Posts from ‘August, 2009’

I watched a very interesting program last night in the ABC Primetime series “Outsiders.”  It was about wild mustangs and how they are being used in different ways as therapy.  First, they showed how they round up the wild mustangs from the government’s land by helicopter.  I would love to help do this when I [...]

We have a new horse on the ranch and I am really excited.  My PawPaw bought him the other day.  The horse is a gelding.  His name is Commander, but my PawPaw says that he will have to prove himself worthy of his name.  Commander is very powerful and strong.  I have never seen such [...]

We all know that humans are hot-blooded and snakes are cold-blooded animals.  But, did you know that horses can be either?  Not in the same way, though.
Hot-blooded horses can be really wild.  They buck, jump around, try to bite you when you are riding, etc.  They are not easy riders.  You have to ride them [...]

It was a blazing hot Sunday afternoon.  Sweat was dripping off my face as I was standing in the middle of the round pen.  PawPaw and I were watching my sister, Kyla, ride Ladd.  She was doing a good job trotting around the pen.  Then all of a sudden, Ladd reared up and started crow-hopping.  [...]