Sorry folks, but not much to report here. Things are in a normal mode and nothing too exciting is going on other than we may have found a Mustang Cross for Wifey. We are going to look at her this weekend so there may be another mouth to feed here pretty soon.
Still working on the trailer, but with all the snow it is hard to get under it to find the short I have in the wiring. Not a big deal for now, but would like to get it fixed. Also got the plates for it with very little trouble.
I did order a McClellan saddle today for the times I want to play Cavalry with Vinny at the shoots. Pretty short money and I have wanted one for awhile so said what the heck and ordered it.
I guess that's about it. Sorry it was so boring!
Hans
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
A trailer at last
We went back to the satble and looked at the trailer again. It was not all that bad so we bought it.
It is an older Kingston 2 horse straight load with a pretty large dressing room up front. Needs a bit of work, but is solid.
The fun part is getting a plate for it. Here in NH anything over 15 years old does not need a title. Car or trailer. The old owners had it off the road and did not have a copy of the registration so I have to have the police come and look at it and issue a VIN. It already has one so maybe I can work around it. Dealing with the DMV is fun no matter what state you live in!
In the morning Farrier Fred is coming to give Vinny a pedicure and I need to give him his wormer. Should be a fun day. The folks across the street are on the same time frame as us and use the same guy so Vinny will get to spend some time with her 2 horses. With the weather here of late, we have not had a chance to get Vin over to visit the girls. I am glad that he will tomorrow so he sees horses again and interacts a bit.
Wife is looking at a few horses and 2 of them are Mustangs!!!! The one I really like is a Navajo horse and she has the Navajo brands and tribal brands! The other is a black and white pinto Mustang cross. Nice looking horse for sure and she loves pintos so maybe that will be the one for her. I'm still leaning towards the Navajo horse just for the WOW factor LOL.
All for now. Trailer pics and new Vin pics are a commin.
It is an older Kingston 2 horse straight load with a pretty large dressing room up front. Needs a bit of work, but is solid.
The fun part is getting a plate for it. Here in NH anything over 15 years old does not need a title. Car or trailer. The old owners had it off the road and did not have a copy of the registration so I have to have the police come and look at it and issue a VIN. It already has one so maybe I can work around it. Dealing with the DMV is fun no matter what state you live in!
In the morning Farrier Fred is coming to give Vinny a pedicure and I need to give him his wormer. Should be a fun day. The folks across the street are on the same time frame as us and use the same guy so Vinny will get to spend some time with her 2 horses. With the weather here of late, we have not had a chance to get Vin over to visit the girls. I am glad that he will tomorrow so he sees horses again and interacts a bit.
Wife is looking at a few horses and 2 of them are Mustangs!!!! The one I really like is a Navajo horse and she has the Navajo brands and tribal brands! The other is a black and white pinto Mustang cross. Nice looking horse for sure and she loves pintos so maybe that will be the one for her. I'm still leaning towards the Navajo horse just for the WOW factor LOL.
All for now. Trailer pics and new Vin pics are a commin.
Friday, February 15, 2008
The things we do
Today was hay and cookie refill day. I don't have a lot of room to store hay so I get 6 bales at a time from a farm right around the corner from me. Next year I will start buying by the ton to save some money, but for now 6 bales lasts 2 weeks.
Now I also had to hit the feed store and get some horse cookies. I am looking through the bags and find myself reading the nutrition info printed on them. I am the type that I will pick up anything on the shelf and if the picture looks like it tastes good, I'll eat it. I never read labels or care about what is good or bad for me. If it is food, it's mine. But here I am checking labels for horse cookies!!!!
Last time I saw a Dr. was about 3 years ago, but the Vin man has seen the vet once already and has an appointment in the books for Sep. The farrier has seen him and will be back the end of this month for a trim. So in short I don't take near the care of myself as I do Vinny! If I feel like I'm going to keel over, I still head to work, but if Vinny showed the slightest signs of being sick I would be on the phone in a second telling work I won't be in today.
The things we do for our horses!
