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  It is 1:46 on Sat. rain pouring down I am still in my bathrobe, stained 
with coffee now after my outburst on Angies  reply-- that who'd have 
anything left to leave to AERC..........;0) LOL while spewing 
coffee.....C...>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>'''...''''....
 I am reading Ridecamp again cause I am out of things to do...horse 
related..........it is pouring rain here in Ga. My paddocks are all 8" of 
mud as I took my cross fence down to take to new house.
 New house is 99% done. we are waiting to close  on this place 
--again--ahhh   engineers,developers, zonings,  land impact statements, 
uncooperative neighbors-   FIFTH  bumping of the closing...... I THOUGHT I"d 
be moved by Oct. and riding by spring....Needless to say..not.:0( ( I just 
have to clean  both and pack this one --but not too much , as we keep 
getting bumped...)
   We got the dog fence to put up there (numerous coyotes, small terreirs, 
old lab)- and a horse safe paddock (Ramm electric braid ) to put up, 
refencing the rest and the barn have to wait till we close on this place. I 
must say at least I have a barn here for shelter and their sheets and 
blankets for the cold rain we have been having.
 Now that all my "new house work is done" (painting, flooring, curtains.)

   Here is the only horse stuff I have to do. Brushing 4 horses 8 " of mud 
out of thier hairy coats after a warm rain and they roll, usually followed 
by a cold snap  below feeziing  that night. I wonder if anyone else needs to 
take out their contacts or wear eye protection when they brush the mud out. 
I also may take up wearing a face mask, as I blow brown  snot out for hours 
afterwards, and of course I have to take a bath after as I have microscopic 
horse poo  all over my hair ,clothes and face....makes me wish I'd 
bodyclipped this year. It's the tall horses that get it all over me, the 16 
handers , the dirt comes down on me... the 14. handers the dirt stays out of 
my eyes at least. Course I sometimes just close my eyes,and cover my nose 
with my shirt :)
    I have been working on getting everyone used to the new straight load 
2h semi- stock trailer.  Two have been in a straight load before , no 
problem.  One I am not sure about, she is a high flight horse anyway, but 
smart. We are just 'getting aquainted with the trailer'  me going in  the 
other side  and offering carrots --alternating with  some "go forward" 
techniques, that the  green horses have learned.  We have fed some carrots , 
done some sniffing head in ,and  my mare loaded two feet and we quit on a 
good note. I am also practicing unloading , so they realised, to back up to 
get out.  And since eveyone here likes to play copycat, I let  them all up 
in the ring while doing this with one. Sometimes I just stand outside 
offering  carrots thru the side panel.  Course Scout keeps eating the  right 
hand signal light off if I don't watch him, he has tasted my truck  and left 
several marks too, He and Rascal like to see which side of the truck  has 
better paint.....Of course the donkey likes to  put his head in the other 
side..("did you say carrots?") .
  Thought I 'd work on tying and standing for Scout, he has had" give to 
pressure lessons" and leading lessons, probably 80-85% there. So I was 
starting tying for short periods while I was nearby.---Ha-Ha   only problem 
is he can untie, the Pony club loop method most horses won't  figure out. 
Now Honey taught him to open stalls , but she won't untie herself--Rascal is 
real mouthy and taught Scout to "play with sticks"--Scout has his own 
variation--He is Auditory---He likes to scrape things up and down on the 
ground to see what kind of nosie they make. Buckets scoops, feed bags, 
tarps,, sticks whips, hula hoops, soap jugs, farrier equipment , surveyors 
tools, vets buckets, balnkets,  whatever he can get his teeth around. He 
likes to reach around during leading lessons and get the handgind down part 
of the lead rope so he can lead himself...........
   So I am tring to figure out a safe method of tying him, that can be 
released, that he can't untie? He unties in about 30 seconds when left 
along. I han't locked the knot through the  last loop as I wasn't sure I 
could get it out in an emergency. Course, this is in a breakaway 
halter....or I could tie and stand by with a knife. Or maybe I need to tie 
the  knot on the other side of the  post. Maybe I could use trailer 
ties........but I don't want him to be able to break away  
easily....sigh.......
   After all he is an "Air-Appendix" ( as in arab/appendix QH= arab/ qh, 
tb.)Air as in "arab" or is it "Air head" ?)
   I may have to actually start  schooling someone  in the arena (which I 
have taken 1/2 the fence down in ; to take with me)--When we get out of this 
rainy season--need 2 days dry at a time  for 1/2 my arena to be rideable---  
think , 65 foot Diameter circle---
    "Waiting to Move...and the $$  to finsih it"  Laurie



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