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Post by Mango on Jun 16, 2005 11:39:03 GMT -5
I drove up in my black ford f-250 with trailer and got out.
I went to the back of the trailer and unloaded my new horse Montie. He backed down the ramo and stood with his head high and let out a loud whinny. My mare Pretty Woman(Patty) answered him. I smiled and walked him toward the stallion barn and put him in a stall i had filled with wood chips earlier that morning. I gave him a kiss and unclipped his lead line. I went out and went into the tack room and got a hay net then went to the loft and filled it. Coming down i hung it in his stall then went to check on my mares. Both we're out in the pasture grazing. Twist my appy was getting quit big, she was due the 25th and i couldn't wait! May who was caring Dawns foal was just a little plump. I smiled and walked back to the stallion barn and got Dawn out groomed and tacked him up. Not feeling like training today i took him out for a hack on one of my trails. Even though Dawns a dressage hore he has a great jump, so coming up to the branch in my trail that lead to one of my cross country courses i smiled and said what the heck. Turning him towards it i asked for a canter. Readly giving it we started. We popped over a couple logs and then a brush jump. I sat deep in the saddle and gave a slight nudge when we came to the water jump, though a small stream Dawn took a huge leap! Smiling we cantered on and did a rock jump and a gallop up a hill. Slowing Dawn down i gave him a pat and a "good job boy", then walked him the rest of the way back to the stable. Arriving back i untacked him and gave him a bath, which he loved. Then i turned him out for some grass, and went into my office to do some work.
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Post by Mango on Jun 16, 2005 16:08:55 GMT -5
After finishing some paper work. i went out and looked in the tack room only to find Rafi with a mouse tail sticking out of his mouth. "Ah Rafi thats nasty". Swollowing it down he gave me a kitty smile and slunked over to the door and went out and hopped on to a hay bail and stretched out and went to sleep in the sun. Smiling i went to get Will deciding to ride him then take Rafi to the vet. I went to his stall and brought him out into the asle and groomed him. Grabbing a saddle and hackmore, i tacked him up and lead him to the arena. Thinking to myself that i needed to get a cow for Will to cut. I warmed him up making sure he was loose then trotted some figure 8ts. Asking for a canter we did more figure 8ts, cutting at each end. Then starting at one end we ran down the 500 yard arena and cut back to the top. Doing that several times i opened the gate and went out to the field. I settled in my saddle and gave Will rein the gave him a kick and a kiss. Asking for him to go full out we flew. coming to the end of the field i sat back in the saddle and started pulling back slowly stopping i gave him a pat and smiled"good boy!". I walked him around the feild for about 20 minutes till he was normal breathing and cooled off. I walked him back to the barna nd untacked him, then lead him outside and hosed him off and turned him out to graze. I walked into the barna nd looked to the hay bail. Sleeping with all four paws in the air was little Rafi. I grabbed him and went to my truck to the vet we went!
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Post by Mango on Jun 16, 2005 16:25:22 GMT -5
I drove back in with a very sad yowling kitten. Grimacing i pulled up and went around and picked him up with a bag of food from the store. I could almost hear him whimpering. I set him down in the tack room and poored his food in a bowl and opened he's wet food and set it down for him to eat. He got happy real fast. Smiling i left him with a pat and went to bring the mares in. I walked out and went up to the gate and grabbed there halters that i had left out and whistled for them. Trotting up i went in and clipped there halters on with May leading the way i took her and Twist in and put them in there stalls, then went to get Patty. I went to the feed room and got 3 buckets with sweet feed and put a scoop of mare and foal supplement in May and Twists feed. Walking out i hung each bucket in there stalls and went to bring the boys in. Leaving the Mare barn i walked out to the pasture and got Dawn then lead him in and put him in his stall. Then went back out to get Will and brought him in. Walking to the feed room i got four buckets of sweet feed, and walked out. Putting one in Wills, Dawns, Flips, and Monties then made sure they all had water. Walking back to the tack room i checked on Rafi who was milking the shots thing for all they were worth giving me a very hurt look.
I smiled and said good-bye then went out to my truck and drove up to the house.
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Post by Mango on Jun 17, 2005 21:45:07 GMT -5
I drove down and got out yawning as the sun broke threw the morning fog. i walked into the mare barna dn called out to the girls "morning girls!" getting whinnys and nickers i smiled and gave each a pat as i walked down the asle. I walked into the feed rooma nd got 3 buckets of feed and gave each mare a bucket. I walked out and went to the stallion barn and turned the lights on and yelled a hello. I walked into the feed room and mixed 4 buckets of feed and feed all my boys stopping to vist with each one. I walked back to the mare barn all the girls being done i turned May and Twist out to graze for the day smiling at how big Twist was. I went back in and went into Patty's stall and did some t-touch and spent some bonding time with her. She still had a few more days of recovery. I clipped her lead on adn took her and turned her out with the other two for company. Iwent back to the stallions and got Will and Dawn and lead them to there seperate pastures to eat.
