Thursday, April 17, 2008

Things are fine

Well the horses are getting along like a house on fire. They are buddies now and hate to be apart.
Wife has put a couple more rides on Sadie, and I gave Vin a try.
That did not go so well. He was no paying attention to me and was wandering around. Then for no reason I can find he blew up and it was rodeo time! I hung in there for about 5 seconds and then bailed off. I did not get hurt, but I was pretty scared. Joanne held him and I got back on. He was still acting up, but did not buck. Joanne saw me shaking a bit and told me to get down.
I put calls into some friends for advice and they seem to think it was spring fever and told me to longe the heck out of him for a few days. Tire him out real good and then mount up. They feel after a week of this that he will be his old self again. Another thought is he is having issues with things abouve his head. and he looked back and saw me so he flipped out. While we are playing run in circles, I am also going to de spook him.
We will get through this I am sure, but I am still a bit scared to get on him again.
In case you did not know, men seem to become wimps someplace between 40 and 50 years old. After 50 it gets more like I don't care if I get hurt or not and younger then 40 nothing can hurt you. Well I am dead in the middle at 43 and am turning into a wimp. Heck I was a combat paratrooper in the Army and had no fear of anything. Sucks growing up.

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