Not that y'all care

[Calamity Jane]

But I had a GREAT riding lesson tonight! It's like my horse has grown a brain over the past few months. She's gone from being so completely psychotic that I was considering selling her just to get her out of my pasture to this sweet animal that follows me around like a puppy dog.

We're jumping small fences, she's listening to every cue and thinking instead of getting that 'fuck you' look on her face and rearing straight up... she's like a different horse.

We started teaching her to bow tonight. The goal is to get her to lay down so I can get on her, and then she'll stand up. She's so tall, that right now, I need to stand on a bucket to get my foot into the stirrup. Not good when I'm out on the trail and have to get off of her. She bowed on the third try, so hopefully the laying down thing won't be too traumatic for either of us.

Anyway, just braggin on my baby. Carry on.

 

[Dillinger]

I care. I ride horses vicariously though you.. *smile*

Sounds wonderful!

 

[naudiz]

I care! I love riding.

Kickass.

 

[hatara]

Pagancowgirl I think you are awesome! You go girl!!

 

[Sillyman]

I care too. Congratualations. Horses are funny that way I suppose.

 

[Calamity Jane]

I'm like a proud momma. But you wouldn't believe how crazy she was. We spent 3 hours one day trying to get her to put one foot in the creek. She broke a saddle, flipped herself over 4 times, and crashed into two trees before she'd even look at the water.

She's gorgeous too. This is her baby pic.

 

[Rambling Rose]

PCG, I just finished reading Seabiscuit, the story of the famous racehorse from the Depression Era. It was really a colorful story and I felt like I was living in a different time. If you see it at the library, pick it up. I think you'll like it a lot.

 

[Dillinger]

She is gorgeous! *smile* (But so are you!)

 

[Bindii]

Congrats cowgirl! There is a sense of achievement when after all the training it just starts to fall together. Your horse souds like its young? That would explain why she is so skittish, keep up the work good work!

 

[Calamity Jane]

PCG, I just finished reading Seabiscuit, the story of the famous racehorse from the Depression Era. It was really a colorful story and I felt like I was living in a different time. If you see it at the library, pick it up. I think you'll like it a lot.

I think I read that when I was a kid. I'll have to look through my childhood books and see if I still have it. I think I read every book with the word horse in it when I was little. If I don't have it, I'll definitely find it.

 

[freakygirl]

Like I give a rats ass about you and your horse


You ran before I could spank you

come here sexy lady!

 

[alexandraaah]

She's beautiful, and such a big girl! How many hands is she up to now?

 

[Calamity Jane]

Congrats cowgirl! There is a sense of achievement when after all the training it just starts to fall together. Your horse souds like its young? That would explain why she is so skittish, keep up the work good work!

She just turned 4, and she's mostly Thoroughbred, so she's bound to be a little crazy. Actually though, I love the sensitivity... once it's channeled, you've got an amazing horse. Her training was delayed a year, because she nearly died last winter. She lost 40% of her muscle mass, and the vet college said to put her down because there was nothing anyone could do. Of course, I had to prove 'em wrong.

Dilly, you just looove makin me blush, don't you?

 

[Dillinger]

Quick hijack...

Hey draah! Check your pms!!!

 

[Dillinger]

Dilly, you just looove makin me blush, don't you?

Damn straight. Especially when you blush from just the simple truth.

 

[Calamity Jane]

She's beautiful, and such a big girl! How many hands is she up to now?

16 hands with her shoes on (that's 64" at the shoulder for non horsey people)... not HUGE, but tall enough for my shortness. I almost bought an 18 hand horse this weekend, don't know what I was thinkin!

Bring it on Freaky woman!

 

[CarolineOh]

Are you sure your horse didn't just seem smarter after visiting with your husband's cousin?

 

[Calamity Jane]

Are you sure your horse didn't just seem smarter after visiting with your husband's cousin?

LMAO! Ya know, that could be it! But she seemed pretty damn smart for my lesson yesterday too, so maybe it's a combination.

 

[Bindii]

She just turned 4, and she's mostly Thoroughbred, so she's bound to be a little crazy. Actually though, I love the sensitivity... once it's channeled, you've got an amazing horse. Her training was delayed a year, because she nearly died last winter. She lost 40% of her muscle mass, and the vet college said to put her down because there was nothing anyone could do. Of course, I had to prove 'em wrong.

Dilly, you just looove makin me blush, don't you?

My family has racing stables for gallopers (all thoroughbreds of course) and I bred and rode Arabs competivley for years. Your right Thoroughbreds are good horses, and 4 years is still young.

Glad to see you stuck it through and got her over her illness - what did she have?

 

[Sillyman]

Awww...she's cute...

 

[freakygirl]

I agree with Dilly

the horse is beautiful and so is the owner

 

[kotori]

I think I read that [Seabiscuit] when I was a kid. I'll have to look through my childhood books and see if I still have it. I think I read every book with the word horse in it when I was little. If I don't have it, I'll definitely find it.

No, this is a new book, adult--kinda pop-history sort of thing. It came out about two years ago, and now is in paperback.

 

[Calamity Jane]

My family has racing stables for gallopers (all thoroughbreds of course) and I bred and rode Arabs competivley for years. Your right Thoroughbreds are good horses, and 4 years is still young.

Glad to see you stuck it through and got her over her illness - what did she have?

She's got racing bloodlines out the wazzoo... but was never on the track, or I think she'd be even crazier than she is.

They never did figure out what she had. I just went out to feed one morning, and she was leaning against the barn shivering. She looked like she'd lost 50 pounds over night, and could barely walk. She was running a 'fatal fever'... so high that she'd begun digesting her muscles for protein... thankfully, there was no organ damage, and she's come back from it like it never happened. The vet told me to take her home and let her die. I brought her home, gave her more antibiotic injections than I thought possible, fed her echinacea like it was candy, and called the vet a month later and laughed at him.

 

[Calamity Jane]

No, this is a new book, adult--kinda pop-history sort of thing. It came out about two years ago, and now is in paperback.

Oh, then it sounds like i need to make a trip to B&N. Thanks for the info!

 

[nasty]

I'm happy that you had a good time.