Rain rain go away

All it does is rain these days. Blah! I can do very little with the horses. I am lucky to have sweethearts on Wednesday and a friend with an indoor arena.

Shelby and I met up with some old friends I worked with as a teacher way back when yesterday. It was great to see them! We get together every few months for lunch. I always look forward to it.

Today we are going to pick up a dresser from a friend. We plan to redo the wood and put it in our room or shelby's.

I ran Badger for the first time last weekend and he did an awesome job! He was 15th out of 112 horses. I was very happy with that run. I could feel we were both a little rusty and have room to improve!

Shiner is currently 4th in the 5D so I am going to work on getting some 5D points on him. He has a lot more potential but with all this rain I just can't work him like he needs. I have decided to sell him at the end of the year.

Twister is feeling good again so I am riding him again. My neighbor, Kayla, is going to run him. I can't afford to run three horses. It adds up quickly.

Ryan is doing well. He has been hog hunting as much as he can. That is his new hobby. They go at night so Shelby and I stay home. I miss him team roping but he seems to like this hobby.

Not much else is going on. The rain slows us down.

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Congrats Cejay!

My nephews baseball team makes the paper! If they win they will travel to Illinois!



Tri-Village hosts Bronco Baseball regional tournament in Pinconning

Courtesy for The Bay City Times

The Tri-Village All-Stars host the five-team Bronco Baseball regional tournament this week in Pinconning.

An 11- and 12-year-old baseball championship is on the line in Pinconning this weekend as Tri-Village hosts the Bronco Baseball regional tournament.
All-stars from Tri-Village’s seven-team Bronco League take on challengers from Dearborn, Westland, Lakes and Grand Ledge, with a berth in the zone tournament on the line. Tri-Village was regional runner-up a year ago and is looking to take it a step further on its home field.

“This is our first time hosting,” coach Randy Rodriguez said. “It’s going to be pretty exciting for the kids and I expect a good turnout.”

Cejay Krause, Aaron Rodriguez, Luke Bruzewski, Tony Robbins, Conor Acord, Owen Herner, Austin Koin, Jaret Koin, Shawn O’Keefe, Luke Waldie, Zach Booth and Derek LaBean suit up for Tri-Village, which has its first game at 6 p.m. Friday.

The double-elimination event begins with games at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. today and runs through Sunday’s 11 a.m. title game at Doc Letchfield Park.



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Silly Shelby

Shelby found tights and wanted to out them on. Then I put the dress on. I wanted a pic. She chose the spot and then said 'chheeeese'. Ha.



Then she went to 2nd pose.




Here is the pic I took before she started to pose.




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Badger

As you know, Badger has been off from barrel racing since we won our saddle last November.

After hock injections, some days off and joint supplement I started to ride him on Monday. I worked him on the barrels Wednesday only to be very dissapointed. He wasn't smooth, was barely running and made terrible turns. I was really disappointed but was reminded by a friend sometime it takes a few rides for horses to know they are no longer hurting.

Today I decided to take it slow and go back to the basic horsemanship. After working on calming him down and getting him to chill out a little I trotted the pattern and he turned them really well. So then I lopes him around the barrels. Even better! He was turning properly and getting down around the turns and using his hind quarters. It was awesome!!! I only loped him but I can't wait to make that fast run!!! Woohoo! My boy is back. It feels awesome!!!

My next barrel race is next Saturday. My goal is to make a fast run on him b4 then to see how her feels. I will also do more slow work and exercise him to try and get re weight off of him. He is very fat!

Shiner is doing well too. He has been really grumpy so I am keeping an eye on him to make sure he doesn't have any issues. He lost both front shoes the other morning. He pulled them both off in the arena. I was working on making him snappish and faster. We accomplishes that attempt cost of his front shoes. :-(. Hopefully Ryan will out them back on soon!

I Started stretching both horses. Shiner really likes it. I will start to stretch his legs an he'll finish it for me.

Badger is real stiff but that doesn't surprise me since he's been a pasture ornament.

