Blast from the past ... again.

As per my last post ... from 2 years ago :-( ... still not much blog-worthy stuff happening.  Life is just coasting along.  But I was inspired to revisit my blog after reading another blog by someone on a horse forum I sometimes follow.  It was interesting and I decided maybe I will start putting up some pictures and commentary about my guy(s).  I decided that I am going to start taking my riding more seriously so I'm getting set up to commit the time and focus to developing their skills and my own.  Time will tell how this all works out.

Cash is an 11yo Appendix and I've owned him for about a year and a half.  He's a good horse but hasn't gotten the attention he needs/deserves and might be a bit much for me.  He threw me off last summer (or more accurately, he took some spirited hops that I wasn't expecting and I lost my balance and fell off) and I have been very tentative since then which is kind of an irrational response to one little incident more than a year ago.  I moved him to my acreage last week so we can start to bond better (oh yeah, I have my Dad's acreage now too! Love it!)  His initial few days were quite unsettling since he was alone and wasn't happy about that but his old partner in crime (Benji) is with him temporarily and life is good again.

Cruize is an 8yo registered thoroughbred that I just bought last week.  He has a nice calm disposition and is very people-friendly; he was easy to ride although I did not 'test' him as vigorously as I probably should have.  But sometimes ya just have a 'feeling' that its right.  I will be taking lessons on him for the next little while until he's more refreshed and I believe he will be a keeper.  I think he will be a good match personality wise for Cash too (the main reason I bought another).  And he's absolutely gorgeous!

In reading back through previous posts, I was sad to see my videos of Thor.  My big buddy died in June of 2012.  I was heart broken, still am.  But there is nothing I can do (or could have done) about it so life has moved on. I'll write more about that some other time.  I have a new puppy, Lilly, a Rottie-bullmastiff(?) cross who is almost a year and a half old and 2 months ago I adopted a 6yo old boxer named Diesel.  Lilly is a jokester and a challenging puppy but she's turning out alright.  Diesel turning out to be the quietest, most loving boxer you could ask for as long as he gets a proper introduction.

And there's also Kitty, my SPCA heart-cat.  I saw her in Petsmart and she had the saddest look in her eyes.  So I brought her home.  She has proven to be the most amazing creature, I am so happy she's here ... but I don't wander past the adoption center in the pet stores anymore.  Its too heart wrenching and I can't save them all.

And just to be fair to all my creatures, there are two "acreage cats", Stache and Snuggles.  Their job will be rodent control and from what I hear, they are exceptionally good at it!  I have been stalling with moving them from their current home because I am apprehensive about the coyotes at the acreage so I'm trying to make it as safe as possible for them.  But at some point I'll have to take the chance.

And that's it.  My pet-family is complete.  Not to worry, there are PLENTY of pictures and videos of these two jokers, I'm sure a few will make it into the blog at some point (they have completely taken over my Facebook page!)