Friday, June 13, 2014

May 21 - Goodbye Sahara and Shorty

For the last two months we have been boarding a horse and a pony. When we got the pony she was totally unbroken, but the man that owned her wanted her broke for his young son. So from day one she has had a lot of work. As you might know she has had every little kid on her back that has been at out house for the last 2 months. We have all grown very fond of her sweet disposition. 
Shorty has also been a wonderful horse. He is a wonderful kid horse and loves to please his rider. Right after Banner was born he and Tex got into a big fight and Shorty had one major cut and several small ones. After getting his big cut stitched up, we found out that he wanted to run all the time. That is good, except the wound was on his leg. He ended up pulling a few stitches which drew flies, which, in turn caused some infection. He has had a lot of tender loving care. He was very loved by everyone. As soon as he was good enough to ride, he was the preferred mount of almost everyone.
Their owner lives in Lubbock, so it is hard for him to get out here with his family to spend time with the horses. Today he has come to take them up to Lubbock so that they will have more time with the horses. It was hard for everyone, but especially for Gabe. He loved Sahara. There were many tears from all.
Gabe's last ride on Sahara.




Beautiful Shorty.


Later that afternoon, God blessed this dry land with rain!!! It was a beautiful shower, and being in Texas, there was six kids running around in the rain singing in the rain. Libby had gotten herself hurt after Shorty and Sahara left, so she and Banner were up by the house so we could keep an eye on her.




I love this sight. Can you just smell that wonderful smell?



Libby's makeshift halter. Her wound is under her chin and I was trying to keep the rope off of it.


Look at those wonderful clouds.


After the rain had passed this beautiful rainbow appeared.










It was so beautiful that Gabe let the kittens out for a while.





Reacher is "guarding" the horses.

It was a good day, full of lessons, and lots of growing up.

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