fun in the sun

Today we all got our share of sunshine. I spent a few hours on the road picking up fencing for our pasture runs, and supplies for our upcoming weekend events.
Bree and Tina spent time together in the garden

Shelby and Emma were turned out to graze, and enjoyed a run by Kay who wanted to join them


Kay spent more time with me in the round pen.


She is a beautiful young mare and moves very well, despite her lengthy hooves. The time spent as a "pet" did not serve her well as she has poor manners and can be disrespectful, but on the positive side she responds well to correction and is a fast learner. We believe she had a good start as a 2 year old and will take little for that training to resurface.

mini adventures

So what does one do with a garden that is overgrown???? you put a mini in it ...... and smile

Tina quite enjoyed her little adventure, running around the garden, jumping the weeds and visiting with the herd over the fence.

The other horses were curious with all of her antics and just stood and watched her. Tina spent more time playing than eating, but as you can see she did a little of that too .

updates

Today we had a quick session with our new mare Sierra, she has come to be known as "Kay" from her hip brand. She has not been worked with for quite some time and shows she was very much a pet. Some lessons will be required to have her settle down and get some ground manners back. She responded well after about 30 minutes in the round pen so I am encouraged by that. We will see how her gait is after she is trimmed. Our farrier will be here Thursday to get her feet under control. It would appear It has been at least 8 or 9 months with no farrier care, and standing in mud which has lent to soft and long hooves. Monroe is solo for a while, a slight swelling of his left hind is resolved, but he will stay in for extra feed and supplements, being on pasture and hay has not been quite enough for him. Tomorrow we are hoping will bring sunshine as we expect some ground leveling, right now is is cold and windy and snowing in the hills...

sunshine and smiles

Today was a beautiful day, sunshine with the promise for more. We are looking forward to seeing major work on our site this week. During our planning talks we took little Tina for a walk. She enjoyed a turnout on our 40ft round pen, not much space for some but when you are only 26" tall it's more than enough!! There was a run and roll, then a run, and a roll, another and finally one more roll just to be sure there isn't a clean spot on her..... You can't help but laugh at her antics, a mini mini who thinks she's a big horse, throwing her head and giving an attitude even our Hanoverian Lordy (at almost 17 Hands)
We are looking forward to the new week, more sunshine and evaluations for the Morgan girls and Sierra, time to see what they know. More pictures soon I promise.... right after I buy more batteries!!

old electronics = new Hay!!!

We have had the first income from our recycling project.Yeah!!! One doesn't normally think of hay when you look at old electronics gathering dust, but we will from now on! Thanks to recycled computers and the like, we have our hay fund underway. Please contact us with any old electronics you no longer have a use for. Rather than paying a disposal fee, recycle them through us and help feed our horses this year. Working or not, computers, monitors, cables, printers, cell phones even printer cartridges are accepted. Help keep these items out of the land fill and support the rescue. Look for drop off days and times on our calender or call us to arrange alternative times.

We are currently accepting new volunteers to help with our projects, experience is not needed, just enthusiasm and a desire to help the horses. Contact us to learn more.
Also needed individuals that are handy with both still and video cameras. We want to show off our herd! All have their individual personalities and special traits, come on over and meet them for yourself, we would love to have you!.

sunshine and snow

Today is a beautiful morning, and the sunshine is more than welcome after a pretty cold night. From the top of our pastures you can see the snow in the mountains just a few miles away. Little Tina welcomes me on arrival with the cutest little whinny. Bree stands beside Tina's pen, her self assigned new post. It seems she has taken to Tina as she has not wandered more than 100 feet away from her. Our reconfigured pens will ensure they are beside each other, hopefully one day they can share the same space. We are still looking for panels, shelters, posts and poles and hands to help set it up. Soon spring will be here with warm weather to stay, we will need hands to help brush off the winter woollies. Also we have a number of planned projects coming up. Look for posted days, times and more information coming soon.

Sierra joins our herd and our mini gets a name

Cassanova was delivered safely to his new home in Tracy yesterday and without a moment to rest another pick up was needed on the way home. Sierra, a beautiful and flashy 3yr old registered paint seems to be in great health though is overdue for a hoof trim and looks to have been started. Once this rain lets up we'll assess her with a go in the round pen, hopefully all looks well and she can be placed with a home to care for her.

She is already settling in well and has mastered opening the feeder from the top (because if it's harder to get it must taste better).

We've also settled on a barn name for the mini who joined us this week,'Tina' it is!