Now I also had to hit the feed store and get some horse cookies. I am looking through the bags and find myself reading the nutrition info printed on them. I am the type that I will pick up anything on the shelf and if the picture looks like it tastes good, I'll eat it. I never read labels or care about what is good or bad for me. If it is food, it's mine. But here I am checking labels for horse cookies!!!!
Last time I saw a Dr. was about 3 years ago, but the Vin man has seen the vet once already and has an appointment in the books for Sep. The farrier has seen him and will be back the end of this month for a trim. So in short I don't take near the care of myself as I do Vinny! If I feel like I'm going to keel over, I still head to work, but if Vinny showed the slightest signs of being sick I would be on the phone in a second telling work I won't be in today.
The things we do for our horses!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Now I am really wondering about Vinny!!
O.K. Strange goins on last night.
For the last few days it has been wet and cold here. I lock the gate to the pen with a double clasp and it has been freezing up so that I can't open it and have to climb over the fence to get in and feed the Vin man.
Yesterday I had to climb the fence twice and Vinny was standing right by the section I was climbing over. Well in his shed is a set of mounting steps that Wife uses to get saddled. It has been in the corner of the shed for about a month.
I get home last night and toss Vinny a couple flakes of hay and am going to climb over the fence and say hello and give him his nightly cookie fix. I climb over and darn near land on that set of steps!!!!!! Right where I climb over, the steps are there. They are on their side, but they are there. Now Vinny has ignored those things for a month and the day I start climbing over the fence, he somehow pulls them out and pushes them to the exact spot I climb over??!!
There is no way he could put all of this together in his mind! It has to be chance, but man what timing!
I am now convinced that Vinny is a reincarnated genius from some bygone era and he thought, hey stupid, why not just use the steps. Never mind dummy, I'll get them for you. Man these humans are pretty dumb!
This is not a joke around story, it really happened!
Next week I am going to see if he can drive a car!!!
For the last few days it has been wet and cold here. I lock the gate to the pen with a double clasp and it has been freezing up so that I can't open it and have to climb over the fence to get in and feed the Vin man.
Yesterday I had to climb the fence twice and Vinny was standing right by the section I was climbing over. Well in his shed is a set of mounting steps that Wife uses to get saddled. It has been in the corner of the shed for about a month.
I get home last night and toss Vinny a couple flakes of hay and am going to climb over the fence and say hello and give him his nightly cookie fix. I climb over and darn near land on that set of steps!!!!!! Right where I climb over, the steps are there. They are on their side, but they are there. Now Vinny has ignored those things for a month and the day I start climbing over the fence, he somehow pulls them out and pushes them to the exact spot I climb over??!!
There is no way he could put all of this together in his mind! It has to be chance, but man what timing!
I am now convinced that Vinny is a reincarnated genius from some bygone era and he thought, hey stupid, why not just use the steps. Never mind dummy, I'll get them for you. Man these humans are pretty dumb!
This is not a joke around story, it really happened!
Next week I am going to see if he can drive a car!!!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Rain and then some
Well it has been raining since last night and I think it will be raining most of tomorrow too. Of course the Vin man will not duck into the shed so he looks like a drowned rat.
I know he was built for this kind of thing by good ole Ma nature, but I can't help worrying about him being wet for so long. I feel like I am dropping the ball somehow.
He is happy as a clam and shows no signs of the weather bugging him at all. He does his morning stretch, goes in for breakfast, comes out and begs for a cookie,and stands right next to me while I give him some pets and check him over for any overnight damage.
I will be so glad when the winter is over and I can get more saddle time on him. I think that will be the best thing for him, to have a job and learn Mounted Shooting. I will start the training this weekend. I will buy some baloons and tie them to his pen until he gets used to them. Then I will pop a few and see how he reacts. I will keep on doing that until he learns it is no big deal.
Then it is time to start with blank gun shots Acroos the yard at first and then closer and closer until I can fire the pistol right next to him. Then the big one!! Getting on him and shooting.
That's it for now. I sure hom Vinny can swim! It's raining pretty hard now.
I know he was built for this kind of thing by good ole Ma nature, but I can't help worrying about him being wet for so long. I feel like I am dropping the ball somehow.
