Allison and Chico

We went to visit my grandparents on February 3rd and on the 6th I got to go see Allison and Chico at their ranch in Jackson Missouri! It was super cool! When we got there she showed me around her house, and of course there were Chico's ribbons and costume in her room! ;P 

We didn't waste any time going to halter up Chico and take him over to her arena. She showed me a bunch of her liberty work with him and even let me and my mom try some with him! 

(he's getting real good at the liberty spin!)

After working with Chico we went to saddle up the other horses. 

(she borrowed her friends horse so we could both ride) 

We started out our ride with a lot of circling and bending around one of the pastures to get both horses soft, then went and rode around the back pastures and just ran all over the place casing each others tails! It was way the best time I ever had riding with a friend!

I don't think we ever stopped talking the whole time I was there!

Her dog was just like a huge version of our dog Archer!

BLM Adoption

Last Friday we took Disco to the BLM Adoption in Mercedes. We had been planning to go for a few weeks and were getting all our stuff ready until it was finally time! We loaded Disco up around 9:00 and got to the RGV Arena at 10:30. We wanted to be early so we could set up out table and warm up Disco before everyone got there... But there was already a line! I was surprised how many people were there, because last year there were hardly any! Disco made a lot of human friends but in the beginning not many mustangs liked him.... When he would go up to the fences the mustangs would just stay on the other side and look away. then finally some go loaded into a trailer and he went to say hay... Then the other mustang bit him in the nose! Poor Disco was so sad :'C But after awhile he made friends with some of them and was just as happy as could be! :D He was super good about letting little kids come up and rub on him, and since we were there for like 8 hours I laid on him bareback a lot! We talked to a lot of people and he did have a few who wanted to adopt him also. :) Since this last one was so fun, we are taking him to the one in Robstown TX on March 4th at the R.M. Borchard Regional Fairgrounds!

 

 

 

 



Merry Christmas!

Meet Ranger the newest member of the family!

My brother has always wanted a donkey, so when I heard from Taren that she had just gotten a miniature donkey from Claire we asked her if she had any more left and she did! We drove up to Corpus on Christmas Eve morning (3:30 morning...) and had to stop at the ranch to pick up the trailer before heading out. We got there around 9:30 to pick him up, he is the sweetest little thing ever! It was pretty funny trying to get him into the trailer because he doesn't lead yet so that little bitty guy was dragging everyone all over the place! When we finally got him to the trailer he would NOT go in so Claire finally picked up hid front end and put him into the trailer. When we got him to the ranch I don't think he could care less about being in a new place! He just walked around his new little home  (we had him in the mustang pen for the first day and let him out with the herd the next morning) and started eating and coming up to us for some attention. :) When we let him out with the horses one at a time they were all a little curious about the new runt and my horse Texas instantly partnered up with him! He's so cute! I can't believe how sweet he is, and the thing i really did not expect is that him and Archer are besties!

BFFS!

Getting to know his big brothers!

Welcome to your new home!

Ranger: Ya no ill just take the treat and SCAT!

Ranger; Ain't i a cutie?

Ranger: Pick Me! Pick Me!

Out with the big boys!

Micah teaching him to lead

My Extreme Mustang Makeover Journey

Here is the video we just had finished of my "Road to the Extreme Mustang Makeover" hope you all like it!

 

 

P.S. Merry Christmas!



Practice Freestyle Routine

Here is a video of me and Disco's practice freestyle routine!

 

 

I will be uploading a new video soon!

Riding Progress!

   

Sorry for taking so long to update.


Me and Disco haven't been together as much as we were during training for Fort Worth, but he hasn't forgotten a thing! He's always the first one to run up to the truck when we pull into the ranch and he'll follow us around anywhere we go and whinny at us to get our attention. I love him SO much! It has rained a lot and the surf has been good, so we haven't really ridden that much, but we have still made lots of progress!


Since the first beach ride, I rode him in the roundpen for two days, then went into the arena one day, then the next ride was on my birthday so we went out the back gate and on a 4:30 hour trail ride together! During the trail ride, he never spooked or even looked at anything! (we did only walk-trot since t was his first time even out of the arena) He is just as respectful under saddle as he is on the ground, he hasn't bucked, kicked out, run off, bite my foot/leg, or anything! (knock on wood) But with 4 intense months of training he was plenty ready! For the first few days I would still start him off in the round pen and would wear my helmet, but after the trail ride he proved himself and I haven't done either since! I have ridden him in the arena, out on the ranch, and on the beach some more!
 
   I am also hoping to take Disco to the Los Fresnos PRCA Rodeo in February and set up a stand to promote the mustangs!


  PS - Good luck Gia with getting your first horse!

First Ride!

On the 18th we road Disco for the first time! It had rained pretty much the whole time we were at the Makeover and the ranch was a complete mud pit, so we decided to ride disco for the first time on the beach! It's only fitting for a mustang, right? My mom was really nervous, but me and my dad both wanted to do it on the beach. So we loaded up all the horses and took them to the beach around 5:00, after riding Disco we didn't have time to ride the rest, but we will go again soon! We started Disco out with sending him with his saddle next to the waves for a minute and making sure he remembered them, he didn't but it didn't take him long to get in! Then I worked him for awhile on the hard sand, and after that it was time to put the bridle on! We slipped his halter off, put his bridle on, and he took the bit really good. But it took him awhile to get used to it, he couldn't decide whether to put tongue over the bit or under it, and I don't think he closed his mouth for a long time! Finally! Time to ride him! Since you are supposed to do the first ride in the roundpen and we didn't have one, my dad put the long line on Disco so he could control him. After that I put my helmet on, stood in one stirrup and slapped the other side of him a couple times, then hopped on! It was such an awesome feeling to be on his back, after four months of groundwork we were both way ready! I started out with flexing him from left 2 right for about 5 minutes, then moved on to Hind End, Front End, which was kinda hard to do it not in a round pen and on a lead, so it was a little slower than how Clinton does it. Then we did walk, trot, canter, then some inside turns, then yielding his hind quarters from a standstill, then a little bit of backing. I had 2 do a lot of flexing at different points during the ride because he was kinda stiff at it, bet he road really awesome! after about 45 minutes we decided that it was probably long enough for his first ride, so then I Dismounted him and took him up to the trailer, loaded him up, and took him home! It was a AwEsOmE first ride!!! Cant wait to ride him again!