Warm, Sunny February

After a month of rainy weather in January, we finally had some warm, wonderful weather last week. Here are a couple of pics of Wishes and Colbert soaking up the sunshine in their muddy pasture. That's Nasdaq on the left, joining them for breakfast.

Oh no, Wishes!

I went out to see my horses today after a wet and muddy week. I found Wishes with a nasty gash down the inside of her right hind leg. It didn't seem to bother her too much, but it looked pretty nasty. I cleaned up both horses and worked Wishes in the round pen, but did not feel up to riding today.

Cloudy Saturday

Rachel and I braved the rainy forecast to go check on Wishes and Colbert. Fortunately, we didn't get hit with any showers while there. The cloudy weather really put Wishes in a strange mood, and she spent most of the morning acting like a nervous wreck, sniffing the air and freezing in place, then snorting loudly and stomping the ground. I did a lot of groundwork with her, though, and felt like we got a lot accomplished. Her filthy tail was driving me nuts, so I soaked it in soapy water and put conditioner in it. It looked much prettier after the wash, but she hated the cold water. Rachel rode Colbert around the ranch, and we took pictures of the new little foal "Battle Born", and his mom, "Nevada." The pics I am posting are of Wishes dumping her vitamins on the ground (she just picked up the food pan with her teeth and dumped it). Wishes after her wash. Battle Born, looking adorable. And Rachel, looking beautiful.

Happy New Year

Whoops! I guess it's been awhile since I've updated this blog, huh Eric? Since you're the only one that reads it....ha ha ha. Here's a video of my two hooligans!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Colbert tried to sport a "pimp" hat, but I think Gus wore it better! Sally looking cute, and my buddy, Sharil going as a "black-eyed P". Ha ha ha!

My New Saddle

Here's a picture of my new saddle. It's really supposed to be for Wishes, but Colbert is trying it out. It comes with the CAIR system by Wintec, which allows you to change out the inner structure to fit just about any horse. Because Colbert is a Quarter Horse type, he requires a much wider bar than that of the standard English saddle. It is also made of a material that expands or deflates with air - kind of like a "Tempur-Pedic" mattress - to better fit the contours of each individual horse's back. They normally sell for over $1,000.00, but I got this one off of Ebay for $580.00, and supposedly, it had only been used 2 or 3 times previously. It was in near-perfect condition.

The other picture is Rachel saddling up Eric's (mom's) horse, Sawyer, with Eric's very awesome Aussie saddle.

Deonna and Colbert

Boy, for a blog that is supposed to be about Wishes, she never gets any ink! I just had to share this adorable pic of my good friend, Deonna Hickey, riding Colbert. This horse-sharing business is such a great idea because Colbert gets extra work-outs, and more trail experience!