He is happy as a clam and shows no signs of the weather bugging him at all. He does his morning stretch, goes in for breakfast, comes out and begs for a cookie,and stands right next to me while I give him some pets and check him over for any overnight damage.
I will be so glad when the winter is over and I can get more saddle time on him. I think that will be the best thing for him, to have a job and learn Mounted Shooting. I will start the training this weekend. I will buy some baloons and tie them to his pen until he gets used to them. Then I will pop a few and see how he reacts. I will keep on doing that until he learns it is no big deal.
Then it is time to start with blank gun shots Acroos the yard at first and then closer and closer until I can fire the pistol right next to him. Then the big one!! Getting on him and shooting.
That's it for now. I sure hom Vinny can swim! It's raining pretty hard now.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The BLM
WOW!!!! Today was a great day! I got a call from Scott at the VA BLM office. I had emailed them with an offer to help in any way I could with the upcoming adoption in Sommersworth NH. Well he asked what I was willing to do and I told him name it.
He is sending me a package of promotional info like flyers and pamphlets to distribute around.
I was so thrilled about this as when I started this blog, my Yahoo group, and joined up on other boards, this is what I had in mind, to help out the BLM and the Mustangs. I plan on making a swing around New England to all the Tack shops, stables, feed stores, and gun shops I can find and leave these items in hopes that more people will know about the adoption and help make it a big win for the BLM and Mustangs!
Some people may say why help them out? They are a government agency and get paid to do this. My answer is simple. We ARE the government and these horses are public property. They belong to each and every one of us and if we can help, then we should and feel like it is our proud duty to do so! Will I get paid or even get money back for time and gas? No, and I don't care one bit!! I am going to be rewarded better than with money, I will know I helped the BLM get these fine horses homes and jobs where they will be cared for and treated well. How will I be sure they are treated well? I will be more than happy to run around and check on them, offer any help to the adopters that I can, and put them in touch with people that can help them train if I can't.
Everyone has something that they would like to do in life and mine is to promote the Mustang to the public of this great country. I can't do near as much as some people can, but I can do as much as I can and so can you.
He is sending me a package of promotional info like flyers and pamphlets to distribute around.
I was so thrilled about this as when I started this blog, my Yahoo group, and joined up on other boards, this is what I had in mind, to help out the BLM and the Mustangs. I plan on making a swing around New England to all the Tack shops, stables, feed stores, and gun shops I can find and leave these items in hopes that more people will know about the adoption and help make it a big win for the BLM and Mustangs!
Some people may say why help them out? They are a government agency and get paid to do this. My answer is simple. We ARE the government and these horses are public property. They belong to each and every one of us and if we can help, then we should and feel like it is our proud duty to do so! Will I get paid or even get money back for time and gas? No, and I don't care one bit!! I am going to be rewarded better than with money, I will know I helped the BLM get these fine horses homes and jobs where they will be cared for and treated well. How will I be sure they are treated well? I will be more than happy to run around and check on them, offer any help to the adopters that I can, and put them in touch with people that can help them train if I can't.
Everyone has something that they would like to do in life and mine is to promote the Mustang to the public of this great country. I can't do near as much as some people can, but I can do as much as I can and so can you.
Monday, February 11, 2008
The OTTB
So the Wife is looking at an OTTB horse for sale. I know nothing about them, but he looks like a good horse to me. Sometimes you learn about something by mistake and that is just what happened yeaterday.
My friend told me about a horse trailer for sale as he knew we were looking to get a cheap one. Yesterday Wife and I rode out to take a look at it. Older Kingston 2 horse straight load with a pretty big dressing room in front. Not bad for an older trailer, needs a bit of work, but again not bad.
We walk up to the barn to ask about the trailer and guess what she has in the barn. 3 OTTBs that she got from a local track. She is a real nice gal and shows us around her place. We get to talking horses and she starts telling us about the OTTBs that she has. I gotta tell ya they were not what I thought they would be! I figured they would be these sad looking leftover race horses that did not make the grade and were on the way to the meat lot. These horses were great!!!! Funny and happy and just full of love. She told us that at first they were pretty messed up in the head, but over time they learned to be horses and have adapted well. One named Elton had about the same injury as Barbaro had. He could never race again and was on the way to the meat truck when she saved him. When I saw that horse I could not believe he was on his way to die. He was a great horse and he had healed up fine. He would never race but can do trail rides and walk/trot/canter with no issues at all. He was so funny and happy. She turned him out and he took off running, then stopped and rolled. Then when she let out the others from that barn, Elton slipped back in and checked every stall for left over breakfast!!!!!
