I arrived last Sunday without Jo...boo... she could not come this time.
The mare was very content, out in her large field of grass.
My Stable partner Jo, had a pending project that needed her immediate attention.
SO- since it had been simply HAIL all week- around town and the country..pretty much lock down for the horse faces...they hate to be beaned with the stuff, with no place to run to for cover, we left them in their stalls with runs for most of the week. My PBO gave them breaks and grass munches when she could and the weather held off.
It was a patchy looking day at best...I called to warn mu PBO to get the hoses in ...I saw what was moving ahead of me, as I drove!
It was a patchy looking day at best...I called to warn mu PBO to get the hoses in ...I saw what was moving ahead of me, as I drove!
This day..I was hoping to get a small ride in...it had been sometime since I could, with the weather being rather foreboding.
I collected the mare from her spot in the field, she was happy and met me at the gate this time...
The other Horses had FELT the pending downpour of HAIL stones coming, and had exited to then barn already.
Sure enough, got the mare in and whoosh...hail!
Not too big, so I went back to the field to retrieve her hay net. I left the mare to contently eat her hay, she seemed unaffected.
.... and OH!!!!
Just when I was thinking , "well, you don't get wet in hail and this is not bad"...WAMMO...it really came down HARD..it really hurt..so I ran back to the barn.
The other Horses had FELT the pending downpour of HAIL stones coming, and had exited to then barn already.
Sure enough, got the mare in and whoosh...hail!
Not too big, so I went back to the field to retrieve her hay net. I left the mare to contently eat her hay, she seemed unaffected.
.... and OH!!!!
Just when I was thinking , "well, you don't get wet in hail and this is not bad"...WAMMO...it really came down HARD..it really hurt..so I ran back to the barn.
IT was soooo loud in there...the horses were in an -all-out-vigilant-stance...bobbing their heads up and down in amazement with us! That blame hail was bouncing up to their muzzles from the ground!
It was not large...but it was fast, and that made the difference in volatility!
It seemed to go on for 10 minutes ...and the lightening too...we had spooky, spooky horses, that you could not console...you could NOT hear yourself talk even!
Then finally...it let up! and the sun came out a bit and whew!
The mare went out to investigate~
And take a breather from the adrenaline factor...
So, I groomed lightly...since she had not been turned to pasture much that week, and she is all shed out (YEA!) it gives my horse elbow a break.
I saddled up and...WHAT did I hear- IN MY OWN DRIVE WAY?
??!!! @#/?+**!!!
The mare could not believe it neither could I! This is WAR!
They muddied the entrance...where mostly hooves had been in a single track.
after pretending that they could not read~
I like the ending comment, " Respect the property and enjoy your visit"
It is a privilege to ride on the thousands of Private acres..
and when I go out after motorized vehicles...burned materials(dangerious for the forest) I find along with- garbage-beer bottles/cans- shell casings from target shooting-Oil bottles..I mean, PACK IT OUT JERKS!But Rather...STAY OUT!!!
Sorry..I get very indignant about them trespassing...mostly because I do follow the rules and I
The ways they ruin a ride, I have not mentioned, and will now.
Safety for a horse back rider goes quickly AWAY...once we hear the LOUD Motors ...we are in a scramble to find and Out of the way place...or get back to a long stretch of road or trail.
MOTOR BIKES tend to look down, as they travel at at high speeds.
They do not think of anyone else that is riding LEGALLY on horseback or bicycle or hiking there.
So the Bikers or quads almost run into you. Our horse feels the distraught body stress in us, as much as I try to breath and be calm.... the horses are alert to the NOISE factor coming...they dislike them as well.
Motorized tresspassers-Us Equestrians deal with all too often- click here to see my first meeting~
I could go on about this distasteful subject but...I shall end it now, by saying that I asked my PBO to address this of her renters...or I would, and still may, call my friendly Forest manager to pay them a visit like he did my former barn owners. Warning them to keep the law of the Private property signs.
I got back from the ride..not having met up with them..but seeing evidence of them. They knocked down all my trail jumps... insert some steam from my ears here.
Wa mare was happy for the ride..it had been a week since we could go out.
She returned to her happy eating stance. IN the quiet calm of her stable.
And the birds began to perch on the tree tops next door, as well!
Meeting Jo today at the Stable Yea!!!
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY ALL, Jo and I will be Mothering the horses and Charlie the cat today~
