Mustang Hearts

We knew going in we couldn't keep the girls.. I mean we already have 10 horses and 2 foals on the way! So there is no way we can add to the herd at his time. If there were I can tell you that Prosperity would have come home from Sacramento with me!

But Beth has a friend who comes over to visit, and she thinks Sera is beautiful (guess she never heard that Justa Bay is supposed to be a boring color, LOL.) Well Sera has decided she likes Brittany.. and she likes her a lot more then she likes me.. The lady with an agenda and fly spray!

She is walking up to Brittany and asking for attention. She nudges her, and follows her and I think she has picked out HER person! This is how I ended up with Symphony because she picked me out of a crowd of people at an adoption and I was hooked! We have had a 6 year love affair, so it isn't hard to spot when I think a mustang has given someone their heart.

I'll need to talk to Brittany's mom and make sure she is up for an adoption, and 30 years of horse ownership! But it was pretty clear that today, Sera has made the choice to love and be loved.

Mustang Playday

We attended the mustang playday at mustang-spirit. It was so much fun. My two gelding did very well. Although my yearlings said jumps, what, thats to much work but I will walk over them. There were clumsy walking over the jumps but they didnt knock any poles down. They are doing so good and I'm so proud of them and myself. We got first and second in halter for the boys class. Cupid was second in the liberty class, and second in trail. Thats pretty good I think for only 6 weeks into the training. Of course I'm no professional so 6 weeks might seem like I didnt do much in a professionals eyes, but I'm learning. But I think it paid off to have them at the playday yestery because today I walked right up behind Cupid for the first time without him spinning around to smell me first. Thats really good for him because he's always nervous when you go into the pen to get him but he's much better today. We only have about another 6 weeks to get things together and prepare our freestyle just in case we do end up in the top. :)

Moving right along..

Horse torture was the word of the day ;D

I loaded up Sera and took her to our local mustang club play day. This time it was held at Mustang-Spirit in Pinion Hills. We saw two of the other Challenge Yearlings and they are doing GREAT!

I was wondering how Sera so new to leading would do in a new place, with a bunch of people and activity. I had planned on just walking around a bit at most. She was doing so much better then I anticipated. She was a little nervous and decided that I was her safe zone, even though I asked her to do some tough things.

Cupid & Liberty

She got second place in halter. She walked, trotted, and backed pretty well for being so new to wearing a halter. We tried out the liberty class where I had to ask her to work away from me.. then the follow me class where I asked her to follow me. (lol I think the order of it confused her, but she let me put her halter back on both times with just a little bit of backing up.) We did the trail course as well but just walked around trying a few of the obstacles. She stood tied at the trailer for lunch (first time she has been tied) I used a tie blocker but she didn't really test it at all. She is pretty good about not blowing out of my hands so I am not surprised that she did so well.

Sera tied for the first time

Our little trip also made me want to be able to fly spray her, as trailers seem to be fly magnets at events like this. (fresh poo, wet pee, and shade.. oh yea! they LOVE it!!) I felt bad to put her back in with so many flies and no protection. So when we got home we tried the hose to see what she thought of it, and she was OK with her front legs, left side and played with the hose with her mouth, right side was not so happy.. still once she dried a bit I was able to fly spray her front legs, chest, both shoulders, and her left side and belly.

That sounded like more then enough torture for one day so she got an early dinner and fresh water in her pool.

Sera with Beth (she is going to be a really nice mare)

Bayberry & Pumbaa

Bayberry gets her first bath and loves it. She is doing great at everything I ask. I think this little filly will make a great family horse for someone. She loves people and wants to please you. There isn't much

that bothers her. She still has a lot of warts on her nose, chin, and eyes. I was hoping it would clear up before the competition. It looks like I'm out of luck, they are still growing.

Pumbaa is not as advanced as Bayberry. He is scared of fast movement but is coming along great. He is a good looking horse with 4 tall white socks and a flaxen mane. When we picked him up in Reno he had so many warts on his face, eyes, chin, and up his nose.(that is how he got his name)It was hard to think of him as cute. His warts are now starting to fall off and will must likely be cleared up in time for the competition. :) BOTH OF THESE BABES WILL BE UP FOR ADOPTION.

My special purpose

Everyone has one right? Well tonight Sera let me show her mine.

I was allowed to..... scratch her itchy neck!

Over and under, chest to withers... repeatedly!
(I need a huge smiley face emoticon inserted right here with the biggest evil wicked grin you can find. )

Now that I have multiple uses.. food water and scratches, which requires hands on she will be unable to resist loving me any longer! (evil laugh)

Catching up.

I was starting to wonder if I would ever catch up to all you folks who can touch their yearlings! LOL Well I may not be all the way there but Sera has made a lot of progress.

We had gone to Angis on the 13th and she got wrapped up in a rope sat morning and haltered before we headed for Lifesavers. I wrapped her up again there... and took the halter off. Then I broought her home a few days and wrapped her up... went back to Lifesavers and Marty wrapped her up, haltered her and I led her around the round pen and arena. We came home and I wrapped her up AGAIN.. and visited her at all hours of the night checking on a almost due to foal mare.

She got used to me walking around her to check on Delite, but did not want me to touch her. I loaded her back up this morning and went back to Lifesavers, haltered in the trailer and led her all the way to the covered round pen YEA!! I took the halter off and let her rest. After lunch I got some advice from Angi (more like step by step instructions ;D and got her haltered again and out into the arena, but I think I bored Sera just leading her around and petting her head. So we walked on the tarp and looked at the SMALL ball.

