Max and Dublin

Isnt he just the cutest thing! LOL LOL 70 and sunny today! Rain back tomorrow. Then a few more dry days, then rain. Its getting better!! The weather that is! LOL

Brushed out the horses last night, they are still shedding!! Easy more that the other two!! My arms got tired, LOL. They are already getting tortured by biting flies too! I put fly spray on them last night because they were stomping at them!  Under the neck, bellies and ears. I think its going to be a bad year for flies!
I like to use Tri-tec 14, what do some of you like? 

It hasnt been real entertaining around here. Still not doing much. It is starting to dry out some so I need to go get my Dahlias I bought last fall and get them growing.  I want to try to get a picture of the Kildeer that are harassing me every time I walk out to the barn! They have a nest somewhere close. They do the whole broken wing act!

The dogs pretty much sum up what its all been about around here!  A long cold wet wet Spring!! We are all still hibernating! And seeking out what sun spots we can!

Pups and pony pot!

Dublin is such a goof, I think he plays as much upside down and right side up, LOL

Lisa over at, Laughing Orca Ranch , wanted to know how Dublin is doing. He is still his goofy self, doesnt cause problems and loves his treats!

Silly boy!

Until he notices the camera and then he is all serious, LOL LOL

Little Max, he is doing great too. He is getting bossy! He tells me now when he wants to go outside, whether it be to potty or just to go out and play!! The weather has been so much better! So he thinks he needs to go outside. I have been taking him out with my to let the horses out at mid day. Funny he isnt the least bit scared of the horses.

Max is so tiny! He is all of 10 lbs but, he seems smaller! That toy is about 12 inches long.

He is also a goofy little dude! LOL Our living room looks like a two year old lives here! With all the toys!!

Meghan gave me this planter for my birthday!!! (Yes I had a birthday this month!) LOL

It is so cute I dont want to put it outside! The poor mums though, may have to go out!

I love the horse shoe feet it has! Its head moves too! Like a bobble head! Its just too cute!!

The weather is starting to improve!!! We are getting a few dry days and maybe even over 60F,

Woo Hoo!!!

OMG this is soooo soooo funny, I have to share!!!

This blog makes me laugh!!! I hope it gives you all a good laught too!!!!

Hyperbole and a half

I have posted this blog before, this is her newest "Simple Dog" Post! Enjoy!!

This is so cool!!!

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1DPspQ/news.discovery.com/animals/wild-horses-respond-to-native-american-drumming.html

Wild horses respond to Native American Drumming! I wish they could have taped it!!!

Visit

Meghan visited last night to play with her puppies! LOL They adore her.

This is Max trying to look cute and get another "Chicken in a biscuit" cracker!

So pathetic LOL Just for the record, it worked LOL LOL

Mr Dublin, he is doing great, he is such a mellow dog. He is now devoted to my husband, and follows him everywhere and watches out the windows for him to get home from work.

In other news, our baby Meghan turned 20! last weekend!! Wow how time flies!!! I cant believe she is 20!!

Still here!!

I have been visiting all my blogger friends, but I havnt had anything to post!! The weather here has been wet wet wet!!! I havnt been doing much except feeding and cleaning stalls and taking the pupps outside, wiping wet paws when we come in!!!
Here is a pic from warmer times!!!!

 

OH to have dry non-muddy horses again!!!!!

The weather person said yesterday that we have only had 4 dry days in the last 2 months! and over 8 inches of rain!!!!!! Sheesh!!!! No wonder everyone in this area is so fed up with the weather!! LOL

There has been way to much of this!!!!

Starting to feel a smidge like Spring!!

