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[horsepeople2001]

I spent last weekend camping at pichuck and riding the halloween ride:) it was fun only a couple people camped.

[kriss10]

Well, I finally did it. Ricky is on his way to New Mexico, and should arrive at this new home in a few more hours. My sisters bought a horse that was in Washington. Her husband was going to drive up to Vancouver to see his daughter, so she was able to talk him in to picking up her new horse. And mine. It will be fun to see what she can do with him in 6 months (she is retired and can ride every day - LUCKY!). I'm already looking forward to the updates and the road trip to pick him up in the spring

[Real time]

Last Saturday we hauled all the way to Zillah to the Winery Ride put on by the Purple Sage backcountry horsemen group. It poured all day, and it was cold and windy. The wineries we stopped at were not what we had expected so we didn't have any wine (just me whining lol). On top of that there were hundreds of riders there and only about 2 dozen prizes. Not my idea of a good time, but live and learn I guess. We did learn that our horses don't mind the rain, they aren't afraid of halloween costumes, and they tie just fine to objects that were never meant to have horses tied to them.

[Joan Deutsch]

by kriss10 on 01 Nov 2012, 15:44

Well, I finally did it. Ricky is on his way to New Mexico, and should arrive at this new home in a few more hours. My sisters bought a horse that was in Washington. Her husband was going to drive up to Vancouver to see his daughter, so she was able to talk him in to picking up her new horse. And mine. It will be fun to see what she can do with him in 6 months (she is retired and can ride every day - LUCKY!). I'm already looking forward to the updates and the road trip to pick him up in the spring

Wow -- that's huge! Did the trip to New Mexico go well? What's happening with your sister's horse that she brought up to you? Looking forward to updates on Ricky. Was your sister considering moving to Oregon or did I make that up?

[Joan Deutsch]

by Real time on 01 Nov 2012, 19:00

Last Saturday we hauled all the way to Zillah to the Winery Ride put on by the Purple Sage backcountry horsemen group. It poured all day, and it was cold and windy. The wineries we stopped at were not what we had expected so we didn't have any wine (just me whining lol). On top of that there were hundreds of riders there and only about 2 dozen prizes. Not my idea of a good time, but live and learn I guess. We did learn that our horses don't mind the rain, they aren't afraid of halloween costumes, and they tie just fine to objects that were never meant to have horses tied to them.

Real time, You could have stayed here last weekend to get cold and windy weather. Were you riding amidst hundreds of riders? Wondering how the horses handled the big groups? I'm lucky if I get to see 3 riders on the trail, because our horses need more exposure to horse groups.

[kriss10]

by kriss10 on 01 Nov 2012, 15:44

Well, I finally did it. Ricky is on his way to New Mexico, and should arrive at this new home in a few more hours. My sisters bought a horse that was in Washington. Her husband was going to drive up to Vancouver to see his daughter, so she was able to talk him in to picking up her new horse. And mine. It will be fun to see what she can do with him in 6 months (she is retired and can ride every day - LUCKY!). I'm already looking forward to the updates and the road trip to pick him up in the spring

Wow -- that's huge! Did the trip to New Mexico go well? What's happening with your sister's horse that she brought up to you? Looking forward to updates on Ricky. Was your sister considering moving to Oregon or did I make that up?

Sounds like the trip down went very well. Even though Ricky and I get along great and he does what I want him to do, I know there are some holes in his training and he could use some fine tuning. My sister does a wonderful job of finishing a horse, so it just made sense.

BTW - the mare she bought was taken to Enumclaw and purchased by a horse trader. A friend of theirs heard about her, and knew they have her half brother, and called them, and they bought her. Tomorrow will be her first ride, but she has been wonderful so far.

