BK :>Well: I was riding and working with Straw since his owner
BK :>was out of town.. he's turned to garbage again.. not
BK :>working him anymore. May never ride him again since it was
BK :>so frustrating to get on him and know he's turned to
BK :>garabage again.
Must be frustrating.  One of the problems @ith more than one person riding 
ahorse.  I've found that even @ith Shiloh, if I ride her to @ork out a quirk 
or t@o, the minute one of the kids or Alph gets on and lets her do it, @e're 
back to square one.
BK :>There's a HUGE horse named coffee.. he's about 16.3 or so
BK :>and about 1500 lbs as noted when he stepped on my foot..
BK :>he's mainly a trail horse and the one I use to pony Tush.
BK :>He's huge enough that when she gets silly she can't budge
BK :>him... but he's also very spoiled and I have to put spurs
BK :>on for him and yes they do get used!
I @ish I'd had a horse I could have ponied Fiddle @ith.  Thistle @as just too 
hot, and Shiloh and Fiddle can't get that close to each other (g).  Alph and 
I have been riding out, and things are going pretty @ell.  The main problem 
isn't the horses, but the idiots @ho drive on the road @e ride on.
BK :>There's a 9 year old green Saddlebred mare I have been
BK :>helping with.. but the owner is hard to work with since he
BK :>was a Saddlbred trainer.. but he got kicked in the head and
BK :>is very thick and slow.. yes.. he does have brain damage. 
BK :>
Youch!
BK :>This one is very tricky.. and I'm about to kiss it off
BK :>anyway. Getting on her is like putting a saddle on a fench
BK :>rail she's so thin.. and she was started wrong and very
BK :>opinionated.. so I was re-starting her my way.. but I doubt
BK :>the owner has the patience to let me go through things the
BK :>way I do.. which is why I'll probably kiss it off.
Might be doing him a big favor by training her.  Can't you make him 
understand that he'll have a better horse for it?
BK :>CJ of course and Tush.. still doing as much as I can with
BK :>her.
I'm so impressed @ith @hat I'm hearing about her here!  @hat a treasure!
BK :>Heck.. she can put her head in my lap already when I'm on
BK :>Coffee! She thinks it's neat to get a rasberry on the
BK :>nose.. ;)
Hee!  Suddenly Fiddle isn't a baby at all anymore...I miss the days @hen her 
behavior as "babyish" and not just being "bad" (VBG)!
BK :>Yep... hey chuckle.. remember the conversations we used to
BK :>have about breeding CJ and seeing what it would be like to
BK :>have another CJ that wasn't abused! ;)
Sounds like that's just @hat you got!
BK :>When I get a few bucks I'll get one of those through away
BK :>camera's..
PLEASE!!  I'd love to see ho@ she looks no@.
Meg  
 
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