Monday, February 4, 2008

Monday, Febuary 4th

Heylo!
I'm probably the happiest girl on earth, (or well, not as much now, but I was earlier..) ya see, two days ago (Saturday), mom fed the horses with me. No, that's not the reason why I'm so happy, LOL.
But after Chloe and Valley finished eating, we took them by the lake, so they could eat grass. Well, I've been putting my hands on Valley's back, and jumping, so she'd get used to having pressure on her back. Well, Saturday, I was going to try to lay across her back. But it was kinda hard gettin up (I don't know why..), so, I threw the leadrope over Valley's back, and ran inside. I ran upstairs, and got my green half a foot (I really don't know how tall it is actually..) tall stool, and ran back out.
I put the stool next to Valley, and stepped up on it (after I had grabbed the lead rope of course).I jumped up a little, and lied across her back. Me was happy! Valley didn't notice. I found out it's easier to have control of her while I'm lieing on her back, if the leadrope is on the opposite side that I'm on. But whatever...
I did that several times, then me and mom put the horses away.
Yesterday, I did the same thing, but I honestly can't remember anything else. Oh yeah, each time I've lied across her (sideways incase your wondering..),I've flexed her. It's a little more difficult (sry, the spell check isn't workin, and I don't know if I spelt that right or not) than doing it on the ground, of course, you probably figured.
Today, after Valley finished eating, I took her down to eat grass, as I usually do. And as the past two days, I lied across her. She don't seem to mind. At first I figured it's probably because she's eating grass, but I did it several times picking her head up with the leadrope for a few seconds, and she would just try to put her head back down to eat.
Oh yeah, today and yesterday, I also lied NOT sideways on her, but flat out (knees together of course, so if she bucked [which she didn't] and I fell off, then I would land on my feet)! I slipped off several times today when I did that. I was smart enough to wear a helmet, although, I didn't get hurt, just a little muddy from Valley.
Then, I sat up, and sat side ways on her! And she just kep on eating! I flexed her, and she was looking at my boots like, "How did these get here?" then she just went back to eating her grass, and I hopped off.
It's so cool/exciting! I need Jessi to come over and help me with her. Well, I'm about to go work with Valley now, so I'll post when I get back!

Love,
Sarah

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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