Friday, June 20, 2008

Horse Update...

I got "Blue" back from his 30 days of training a couple weeks ago and he did great. The trainer said he was like a 20yr old trail horse. He is really laid back and calm. Im excited to start working with him myself. He was also a stallion when we got him...he has recently been gelded so I have given him some time off to heal. We are putting up a small arena area and I will start working him as soon as that is done...hopefully this weekend!!
This isnt a good pic becaue I took it with my phone one morning when I was feeding.
This is our newest member "rain".
She is going to be Eric's horse but shes turning out to be more spunky than we had counted on.
She is 14 and gaited like a Tennessee Walker.
We were able to trade a couple trees for her.
The first time I got on her she reared a few times and tried bucking!!
She is just the kind of horse that will test you to see if you really know what your doing...shes trying to call our bluff.
The second time I rode her she was much better but she definately has more "attitude" than Blue!
We also have recently sold Dazzle which was Taylor's horse.
She is still intimidated by his size so we are going to get her a pony instead to start out on.
She is pretty excited about it and I will get a pic of her and the new pony as soon as we find the right one!

Mud Fun!

This is actually what my kids call fun!
I had no idea they were playing in the mud until they showed up at the back door like this...
It was really funny until they found out they were going to be rinsed off with the hose before coming in!
The water was a little too cold they thought...
I should of got a pic of that....there werent so many smiles during that part!!