It is warming up around here some. More rain though, it is so wet!!!! I de-muddified the girls yesterday and trimmed Mickeys feet, she was way overdue. Also shaved her legs, bridle path and ears and under her chin! She looks like a horse now, instead of a Yak!!! LOL. Emma is next, she is getting long again. Put some MTG on Emmas lower legs today, after letting her dry out overnight, she wasnt happy about being locked in the stall. I usually let her come in and out as she pleases. She has a little bit of mud scald, I shaved the hair and put the MTG on, hopefully that helps, will do it a couple times a week. I just wish it would dry out!!!
  Mickey and Easy seem to be fine, no fungus or problems with them.
Shaving the hair on the legs helps, they dry out faster. MTG is an oil so it will help repel the mud somewhat too. Next is a good scrubbing with betadine shampoo. I was out in the barn until 8PM last night!!! Nice! and it was still light! All of the girls got to come out and eat some green grass too, they love that! Hosed them all off and they all stayed in last night, so were nice and dry this morning.
For as wet as it has been none of them have any thrush!!! amazing! They are in every night on bedding pellets so that drys the feet some.
  I so want some nice weather so I can work Emma, I think I am going to have to take her to an arena to get started! Such a pain. But such is living in the NW!!! Emma needs a lot of ground work before I ride her, some refreshers! She tends to be a pushy in your space horse. Parelli work helps a lot with that. But for now its even to wet to bring them out onto the grass in the yard, there would just end up a muddy pock marked mess, which Hubby wouldnt be happy with when we mow, me neither for that matter LOL. For now the grass is up to 12" tall or more and its to wet to mow! Hopefully we can this weekend its supposed to be nice and dry over the weekend!
  The Hummingbirds are really active and all over the place right now!! The little zingers!!! I am filling both feeders now that its not going to freeze. I just learned that some of them dont go south for the
Winter, we have Anna's and Rufus, I havnt identified any others yet.
  Just waiting waiting waiting for Spring!!!! And some dry days!!!

Horse Expo....post 2....

Frisiens are always a treat, they are so fun to watch. This bunch had not only Frisians but Andalusians too!

They were darn near as big as the Frisians!!!!

They all came out and did some drill team moves.

I believe the rider in the middle is one of our local Veterinarians. One whom my sister in-law uses.

Then more came out in full fancy dress! Check out that huge pink skirt!!!!

They are all gorgeous!!

That is a lot of material!! LOL

They kept doing formations.

The one on the left looked like Zenas horse!! LOL

That skirt from the back!

Then the drill team came out. The Rhinestone Cowgirls Drill Team. There were 14 riders in the group.

After watching High School Equestrian team practice and compete for three years. These girls werent as good as WaSET drill teams. But they did a fair job.

Next!!
Wind Rider trail challenge.

This is the course.

This is my enhanced version of the course! LOL

I will try to explain my scribbles and the course.

1. start between 4 cones about 20 feet apart (the black marks are cones)

fast circle canter.

2. Slow circle canter, then stop between cones, from the canter.

3. From the cones, over to 3 and over the jump.

4. over the ground pole.

5. come over to the middle and ride between two cones, half pass through the cones to the right of the barrels. Nice half circle at the trot, to the next cones.

6.  Half pass left back through the cones on the middle right.

7. Walk over the pole on the ground, with the horses left and right sides on each side of the pole! not a sidepass.

8. go through the rope gate.

9. Walk over to the barrels, making sure horses tail is beyond the barrels, stop and back through all three barrels.

10. ( is the dotted line) run down the the end of the arena, around a barrel and back to the original 4 cones and stop.

Fastest time got one extra point.

This gal did a really good job. There were English riders and western riders, and a surprise at the end!

This is that pole where you have to keep the horses feet on each side! Not many did, but everyone did a great job!

I like this guy, cuz he is riding a really pretty Appy! :o) The horse looks like he has Bright Eyes breeding, he has the same look to his head as Emma! Boy you can tell which Appys come from Bright Eyes or Goer bloodlines, they have a very distinctive look to their heads.

This young lady was an absolute treat to watch! She first rode a three year old through this course! And did very well with him. This is her mare she trained all herself, and has been riding for 11 years!

She rode the whole course bareback and bridle less!!!! She does have a string around the mares neck.  And....

She won the Semi finals!!!! Wow!!

