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Thank you for the advice @Bambi :D I do have them hidden on a few, but think I like the idea of being able to look back through a pedigree and see where certain traits were passed along.

Currently I only have two tattoos that I'm using to sort dapples & DP since I can't search for those normally.

@FlyingTurkeyFarm Thank you! I agree, I do like the more traditional use of them as well :)

I can't say I've noticed how other people work around this, but how do you deal with having a white tattoo on a very light-based horse? (or a dark tattoo on a dark horse)

Oh I see, that makes sense!

I have a bunch as well. I just went on a massive spay/geld and tattoo crusade here and will be catching up on hj2 next. My main tattoos get placed on the hip if they are small or tattoo like or right bottom corner for my more picture tattoos

Hip:

Baz: Blue butterfly. Horses were bred, altered and shown by me. Gets stuck on my show horses that I own the parents and bred myself. These get placed up for sale between 10-15 years old for 3000 in my open buddy chat JL show horse sales.


JSb Blood Ties KP

JL bred: intact horses that I have bred the entire pedigree and have used for breeding themselves. (My barn name used to be JOLO ranch which I normally shorten to JL so it’s a JL with 2 O’s connecting them in the middle.)


JS Nanotech Primer

Outside lined show horses. Small checkered heart


JLa 6190463

Then in the right corner I have 1 pic of a field with an open gate that I overlay a Roman numeral 1-3 meaning someone else bred horses in the last 3 generations of that horses pedigree.

1st Gen - bred by someone else and bought or a parent is from an outside barn


JLb IC RM Blue It

2nd Gen - at least 1 grandparent was bred by someone else. This one also has my nexus cow but I don’t put it on very often. I focus on my line tattoos first. The search allows me to find patterns easily enough. I also have a satin dress and a W8 penguin that all have their own corners to be stuck in.


JLb NX Star Lightz

3rd Gen - at least 1 great grandparent was from outside lines


JLc Wish You Were Here

Then for my horses that have outside lines 4+ Generations back they get the same picture but with the gate closed named my mudbloods. Looking at their family tab pedigree they are mine but somewhere in the background is someone else’s lines mixed in. (Yes, I was watching Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone when I was naming my tattoos)


JLe Why Snow Now

On HJ2 I use the same tattoo system but my outside gate is a cute little owl sitting on a branch and the mudbloods have a little lighthouse

New tattoo, I tried to implement the contrasting outline technique this time ;) This one will be mostly on darker-based horses. Thoughts? (can anyone tell what this even is, lol)

Light base:

RS CH2 Seashells

Dark base:

RS FF Joyeuse

:x Thank you! You are spot on :D it's a fleur-de-lis + sword combo! I'm greatly relieved that you were able to identify it, I was worried that it was so small it wouldn't be distinguishable.

I very much appreciate all of the help!

If you're worried about being it indistinguishable...you should look at mine =)) pretty sure with some of mine, I'll be the only one who knows what they are.

I always double place that one. It's empty inside so it goes around the sire tattoo.

Google is your friend =))

Yours is a lovely uncomplicated neat tattoo Peachtree, so I think looks very nice on the shoulder