Finally, it happend

Well, on a wonderful Sunday morning around 9:00 am I was woken up because I desided that the night before I was going to ride Salty. And that is exactly what happened. I got him all tacked up, massaged the area where the cinch was going to be. He is still a bit cinchy but he is a lot better now then the first time I did him up. He doesn't move around as much, and he doesn't try to bite me, only when I tighten the saddle. But the western is a bit heavy for him, so my assumtion is that he was trained for English, he also responds more to the english reining, rather than the western. But he did VERY well and I was very surprised on how well he did. He took me and the saddle well, stood there while I got all sorted out and everything. He walks on, turns, whoas, and backs up. He does perfect!! But he was telling me to get off by doing little "bucks" if you want to call them that. But I am looking for a good english saddle that will fit him. Well, the ride was fun and exciting and I hope to get back on him soon. Here are a few pictures of our ride. I would have liked for my heels to be down, but the stirrups were a bit short for me. I have to lengthen them.

Pictures

This is Hank, the Quarter Horse. He is 22 years old.

Shorty, the Percheron, he is over thirty years old.

Pepsi, draft cross, he is four years old. Coco's foal.

Coco, percheron cross, 16 years old. She is the one everyone loves. Though of course, she is the only mare.



More pictures will be added later.

About Time..

It is about time for another post in this blog. Alot has happend in the past little while.
We have started to introduce him to the other horses. He seems to do alright with our Quarter Horse Hank. Though of course, Hank's mare is Coco, so there is a bit of a problem there. But when Coco isn't around they stand by each other, sniff each other, and sleep by each other. If she comes by though, Hank will ditch Salty and follow her, but she is apart of his herd so I can understand that. We have also put Shorty, our 30 year old percheron gelding, in with him. He is a bit more scarier than Hank because he is 17 hands rather than 15.2. Not to mention Salty is 14.3 hands high. But Salty will come up and sniff him.

Our draft cross, Pepsi, will come up and sniff him over the fence. Pepsi is almost 17.2 hands and the boss of the herd. He is also Coco's baby, and he is four years old. Salty is a intimidated by him. Pepsi is a scary fellow, and when his mom is near Salty and Pepsi is out with her, he will charge him over the fence. But Salty stays away from him. Yesterday though, Pepsi can and sniffed Salty (a friendly sniff I think), Salty squealed and Pepsi, unusally moved away from him and started eating. Pepsi doesn't normally do that, he will just make the horse in more discomfort, but who knows maybe he is maturing.

Salty is doing very well, my Grandma gave me her bridle and it fits Salty very well and he takes the bit. But another thing that surpirsed me, but didn't surpirse me at the same time, was that he accepts the saddle. He is only cinchy but I massage his belly and that before I put the do up the cinch. Right now he has a western saddle on him, because I don't have an english one that fits him. But I hope to buy one! I will also have to buy a bridle then as well. But I was going to have him western as well as english if he was trained. So hey, I got the horse I wanted for a long time :D.

I will post pictures in a little bit, of who he is meeting. I also have a camera now so I will get someone to take pictures of him in the saddle and bridle. And hopefully get some of me on him!! I haven't gotten on him yet, I want to get his problem with the cinch a bit better before I do.