Wild Horses are Such Beauty

I know that the majority of you guys my readers love horses! I am very passionate about horses and I WISH I lived in an area that had wild horses that I could contribute my time to like Pam Nickoles of "Pam Nickoles Photography" . Her blog is always full of pictures and beautiful stories of the journey's she has traveled for this cause. Her most recent post has some youtube videos of clips from her "wild horse videos". The very first video in the sets that she has posted is "The Stallion and the Foal", I think this is truly one of the most heartbreaking yet magnificent things I have ever seen! I highly encourage you all to check it, and here is a link to the actual story of "The Stallion and the Foal"

Stone's First haltering!!

For some reason this year we have been busier than many of the past years...When it comes to our foals we always get their halters on within the first 2 weeks, but this year has been a bit different for us! Angel our filly from this year didn't get her's on till she was about a month old!! And Stone...Well lets just put it this way he was born April 28th and we just got his first haltering done August the 9th!! So Stone was 3 months and a few days old when we finally got to do this..So that Sunday Hubby decided that would be the day!!

We haltered his dam as she would likely try and keep him from us. So then we just stood around and scratched him for awhile, and then finally Hubby lured him into the corner and after a few attempts at putting the lead rope over his head (using that to catch him so we can get the halter on) Hubby finally got it over and Stone fought him for a few minutes and then layed down...So Hubby slipped the halter on and I sat with Stone and scratched him some more and then finally he got up. That was pretty uneventful, he did fight for a minute and then he just gave up.. So his first haltering is done and now we only need to do it a few thousand more times LOL!!

Now I DD taking the pictures for me since I had to help, but unfortunately she didn't quite have the hang of it so we got a few blurry ones :( Now I throw a DISCLAIMER in here now...Beware of my attire LOL, I had been traveling all day so I was dressed in some comfy clothes and when I got home it was time to work so I just threw on my boots and away we went!!!

Stone cuddled up to his Momma trying to hide :)


Yes that's me...I know I look real spiffy here!!



Hubby getting Stone blocked in..



Slowly putting the rope around his neck..



OH look who popped in!! It's Angel!! She wanted to see what was going on?!?!



Right after Hubby got the rope on...I know it's really blurry but I had to show you this visual!!



Stone laying down and Hubby slipping the halter on!!



Me giving Stone some loving....I love him!!



Poor baby...He was tired...



Now it was time to try walking a bit..



Just a little turn...



And some lovin for taking the step!!



Some more loving!!

Love Me A New Foal!!!

You know I am a sucker for beautifully painted foals right?!?! So I have found this Filly that was born June 22, 2009. She is a red dun paint, and is so gorgeous!! She is at a ranch that I bought Rita and 2 of fer foals from. So I found her a couple of weeks ago and I am absolutely in love with her!!! So the tentative plan is to meet in October to pick her up!!

So what do you think?!?!

I finally got him bucking!!!

You know this new foal Stone is a tricky little booger LOL!!! He loves to buck and run and I have tried to be out there with my camera while he's doing this but never fails he will quit as soon as I have my camera!! Finally I have caught him!!! So for today I'm going to keep this short and sweet, just some simple pictures of my favorite little guy!!!

Stone before his play time!!


He's so silly!!



I love this picture :)



Whoo-Hoo!!



He's really quite impressive LOL!!

Frisky Foals!!!

Do you think there is a perfect time of day for foals? I do, I notice with my foals that during the day when it's hot they do a lot of sleeping but as soon as that sun starts to set it's like they come alive!!! This is one of my favorite times of the day, I get such joy in watching them run full blast bucking and kicking!!! Today just like a stroke of magic Angel and Stone went from being sleepy little foals to bursting with energy foals!! So today I thought I would share this fun with you!!

I won't post all of the pictures on this post but if you want to see more action shots then just shoot on over to my "Random Happenings" blog and you can see the rest of them!!

This is how it all started...Cuddling to playing!!


Angel blasting around the pasture!!



Stone chasing Angel LOL!!



My beauties...



