New truck, new trainer!

Something's happened to my husband. Ever since I began talking about the Equestrian Group and the planned activities, Bob has been warming up to the idea of traveling with the horses. Now of course, we'd need a new truck.. So he's been looking these last few weeks and brought one home today. It's a newer used Ford F-250 turbo diesel. The hunt for a horse trailer is on.

AND, Gary came out to evaluate Red. At first, Red was very agressive. Flashing the whites of his eyes, kicking out, being pushy--typical Red behavior. Then as Gary pushed him more and more and returned the agression with some slapping with the tail of the lead rope (nothing mean, just progressively more force until Red moved), Red calmed down and became more docile. I asked Gary, with some training, if we might be able to ride Red this summer. To our amazement, Gary jumped up on Red's bare back (it took 2 tries) and had Red moving backward and forward and around. This in the small space our our loafing shed -- with a cement floor. I was convinced this was the right trainer for Red.

Gary has just moved into his new farm and is still getting organized. As soon as he's squared away, perhaps another month, he'll call us and arrange to pick up Red for a month. Yippee!!