I left her rest in a green pen for awhile then went to catch her. Halter went on and she led really well right up the alleys and into the trailer. I have run or pointed and herded her into the trailer SO many times she just walked right in now!

For those of you worried I am going to pass you... I can not touch her past her neck yet!

I kept thinking WOW she is so strong and unafraid of everything but me, she must be just like Symphony but not loving me like Sym did from the moment we met. But Angi says nope.. she is more like Freedom. She isn't really afraid she just doesn't think she needs you, and that's true.

She'll sniff me and follows me at feed time, but other then that she sees no practical use for me what so ever!

I have no idea what to do as a special talent/freestyle other then she can stretch out farther then any horse I've ever seen!

Playday Anyone??

Cross posting for those who are not on the High Desert Mustang Club Yahoo Group..
Oh and Domestics are welcome! :D

HIGH DESERT MUSTANG CLUB PLAYDAY

Mustang-Spirit will be hosting a playday for the High Desert Mustang Club.
The event will be held on June 29th, 2008 with classes starting around 10 a.m.

The playday is open to all breeds with a focus on wild born Mustangs & Burros. Besides the riding classes there will also be classes available for in hand, long line, lounge line, and cart horses too so come out and join us for a day where we can all enjoy our horses and each others friendship.

Directions to Mustang-Spirit

Please keep in mind that these directions are being posted here for the above listed events.
Other then these events, Mustang-Spirit is open by APPOINTMENT ONLY.
If you show up to look at horses without an appointment, you will NOT be shown in.

We are located at 13150 Oasis Rd,

Pinon Hills, CA 92372

Directions from the 15

Exit Main St (in Hesperia) and go west off the off ramp

Main St turns into Phelan Rd

Take Phelan rd to the end

Make a right at Hwy 138

Go to the next paved rd which is Oasis rd

make a right on Oasis Rd

Go about 3 1/2 miles till you cross the bridge with water under it

once over the bridge if you look on the left side you will see an empty lot,

then a dirt rd and then our driveway.

Directions from 14

exit hwy 138

go east toward Victorville

you will pass through Littlerock and Pearblossom

at the Hwy 18 split take the left towards Victorville

once on the 18, you will soon go over a tall bridge

then you will see a "Welcome to San Bernardino County" sign

once you see the sign start looking for a left turn lane this is located at Oasis rd

You want to make a RIGHT at Oasis (the turn lane is a land mark only, DO NOT TURN LEFT).

once on Oasis rd you will cross a set of rail road tracks

if you look ahead on the right you will see a few empty lots and a dirt rd, one more empty lot and then our place

Our ranch is marked with two white fence sections (one on either side of our driveway) with the address 13150 posted on them.

If you need directions from any other location or need clarification please email us and let us know how we can assist.

I will also be posting a class listing on the website in the next
night or two

Thanks
Tania

Cupid & Liberty Update

Cupid & Liberty are coming along really nice. They are both moving off pressure, going through/over obstacles. Liberty trailer loads very nice even after his accident in the trailer(he spooked and reared in the trailer, making a hole in his head and cut his leg). He's recovering very well and the vet will be out here on thursday to remove his staples and check his leg. I'm glad I have two very sweet mustangs. Both move off pressure very nicely now. I turned them out with the other horses and they had so much fun. They were running, jumping , playing with the saddlebred whom I have never seen so happy. I'm in the process of teaching them to tie. Cupid has had a saddle on and he just walked around and kept looking at the saddle like what is this thing on my back. He never took off running, never bucked he is just very curious about everything. My challenge with Cupid is the crowd that will be watching him, other than that watch out Cupid is going to show off his stuff. Liberty has alittle more work left that Cupid because of his injuries he has been resting, and healing. But I can't wait to see everyone in Reno. This is going to be so fun. I'm excited to be competing.

Slow start

Between the clinic, a trip to Flagstaff, and going to watch the Western States Mustang Challenge, we didn't spend much time with our yearlings. It gave them some time to destress and now that we have been home we are getting in some play time.

Sera is a very brave, strong willed, too smart filly! She has spent some time running with my strong willed FattButt StudMare and Symphony became pretty attached to her. :D She didn't want me to take her away the other day.

Sera is not afraid of ropes in fact since the first time I wraped her she has been tossing off loops as quickly as I can put them on... We have gone to play at Lifesavers twice, and the girls are calmly climbing on and out of the trailer at liberty. They ride very nicely and are learning to squish into a single slot and handled it just fine.

Cupid & Liberty

I decided to give this a try. After going over names we came up with Cupid (1st pic) and Liberty (2nd pic). We are still deciding one the name Liberty if that will stay or change. My two mustangs are progressing very well. I can pick up their feet, fly spray them, one will trailer the other isn't ready for the trailer yet, lead, moving off pressure, walking over a tarp, they are so curious I put a plastic bag near them and they just tried to eat the thing. Of course show a plastic bag to our saddlebred or my paint mare and you see a freaked out horse. We are working with the paint mare on that but the saddlebred it not being ridden right now so we arent to worried with that. I just find it amazing how much easier mustangs are to work with than the domesticated horses. I guess alot of people don't know how to teach their horse to be use to things and they stop in bad places and end up with a horse more afraid to accept things. I'm really looking forward to the competition in August. This is just so exciting for me. Here are some pictures of my two.

Tulip

This weekend was Tulip's first bath!!! Below are some photos of her nice and clean. There was a playday at the barn this weekend. We walked her up front to see all the commotion, she was quite the hit. Tulip will be available for adoption at the end of this program (I have three horses already, two mustangs). Here are some new "clean" photos

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