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Horse - Show Prep
It is still dark - I am taking a little break in packing and loading... Sun is trying to come up, but it is cloudy. that's good because it won't be so hot if its cloudy. It is VERY HUMID ( Read more... ) -
Horse - Show Prep
Well I'm gonna tell you people I may not be able to do a lot of things, but one thing I can do is put a mirror shine on a pair of black field boots. Damn, but I can see myself in those suckers. I enjoy the ritual. It makes me feel close to my dad who died 4 years ago. I used to watch my dad go thru saddle soaping and polishing his boots and tack ( Read more... ) -
Horse Show Prep
Yesterday I took E to the Western Store to get a belt and girlie shirt. She has short hair and is always getting called a boy!!! So I got her a belt that proudly states "Cowgirl" and a flowery shirt. I said I was trying to match gray boots and the lady at the store about had a foal exclaiming "Gray boots! Where did you get gray boots?!?" If I ( Read more... ) -
Horse Show Prep
How come I don't think of things until the last minute???!!! Its a good thing tomorrow is a dry run for the larger show next weekend ( Read more... ) -
Show Time is Coming!!!!
This morning while Matt was eating I conditioned his tail and completely conditioned and finger combed/pulled his main. Poor baby has barely any forelock left. I cut his mohawked bridle path yesterday, but it still needs a little more trim. He got tired of me pulling his mane, but I said "You know, you have to go there and show those young ( Read more... ) -
Dude Icon
Made a new icon of Dude. Pedro and Jeanine came over and we practiced loading Matt in the trailer. They picked up stuff in the yard that has been needing to be picked up for like 2 years. Sweet ( Read more... ) -
Bot Flies and Bonding
I got a disposable daisy razor and went out and caught Dude. I got him with no problem. Must "wear" confident quasi-lawyer, authority "mental suit" when dealing with him. Walked him onto the driveway and shaved as many bot flies off his legs as I could. He stood pretty well which was good since I was on one knee with my hurt-boot-foot ( Read more... ) -
Monthly business - with geldings - LOL
Yesterday was worming day! Oh Joy! This consists of shooting a tube of goop into the horse's mouth and getting him to swallow it. Sounds simple, right? HA! Success is measured, by me at least, in small increments. I actually caught and tied Matt and administered goop. Unfortunately, I promptly let him sling most of it back out of his mouth. ( Read more... ) -
Sunday Night - Horses and Cats
This was cute: Sunday night after we fed the horses we watched them until it got pitch black dark. Matt would not rest until he ran every cat out of the back pasture. We have 4 half-grown kittens and Matt found out how difficult it is to herd cats! Matt would settle by the fence and then notice there were cats over in the "jungle" area and go ( Read more... ) -
Horses
Driving to and from work with my left foot was an adventure, though I adjusted pretty quickly. I went to the feed store (Dodge City) and Stacey was there. She helped me get some clips to use on our leather reins to take them on and off easily and we got some Strategy to start changing their feed over. Mr. Eddie says even though they're fat not to ( Read more... )