Tired and stressed!

Hello Everyone!
Is is morning??? What day is today? My gosh, my brain is totally fried. I still packing the house, going through the garage, working 2 jobs and moving horses and horse tack. Thursday night.... Wow, what a whirlwind. I had my friends, Barb and Joe with a trailer and my neighbor Steve with his trailer. I was going to have my vet come out to sedate horses (2) to transport to the new place. I also had helping, Jodi, Brianna, Helen, Austin, Morgan, (barb's daughter- sorry i cant remember her name right now!), Rebecca and Ross. We needed to haul 7-8 horses and panels. took us a few loads, but it was done. My poor Vet Jean, got hurt Thursday morning. She literally had a Jackass that actually fell on her while she was working on him/her. I hear she is fine, but very sore and badly bruised. Well the horses that needed sedation but they got on without sedation. Used coaxing, butt lines and then finally panels finally did the trick with those two (Mya and Breeze). Poor Brianna was the only one to get hurt during this processed. Baby Breeze kicked her square in her upper thigh. She is doing better, thank goodness. It actually went quite well with Honey and Kobb. I got her in the barn with some grain, shut the doors and then we moved them up with panels to the end of the barn, backed the trailer up the doors and then let them go to the trailer. Honey seemed so trusting. If you dont know who Honey is, she is my paint mare who is blind and feral. Even after almost 3 years, she will still not allow me to touch her. But she and Kobb did well. Kobb is taking good care of her at the new place and sticking to her like glue until she gets the feel of the place and knows where her boundries are. Yesterday, we got together all of the rest of the horse tack and took it up. Michelle and Rebecca helped with that! Unfortunately Harley will not be making the trip. He is just too unbalanced to go on a trailer ride. Me and Harley are hanging out at my place until its time for Jean to come out and let him go to Horse Heaven. Dont worry, Harley is doing fine without the other horses as well. I am giving him plenty of love, grain and treats. He is going about his business like there isnt any difference or no other horses there. I was worried about him, but he is a good boy and loves his routine. It helps me as well not having the horses here with me. I go up at least once a day (if not twice) to check on the horses. There is a couple who lives at the place that I will be moving into and she is watching and has my numbers in case there is a problem. I have electric up there but it doesnt seem to be working at this time! So a call to John will be made today! I have this sick feeling in my stomach. Called stressed. I will be so glad when this is all over. I close on my house on Friday, and then move into the house a week from Wednesday. Trying to get all packed. But man, do i have wonderful friends. Even Helen's family has been up to see the horses and make sure they are ok! Thank you for that! I do appreciate the help. Like i have said before, I would have never been able to do this on my own. Never. I will be off of work from JUne 23 noon and not go back to my day job until July 6, Tuesday. I go back to Walmart on July 2. I just have this one more hurdle in moving stuff into the garage on June 24 and then moving the stuff out on June 30. And then i will be in my new home. I hope the new owners of my home will love it like i have - for 17 years. It will be hard, but i will make it through. thank you so much all of you for your support, help and love. I love you all!
Will hopefully give you an update by the end of the week. And say a prayer for Harley! He is such a good boy.

STARTING TO MOVE!

Ok, so my life is shambles right now. I close on my home on June 25, I cant move into the new house until June 30 late or July 1st. Yesterday we started to move horses to the new place. It is only 7 miles away so i can go and check on them before work and then after work. Not that i want to not be there, i do, but circumstances are different. I also wanted the horses to go out on pasture. They have been busting wood fences all over to get to the grass. I had to take down my electric rope fencing to put up at the new place (Thanks to John, it looks great!).
So i decide to get a couple of trailers with the help of my good, good friends. We had a few problems at the first, but we ended up loading and taking 5 horses. Papa Jack, Duke, Missy, Prize and Cheyenne. I was worried about Prize, but she didnt take too long to load. My home now is the only home she has known. She isnt afraid of much and she just didnt want to load. Didnt give us too much of a hassle, just loaded after much coaxing. We tried Mya, but she wasnt having any of that! You know those trailers, you get in, some monster will torture, scare and then eat you alive!! Now i have 8 more to go! Pouring rain! One couple with a trailer said they had major storms in their area so didnt come. Thank you to Tammy with her truck and trailer! Rebecca, Jodi and Brianna helped with loading! Then me and Rebecca had to come back with a water tank so the babies can have water! these above pics are taken last night with Rebecca's phone camera! Boy, do i wish for a fast forward to July 2!! Horses doing well this morning in the grass and trees! They love that!
Thank you so much my dear, dear friends! More news on the moving coming!

