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Thursday, October 25, 2012

My little runaway

I love coming home from work, not because I'm off of work for the rest of the day BUT I get to come home to my pets. Yesterday Snickers shocked me with how hyper she was. She is 15/16 years old now and doesn't get around like she used to... Yesterday she shocked me! I got out of my car and she came up to me like she normally does then out of no where she took out running and didn't stop for about 7 minutes. I just had to take video of it since like I said she is very old and some days I wonder about her quality of life. Just happy to see she felt good yesterday!

Dry Lake

Sorry no helmet cam footage as I didn't adjust it correctly, so I ended up with a lot of sky, sun, and mountain videos.... and watching them made me motion sick, so lesson learned!

But I did grab a still shot from one video... I guess I looked down for a second and it came out ok.

Anyways I rode Legacy down to the dry lake bed by my house. I've only ever been down there once before today and figured it would be nice to check it out again. I forget just how BIG it really is. On Google Maps it doesn't look -all that big- BUT after riding down to it and in it which seemed like a forever ride.... I'm now taken back with how big it really is. And here I thought I actually got somewhere out there. HA I was so wrong!

It's resumed

http://rtfitchauthor.com/2012/10/15/let-the-killing-of-americas-horses-resume/

Goat

So I ate goat for the first time yesterday. At first I was pretty hesitant of it due to the goat living in my yard for the past few months, but after the fact, I gave it a chance and I will say that it was pretty darn tasty! We had some friends over and all seemed to really enjoy it, including my dogs as they got the bits we weren't about to eat/cook. Mitchell got 3 goat legs, and Snickers got a got leg, goat heart, and goat tail as she doesn't have many teeth left, so it's hard on her to eat bones and such.

So all in all, I will say a home raised goat is yummy and I would try it again! Eric and I are thinking of getting some female goats and learning how to milk them to make milk and cheese. Yum yum!

A few pictures under cut - *graphic*

Canadian slaughterhouses refuse US horses

I am really afraid for the horses going to plants in the immediate future... they may suffer a worse fate now, getting hauled all over the damned country waiting to die. Why can't we just have our own regulated plants back... that would be better than this mess and it would create more jobs.

http://www.examiner.com/article/canadian-slaughterhouses-refuse-us-horses

It has rained for over 24 hours straight out here. Everything is flooded. Glad I didn't redo my mares pen as I was planning on doing so last Sunday but put it off this this weekend. All that dirt and gravel would have just been washed away.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Saddle Woes

I can not for the life of me find a saddle that A. Fits my mare B. Fits me C. Is correctly made!

For the past year I have been saddle searching. I found a saddle last January that I bought fitted to my mare. It fits her, is made decent but it doesn't fit me as much as I wish it would.

I have bought and sent so many saddles back in this last year that it is just sick at the amount I have wasted on shipping alone.

My CTK endurance saddle that I've been living with for the past months has grown old on me with it not fitting me. So I figured I would just buy another CTK saddle only this time a bigger seat and western style. Should be fine right? WRONG!

Yesterday I get the saddle that I bought from CTK Saddlery and I'm just horrified! The saddle is A. To big for me B. Doesn't fit me mare C. Is rusty and so dried out that the leather is like cardboard.

I AM PISSED! I wrote the seller a nasty email and demanded to send it back for a refund.
THIS IS NOT A NEW SADDLE BY ANY MEANS!

WTF?! How could anyone pass this saddle off as "new"...

Oh well. I should just stick to what I have now, but damn it! I'm a hard head!