From "Barefoot" to Chasing Wild Game...

[Susie Wimberly <suzieqc1cr@yahoo.com>]

Karen, Rocky & Weaver are off chasing wild mustangs, coyotes, and
rabbits.

Susie & Tez are into some truly sophisticated extracurricular trail
training activities.

When we ride the pond-loop at "Christ Church At Grove Farm", Tez and I
practice herding a large flock (60 plus) of Canada Geese - wild geese
who have (unfortunately for the owners of Grove Farm) taken up
semi-permanent residence all over this beautiful campus (yucky goose
goobers all over the place)!

We trot around the geese & gather them into a pod.  They flap their
wings, try to run away from us, and in general make a great deal of
noise.  Then, when the geese can no longer handle trotting around with
Tez, they take flight.  The other day, we kept the entire gaggle in
the air for about 10 minutes.

No those geese cheat!  The eventually land on the pond where we cannot
reach them.  But we're working on it.  Eventually I hope to have Tez
swimming around in the pond after the geese.  I'll let you know how it
goes.

Tez just loves it when all 60 geese take flight right under his nose. 
He gets pretty smug about driving the geese.

Susie & Tez


---DreamWeaver  wrote:
>
> >Derringer: "Any mustanger will tell you that most often the wild
> >mustang will run away from the domistic shod horse in rugged
country. 
> >The shod horse simply can't keep up over rocks and steep slopes.
> 
> 
> Hi Suzie:
> 
> I saw this and had to laugh.  I have yet to run across any herds of
wild
> mustangs that either of my horses, or my friends endurance horses
couldn't
> keep up with. 
> 
> Any other Nevada riders care to comment?  I know you are out there!!
> 
> We regularly encounter herds of wild mustangs.  Any fit endurance
horse
> will have no problem keeping up with them and running them until
they can't
> go any farther (the mustangs, not the endurance horses).  Usually it
is 10
> miles or less.  And yes, we go over rocks and very difficult terrain,
> usually we end up in places where there are no trails or roads. Just
rocks.
>  It's a lot of fun, if you can handle the adrenalin rush. 
(sometimes you
> end up pretty far away from home) ;^)  (oh, and sometimes I scare
some of
> my friends...maybe that's why I have to ride alone so often?)  
> 
> The only time the horses seem to get ahead of us is when the
stallion comes
> around and keeps us at a safe distance, protecting his herd.  Some
are more
> aggressive than others.  
> 
> btw, it's not often that you encounter wild horses that are actually
sound.
> (when we encounter the dead ones out on the trail you should see the
> pathetic shape their feet are in!)   
> 
> Anybody wanna come ride with me? <G>
> 
> Happy Trails,
> 
> Karen
> in Nevada 
> & Rocky who loves chasing the wild ponies! 
> & Weaver...he likes chasing coyotees and rabbits too!
> 
> 
> 

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