Bradley and Sunshine are just enjoying a little swim.
This is Romeo. He is a draft that Bradley bought at the sale. He had not been riden before, only used for pulling. Of course Bradley had his sister on him within a week of buying him. Romeo has since been sold to some Rap Manager.
He was a beauty. I think he has recently moved to Colorado, I think he will like the weather there.
The most handsome horse on the block.
I don't think there is a prettier profile anywhere.
When is the last time you saw a backside like that?
You wanna go for a ride?
Samson dwarfs these average sized horses.
This is Samson. He is our new baby. He is an eight year old Belgian Draft who stands over 19 hands tall. He is a beast. He weighs about 2300 lbs and has beautiful blonde hair.
As soon as Bradley saw Samson, he was in love.
Is this the most precious thing you have ever seen or what?
Here is an update about our life. Bradley went riding last week and this guy pulls up beside him and asked if he could train a horse to carry a rider (some of you may refer to this as braking a horse). Bradley said he would give it a try, as he did brake his 2.5 yr old mare Chevy a few weeks ago. So, Bradley goes to pick up the horse and it is a 2.5 yr old stud who has had NO human contact. They load the crazy thing up, we are calling him Bucky, and bring him home. First, he puts all my mares in heat and so every horse on the property is acting crazy. Bradley works with him a little. And Kevin works with him a little.
They are able to lunge him and get a pad on him, but the saddle was not an option. Bucky completely flipped out.
He really will make a good horse some day, but he has trust issues and he needs to be gelded, SOON.
This morning I went out to feed with Bradley, I never made it back into the house until after three. We decided to do some work that need to be done, like clean chicken coop and haul off some old, wet hay. Then he worked on Fancy for a while, teaching her to slide stop and side step. Then we spent the next five hours with Bucky. We actually got a saddle on him. I didn't get a picture, but I promise that we did. He bit me twice. It's a good thing that I wear garmets to protect me, because it would have hurt. Maybe by next week Bradley will actually be able to sit on his back. Maybe.
This is a bad picture, but the action in the shot is fantastic. It was getting dark outside, I really wish this photo had turned out better. Yes, this is Bradley on Appie. She was acting silly and wouldn't do more than walk, so he decided she needed a work out. She got stubborn and forgot her manners and this photo is the result of that. She acted like this for about thirty minutes until she was plum exhausted. Bradley held on for the entire ride.
Brady Lou and Appie. They worked out for a bit. Appie is so lazy and doesn't want to run. She got a little crazy and decided to rodeo. Bradley thought it was fun. Brady didn't. She got a good buck on and hit her nose on the saddle horn. As is well. She got back on.
Feeding time is early in the morning and it's hard to worry about fashion at that time of day. Blue coat, blue shorts, blue mud boots...that's definately a fashion "who cares, it's cold and early".
This is Bradley's new horse, fancy. She is half Arabian and half Paint. When we got her, which was completely a surprise from Heavenly Father, she was thin, had bad feet, had a halter grown into her face, and was very spooked and untrusting. Bradley began working with her a week after we got her. It took lots of time and patience, but within a day, he was riding her and actually had Brady Lou riding her too.
Brady Lou wasn't nearly excited about getting on her as Bradley was. Bradley wanted to start with Lou since she weighs so little and it wouldn't startle Fancy so much. I was nervous, but it worked out well.
The final result is that Bradley has a beautiful addition to his herd and he is hoping to have her bred this spring to a Paint. We are hoping for a foal just as beautiful as its mother.
Bradley got a new horse, she was not in a very good home but she is now in her forever home and is receiving plenty of love, attention, nutrition and training. She is beautiful as you can see, but she does have some scars on her face where her old parents left a halter on her that was too small. She is still a little underweight, but we are working on that, as well as her muscle tone. Bradley has been wanting to work with her since we got her last week, but her feet were bad and the weather as been awful and she needed some time to calm down a bit. She is half Arabian and half Paint, so she is a little high strung. We had her feet done yesterday so Bradley began working with her today. When the morning began, she was jumping and bucking . She wouldn't listen to basic commands and would not perform basic drills. By the end of the day.....well you will see.
Here he is lunging her. It took her a bit to work out this technique, but now she is a pro.
He decided that it would be best if Brady Lou rode her first. I don't really know how that was the best idea. Thankfully it worked out.
Here she is all by herself. Fancy was amazing today.
Finally, after several hours, here she is. Bradley has amazing patience and skills.
Here is the finished project, after only one day of work. We are so proud. It not only took patience, but loads of courage and dedication. Bradley has a kind spirit and Fancy is very trusting of him.
Yes, he needed a haircut. He got one the next day.
Stryder got his bangs cut. Brandy wasn't impressed with my skills.
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