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I will rename them. But I try to rename them something similar or from something in their pedigree. I leave the tattoos alone. I won't use my tattoo on a horse bred by someone else.

As for the chat's I have wondered that myself for awhile.

Like haltany I don’t small horses I’ve used for breeding.

I also rarely rename a horse unless I really don’t like it but that’s more because I have a backlog of my own horses to give names to other than their prefix and ID #.

For chats I don’t care if people stay in I tend to only have one or two people in at a time and kick everyone out when I add a new person. I tend to remove myself from chats if I start getting alerts and they aren’t for me

Thanks guys. I normally just add a generation number to horses I buy, unless they never had a name to begin with.
Good to know about the chats too. :) I've been staying in them if they have lots of members or if I tend to buy horses from that particular owner often.

I have one chat that I share with anyone and everyone, I've never had to remove anyone from there. No problems yet! *fingers crossed*

For other chats I've joined or more often been added to, I leave it up to the owner. If they want me out for any reason, I don't mind. :)

As for the naming thing, I try to give horses I buy a name or at least a label unless I plan to sell them. Lots of folks rename when they buy anyway, so it saves me some wasted effort. lol If I buy one and they have a name most of the time I'll keep it unless the name seems kind of random or they have horses in their pedigree I want to be sure I don't forget about. I name most of my own for their bloodlines, so I do the same with ones I buy if they aren't already named that way.

It doesn't bother me if people stay in my sales chat, but I don't use it for talking or anything else and I just bump them out next time I need to make a private sale.

I usually leave a chat after picking up a horse for the same reasons. Also, I don't like having my chat room notifications get cluttered. But there are some chat rooms where the talking is half or most of the point, and I like hanging out in those until I get overwhelmed with too many notifications, and clean up my chat list. :)

For re-naming horses, I usually remove other people's personal codes (for line or generation or whatever) and add my own, but I keep the rest of the name the same, assuming they have one and I have enough character space. If they don't have a name, I like to use a play on their creator or pedigree names. But that's just for my own amusement.

I don't sell horses I've bred either, unless I am getting rid of a line or cutting it way down. Mostly, if I'm done breeding a horse I just snip it for show.