I went back and let my self into Flips stall and did some t-touch then sled his halter on and opened the door. I gave a slight tug and clucked with my tounge asking him to come foward. Taking two steps foward he stopped and i patted his neck and praised him and gave him a treat. "good boy, come on you can do more". I clucked and tugged again and he stepped a few more paces. again i patted and praised and treated.
We contenued that way and made our way to a pasture and i turned him out to exercise himslef i tossed in a Jolly Ball and watched him run around and kick it. Smiling i walked back up to the stallion barn and got Montie out and put him in cross ties. I gave him a good grooming then tacked him up. i walked him out to the jumping arena and made sure the fences we're at 2-3 foot as to not be too high. I mounted with aid of the fence and warmed up. Then doing a circle we started. We had a easy 2 footer and flew over it with ease, then we had a 2 and a half foot one which witha nudge we leaped and cleared. Slowing to a slow canter we did a half circle at the bottum of the arena and headed for a 3 foot one. Though somewhat emtemidateding we took a big leap and flew, smiling we landed and headed for the last jump another 2 footer to finshes the small course. After the 3 footer the 2 foot was nothing Montie pretty much walked over it. we slowed and i walked him till he was breathing normaly again. I opened the gate and walked him out then took him to the big field in back. I decided to give him a light breezing. I brought him to the top of the field and leanthed my sturrups. I gave him his head and kised, and off we went. Coming to the end of the field i sat deep in my saddle and pulled on my reins. "easy big boy". we stop and circle for a minute then started back across the field. We go tto the stable and he was cooled out to i untacked him and hosed the sweat off. Then turned him out to graze int he warm sun. I walked back up to the banr and opened the tack room. "Hey Rafi, want to go hunting boy?" I opened the door wide and let him out to see what he could find, as all the horses where out. i smiled and went to the office to work.
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Post by Mango on Jun 18, 2005 11:38:50 GMT -5
I shuffled through papers trying to find Flips registration papers. Sadly i ahd to sell him soon that was the bisness of Roll Hills breeding and training somewhat. I found it and put it in his file so not to lose it. I was looking to buy more mares to go full out in the breeding program. I checked my finaces, a little low with the $3,000 purches of Montie but he would turn out to be a great stallion with good blood lines. I sighed and put everything away, oh well i had to muck stalls.
I walked out and saw Rafi streak by after a butterfly. i smiled and and went for the wheel borrow and pitch fork. I wheeled it toward Flips stall and let myself in and started pitching the muck out. Finishing his i took it and dumped it in the muck heep that i was saving for my garden i was going to plant. I continued till i as done and went to the mares and started mucking there.
I needeed to hier a stable hand, i'd have to look at my money as that would take some out.
I finished and put my tools away and went to hand walk my mares for some exercise. I got both may and Twist out andclipped thereleads on and walked on a trail down to the pond. We stopped and i let them drink, then sat under a tree and let them graze.
After about 30minutes i walked them back and turned them back out.
I walked up to the house to have some lunch and think about a stable hand. I made a qiuk turkey sandwhich and sat down the a paice of paper and started writing an ad.
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Post by Mango on Jun 18, 2005 12:34:02 GMT -5
I finshed my ad and called it into the ad company. I hung up the phone and walked back down to the stable only to see Rafi bathing himself in the sun light. "You make me sick"! i said to him as a walked past back into th office. I sat down and begain to think, i need two more mares trained or not. Oh well next week i could go back to the HS or buy one for sale. Till then take care of my pregnate mares as one is almost due. I walked back out of my office and looked to the hay bale that held a sleeping Rafi. I smiled and walked up to him and patted his belly knowing he would hate me for it. he lopened he eyes and gave me a look that siad, "Why me?". I laughed and went on my way to bring the mares in. It was going to be a warm night so i left the stallions out but brought my girls in. I went and got 3 buckets of feed and put mare and foal supplment in 2 of them. I went and agve it to them making sure there water buckets and hay bags were full. I was trying to get my boys off feed so a night on grass would be good for them. I opened the tack room door and let Rafi in as the sun sunk below the horizon and made sure he had food and water then called goodnight and drove up to the house.
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Post by Mango on Jun 18, 2005 20:45:41 GMT -5
I woke up and deciced since it was Saturday to clean my house, about 30 mintues into it i decided i had amde the wrong choice but finished and pulled my hair up in a pony tail. I went and feed the mares, then brought the stallions in and feed them. I hooked up my trailer and drove to my grren feild where i had put Reb for about 4-5 days to get some meat on him. I pulled in adn got out with a halter and lead. I looked in the little pasture that was full of wonderful grass and at the medium big and sassy Rebel. "Come fatty time to go home!" He walked up slowly and sniffed "No i didn't bring you treats. I slipped the halter on and lead him to the trailer, since my hourse was about 8 miles away and since he loaded so good, why not just trailer him! I laod strait in and tied him, and closed and bolted the door. I got back in my truck and drove back to the stables. I backed the trailer up and opened the door and went and go thim down. I lead him into the stallion barn adn got him a little feed. then went and unhooked my trailer and pulle dmy truck around. I went into the amre banr and lead May and Twist out then went back and did some t-touch on Patty and spent sometime with her. Then lead her out to the others. I went to the stallions and Took Montie and turned him out, with will and did some halter work with Flip and truned him out. Keeping Dawn and Reb in for a work out. I took Dawn out and groomed him and tacked him up i grabbed my helmet and lead him to the dressage arena. I mounted and warmed him up. We started with some figure 8's and then went to practice shoulder in. We did some Flying Lead changes then i cooled him out adn walked him to the pond. We got a drink then walked back and untacked. I hosed off the sweat then turned him out to graze. I walked back into the stable and went in the tack room to check on Rafi seeing him i smiled and opened the door for him to go expolore. I walked out and got Rebel out and tacked him up, i took him ona 2 hour trail ride to get him back into working and came back and hosed him then turned him out. I walked into my office and smiled i had a new stable hand hofully comeing today or tomorrow.
