Video from last week...

Sorry this is so delayed!  I tried to upload it last week, but it just wasn't cooperating.  Finally managed to be successful with it today!  I love when horses play.  We are expecting more rain next week...hooray!

Last Cold Blast and Praise God for the RAIN!!!!

Yes!!!  We FINALLY got some G-O-O-D rain ahead of the recent cold front.  The last real rain we had was the last week of August 2008.  To say we have been in a drought is truly an overwhelming understatement.  We woke up Tuesday night to wind, thunder, lightning, and torrential downpour.  Luckily, we had some forewarning and the horses had been put up for the night with lots of hay to munch on.  I did wonder what Bailey would think, since she has only been rained on twice since she's been here.  Well, with all the cold air and the rain, the horses were feeling mighty frisky Wednesday morning...actually, all day.  Every time I looked out the front or back of the house I could see them playing with each other, rearing, biting, kicking, chasing...it was quite entertaining.  I could hear them constantly running from the back to the front to the back...again and again and again!  When I went out to feed them they were at the far corner of the back of the neighbor's property and I only had to whistle once for them to come GALLOPING!  They were having a blast!  I managed to capture some photos and a video of them.  The only downside...my front field is now a mud pit.  Though, since it was a dirt pit prior to the rain, the mud was fully expected.  Hope you all have gotten some much needed rain as well and that you are staying warm!   Enjoy the photos and video!

Bailey's First Big Girl Clinic

I journeyed to Kerrville this past weekend for a 2 day horsemanship clinic and decided to take Scout AND Bailey.  I assumed day 1 would be mostly groundwork and since Scout knows a lot of stuff already, I thought it would be the perfect time to play with Bailey and get her even more ready for being really ridden!  Well, with the temperature having been in the mid-90's the week prior, boy were we in for a shock when a major cold front blew in on Friday night!  All day Saturday we had winds gusting to over 30 mph and it was COLD!!!  I was a little concerned that Bailey would be more reactive due to the weather, being in unfamiliar surroundings, away from Scout, the other horses, and so on...but she was PERFECT!  She was focused on me, did everything asked, wasn't scared or worried in the slightest...we had a GREAT time!!  I was so incredibly proud to show her off to all my horsey friends who had been hearing about her and reading the blog.  I managed to snap a few photos of her before my camera went ka-put!  So enjoy!  Hopefully I can get a few more from some of the other ladies at the clinic.

BAILEY'S FIRST CLINIC

I am sending Bailey down the ramp...she went right over on the first try!

Now back up the ramp...no problem.

Our instructor playing with Bailey...circle game with an obstacle, again, no problem!

Up at the highest point!

Not just one leg?