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Wooded Wildflowers

Here is Wildflower Grace in the mountain woods last Saturday.Wildflower is such a sweet and sensitive girl.  She gets very anxious and confused when pushed outside her comfort zone.  It makes me sad to see her loll her tongue when she is stressed in an effort to comfort herself, she chews her tongue and worries and I whisper in soft tones to calm her.  She tries so very hard to do what is asked of her and not cause upset. 

Her qualities are many.  She is really very quiet, usually stays calm and loves children. She has no bite, strike, kick or rear and will do her best to get along with any horse she is paired with.  She so deserves a loving, kind home that will work with her. 

  
She wants to learn, to trust and to follow.  I can ride her but right now I choose to work on teaching her to simply follow me...

show her that I will never ask her to put her feet in an unsafe place....

and to know she will never be left behind.  Beautiful little Arabian girl.....  We won't allow you to be left behind again.

Sun and Mae Get Tangled Up With The Law

I've never told you about it before. It's true. Sun and Mae got all tangled up with the law in the big city awhile back.

Okay, nobody would be surprised that the law was after Sun, but people certainly would be shocked that Mae would wind up in the pokey...

In truth, Sun and Mae stood in for the Metro Mounted Unit awhile back for an event sponsored by the Sheriff Department here.  It seems that another big event required the participation of the actual mounted unit and they wanted two calm and well mannered horses to stand in for them. 

We got the call and off we went.  I have to say that I was proud of my stand-ins as they handled the noise and chaos of police car (and siren) demonstrations, motorcycle patrol (and siren) demonstrations, police dog (and siren) demonstrations as well as an ill-timed rubbish can pick up and the accompanying huge truck (and sirens).

They calmly met and greeted in behalf of their more professionally employed brethren a multitude of adults and small children, kissed a surprising amount of stuffed animals and only looked mildly concerned at one toddler being pushed in a stroller that had a balloon attached to it.  I believe it was more fear of what was eating the small human than the balloon itself that caused them concern.

They were a huge hit with the crowd and they were very well behaved.  I will always look back upon this moment with special pride in two horses that I love dearly.  I thought you might like seeing it too.

The Broken Road

Every long lost dream led me to where you are.

Others who broke my heart, they were like northern stars...

pointing me on my way

straight to your loving arms.

This much I know is true,

 
That God blessed the broken road

that led me straight to  you.

Parelli Play Date!

Today we are venturing north!  We'll be traveling up to the mountain to lush meadows for a Parelli Play Date!  Although I intended to take beautiful, damaged Cayenne at the last minute I have substituted Wildflower Grace.

Her spunk, willing little attitude and calmness in the trailer will help our fellow student's horse stay calmer and quieter in the trailer.

 

Gabriel doesn't quite have the trailer experience that Wildflower does so I'm hoping she'll be a good mentor.  Keep your fingers crossed!

The Bungalows

These are the bungalows to house the geldings.  They are small in comparison to the stalls they had but it is all just temporary, right?

Finally, the geldings came home to be with us and although we missed being able to visit with our friends at the stable we were happy to cut out 40 miles a day of (beautiful) desert driving.

But.... once the boys came home, well, the stalls seemed even smaller so we set about putting up an addition to The Bungalows.

Now, they can both be out or take turns.  We're all much happier now.....

 

Let Me Give You A Hand.... Or Something

Obviously, Joe's reining mare, Lexi is trying to convince Rodney that she is assistant material as clearly, she can hold that Mustang!

Happily Ever After

Once upon a time there was a Unicorn Without a Horn that had been imprisoned and tortured for many long months.

  

The High Mountain and High Desert Angels found him in his solitude and took him to safe harbor where they loved him and began to make him well.

They cared for him until they could reunite him with his true Princess,

and they began to live happily ever after.

The Beginning.

 

Garnett's Bunny

 


 Garnett is my friend's horse.  The bunny is well.... just there.  I think it is amazing that the bunny will not allow people to pet it but will allow a 1,200 pound horse to slobber all over it.  I suppose it has to do with the entire preditor/prey issue, yes?  Animals amaze me.

The Way You Do The Things You Do....

Rodney is back! Our wonderful farrier knows how to work with our wild Mustangs! He quickly makes friends again with Little Bear and seems to have found the way to this gelding's heart.

 

Little Bear says 'Ahhhhhhhh!' 

Now, lest you think Little Bear is a very small Mustang boy, I must remind you that Rodney is 6'4".  Little Bear fell so much in love with Rodney that I thought he would climb right in his lap! Little Bear loves his poll rubbed and loves the scritching, rubbing and pinching that Rodney was doing along his mane.  Our gentle giant of a farrier tells us that he would rather make friends with his clients than fight with them.  'A little lovin' goes a long way.'  Thanks Rodney, from the bottoms of our hearts.  This sweet, lovable (and still available for adoption!) Mustang gelding is a very cuddly boy.

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