blogger down

I have had to try to blog for a few days now and have had no success. It was simply down. Man, the times I can blog, I forget to do so or its down and the time I cant blog, I want to. Go figure. Anyhow, plans for moving is underway. Lots to do and boy am I extremely nervous about it. If it were just me, I wouldnt worry much, but its me, my brother, my 2 dogs, our 6 cats and of course - 13 horses. Was 14 horses but Daevin got his forever home Memorial Day weekend. Which, by the way, he is doing absolutely fabulous. I figured they would beat the crap out of him for a few days. Daevin is NOT an alpha horse at all. But the two he joined just ran with him for awhile and then they went on to graze. The Arab mare is in love with him and i think the gelding is trying to figure out if Daevin is all bluff or all bite. Well he will figure it out. When i went to see him the day after he left, he was right in the middle of the two horses not caring at all. Normally he would be all jittery watching for the two and not getting in the middle. Anyhow, he is fitting in nicely and Shania is his new mom and she is very happy with him. I am very happy he has a great home!
ok- so back to moving. I will be moving the horses next Tuesday afternoon, and then I will not be moving until either June 30 or July 1. I will of course go up there every day to make sure they are ok. The lady who lives there also said she would keep an eye open as well. But leaving them will be hard. But they will have a few acres of grass and they desperately want and need that! They have been trashing my wood fences because they arent getting grass yet. It seems every time that i go out to feed that they are saying when is it grass time mom?? How come we dont get grass this year? And man! with all of the rain lately? Getting very tired of that! it seems that we got our april showers in June now. Pretty muddy. Boy, am i looking forward to no dry lot or what?? I will not know what to do with myself in not feeding them 2 times a day! Well at least for awhile! I have great friends who will be helping me with hauling! Tammy and Barb! Poor Jodi has an axle problem and cant help. Good thing the new place is only 7 miles away. I have a guy, John who is helping me with fencing in more grass area for the horses as well. So I am just hoping everything comes together and works out. Cant wait for July 2! Will be in the house (hoping I didnt jinx myself) and getting settled.
Also- training update. We will now be working with 'little miss sassy pants' Raven. She is not a horse who likes humans to get close, but she is curious and is most times a good girl who has tantrums. Her buddy is Antar and he lets her get away with alot. She is actually mean to him and he either likes it or just doesnt care. I have to get a picture of her biting him and him getting annoyed but not getting after her. She likes to stomp her foot as well and I am not liking that. When she wants something, she will let everyone know! So more pictures coming soon!
Hope you all are having a great summer with your babies!

And she came down!

ok, so another post to do! Mya was also worked with last night with Rebecca! BUT! Mya had a bit of meltdown! Mya absolutely hates the bigger flies, horse flies all of them bugs! She gets frantic, upset and starts her bucking, crow hopping whatever. She got tense on Rebecca when she got on her. Rebecca did feel that. We didnt know the bugs were there for poor Mya. I went into the house for something and i come out and Rebecca told me she got dumped!! the bugs are all we could think of because she got all weirded out and saw more flies and bugs. We spray her but man! Those bugs be-line to Mya! (pun intended!) So the first time in a long time for Rebecca to get dumped off of a horse. We all know it happens, we just try to fall gracefully, with dignity and hopefully the least amount of soreness and bruising as possible! Rebecca ended up with a scrape on her hand and on her thigh. And she says good thing for helmets cuz she hit her head. her head protected because of the helmet!! So wear your helmets kids. I know its awkward sometimes and for us girls who never even had helmets to wear when we were kids riding horses, we should be! So lesson there! Its everyone's decision though (over the age of 18) but a good habit to get in to! So here is to Rebecca and being a great trainer that she is and gets back on Mya. So while the bugs are out, we will be riding Mya when its hotter and the bugs are out of the heat! Mya doesnt break much of a sweat anyhow! But I hope you are doing ok Rebecca!! (she emailed me today and said she was!) That is one of my fears that i fall off of a horse and break something! Yikes! Anyhow, Daevin will be leaving my ranch this weekend to his new mom Shania. I will miss you dear Daevin. He is such a good boy! He will only be about 25 minutes away from me and will be buds with a large paint gelding and an Arab mare. NICE place! I love you Daevin!

MY BABY PRIZE!

