Sorry, I totally forgot!!!

As you can tell, I forgot to post. Now I suppose this has turned from a blog, to a personal diary, that you can read, IF you just so happen to stumble across my nestled little bi-yearly writings.
So alot has happened in the last 6 almost 7 hectic months. Poco has definitely matured, in some ways more that others.
We have been riding alot, mostly outside our little confined space, which means alot of fun!
But the most exciting thing that happened was we figured out that Poco was not, in fact, a gelding colt, but a very-very-mature stallion.
We pondered the idea of keeping him as a stud, which proved-after several dealings with other horses-hard, because of the nature of a stallion.
So last Friday, the vet, Mr. Pat Regier-an awesome vet i might add-came out to our place and gelded the poor fellow. Lets just say Poco's lonely now, quite quite lonely, missing his two friends.
But it was an amazing experience seeing how fast the sedatives worked, how he wrapped his leg and how Poco got up looking like an awkward newborn foal just taking his first steps. 
But I am very excited and I hope I can still write some more on my "Blog".

i love you-- ;)ME

I have no clue what i should title this!

Hi guys :)
I actually rode poco the other day! I sat on him while tay led him around for a bit.
It has been really windy for the last two days, so i cant really ride in the wind :(

anyways. Happy late valentines!
Who was your valentine? mine was, of course, Poco <3 :)

love ya!

im so sorry! But i have great news!!

 I'm sorry for not writing in a while :( But i have great news!
I rode poco today! So heres how it went:
I kept putting him off and fearing the day that i had to sit on the tall horse and get bucked off because i was too chicken to get on when he was young, so i bucked up(no pun intended) and decided i would ride. Yesterday.
I was going to yesterday, but i woke up after having a good dream about riding him, and i looked out the window, thats when everything went downhill. It was muddy and wet, so it gave me a pretty good excuse not to ride. No, i was not being a wuss because of mud, it was because the footing was like trying to run uphill after a mudslide, you try it, not so fun, is it now :) So anyways,no riding yesterday.
This morning i awoke to a slightly dryer, still mudslide-like weather day and tried to figure out what i was going to do. I have a paddock, and then a small, 40x10 foot "round" pen area that i feed in and do some small ground work in, and this is covered by moist hay, so it had great footing, and it gave me no excuse for not riding.
So i got together the halter, lead, reins and my mounting block and stepped up to the plank.
I brought brooks to hold onto Poco so if anything could happen, brooks could help.
Things didn't start as good as i had planned. He wouldn't come to me when i called, so i had to trek through the MUD and go get him, leading him by a carrot(daisnaid=do as i say, not as i do), i was stupid when i did this, so when something happened behind me, and he kinda spooked into a canter, i ran for the security of the fence while he slid to a stop in front of me. My adrenaline pumping, i gathered the courage to catch him, just when he decides to be sneaky and not let me. So i calmed him and finally caught him, and caught my breath :)
So I got on the mounting block to start laying my weight on him, but was too nervous. I stood there, with half my weight on him for a few minutes, while i "waited for him to calm down" when it was really me who needed calming down. I finally got up enough gumption to swing my leg over. So i said a short prayer and swung it up. Balancing myself onto his raised-backboney back(he's not skinny, just has a slightly raised backbone, as with any horse) i sat there, taking deep breaths. He took a few, un-wanted steps forward, but was steadied by brooks, and by me pulling slightly back :)
I sat on him and it felt wonderful. it was like a dream!
I slipped off after a minute of sitting there and flung my shaky arms around his neck, crying.
I took off the halter and floated into the house, and then screamed to my family!
I wanted to ride again, but there was not much room to move, and we had to go running, so i didn't get the chance.
Some of you know about this already, but for those of you who dont, Last year, i got my first horse. I was greener than grass in the middle of spring! I had NO clue what i was doing! neither did my horse! So, lets just say i was very traumatized after being bucked, stepped on, kicked, and hurt right in the heart so many times. So when i say im scared to ride, I have a good reason. Thunder was a terrible hurt, but a great learning experience. I now know more than i ever would have if i didn't get him in the first place. So please do not judge and give me some slack, i was(am) young! :P



All in all, it was a very productive day, and i hope tomorrow will be the same :)
<3 <3

Im almost riding!

so today i worked with poco. he's doing ok. I need to work him EVERYDAYYYYY so that he's all brushed up for when i actually ride him(next month)
Yep. i dont really have much to say... :+)
love you guys!

New Blog :D New Business

I am officially taking business now. The name of the business is "waggin tails pet services" And the logo is "Where a waggin' tail is a happy tail!"
Lol. So i am taking business now, tell your friends, i service everything except reptiles. I will walk dogs, set pets and i am kinda thinking about selling treats.
you can visit my blog at:
www.waggintailspetservices.blogspot.com
and click follow for updates, prices and contacts! :)

It was icky today. What a suprise!

all day today it wag foggy,gloomy, wet and cold :( So i didn't get a chance to do anything with my horse. So tomorrow i have alot to do, pick up his feet, practice bowing, lunge,saddle,bridle, back, etc etc. So i will be busy with him tomorrow...
i am getting ready to go to sleep, love you all!
Tip#9:
When you are riding, and your horse starts to run to the barn(barn sour) or paddock, dont panic, the best thing you can do is try and pull one rein around to touch your hip, to make and attempt to gain control of this fleeing panicky mess of a horse. If you succeed in stopping or turning him around, calm him to a halt. Give him a rest, and pet, and then slowly, quietly walk him away from the barn. Get off and let him rest and make away from the barn an easy fun time.
When you reach the barn, act like normal, don't tense or even think about if he's going to do it or not. If he speeds, check him(pull and release the reins) until he slows. If he moves faster, lean forward and hold on. Zig Zag him up to the barn, do circles and try to make him walk. Once you get there and he starts acting up, kick him into a canter and run him in tight circles and zig zag and change direction. Really make him work. After a couple minutes doing this, turn him away from the barn and walk him. Away from the barn is a rest, the barn is work. Then he will see it more desirable to be away from the barn and not always RUN RUN RUN all the way back to the barn.
If you have tried this and it didn't work, comment and tell me. I have other solutions for other circumstances.

Gloomy day... :(

so i didnt get to spend much time with poco today due to the weather. I did pick up his feet, practice bowing and we picked up some hay for him.
I have been researching starting a pet sitting business. I want to, and they say it makes alot of income. Then only thing im worried about is creepy people. (e.g weird men....) lol :) but I hope to get it started, and when i do, i will post the website url on here and tell you about it.
Comment and let me know what you think about names, Kateys pet sitting, Happy Tails Pet sitting, Wagn' tails pet sitting business.. anything like that.
Thanks for commenting and click follow.
THANKS!!! ;)