

They are used by the american BLM (Bureau of Land Management) and are actually an 8-digit ID;

The last three digits narrow the location even more down. A pdf with a lot of those "herd codes" can be found here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20161227055746/https://www.wildhorseandburro.blm.gov/statistics/2005/FY2005_Stats.pdf

Obviously this isn't a perfect solution, but i really liked the idea and wanted to share my take on it.

Since i am not american but my country doesn't really have any actually wild horses (just some in nature reserves so there is no real need for monitoring) i adapted it a bit:

I am from Germany(Deutschland-> D), so i will use a box instead of the first symbol, because it resembles a D.

I'm born in 2006 so the next two are 06.

And because i wanted something similar to the american system i just took the digits corresponding to the abbreviation of my state.

So i ended at: D06 181216

I was ready to tweak it a bit but i absolutely love it. I don't even know why it just has a great sound.

[were-bastard]

Even though it’s a heart/linktype, I’d probably look like this as a mule

No specific coat, just these general colours and patterns

(As a side-note, calling myself a “mule” feels really good. Honestly, a bit better than calling myself a horse does.)

[neighhhh]

Ooo! For a moodboard maybe a like, Friesian one with dark woods/forest-y themes ? :D (not forced ofc!)

-your local Friesian funlink :]

i had a lot of fun putting this together!! i love the dark forest aesthetic. also hello fellow horse :] let me know if there are any changes you'd like me to make!!

[were-bastard]

Hm, while I’m not quite an equid (as much as I may wish to be one), if I were one, I might be a mule instead of a horse.

Like, I identify with a lot of horse traits and behaviours, but there are some things that could fit better.

For one, their manes & tails tend to be much longer than I feel I’d have, they’re more delicate than I would be, they have hooves that are larger than what I would have, and they’re usually more predisposed towards speed (rather than strength or endurance).

But mules.

They have so many traits that I already identify with, and they’re still incredibly horse-like.

Mules have smaller hooves, shorter manes & tails, thicker skin, greater stamina and ability to move weight (!!!!), and they still have all of the body-shape/colour stuff from horses I identify with.

So, I may be a mule. Sort of. In an otherhearted/link way.

[were-bastard]

I’m thinking about ‘linking a horse-type. Part of being horsehearted (for me) is a deep longing to actually be a horse and it’s a really important part of me. Being just horsehearted is still really fulfilling for me, but I think I’d want to at least try being one again (as a linktype this time).

I already feel that I am “one of them” (if not one myself) and get shifts of horses, so it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch for me.

If I did ‘link a horse-type, I don’t think I could ever be any one breed or coat colour (just because of the underlying horsehearted-ness).

I’m fairly sure then that that’d make me a horse clado-link— which doesn’t actually sound half bad!

I’m gonna try this out— I may drop it at some point, I don’t know yet. I’m hoping that it’ll be a good fit, but I’m okay if it’s not.