Glad you were not hurt Kathy. Any other ideas for things to drag around in a couple of feet of snow?? Ansley ----- Original Message ----- From: kathy robertson <goodhors@xxxxxxxxx> To: <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 11:50 PM Subject: [drivingpairs] Weekend > Hoping to get some horse stuff done this weekend. > Spent the last couple weekends getting winterized. I > guess you could call tiling the paddocks for drainage, > horse work, but not the fun stuff. We are missing the > snowstorm, too far north! Yeah! Supposed to be about > 40F most of the weekend, pretty nice. If not, the > windless, dry, harness room always waits! I need to > gather up stuff to sell. Get it advertised as > Christmas gifts! > > Husband has been working the new horse a little on > long lines. Bard is getting a glimpse of the driving > world! Having a hard time believing that stomping his > foot, doing the SLOWS, mock spooking, is NOT GOING to > get him out of work! Used to work with those little > girls at the stable!! Other than that he is coming > along well. Ignored son welding his truck, air > compressor tools after 3 shy-away tries. DARN outside > reins. He has a nice big, walk stride, moves along, > when paying attention. Doesn't seem to mind the > harness anywhere, better response to voice commands > each session. > > The other two stooges stand watching, waiting for > Bard to come back and play. I am hoping osmosis > works. They will see him in harness, working, hear > directions, almost be trained when we get them out! > Young horse, 4yr old, has gotten a lot more attentive, > friendly in the last couple months. I think it might > be that he needs a thinking job, beyond pushing the > yearling around. The yearling has been watching > driving since born. He is going to be one of those > born broke, horses, in another couple years. Very > calm and accepting. Maybe having 5 older geldings > pushing you around removes all ego? Used to being > told what to do by everyone? > > Brian is getting more fit, jogging in his winter > clothes on the long lines! If the wind doesn't blow > too hard, the cold is pretty nice for working horses. > Does keep the front of the barn smoothed out nicely > when they can drag tires. > Deer gun season ended last Sunday, so we may be able > to go back on the road again. I clipped a 6pt buck > today. No damage to my car, THANK YOU! I saw buck > coming, slowed way down, but couldn't stop, just > touched him behind. Buck hit the pickup truck in the > opposite lane, smashed in the whole driver's door and > box side, blew the window glass all over the guy. Man > did not appear hurt, alone in the truck, but killed > the buck instantly. Fair size, over 150#. Lots of > deer accidents, we just have so many deer around. > > The pole, harness, and blower (More Power!)threads > have been fun! Glad to hear of others working on > their new combinations. Sure learn something every > time we discuss things. > > Kathy Robertson > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. > http://photos.yahoo.com/ > _________________________________________________________ > To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: > http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.html > ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.html `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````