Man she can buck!! I'm not sure if that's a good thing though...



Running into her buck!!



Hopping that body!!



Oh we got another one!!



Look how wide she has her nostrils open :~)



Finally time to rest *whew*

FINALLY!!! We have picked a NAME!!!

So yes I realize that this colt was born almost a month ago....April 27th to be exact LOL!!! Man did we ever have a hard time finding a name suited for him!! Thanks to you all for your suggestions, I actually loved them all but my DD was being a bit particular LOL!! Hence the 3 1/2 weeks of him being called "no name"!! But today it was settled....*DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!*....His registered name to be will be "Docs Diamond Stone" his barn name will be "Stone", now let me explain the origin of this name. My maiden name is "Stoner" (wow that feels weird to type LOL, haven't done that for a while)! My dad was so proud of our "Stoner" heritage and name, but he passed away 3 1/2 yrs ago and this colt is very special to us as was my dad so it seemed fitting to give him part of my dad's name..

I am proud to officially introduce you to Docs Diamond Stone!!!!


Now if Stone would just pick a color to be LOL!!

Halter breaking time!!!

Halter breaking is always lots of fun...Right?!?! I think so, because I am not the one rolling on the ground with them, Hubby is!! Literally, the 2 we halter broke last year he ended up rolling on the ground with them until they stop moving and I swoop in and put the halter on LOL!! My job is easy!!! We always try to halter them within the first couple of weeks. Last year when our foal Ellie was born she was about the only "project" we had going on so when it was time to put the halter on we had to get a hold of her. So this is how Hubby does it, he gets to loving on them and then will basically pick them up. Well what happens is as he starts to restrain them they start to fight but he isn't letting go for the life of him because then they will have won...So he gets his grip on Ellie and she starts fighting...big time...So she starts stumbling backwards and down they go, I do believe the rolled completely 2 times and stopped with Hubby's arms around her and her legs bent in at his chest. So I come in and put the halter on with a lead rope and we let her stand up. Then comes the fighting against the lead rope, not understanding whats on her head and whats restraining her...Needless to say she is very good under halter now, and there is no damage done from a few rolls on the ground LOL!!

My beautiful Ellie at 1 week old 2008


Ellie about 3 months old



Ellie at about 4 months old




Then came Bubba, he was a foal we acquired when we purchased a mare that was in need of some TLC. My mom purchased the 2 at the beginning of August and the colt was about a month old. So we again had the fun task of halter breaking another for the year...YAY...NOT...Same story as Ellie and he did well and of course is as gentle as a cat now!!

Bubba bracing himself.....


Hubby trying to clam him down..



He is finally calm!!




So our first one for the year this year was Angel, she was put off a little longer than we wanted but we didn't have many options as it was raining non stop!!! So she too was over a month old before she got the halter on for the first time. We had a friend who had never done this so he wanted to come help and soon my BIL showed up to do something and he too jumped in to help..Poor BIL, he always gets roped into something when he is here :) So this time Hubby got a hold of her and our friend grabbed her other side and then BIL put the halter on..It was fairly painless with the help that prevented Hubby from rolling on the ground LOL!!! She hasn't had it back on yet as it has only been a couple of weeks and Hubby has been out of town working EVERY week!!! AHH!!!

Baby Angel before getting caught!!! Boy she must have known something was up!!


Hey whatcha looking at?!?! Me?!?!



Hubby and Friend holding Angel while BIL puts on the halter...



She's fighting a little!!



WHOA!!! What the heck is going on??



NO I don't wanna!!!



No, No, No!!!



What are you doing to me dad??



Hubby trying to hold the lead down so she won't flip herself over backwards..



More holding...He says WOW she's strong!!



She's not liking this one bit!!



Ha Ha she was trying to hop and buck!!



Fighting back...


Oh and in case you are wondering yes she did calm down but there was a storm moving in so my precious camera got put up!!! It was nice to be able to take pictures for once, I usually have to help!! So thanks guys!!

And now one left to go...No name will be up next!!! Hopefully this weekend...