the many loves of shyloh

Oh Shyloh. She sure has a way with the geldings. I am not sure if it is her beautiful blonde hair, her shapely butt, or her amazing personality but the boys do love her!

It started out with Baby Bob. . .

Snuggles over the fence

Next in line was Chick. . .

So cute!

Then Forsetti. . .

Just walking along. . .

And Ryleigh. Poor infatuated Ryleigh who still throws a fit if Shy is not in his direct line of view at all times. . .

Love!

Let's not forget Casi, her bud. . .

They love to run together!

And finally Shaman. . .

Caught with another!

Oh, then there is Notch, her trailer buddy. . .

Sharing hay on the trailer

And Rambo, her show love. . .

What is cuter than two Haffies in love?

And those are just the geldings that Shy gives the time of day! With all her human fears, I am very grateful that Shy gets along really well with all the horses, mares and geldings alike. She can be in a big herd and she is also just fine by herself. 

So are Haffies generally fast little whoreses? Rumor has it that we might be getting a 13.3 sport pony, gelding of course. . .wonder what that will hold for Shy's love life?

paranoia

Just when I had forgotten about the little buggers. . .I find a tick crawling on my elbow! Yuck! Now I am back to thinking everything I feel is an evil tick! I am so paranoid over these nasty bugs! I probably picked it up when I was chasing Bob and Dannon through tall grasses after their great escape.  Bob (I am assuming since he is the escape artist) nosed the arena doors open and broke through the 2x4. I heard a crash and all I saw was two big black horses galloping toward the fields. Luckily, they went right in a pasture and it was an easy catch! I texted Beth about this escape and she said yesterday Bob did the same thing, but he jumped the 2x4! That horse is crazy!

As for Shyloh. . . this is what I arrived to the barn to. . .

Dirty pony?

I knew from the last time I got her an Uncle Jimmy's Hanging Ball that I would have a messy pony, just not this messy! So Shy got a face scrubbing and came out clean, like this. . .

Clean her up with Orbit! *

During clean up time, I washed her tail and Shy played with the water and suds! I am kinda upset because I thought I was taking video when Shy was being extra cute with the bubbles, but I forgot to push record. Duh!

Curiouser and curiouser . . .

Can I eat my halter?

Splish splash!

I re-did her braids and conditioned her hair. And checked her for the dreaded ticks. She was in the clear. Good news is that the tests came back for the other two horses and they were negative for Lyme Disease. That and Shy being her usual sassy self leads me to believe that she is Lyme free. But I am re-freaking out over the creepy crawlers since I saw one today. Ugh!

It is still too hot to work (in my opinion) so we continued our vacation. We actually took a nap together when I fell asleep in a chair outside her stall and she fell asleep against her wall. Tomorrow I do plan on having a lesson with Beth to get back into the swing of things. 

day eight and the unexpected

I remember yesterday stating that I was not going to the barn. I had too much stuff to catch up on at home, laundry and cleaning, and whatnot. Well, from the minute I woke up, I was faced with unexpected things. First, I had a nose bleed. I had never, in my almost 30 years of living, had a nose bleed before! It was strange. After I took care of that, I went back to sleep. When I woke up, Mike was up and making a lot of noise. To my surprise, he cleaned most of the house! I only had a few small things to do! I looked at my dog Cooper, and he was squinting in one eye. He had gotten another ulcer. Every once in a while, he gets ulcers in his eyes. We took him to a special dog opthamologist (the things we do for our animals) and the diagnosis was that Cooper does not produce tears, so his eyes get dry and sometime he gets the ulcers. They are very painful, but Cooper is a trooper! Then I discovered that the bunny needed more hay and food. The best and cheapest place to get that is Tractor Supply Company. . .which I was just at yesterday (ugh) and is close to the barn. Well, I know that during the week a trip to TSC is tough to make, so today had to be the day!

Got that picture I wanted of Shyloh and Bob!

Since I had to head out that way anyway, I decided to stop and see Shyloh. And since equestrian team was still at the fairgrounds, I let her out in a pasture. Once again, the boys were all over her!

Ryleigh says Shy is his. . .even bit Dante on the rump to move him away!

While at the barn, I discovered that a new horse was coming! How exciting! He was a Percheron/Morgan mix and he would be outside with Shy. Well, I knew I had to stay for this. The first meeting can be kind of scary because you never know how horses will react to each other. So I waited. . .and waited. . .and waited. Finally he came!

Caesar! Don't worry, better pictures to come!

Caesar went in the paddock to explore first, then we introduced him and Shy through the fence. They sniffed each other. Then we put Shy in the paddock. Surprisingly, their was no squealing or kicking! Shyloh just followed Caesar around the paddock. It was as if she was showing him around his new digs. . .this is were we pee, this is were we poop, here is our rooms, this is where the water is. . . They were so cute together!

Caesar's owners, Beth, and Kathy and her husband were with me at the fence watching. The horses got treats and loved on. Although, Shy did back up to Caesar twice like she was going to kick him (for no apparent reason), she did not. This was unexpected, because Caeser's owners said that his previous owners said (they just got him today) that he was a pasture bully. Guess it must be that charm that Shy has on the geldings.

Shyloh has really taken to Kathy! She actually let Kathy come up to her in the paddock and touch her! That is a big step for Shyloh! So while today was full of unexpected things, most were positive and I had a good day!

Shy and Kathy :)

Three films. I love movies almost as much as I love books! I could be simple and pick Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, again, but I won't. Just know that those movies would make a list. This is so hard! I could go top movies by comedy, drama, superhero film, documentary, thriller, suspense. . .where to start?

Film 1 - The Shawshank Redemption

Just a great over all film. 

Film 2 - L.A. Confidential

Lots of twists and turns in the plot!

Film 3 - The Dark Knight

Awesome acting!