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Post by maria on Jun 18, 2005 22:23:38 GMT -5
I walked up to the door and knocked. I had applied for a job here, and I was going to see what my work schedule was. (Mango, I'm going to be gone next thursday through Saturday, like, in 4 days, and then I've got a busy schedule, so I might not be on too much. I'll warn you before I leave.) I smiled as Mango opened the door. "Hi! I just came by to ask you about my work schedule, and to get my instructions." I said to her.
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Post by Mango on Jun 19, 2005 9:09:05 GMT -5
I smiled "Hey welcome come on in". I opened the door wider to let her pass. "as for your work schedule Its pretty much everyday unless other wise stated by you,Like when you ahev to do smething or will be gone for a few days". "You'll pretty much muck stalls, groom horses, and maybe exercise if i need you too." "Rolling Hills is pretty much a breeding stable so the mares are useally in foal as for the stallions they get trained and compete some." "For your boarding you can stay in the house with my downstairs i have an extra bed and bath, or i have a one room cottage on the pond that i use for camping and stuff". "Your allowed to bring 3 horses for free boarding so if you want you can bringthem over, and after your work is done you can ride them or do what ever you want". "Thats pretty much it you'll get $300 a week less if you don't work a full week". "Any questions?"
*Thats fine thanks for letting me know!*
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Post by maria on Jun 19, 2005 12:50:46 GMT -5
"OK, but what about pets? Can I keep some at the house? I could stay at the cottage if you'd rather not have my pets at your house, incase your pets don't like my pets." I said. (Don't pets stay with you or do they stay somewhere else?)
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Post by Mango on Jun 19, 2005 12:55:23 GMT -5
"Your welcome to keep them in the house as long as it doesn't get too crowded, i keep Rafi in the tack room for mice reasons".
*They stay with you or in the stables*
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Post by maria on Jun 19, 2005 12:57:09 GMT -5
Ok, I only have Rocky anyway so it shouldn't get too crowded.
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Post by Mango on Jun 19, 2005 13:05:56 GMT -5
" Great! i'd love to have the company!" "So you can start tomorrow, you can go get your stuff and take it up to the house." "I'll be up there in a little while i have to feed the mares."
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Post by Mango on Jun 19, 2005 14:38:28 GMT -5
I walked out and went to get the mares in i lead them up and put them in there stalls. "OK girls time to eat!" i went into the feed room and scooped 3 buckets 2 with mare and foal. I walked back out and divided them out. I went back to the tack room and let Rafi in for the night. "Night Little buddy". he gave me a kitty smile then trotted in adn sat down and started eatting. I got in my turck and drove up to the house glad i ahd cleaned it today as my new stable ahnd was staying with me!
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Post by Mango on Jun 20, 2005 19:13:50 GMT -5
I woke up and went down to get some coffee and took my cup down to the stables with me. I went and gave the mares there feed and left to bring the stallons in. I walked each one in and put the feed out. I went back to the mares who where done and ready to go out. I lead them al lout together and turned them in a new pasture as they ahd eaten the other one down. I walked back decideding who needed riding, Montie, Will and some work with Flip. i sighed and went ot turn Dawn and Reb out to graze. I smile as the both took off racing each other from seperate fencing. I walked back to the stable and decided to do Montie first. I walked him out and put him in cross ties. I groomed and tacked hi up then grabbed my helmet and mounted up. I rode him on the trails to the cross country course. We started at it at a canter and flew over the jumos they seemed so small. we ended the course and Montie was barley puffing. we walked the rest of the way back to the stable and i untacked him and hosed off. I went and turned him lose to graze. I walked back to Will and got him out, i groomed and tacked him up. Put my helmet back on and mounted. i warmed him up and went to the feild for sprints. I always loved runnign no madder what the rush of it all was great. we started at one end and i let me lose letting him go his own pace. we came to the end of the field and cut back to go the other was i let me go his on pace again. Cutting back again i clucked and gave a nudge and we flew. we did that comeing back again and i stopped him and walked him around to cool him down we walked back to the stable and he got a bath which he loved! I turned him out to graze and went to my office to work. I ahd to think on Flip for a while i needed to sell him but he still needed lunge training.
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