Well i must say, that I am a proud mom!! Prize is my baby. she was born on my ranch. her mom is Missy. I first got Papa Jack and then we bought a companion for Jack, Missy for my (ex) husband. We knew that Missy was pregnant and also a good riding horse. She is indeed. So Prize was born 5 years ago to Missy. Now Prize was a VERY spoiled girl. Both by me and her herd. She gets away with alot. She gets to eat with just about any horse and they (for the most part) dont have a problem with it! she is about 15 hands, a very easy keeper like both of moms! she is a registered quarter horse. She is black in color with a little bit of white on her back legs. She is cute, she is lovable. She loves to lick and also give back massages to humans and horses alike. Well when she was 3, she was just so immature and not ready for training to ride. But we did work with her on the ground and while she did well, she wasnt into it. So we waited to train her. Last year, other horses had to be trained first to get them adopted out. This year was her turn after Mya. Rebecca has been working with her and boy she is a little poop at times! But a gorgeous poop she is! She has never had to be afraid of anything. Her herd takes care of her. She is lazy most times. So training has been going well. She has had a saddle and pad on her but not tightened, but last night we just did it. She had no problem with any of it. Then Rebecca put some of her weight in the stirrup. Stood up. Prize just stood there. Then Rebecca went ahead and sat in the saddle. That was going to be our first lesson. I got so excited and went in to grab Rebecca's cell phone to take a picture. She stands there all nice! I take the phone and then back up to take her picture. Of course Prize, being Prize, comes towards me thinking i have a treat for her! Not even caring that Rebecca is still on her! So i take the photo's and then i start to walk around the round pen. She follows her mom, like a good horse! She does love her mom! Especially if there are either treats or rubs to be had! She did so well! So we pushed the envelope with her and she did well. A couple of times around and she was so good! Rebecca and i are both welling up with pride, joy and smiles! I sure love my Prize! here are her pictures! Isnt she just so beautiful??
I hope she is with me forever! Thank you Rebecca!

more on Mya!

Mya, what a beautiful and trusting girl. Sorry, i should have posted this 2 days after my last post. Rebecca has been on Mya with a western saddle and we have led her around a few times. Mya was a bit confused when i let go of the lead rope but would walk with me. She almost said, what do i do now, that no one is telling me to go?? But she went around a few times. One moment got a bit heated. Papa Jack was let out on the lawn to get some grass and heard one of his horses (same herd as Mya) call out to him. Oh my gosh! Jack hasnt run like that in years! Of course he has to tear butt right next to the round pen while Rebecca is on him and i am standing kind of in front her leading her. She just stepped to the side and watched Papa as he went running by screaming the whole time (Jack not Mya!). I could see my whole life pass before my eyes! But Mya knows about being good around humans, she really does! Besides taking care of her own herd she takes care of her humans. And not sure Rebecca will be able to let her go! I told her how hard it is to have a horse and then find him/her another home. But the good things are that the new families take such good care of the horses they get! They adore them! Here are pictures of Mya with her western saddle and with Rebecca on her!

Anyhow, training on Mya is going beautifully!!

More on moving and selling my home next week. i dont want to jinx it for myself or for the horses. But i have found a place to move to (only 7 miles away) and i have an offer on my home! Cross your fingers, say a prayer, do what you have to make sure me and the horses are safe and sound!

MYA!! What a beautiful girl!

Well Mya is being worked with by Rebecca. Rebecca calls her 'My girl'. They are developing this wonderful bond, those two. At first, Mya was always looking for her herd, not paying attention, being naughty, the usual first training of a horse. And she is an alpha mare. But she likes to take direction from a human. Rebecca has been working on the ground with her and last night she got a saddle on her! And Mya not objecting too much. Mya doesnt like different sounds. She doesnt might looking at stuff and smelling new stuff. I think Mya is going to be a great trail horse. She loves her herd and is worried about everyone of them. She also will be very gracious with the handicapped horses. Last year when I had Mia, who was blind, she befriended her her and made sure she was taken care of. Now Cheyenne (with a back club foot) is being taken care of by Mya. Mya is 3rd in getting her food (after Papa Jack and Duke) but she will move to the next pile to let Cheyenne in there. Cheyenne is 2nd to the last (only ahead of Max) in the herd. I just love Mya. Rebecca loves Mya. And Mya will stay in our hearts. It will be hard on Rebecca when Mya finds a home. It is really her first horse (with me) that she has trained from nearly the beginning. And she is doing great with her. Here is a picture of Mya last night! Isnt she just beautiful? And YES, she is a very easy keeper, tee hee! She is like her human mom, she can just look at food and gain weight!