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Good boy, Jess!  I'm so glad you finally have a horse you can enjoy. 
It's too bad about the dirt bike riders.  It would be nice to think that 
they got your message and will stay where they belong but I fear that's 
too much to hope for.  I just hope they don't sabotage anything.
laney

Barbara McCrary wrote:
> Although I've had Jess for almost a year, I still think of him as "my 
> new horse."
> On Saturday, Lud, a friend and I went for a ride.  We were climbing up a 
> hill, through the manzanita and knobcone pine when we heard strange 
> sounds.  We stopped to listen and determined that there were some dirt 
> bikes coming down the same trail we were going up.  It is a narrow 
> single-track trail with brush on either side.  Jess and I were in the 
> lead (where he likes to be) and I just pulled to a stop and waited.  For 
> some reason, I was sure he was going to handle this just fine.  I had 
> bought Jess to replace a very spooky horse that I'd had for over 3 years.
> Jess was perfect.  He just stood his ground, completely un-flapped, 
> while we patiently and firmly informed the three young bikers that 
> riding on horse trails was not good for the trails and if they were to 
> go downhill further they were going to be on our property and we don't 
> welcome bikes on our property.  They said they were lost....yeah, sure.  
> They said they would just go on by us and head home...no, they needed to 
> go back the way they came.  They said they were almost out of gas...that 
> was just fine by us, they could leave their bikes and walk a few miles 
> back to where they came from.  Finally, since we weren't moving and we 
> wouldn't let them by us, they turned around and left.  Two fellows were 
> polite and turned their bikes by hand, then quietly started them and 
> took off.  The third guy, about 6 feet from me and Jess, deliberately 
> left his bike facing me, jumped vigorously on the starting lever, then 
> revved the engine loudly, spun a couple of hookers in front of us and 
> roared back up the hill.  He was mad and he was going to show it.
>  
> I'm so proud of Jess!  No panic, no fuss.
>  
> I have found out, however, that he absolutely hates going through 
> stinging nettles.  I hope he doesn't run into a yellowjacket nest...I'll 
> be in deep trouble if he does.
>  
> Barbara
>
>  


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