Last night!

Hey guys, so last night while everyone else was at conformation last night, I went down and messed with the horses and fed them because my grandpa is gone. Anyways I went out to see them in the field, I walked instead of taking out the RTV or the  4-wheeler, so I about slipped! There were a few spots where the water got a little over half way up my boots. So I just went out and groomed everybody, and rubbed on them and gave them treats it was SO FUNNY Chuck for some reason was really mouthy, (not in a bad way, and he normally doesn't do it, I think it was just from getting treats and all of me smelled like yummyness!) No he wasn't nipping me, or my coat, he played with my hat but that has a werid stringy texture thats almost like hay on the ends. Anyways he kept trying to EAT MY PHONE! Silly horse, he even grabbed the brush with his teeth too! Anyways I was very toutched I led Chuck most of the way up to the barn and let im go and shut the camera off, and I got back to the gate, and they were standing at the top of the hill, and turned around and ran away from the other horses towards me! I was very toutched, 20-30 acres and our hoses enjoy being with us, and always come up willingly! Even if we don't have treats or grain (that can certiantly make it go quicker) they still walk and trot up to us. It makes me love them even more! Heres 2 videos from tonight, showing them and how Lucky loves being scrached too! And near the end of the first video is where Chuck tries to eat my phone!

Riding Today!

Hey guys, so we went riding today, because its INSANE  not to, it was above 30 degrees today if you didn't you should really regret it, it has been so cold the past few weeks, and we have still ridden, but it isn't as fun, plus bareback keeps you nice and warm we don't have a fancy indoor arena so we have to deal with outside wind, precipatation, and not so nice footing! We were able to ride in just sweatshirts, so it was AMAZING! We made quite a few videos for you guys today, and now BOTH Roni Jack, and Chuck and I can stop without picking up on the reins at all! So proud of our boys, we are improving by leaps and bounds! Can't wait for it to warm up more so we can do more than walking without having to worry about slipping, and when I fall on the ground (like I did today I think its in the top video, I don't land in a puddle of mud!)

Jet fell....

So Jet had a little mishap, im pretty sure he has a deathwish, because he fell down 10 foot riverbank yesterday. Were not sure exactly what happend, but yesterday, a snowmobiler came up to my grandmas house and said we had a horse on the river, I had just got out of the shower so my hair was soaked, so I grabbed my pink hunting hat, and Roni and I both ran out to the 4-wheeler and followed the guy down, images were going through my head, my grandparents horses had jumped off the cliff when they were ready to go, and they both came out with broken legs, I was so worried about Jet, We followed the man down the trail and onto the river, I was so relieved when I saw Jet standing. The man was standing with him and petting his neck, when we caught up to him. I walked up and said how are you boy, and I think the man thought I was talking to him, because he said good! LOL but then I said Thank you and the man said your welcome and left I threw a halter and clip ons on him, because that was the only thing we had brought, and we checked how he was walking to make sure he wansnt hurt at all, then I walked him all the way back down the river and up to the trail on our land, and once we got on the trail I hopped on the back of the 4-wheeler and led Jet that way because my feet were freezing cold, I didn't even have any socks on because I didn't have time to grab any! Anyways we took him back to the farm, and I gave him a few hand fulls of grain, and then we went out into the pasture to find where he fell, we did, and we are guessing that the horses either spooked or one of the horses kicked Jet, because there was just a trail of them walking along, and then all the grass was matted down, and there were hoof prints all over, anyways heres a video of the spot where he fell, I will try to maybe get some pictures from down on the river today, but we'll see how that goes.

New videos!

Hey everybody, I just thought I would share some videos of us messing around with the horses at the farm, I hope you enjoy!

Wow Old Pictures

Hey guys, so I have mentioned on here a few times that horses have been a huge part of my family history, my parents rode horses growing up, and so I do now, but my grandparents were the people who really rode horses, they have so many stories, two of them that I can think of off the top of my head are when my grandma had to go get the cows during a storm, the creak was flooded, the was riding bareback, the horse actually had to swim across the flooded creak, she made it across okay, but on the way back she came off, she eventually got back on the bank a little ways downstream, and her  horse made it across and was standing with the cattle waiting for her. Now my grandpa, he actually had to ride his horses to school, he said it was always funny, because all the horses would be stabled in the barn at school all day, and they were always ready to get home, he said that the horses loved to round the corner of the driveway at a full gallop, and there were quite a few people who didn't really get the info untill it was to late, and then the were stuck walking the rest of the way home! Even my grandpa came off a few times :) So heres some pictures of my grandpa, (sorry grandma didn't have any of her and her horses although I think she has some of her and her moo moos cause she lived on a dairy farm) It is really cool, horses were such a huge part of life, and I wish I had the chance to go back and see how the horses were used for everything.....

Rosemary (aka Aunt Rosie) and my Grandpa and their friend Dean, this is actually their school...

Dean, Elizibeth, and Lana riding, these are my grandpas friends and relatives...

Dean and Elizebeth on the way to school..

donk know why its sideways but this is my grandpa and his brother Edgar, they cut Stars mane, and put it in their hats like the Indians did... What a cool tradition!

This is my grandpa and their horse Star, I'll have to ask my grandpa more about star, but seems Star was a big part of their life...

