Thursday, August 20, 2009

As promised..

As promised in the last post, here is what i did the other day with valley. i think it was monday or tuesday.. anyways, i grabbed valley's halter and lead rope and told my brother adam, "come on". he was like "what?" and I said "your gonna ride valley." usually he says no, but he actually said ok this time! my helmet didn't fit him, so he used his dirt bike helmet instead :P so we go out to the pasture (i brought a couple big carrots) and call valley, who whinney's and trots over.
we gave her the carrots, put the halter, reins, and a lead rope (adam hold onto the reins, i lead with lead rope) on her, and took some pictures:

























































Adam with his dirtbike helmet on :P

















then i told adam how to signal her to turn and go and then i lead valley with adam on her back, around the pasture. She bucked FOUR times!! they weren't huge bucks, you can thank God for that, but still... then adam got off, and i got on and didn't ride much at all, but here are a couple more pictures:









I'll post more tomorrow when we get that new horse :)
Peace out y'all.
Sarah

4 comments:

Mellimaus said...

Aww, cute pics! :P Valley's such a cutie! :D

So, did you get the new horse?? UPDATE US!

Sarah said...

Ok! Yes i did!! we got him sunday, sorry i haven't posted yet. I'm about to though :) lol

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A canter is a cure for every evil.
~Benjamin Disraeli

Valley Likes:

  • Apples
  • Attention
  • Carrots
  • Celery
  • Company
  • Grain
  • Grass
  • Having her ears scratched
  • Hay
  • Swimming across the lake to visit her horsey neighbors
  • Wide open space to run and buck :)
No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle. ~Winston Churchill

Valley Dislikes:

  • being locked in the back pasture
  • being away from my other horse, Mississippi
  • being ridden
  • Having to stand still
  • anything I want her to do
  • being ridden in a direction that is not towards the neighbors horses or the barn
  • The 'Jolly Ball' I bought her. Lol
  • Being tied up without food to eat
  • Having her hoofs picked (although, she cooperates)
  • lunging
  • Taking worm medicene
In riding a horse we borrow freedom.
~Helen Thomson

Things That Valley Does...

  • bites sometimes..
  • bucks
  • swims through lake to get out of pasture to visit horsey neighbors
  • chase my dog
  • anythin to be stubborn. She likes being stubborn.
  • Gallop and buck when I put her back in the pasture after she's been out for a while
  • Licks my hands
  • Tries to eat grass while I'm leading her
I bless the hoss from hoof to head -From head to hoof, and tale to mane! -I bless the hoss, as I have said,From head to hoof, and back again!
~James Whitcomb Riley


A lovely horse is always an experience.... It is an emotional experience of the kind that is spoiled by words. ~Beryl Markham

The horses paw and prance and neigh,Fillies and colts like kittens play,And dance and toss their rippled manesShining and soft as silken skeins;...~Oliver Wendell Holmes

Names I Call Valley (in order of what I call her most)

  • Valley
  • Vales
  • Silly Goose

Our first day!!

Our first day!!
Adam, Valley, Me