Waiting for you.....

Our horses spend a lot of time, waiting.  Unless they have a big pasture to be turned out into... where they can cheerfully fill their bellies with the tender green grass they are so fond of consuming, they are doomed to boredom in standing in a stall or a small corral, until you show up to involve them in some activity.  No wonder they look at us, and are glad to have someone pay attention!   They really do need some way to stay active and involved while we are elsewhere.  Toys to keep in their stalls may do the trick.  Find an old basketball they can nose around, or a jollyball that can be picked up.  An old milk carton (plastic) that can be filled with a little molasses, and a pinhole sized hole to drip slowly out, while hung from a roof rafter will make an enticing toy to occupy some time ... as long as it will swing from a sturdy string or rope... and it will give your horse something to do, and reward him when he's able to lick the molasses from the container.   I have attached some pics of waiting horses.... my Peppermint Princess also has to wait for me to show up at the barn she is boarded in... wish I had a better solution, but there's not one at the moment. 

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My Sweet Girl

Dunn's Arena Litchfield Park, Arizona

Here's some pics of the facility where Comanche' now resides.... awesome place, really. 

Living in Arizona

Well, its been about two months now, that Comanche has been at her new barn.  There's always something going on there, with barrel racing and team roping and such.  My real problem has been that when I turned the Peppermint Princess out to graze on the huge two acre pasture, she didn't want to come back in...and played her little "ha ha, very funny" game of starting to put her nose into her halter, and then, "tra la".... stepping back, tossing her head a little and with a spin...she was off across the pasture.  Not a funny game to me... however.   So, I've been having dental surgery for the past month, and needless to say, I've not really felt up to pasture chasing.  I've barely been able to stand up for long, much less,  chase an errant horse across pasture in an endless game.  SO, at the moment, she has been confined to her corral... and, yes, I know she needs out, but its been difficult to summon the energy.  However, I am beginning to feel somewhat better, despite not being totally over the process.  I did manage to take some pics of my naughty child... she nickers when she sees me come around the barn corner...so, I think she's at least a little glad I'm around.  Let me see if I can upload the pics now... happy trails!!!  

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

 Well, Comanche got carrots, and more carrots, and, of course, Peppermints!!!!   for her Christmas present.  Also has a new purple halter and lead rope.  She looks so pretty in it.  AND....she knows it.  LOL.... she's such a diva....LOL.... She likes to dress up and have her picture made.  I'm still trying to figure out how to work my digital camera and my new laptop, so, as soon as that's done, there will be new pics.  I've got to get my scd card to transfer into my computer.  The piece you put your card into is too big to fit into my laptop portal.  Now, I have to go ask someone how to do it.   I am definitely not a techie sort.     But, I am so happy my babygirl is now here, where I can visit and see her when I am off work.  I even feel safe at night to visit.  She's at a nice barn.  Its bigger than the one in New Mexico, but I'm meeting a few people here and there, so its been really wonderful.  Hopefully, soon, I will have everything in one place.  I still have to get my things here from storage.  That is our next project.....

Comanche's Here!!!

Comanche' came to Arizona on Saturday, about 4pm.  She came down the ramp of the transport trailer, and looked up, and AROUND....  at all the new places... to see.  She made me think of a tourist at Disney World!.... LOL... she had just plain curiosity.... no fear or spook at anything.  Not even the Air Force jets that were flying overhead.  She walked politely down the side of the barn, skirted the other horses in corrals, and passed daintily down the center aisle, looking around as we walked.  She had a moment of small startle when the corner auto water bowl switched on with the sound of a loud kitchen sink.... but immediately figured out, that she wanted to know what that noise was....so, she eased back up to the water bowl...stuck her nose in...and got another loud water sound... but, she controlled her reaction, and drank from the bowl.  She's a brave little girl... not much makes her afraid.  She's settled in for the past few days, and I've had time to visit a bit.  I wanted her to settle in before taking her out of the corral, and over to the arena.  I figured it would allow her to get some rest and let her legs recover from the long trip.   The transporter had picked her up at 0600 and got her off the trailer at 1600, since he had three other horses to take to Scottsdale, before he brought her to the west side of Phoenix.    I will try and take some pics in the next few days.  I have to set my computer up for pics to be switched around from place to place.    I am just so very happy to have my babygirl with me again.    Shadow D.