Fun with the Noseman!

Nosey and I have been having a bunch of fun so far this season, hanging with friends and going off property to ride. This Easter Nosey and I went with our good friend Wendy and her boy Elijah to Melody Farm, to hang out and have some pony fun with Maddy, and to of course ride in their beautiful ring and play on the cross country course there. We had so much fun, and it it felt good to finally get off of the property.

Nosey Boy was such a little trooper, trucking around the place and doing anything I ask of him. He was so awesome out on the XC course, jumping everything I pointed him at and gladly charged his way through the water, with such entheusiasum that I couldn't help but laugh and smile the whole way around the course! Man do I love that little horse, he will do anything for me and give me 110% every time. This was the first time that I had taken this horse over XC fences in a couple of years and I couldn't believe how well he did!

Maddy and Nosey 

Nosey and Maddy up the Bank

Nosey and I also participated in the RISPCA's annual Trail Ride, back in May with W and Elijah, who is Nosey's new best friend, it's so cute, when W comes to pick Nosey and I up to go for a ride, the moment Nosey sees Elijah on the trailer he nickers and and trots right onto the trailer excited to see him!  On the ride we had a bunch of fun, the weather was a bit chilly on the trails by the water, but away from the water the weather was quite comfortable. Noseman definitely was a bit full of himself on our outing, jigging and spooking and the silliest things, but I didn't care when Nosey acts fresh like that, it's how I know that he's feeling good and really enjoying himself!

Once we got back to the trailers and untacked it was time for lunch, but not before Nosey and I ran into an old friend and her boy Ike. Nosey and Ike used to board at the same farm together and were stalled two stalls down from one another. That day was the first time that Ike and Nosey had seen one another is about 9 years, and when they got together, it was like they hadn't missed a day! They sniffed noses, said hello and went right to grazing next to each other, looking like two old men chatting and catching up.

So, fingers crossed, hopefully Nosey and I will be able to go to a couple of shows this year and continue to have lots of fun together, just like old times, when we both were younger. 

It's Been Awhile...

Wow it certainly has been quite some time since my last post. Things had been kinda crazy with school and all, but now school has come to an end and I am finally graduating from college. Hopefully now I can keep up with my blog and document Miss Wind's adventures. So, now to catch y'all up on Miss Wind....

Wind Goes To School

The week of April 15th Wind got to spend a week on the farm at URI. She was there to be used in the ELLs (Experiential Learning Labs), see URI offers an Intro to Animal Science class for non-Animal Science students to take as a Gen. Ed. and these students are required to participate in an hour long lab, learning and interacting with the animals on the farm. Now we don't have horses on the farm at URI (crazy I know) so for the ELLs a horse has to be brought in for that week, and since I was required to help out with these labs for a grade I volunteered to bring Wind for the week and teach about horses.

Miss Wind was a very good girl while at school. It took her about a day to settle into her paddock, which was located between two flocks of sheep. All but one of the sheep were afraid of her and ran away when she went near the fence, but this one young ewe (female sheep) who ran right up to her and hung out by the fence next to her all day long. It was too cute!!

New Friends Meet

Awwww Kisses <3

Just Hanging

For the first two days Wind was afraid of the run-in that she had in her paddock, because of this I was a bit worried about her not getting any sleep or being protected if the weather turned nasty. Then on the third day I went out and checked and found that she had used the run-in! I don't think that she laid down at all, but there was at least one new poop pile every morning. The fact that she was using the run-in made me feel a little more at ease, though I couldn't be completely at ease with her being at school overnight, being the over protective, worried mama that I am. hehe.

Oh Hello!

Making friends with Sully

So, everyday I took my girly on at least one walk around the farm. She became very comfortable in her little paddock between the flocks of sheep, and Bonnie, the farms guard donkey, (Wind tried SO hard to make friends with Bonnie but Bonnie wanted nothing to do with her, I think Wind's size scared Bonnie a little bit.) but she was not fond of the other animals one the farm. Especially the PIGS!  After the first two days of visiting the animals, Wind became okay with the Cows, she even made friends with one of them!

As for the pigs, the pigs never made it onto Wind's friends list, and it wasn't for lack of trying on the pigs part. Every time we tried to get near they would get up and run over to the       fence and follow her where ever she went, but Wind wanted NOTHING to do with them and kept rejecting their friend requests. She just snorted at them and stared, on alert, and then tried to run away. What totally turned her off of ever considering becoming friends with the pigs was when we were walking and one of the boars started breeding to one of the sows and there was lots of squealing and moving, and with that she lost what ever last brain cell she had left.

All in all Wind's week at school went really well. She was a very good girl, except for when it was time to go home. On the Friday, a storm came in and it got really windy and began to rain, and by the time my brother-in-law came with the truck to haul her home, it was dark out. So, with all that combined, Wind did NOT want to get on the trailer. It took almost 2 hours, 2 halters, 2 lead ropes, a bucket of grain, and a pitch fork to finally get her on the trailer. Besides that she was a very good girl.

Staring at the Sheep

What Wind thought of sheep poo

That sweet face

Pretty Girl!

So Wind had a game that she played to entertain herself with the sheep. She would stand still and let the sheep come up to her, once the sheep relaxed around her, she would pounce at them, flag her tail and take off running, scaring the crap out the sheep. I think she thought it was quite funny, lol, it was quite funny to watch.

Relaxin

 

Wind has Rhody pride!!

Saddle Woes

So, I had the chiropractor out to adjust Miss Wind and he was very pleased with how well she was doing since her last adjustment. Like every adjustment, the chiropractor checked the fit of my saddles, and this time he had some bad news for me. Neither of my two saddles fit Miss Wind anymore, I am extremely bummed about this. Now I have to buy two new saddles, which I cannot afford, especially since I have to buy a new truck. So, as of right now I have no saddle, though my amazing friend Kate has let me barrow and try out her Stubben for a little bit, and I can't buy another saddle until I sell my Dressage saddle, which I am having a hell of a time selling. So, until I sell my Dressage saddle and get a new saddle our competition dreams have to, once again, get put on hold. 

So, thats pretty much whats been going on with us, not much riding, but hopefully that will change very soon. As always we will always have adventures and I hope I can share them with you all. 

For now, Where the Wind Blows is Where The Wind Goes.