She may dance, but Boogie she is not...

This is Hanna doing a bit of a do-si-do  with another horse and the DOR's riding coach Paul Rogers.
Hanna gets a bit grumpy and defensive when horses who are not her pasture mates get to close.  This exercise was to help her learn that she was safe and the other horses were not out to hurt her.  It also proved to be a great help in teaching her to yield her hinds.
From this warm up Hanna then went out for her first real trail ride.  She was stellar considering she had never been out before.

I asked her what she was doing out in the brush looking around, she claims that she was looking for bears...I think she was just ignoring the instructor.

While Hanna is shaping up to have a few nice dance moves and looks like she will be a heck of a trail horse, she is no BOOGIE!  After all I am the original, the one, the only Boogie.

Enjoy your day and don't forget to hug your DOR!

Happy birthday SCC

Today is the SCC's birthday,  SCC stands for Support Crew Chief.
He is always there to support the DOR, love on all of us horses, and to help where ever he can.
He is a gentle man, one who has a way of making people and animals feel at ease.  He is a valued friend of the herd.
The DOR says he is an angel on earth.  She says he is one of the finest men she knows and that her life would be dark and sad without him.
So here is to the man who makes all of our lives so much better-
Happy Birthday SCC!!!
Enjoy your day and don't forget to hug your DOR!

Rodeo clown?

The Cow Boss got kicked in his knee last night while helping a heifer through a tough birth.  The SCC, Mushboy, and the DOR went out to help him set sprinklers tonight.  the pipes were in the pasture with two bulls and had to come over the fence into the pasture of the He Man Gelding Club.
The DOR got out to help after the work had started.  The Cow Boss was in with the bulls putting the pipes over the fence while the SCC and Mushboy set them up.  The DOR thought it would be a good idea for her to go into the pasture with the Cow Boss and help him move pipes over the fence.  Now she has been around cows/bulls and set pipes, but she has not been around two amorous bulls in the spring time. 

One of the bulls started staring at her and rocking back and forth...she pointed her finger at him and told him to leave her along.  Not a good idea, bulls don't mind like horses.  The bull decided to take a run at her, she took a step back and did her bear imitation.  That only worked temporarily and the bull was heading back at her.  There were no barrels and no place to hide. The DOR should never consider participating in the Running Of The Bulls in Pamplona, after all she is built for distance not for speed.  The Cow Boss herded the bulls to a safe distance and the DOR made her escape.
She gave me a dirty look, like I should have helped her out.  I am not stupid, this spotted horse isn't messing with amorous bulls.  I was also busy playing kissy face over the fence with two mares in heat.
The DOR muttered something about how rude the bulls are.  She also called over to me to quit kissing my sister.  Whatever...it isn't my fault that she is a total failure as a rodeo clown.  I suggest that she sticks to the things she is good at.  She could start by giving me my weekly butt massage.
Enjoy your day and don't forget to hug your DOR!

Hanna, is she bananas?



Here is Hanna showing The Mighty Q how to go through the car wash.  The DOR rode her in a Bosal for the first half of the clinic and then used Hanny Banany...it makes the DOR irritated.  She worries that any reference to bananas may make her act that way.  Oh well, then the DOR can learn to handle a crazy horse....

The DOR asked Hanna to tow a fake steer.  Hanna was a bit, well silly about it.  You see Hanna has never been to a trail clinic or out on a trail for that matter.  While she was nervous about a lot of the obstacles she tried really hard.  She never snorted, bucked, or bolted, all things I have done in my past.  I guess mares are less reactive than the members of the He Man Gelding Club.

Hanna's first owner had started her on barrels and it shows.  Here you can see how serious Hanna is about running, err I mean trotting the barrels-the DOR thought the ground was to wet to safely run the barrels.

Hanna is going to go to her first real trail ride on Saturday.  She is heading to the base of Blewett Pass and head up into the timber with a group of horses she doesn't know. 

I hope that Hanny Banany is a good girl and doesn't go bananas.

Enjoy your day and don't forget to hug your DOR!

Look at what The Mighty Q did...



 The Mighty Q went to a trail clinic this weekend. He kicked some trail booty!  He was not bothered in the least when his rider sat in a chair under and umbrella, by a tent, and waved a flag.  In fact he was very relaxed.  I would have been so out of there...I hate umbrellas.



 He moved very fancy through the course.  His rider had a broken arm and Q made sure to take good care of him.  He was on the course with nine horses that he didn't know.

A sack of rattly cans that had to be carried to a garbage can didn't even bother him.

Now you may be asking why the DOR wasn't riding him?  Well she was riding my sister Hanna, who has never been on a trail course before.  I will tell you how she did in the next post.

I didn't go because we all know that I am king of the trails after last summer.

Enjoy your day and don't forget to hug your DOR!