These are my goodies I collected throughout the day. A free Nicker Makers, from Purina. A Savvy Times magazine from the Parelli booth. Apple and Oats treats, for $4.99. A Redmond Rock sample from Redmond Oregon, it is naturally occurring salt with minerals that comes from the ground in Oregon. It is about as big as a softball, I have to figure out how to feed it to them, LOL.

And some various magazines, catalog and the program. I left out my bright orange Parelli rubber bracelet! LOL We had a great day, and didnt get home until midnight!!! There were a lot of people there on Saturday!! Wow, there is still some disposable income, where horses are concerned, around here!!!

The Northwest Horse Fair and Expo, Albany, Oregon....

Well we had a great time at the Expo!!!! Five of us went and we had a good time. Judy, Carol, Maryann, Glenna and I! I happen to be twenty years the jr. of all these wonderful ladies! LOL They are a kick! Great people all of them!!!! Judy picked me up at 7:30am and we didnt get home untill after midnight!!!

Here we are going in the entry gate.

Found the Parelli booth, entered a drawing and didnt get drawn :o( LOL LOL But I took a pen, got a Saavy Times, magazine and a cool orange Parelli bracelet!

We shopped.... Carol, Judy and Glenna, I think Maryann found a goodie to look at!

And shopped....

And Shopped....

Did I say we shopped!!! LOL LOL This is the best show around for horse shopping! We had a blast, and I could of bought a whole bunch!! But.... the checkbook said I couldnt!! LOL There are two huge building packed full of everyone from the horse trade! Horsetrailers, saddlers, clothing, decore, feed, books, etc., etc.

These little guys were so cute!! The presenter was doing a grooming demo, but he spent more time talking about how grooming gets you to connect and bond with your animal and little about how too. Anyway, we listened for awhile, then, thank god one of us had to pee!!!! so we exited stage left!!! LOL LOL But the donkeys were worth it!! LOL

This would be Rembrant, a very highly German scored Frisian stallion.

A little blurry, but you have to love that trot!! I wonder what its like to ride though!! LOL

This horse is He's a Tuff Real Commander, QH stallion, he is gorgeous, I love the buttermilk buckskin color. And he went bridle less! Still nothing better than a stock horse!!! But I love watching them all!!!!

We watched/listened to Ken McKnabb, he was pretty good, he is a clinition in the John Lions way. He had to let his assistant ride the horse, when it was ready, because three weeks ago he woke up with his left arm numb, and the docs cant figure out why, so he is taking it easy to give it a chance to resolve.

Next post! More Frisians!!! and Andalusians, in costume, and the Wind River trail challenge, semi finals..... be back soon!!!

Still here...

I am still here!! Sorry I havnt posted in two weeks!!! where does time go? I really havnt been doing anything interesting. I sold my Courbette Classic hunt saddle, got pretty much what I paid for it so I am happy.  Max got fixed, finally!! Will take him to get his stitches out on Friday. We took the kids to dinner at Twilight Pizza, good food!!!  Other than that I havnt done anything since the Horse Expo!!!
Speaking of Horse Expos!! I am going with some friends to one in Albany, Oregon, on Saturday!!! So I will have something else to talk about! LOL. I was hoping to meet Kacy from All Horse Stuff, Sat. but it looks like her plate is full, she is selling all her stuff at the Canby Tack Sale!! To pay for that new saddle she bought!!! Another time Kacy! I hope to get a lot of pictures again from this Horse Fair and Expo!!!
Meanwhile here are a few pics from one of our trips to Twilight Pizza.

Twilight has a very quaint and cozy atmosphere, lots of microbrews, if you like that sort of thing. Great food, gourmet pizza, pasta, etc. When we were there last fall they had live music too.

Fun decore, they even have a cabinet with board games for customers! Thats different!

Hubby paying the bill, he he he he, I thought I would sneak that one in!! LOL LOL
I will be back!!! Thanks for visiting!!!!

MRI results!!!

Well it is official!!! I dont have anything in my head!!!!
LOL LOL Very happy and relieved!!!!