Then he came up to me and wanted his head scratched and just some attention. The gal said he was looking for a cough drop!. I'm like what?!! She said he loved Riccola cough drops, so she gives him one and he crunched it right up. It did give him nice breath and it's all herbal so I guess it won't hurt him any.
Back in the barn is a real sweet mare that was never raced. This goof ball wanted to get turned out, so she swings her head around, grabs a halter off the tack rack next to her stall with her mouth and tosses it at me. Pretty good throw as I caught it. Then she starts nodding her head and looking at me like come on bud lets go outside.
Well I gotta say I learned a lot yesterday. We all have our passions with horses. Mine is Mustangs, hers was OTTBs but we both learned about each others passions and had a wonderful time with her horses. I think Wifey is leaning towards an OTTB horse now more than ever after yesterday.
I never di ask her much about the trailer, guess I have to go back and try again!! This time I'll stay out of the barn.
My friend told me about a horse trailer for sale as he knew we were looking to get a cheap one. Yesterday Wife and I rode out to take a look at it. Older Kingston 2 horse straight load with a pretty big dressing room in front. Not bad for an older trailer, needs a bit of work, but again not bad.
We walk up to the barn to ask about the trailer and guess what she has in the barn. 3 OTTBs that she got from a local track. She is a real nice gal and shows us around her place. We get to talking horses and she starts telling us about the OTTBs that she has. I gotta tell ya they were not what I thought they would be! I figured they would be these sad looking leftover race horses that did not make the grade and were on the way to the meat lot. These horses were great!!!! Funny and happy and just full of love. She told us that at first they were pretty messed up in the head, but over time they learned to be horses and have adapted well. One named Elton had about the same injury as Barbaro had. He could never race again and was on the way to the meat truck when she saved him. When I saw that horse I could not believe he was on his way to die. He was a great horse and he had healed up fine. He would never race but can do trail rides and walk/trot/canter with no issues at all. He was so funny and happy. She turned him out and he took off running, then stopped and rolled. Then when she let out the others from that barn, Elton slipped back in and checked every stall for left over breakfast!!!!!
Then he came up to me and wanted his head scratched and just some attention. The gal said he was looking for a cough drop!. I'm like what?!! She said he loved Riccola cough drops, so she gives him one and he crunched it right up. It did give him nice breath and it's all herbal so I guess it won't hurt him any.
Back in the barn is a real sweet mare that was never raced. This goof ball wanted to get turned out, so she swings her head around, grabs a halter off the tack rack next to her stall with her mouth and tosses it at me. Pretty good throw as I caught it. Then she starts nodding her head and looking at me like come on bud lets go outside.
Well I gotta say I learned a lot yesterday. We all have our passions with horses. Mine is Mustangs, hers was OTTBs but we both learned about each others passions and had a wonderful time with her horses. I think Wifey is leaning towards an OTTB horse now more than ever after yesterday.
I never di ask her much about the trailer, guess I have to go back and try again!! This time I'll stay out of the barn.
The first of the many
Someone suggested I start a blog. What the heck I got nothing else to do right? So this will be the first entry into the saga of Myself, Wild Horse Hans and my trusty steed, Vinny.
Vinny is a 13 year old BLM Mustang and I have had him for a bit over a month now. I should say we have had him. I do have a Wife and she gave me the go ahead to get Vinny in the first place so I guess I should mention her. LOL
Joanne is the much better half of this family. I just take up space and spend money on hobbies. She is the one that keeps me in check from going too insane with all of this. Although she did go a bit overboard at the horse store after we bought Vinny and she loaded me up with all the goodies one needs for basic horse care. Brushes, poop buckets, poop rakes, feed and water buckets and the like.
One thing I have learned about horses is that for every pound of food in 3 pounds of poop comes out. Still have not figured that one out. I'll keep working the numbers and let you know the outcome, there has to be a formula for this.