It is sooooo hot down here! I am soaked at 9 am when I come in from riding. We have been in the house all day today. Shelby is getting a little bored. We'll have to go outside after a while so she can get some fresh air and play with her kittens.

I guess this is enough. Until next time....


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Vet Visits

It seems I go to the vet more than the grocery store these days! :)  I just got done taking Cowgirl to get her teeth done.  She was not handling the bit well and I could see it was causing pain, so it was time to take her in and get her teeth done.  I hope for this to help.  SHe has been doing REALLY well on the barrels so I don't want to slow her progress down.

My hopes is to run her next year in the Novice and see if we can win us a saddle.  She has so much speed and talent I really think we have a chance.  I also want to take her to HOuston and run her in the AQHA show during Rodeo Houston. 

I started running Badger this week.  He is so fat and out of shape! I need to exercise him a lot just to get his weight under control. I worked him on the barrels Wednesday. I wasx pretty dissappointed with how he did. I hope it gets better.  I am hoping he just thinks it is going to hurt so he is anticipating the pain.  We'll see....

I had to take Ginger, the mare I was breaking, back to her owner.  SHe had a REALLY bad abscess (another vet visit) and so her owners are going to treat her for about 3 weeks then bring her back to me.  I brought home their yearling filly, Bella, to work with in the meantime.  She has lots to learn about manners.  She is VERY stubborn. I mean STUBBORN.  She makes Ginger look like a dream.  But, a couple of weeks with the Boudrie's and we'll get it handled.  :)  Luckily she is small and won't hurt us....at least not too much.  haha...just kidding!

I am also getting another mare on Tuesday to break.  Her name is Glory and is Easy Jet bred top and bottom. I'm super excited to work with her.  Easy Jet bloodlines is my favorite bloodline.  So, it will be fun to work with her.  I am just breaking her to ride so she'll only be with us a month or two at the most.  I need to talk to her owner more about the details.

We get sand today for our round pen.  It hasn't gotten really hard with all the rain and lack of use.  So, that will be really good.  I'll really be able to work a horse in there.  I may even mess with Badger to get him on his hind end and turning harder so he knows it won't hurt. 

I guess that's all i have time for right now.  I'm sitting in the church parking lot with the trailer and need to get back to take care of shelby so ryan can get what he needs to get done. 

Kittens

Shelby loves her kittens! We take several trips out to the shop each day sHe goes out to the shop and says 'Where aaarrrrreeee you?'. We had to teach her how to hold the kittens and not to choke them or grab them by the neck. She also is learning how to not squeal too loud around them.

She is doing much better!

Waiting patiently






Loves Moose





Got him!









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Summer Time

We haven't had a whole lot going on. We have gotten a lot of rain over the last couple of weeks. I would guess we've gotten 25-30 inches. So much rain for such a short period. So now we wait for everything to dry up. In the meantime, the Mosquitos are growing and eating Shelby and me up. So we head in before the sun goes down. Unfortunately the heat during the day gets to us as well. The heat index has gotten up into the 100 degrees. Very hot and humid as the sun dries up all the mud and puddles.

I am anxious to ride badger on Monday. He is looking great and we are anxious to get out there to chase some cans. I have two weeks to get him in some sort of shape. :-)

Shelby is learning more and more each day. Today she learned out to say home and how to dunk a basketball. A friend of ours gave us a small basketball hoop and nerf ball. She is also learning some sign language and knows how to use it when she wants something. For example she'll sign the word 'more' and say 'help please'. when she wants chocolate. Pretty sure she'd do a back flip too if she could. :-)

She would whine a lot when she wanted something so we had to work on teaching her not to whine and to say help please. She is pretty good at using her words.

Today she was hitting me and wouldn't stop. So Ryan got her on her butt. She cried briefly, which tore my heart out but then I told her it wasn't nice to hit mommy and said some other things thinking she doesn't understand me. I then said 'do you understand?'. She shook her head yes i then told her I loved her and asked for a kiss. Surprisingly she got up and gave me a kiss. Ryan then got a kiss. Amazing how much she understands! Wow!

Well I am typing this on my iPhone and my fingers are hurting so I will write more later.