SPITFIRE! How I love that name, this horse is big! I plan on getting a horse of the same build someday, and maybe I will even name him Spitfire in Honor of my grandpas horse :)

Like I said Spitfire is huge, my grandpa is quite tall, so just seeing this, it shows how big and build he was if he makes my grandpa look small :)

I believe this is my grandpas dad with their horses, I forgot to ask about this picture, but just seeing some of these just shows the history of horses, horses have been in my family for 60+ years, and im sure they will with my family for the many generations to come!

How to put on Profesional Choice Sport Boots, and Silly Horses!

Above is the how to Put on the sport boots, and below is a video from riding a few weeks ago, the horses were having a good fun day! :)

AMAZING DAY!

Hey guys, so today was an amazing day, we rode for hours, and I actually mean hours. So Roni didn't feel like riding today, because she was at Jadens and wanted to stay there longer, so Nick offered to come riding with me instead, and boy was that a good idea! Nick picked me up, and then we went down to the farm and got the horses, its so much more fun to have all 5 of them running after you in the RTV than just the two of them lol, so we got them back up to the yard from out in the field, and we got Chuck and Jack out, then groomed and tacked up and went into the yard to do a little ground work before we rode, they did really good with ground work today, so then we got on and headed up the road a little ways to get to the pasture, we just let them kinda amble along while we were in the open, but then we decided we wanted to go back and look at the trails my grandpa had made, and see some of the stuff we didn't look at while we were out hunting, so we went back there, you have to go down a decent hill to get to the stream bed and trails, and while going down the hill, Chuck slipped and fell on his side onto my leg, but was able to get back up, and Nick is already down the hill, yelling to ask me if im okay, and im getting myself off the ground saying "ya im okay im okay, I gota make sure hes not hurt!" and then go along making sure Chuck is okay, in the proccess swinging my hand into a thorny burn bush, then I said, well now im hurt, as I pulled the stupid thorns out of my pinky, then I had to figure out how to get back on, me being as short as I am and Chuck as tall as he is, I am glad we were on a hill, I know you guys don't see much of me on the ground cause most of my videos are from the saddle, but my stirrups when I stand on the ground, come almost up to my chest. So it is no easy thing for me to just hop back on, so I was able to position Chuck on a part of the hill that gave me the little edge I needed to hop up lol we then proceded down the trail, sometimes walking and sometimes troting, we came to the end of the trail, and then we decided to go to a little more difficult trail riding, I will remember to just tape my phone to my head next time so you guys can see what we were riding in, but it was hard enough to make it fun and challenging. I love working the horses in that kind of land because they have to actually think. We came up to a fallen tree, and nick was like "you think he'll go over this?" I said I don't know, because the tree/log was almost as high as Jacks chest, he ended up carefully (aka as careful as a horse like jack can be) picked his front feet up over it, and then did a almost crow hop like move to get his back end up and then hopped up the nice 3 foot bank up to the top of the hill, Chuck did like was, but it was a little smoother and quicker and then we walked a little ways along this ridge, and oh my goodness it was breath taking, and thrilling, walking along on a 1 1/2 foot wide trail with a 12 foot drop to one side and a nice steep hill on the other is one of the most amazing things ever, we got to the top of that part, and just stopped for a minute, and just looked, its amazing to see all of what God has created, horses aren't just for riding around in circles in an arena to look pretty, remember what they used to be used for, now we mostly use them to glorify and discover what God has made. I got 1 picture, but it doesn't capture anywhere close to a fraction of the beauty and magnificance of the moment. We then proceded down the steep hill on the other side of the ridge, and then we went and did some more extream trail riding and then we rode up to my dads house and led my sister around let the horses rest, and grabbed some water. Then we rode back slowly but surely, overall it was one of the most amazing rides I have had in a long time. I told Nick about one of the hills we used to ride down that scared me to death when ever we did, because my grandma had to hold me to keep me from falling out of the saddle, you had to basicly lay down on your horses back and stick your feet straight out in front of you to keep on. We got back and Chuck had worked up a good soaking sweat, so I did some light work around the yard, and then spent another hour giving him a good rub down and when he was finally dry we let him go back out with Jack, and then we got everything put away, and ready to go home. Overall it was an AMAZING day, maybe next time Roni can ride Jack and Nick Pearl that way we can all go out and ride togeather, for once I am actually sore from riding, I don't get to do fun hard challenging rides like that very often, there arn't many places with that type of riding in our area, so its nice to be able to really push you and your horses to the limits and the amount of trust you have to have is amazing, when in doubt let your horse do the thinking, and I will say I doubted my-self for a couple moments today, when your horse starts backing down a 1 1/2 foot trail with a 12 foot cliff to the side, I think "what in the world am I doing up here?" but it was SO worth it, you can't just get that amazing thrill from riding in circles in an arena. I plan to one day take Chuck out to the mountains and ride in the Rockies, that may be a few years away, but I WILL do that before I die. This is just the start of really building trust, I placed my trust fully in Chuck multiple times today, where if he had slipped we could both have easily died in a split second, but there is nothing that will compare, to just letting your body and horse take over, just letting it happen, not having to think "oh are my hands right" or "I hope I don't look like an idiot", because I know for a fact that jumping up a 3 foot embankment or riding above that cliff sure didn't make us look like some sissy arena riders.