The mare she brought up was quite the hot headed barrel/rope horse, and even on the trail would prance and crow-hop. I have been using her to pony the youngsters and in that atmosphere, she was very calm and easy to handle. My neice and nephew came to visit in August, and they wanted to ride. My neice has taken some lessons, but her brother had never ridden before. I put the girl on Killer and the boy on Annie and was just delighted with how good those two were with the kids. Since then we have put several novice kids on both horses and I just couldn't be happier. Annie has turned out to be a great kids horse, but so has Killer! Who would have guessed?

[Real time]

Joan - I totally hear you on that. Had I known what I was getting into, I would have stayed home. We spent over $200 on fuel, registration for the ride, costumes, etc. and didn't get any wine, no prizes, not even lunch. Lesson learned on that one...

The ride was huge! We met some nice people who also headed out early due to the weather. The trails were not well marked and we got lost a couple of times. The organizers handed out maps which were not helpful. My other half wants to go back and ride there again, but maybe in the summer and we can do out own thing.

Luckily our horses are great! The youngest one was a little excited when we first got there. I anticipated having problems with him, but once he got his feet moving he was fine. During the summer we take the horse to a lot of different places, sometimes alone and sometimes in large groups, so they get used to different things. They may not be jumpers or dressage horses, but they are practically bombproof!

There were a lot of people having trouble with their horses at the ride. If you had been there and your horse had problems you wouldn't have been alone.

[Joan Deutsch]

Sounds like the trip down went very well. Even though Ricky and I get along great and he does what I want him to do, I know there are some holes in his training and he could use some fine tuning. My sister does a wonderful job of finishing a horse, so it just made sense.

BTW - the mare she bought was taken to Enumclaw and purchased by a horse trader. A friend of theirs heard about her, and knew they have her half brother, and called them, and they bought her. Tomorrow will be her first ride, but she has been wonderful so far.

The mare she brought up was quite the hot headed barrel/rope horse, and even on the trail would prance and crow-hop. I have been using her to pony the youngsters and in that atmosphere, she was very calm and easy to handle. My neice and nephew came to visit in August, and they wanted to ride. My neice has taken some lessons, but her brother had never ridden before. I put the girl on Killer and the boy on Annie and was just delighted with how good those two were with the kids. Since then we have put several novice kids on both horses and I just couldn't be happier. Annie has turned out to be a great kids horse, but so has Killer! Who would have guessed?

Kriss, Isn't that funny that Annie is a prancer on the trail but calm when ponying another horse? I would have thought that she might get more wound up! Great news about Killer, too. Interesting how your sister heard about the horse from the Enumclaw sale! Any word how she is doing with the two horses?

[Joan Deutsch]

Drafthand, How much longer will you have Bella before the new owner takes her? Sounds like the woman is working with you to learn the ropes? Can you share your upcoming holiday events in case we're able to attend?

[Joan Deutsch]

Joan - I totally hear you on that. Had I known what I was getting into, I would have stayed home. We spent over $200 on fuel, registration for the ride, costumes, etc. and didn't get any wine, no prizes, not even lunch. Lesson learned on that one...

The ride was huge! We met some nice people who also headed out early due to the weather. The trails were not well marked and we got lost a couple of times. The organizers handed out maps which were not helpful. My other half wants to go back and ride there again, but maybe in the summer and we can do out own thing.

Luckily our horses are great! The youngest one was a little excited when we first got there. I anticipated having problems with him, but once he got his feet moving he was fine. During the summer we take the horse to a lot of different places, sometimes alone and sometimes in large groups, so they get used to different things. They may not be jumpers or dressage horses, but they are practically bombproof!

There were a lot of people having trouble with their horses at the ride. If you had been there and your horse had problems you wouldn't have been alone.

Realtime, Did you do anything in particular to get the young horse's feet moving? Our horses tend to get prancey if there's a commotion with a lot of horses on the trail because they're used to being alone. We got into a really bad ride last week when this jerk came galloping by and then was followed by intervals of other horses galloping by trying to catch up to him because he apparently was trying to leave them behind and stir things up! Complicated by the fact that one of their horses left behind was screaming his lungs out and after he disappeared our horses were scared by the noise when they couldn't see why that horse was calling out.