Right? It’s been a rollercoaster this whole time. She has exceeded everyone’s expectations and it’s so gratifying to see.
It also still feels unreal that she’s 100% mine now. It really hasn’t hit me yet. I’m afraid I’ll wake up and this will have all been a dream or some shit.
I do not treat her like a slave. We are partners. She is eager to please once her excess energy is worked out. She legit enjoys training and gets very excited to work. It gives her something to stimulate her mind and is great exercise for her. She’s incredibly intelligent and needs things to do to keep from getting bored. Horses that get bored enough can start cribbing, which can easily become an addiction and ruin their teeth and jaws.
As for her tack, I am using the most comfortable tack that I have. I’ve ordered special stuff to cushion her back and distribute weight evenly. If she seems stiff or sore, I don’t ride. Her bit is also a hackamore, which doesn’t go into her mouth.
When riding, we are both listening and observing each other. It’s part of the partnership and bond we have. I never kick her and I don’t yank on the reins. She’s very responsive to the subtlest of touches under the saddle and can even follow verbal commands which makes leg pressure and the reins kinda unnecessary.
I’ve spent two years nursing her back to health. There has been so much of my money and time and blood and sweat and tears put into her well-being. I will 10000% never do anything that could be detrimental to her health. I had her vet and farrier give her thorough exams to determine if she was in riding shape. I got the go-ahead and started up training again.
Riding builds top line muscles really well, which is important because atrophy of those muscles can cause pain, and a horse may lose the ability to carry themselves properly.
Tl;Dr: I care for this horse more than I care for myself. She isn’t a slave. She’s my partner and friend and everything I do for and with her are only things that will help her thrive.
It really was! I was a lil worried that she’d throw me and I wouldn’t be able to call for help, but after I worked with her on the ground, she was ready to go. She 100% remembers her past training, but hasn’t been ridden in like 6 years, so she’s not as broke as she once was. She can still be difficult at times because she’s grown lazy.
It’s obvious whoever trained her put in a crazy amount of work into her. I was told she was in training to be an endurance racer at some point. I don’t have any goals that high for her. I just wanna take her on trail rides eventually lol.
Lisa is another cat. She’s not a sibling or a baby or anything. She’s just the cat Broccoli Cheddar has decided to go after all the time lol. Broccoli Cheddar tried to play with his mama, but she was not having it because she’s pregnant with another litter and is due any day now
I voted for him and I’ve never felt so betrayed by a politician I was actually kinda cool with being in a position of power.
Yeah. I wanted it to be a short but fucked up somehow lmao. Next vid that is a bunch of other vids spliced together will def be horizontal lol
Yeah. I’m thankful that there’s still hella forage around for the herd.
When I first met him, he was very little and had just eaten and he looked like the “full of soup” meme
It’s a toy intended for livestock to throw around, so it can put up with a lot lol. And Sandy was very distracted. The one mare had a baby recently and Sandy heard the baby playing in a neighboring enclosure and wanted to go say hi sooooo bad. She isn’t allowed to meet the baby, though, because mama horse is very protective. So she just gets to watch and listen to it play and be a baby from a distance
She really was and it was heartbreaking
I was really hoping she’d like it. It was kinda expensive lol
The mama horse gets violent when other horses try to see the baby. Sadly, they’ll probably never get to actually meet. Mama and baby are being sold and will be going away once baby is weaned. They’ll get good homes though. I heard Mama already has several people wanting her. I haven’t heard of any takers for baby, but idk if his sale ad has even been put out yet
She apparently had quite a few babies when she was younger. She’s a purebred Arabian, so those babies woulda been sold for a pretty penny if they were arabs. Even crosses like quarabs or araapaloosas woulda made bank
She wants to see the baby. She loves babies. She isn’t allowed close but she wants to be lil
Lmaoooo. Yeah he’s really growing up.
One of the other mama cats has a litter of 3 that haven’t even opened their eyes yet. Two orange tabbys and one grey. She shows me them every time I go to the barn. First time she showed me, they were still wet.
Oh I wasn’t offended all! I was just lamenting over not being able to adopt the lil bugger lol. I’m really glad you got to take the orange barn kitten that you met home!
I would love to take this lil guy home, but I can’t afford another critter. Hoping that he won’t get himself killed. He hasn’t stepped under horses yet which is good.
Thank you! I named him that because when he was really little and his belly was full, he looked like the full of soup meme
Thank you! I’m so glad people enjoy her!