Home again, home again, Jiggity Jig!

Well my Prince Charming arrived home this evening.

YAYNESS!

Of course he cost me bookoo bucks, but hey. He is fixed and with a lot less cost to me than if I had taken him to the dealer or a shop. I love Dr. Ray. Might take a while longer, but the price is better and the man is HONEST. Do not find that very often in this here world.....

I also got the majority of the fence posts down. I have about 8 more to go and that T-post puller is just about the best invention since sliced bread! Made taking those things out a snap!

It wasn't the pulling of the posts that took so much time it was taking down all the fence wire. Holy guacamole! What. A. Chore! But not as much of a chore as moving Mr Jahzzy Pants You Are Not The Boss Of Me! That boy is a royal pain in the butt! Quite honestly, I am lucky I did not get hurt and I came close several times!

I know it is not his fault, but he is a dangerous boy just now. Absolutely no training. This is why I believe that if someone is going to be breeding animals, be it a hamster all the way up to elephants, I think they should be required to go through a genetic course and be licensed to breed. I am not one to want the government to step in ANY part of our lives, but breeding animals is out of control, especially horses. I can hardly wait to get my round pen set up and start to work with this little one!

On the other hand, the one horse you would have expected to BE a pain in the butt, was a total sweetheart. As usual..

 

This is Bo, the Studly DoRight Stallion and he is EXCEPTIONALLY well behaved. Besides being scrumpdillyumtiously good looking, he has been trained and trained and then some. Every time I have to move him I get the scaredy cats and prepare myself for having to work extra hard and every time he acts like a gentleman. If you don't count his talking....I am sure he is saying, "Hey baby...what's your sign?", when we pass my mares. I have a lot of respect for the young lady who trained him because a horse will inevitably reflect the manners of the trainer. Be that as it may, he still has to be FAR AWAY from my mares. Not that HE is the problem, it is the mares. They also think he is mondo good looking and the last thing I need is 6 pregnant mares. Even ONE pregnant mare would be one too many! He is gorgeous though!

 

Houdini followed me around and chased off anyone who came near, as is usual for him. If anyone is going to get loves and treats he totally intends it to be him and him alone. I love this horse more than I could ever say. He is incredible and goofy and I love the way he knocks on the sliding glass door to ask for cookies. My heart belongs to Houdini. There will never be another horse like him in this lifetime.

It was scary when I left Colorado to come back to Arizona, for I had to leave my horses for a couple of weeks and then have them transported here. THAT is something I will never do again. If we cannot leave together as a family then we will just stay put. Houdini got sick. When I left him, he stopped eating and I spent my time here in Arizona worrying and my money in Colorado at the Vet who got him through that difficult time. When he arrived here in Arizona he was skin and bones and looked like one of my rescue horses. NEVER AGAIN will we be separated. He is the love that makes my heart beat. Wonderful, WONDERFUL guy!

And little Mojo, Houdini's best bud....such a shy little guy until he gets around the mares. You would think HE is the stud, but alas. He lost those when I rescued him back in Colorado. I am proud of the way his training is showing through. I cannot wait to get to the new place, get my round pen and arena set up and start to work again! Counting the days!

                                                               Houdini and Mojo