Now as for Vinny, well I can say that he is 100% fit and in good all around shape according to my Vet. He loved Vinny the first time he came to check him out and so did the Farrier. So we are happy about that.
Now Vinny is a smart boy and is funny as can be. He is smart as he has one place that he poops and I mean one place. In the far corner of the pen you find a nice pile every morning and this makes for very easy cleaning work, however this pile will fill a standard size muck bucket. He will not poop in his run in shed. In fact he never goes in it at all except to eat. $2000.00 for the shed and he don't use it! KIDS!!!!!
That is just one of his smart traits. He has many and I'll get into them all later.
As for funny. Well, he thinks he's funny and sometimes so do I. The other day I am Mucking, a nice term for poop patrol, anyways Vinny is standing right in front of me looking at what I am doing as if to say you missed a piece. I finish up and am leaving the pen when I turn to see the Vin man pooping right where I had just cleaned up. Now to add insult to injury, he is looking right at me and gives me the horse lip. I can't describe the horse lip, but think of a laughing face and that's about it.
Now a few days later I am in there just hanging out with him when he turns his butt to me so I scratch his butt for him. I thought that is what he was looking for, a nice scratch. Well I'm scratching him on top of his hind and he FARTS on me!! Then he looks around at me and walks off. He is just a funny horse.
He also does all the funny stuff that every horse does, but it is still funny non the less. He has his big morning strech where he walks his front legs out as far as he can and streches out. Then he does his back legs one at a time by sticking them as far out behind him as he can. Then comes the morning yawn and chewing and head shaking. I swear if he could walk down the hall and scratch his butt he would be human!!!!
Well gotta end this now, but I'll add more as things move along and I can remember them.
Vinny is a 13 year old BLM Mustang and I have had him for a bit over a month now. I should say we have had him. I do have a Wife and she gave me the go ahead to get Vinny in the first place so I guess I should mention her. LOL
Joanne is the much better half of this family. I just take up space and spend money on hobbies. She is the one that keeps me in check from going too insane with all of this. Although she did go a bit overboard at the horse store after we bought Vinny and she loaded me up with all the goodies one needs for basic horse care. Brushes, poop buckets, poop rakes, feed and water buckets and the like.
One thing I have learned about horses is that for every pound of food in 3 pounds of poop comes out. Still have not figured that one out. I'll keep working the numbers and let you know the outcome, there has to be a formula for this.
Now as for Vinny, well I can say that he is 100% fit and in good all around shape according to my Vet. He loved Vinny the first time he came to check him out and so did the Farrier. So we are happy about that.
Now Vinny is a smart boy and is funny as can be. He is smart as he has one place that he poops and I mean one place. In the far corner of the pen you find a nice pile every morning and this makes for very easy cleaning work, however this pile will fill a standard size muck bucket. He will not poop in his run in shed. In fact he never goes in it at all except to eat. $2000.00 for the shed and he don't use it! KIDS!!!!!
That is just one of his smart traits. He has many and I'll get into them all later.
As for funny. Well, he thinks he's funny and sometimes so do I. The other day I am Mucking, a nice term for poop patrol, anyways Vinny is standing right in front of me looking at what I am doing as if to say you missed a piece. I finish up and am leaving the pen when I turn to see the Vin man pooping right where I had just cleaned up. Now to add insult to injury, he is looking right at me and gives me the horse lip. I can't describe the horse lip, but think of a laughing face and that's about it.
Now a few days later I am in there just hanging out with him when he turns his butt to me so I scratch his butt for him. I thought that is what he was looking for, a nice scratch. Well I'm scratching him on top of his hind and he FARTS on me!! Then he looks around at me and walks off. He is just a funny horse.
He also does all the funny stuff that every horse does, but it is still funny non the less. He has his big morning strech where he walks his front legs out as far as he can and streches out. Then he does his back legs one at a time by sticking them as far out behind him as he can. Then comes the morning yawn and chewing and head shaking. I swear if he could walk down the hall and scratch his butt he would be human!!!!
Well gotta end this now, but I'll add more as things move along and I can remember them.
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