I still haven't had any real hits on trying to sell Sienna, and I don't know what I'm going to do if I end up finding a job in Dallas and have to move up there with 3 horses. I guess I'm not in a hurry, and I can take my time once I graduate and really look for both a good job and a good place to live. I just would prefer to get out of my house before scorpion seasons starts up again ;) Pitiful, I know. What I should do is sell Sienna and Rosa and then save the money I get from that. What I actually want to do is sell Sienna and Rosa and then find an APHA hunt seat prospect. So, we'll see if the rational or the "Oh my gosh that horse is EXACTLY what I want!!" side wins out, should I sell both of them.
I'm sure it was inevitable for those of you that know me, but I've really grown attached to both of my girls.
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Sienna is not impressed with being locked up out of the pasture. Rosa is always impressed. |
I've bonded a lot with Sienna over the last two years, a lot more than I thought I would. She even whinnies at me when I walk outside now, something that Chica only does when it's feeding time. I drove up the other day while my farrier had Sienna out, got out of my truck, said, "Hi, Pretty Girl!" to her like I always do, and she neighed at me like she was returning the sentiment. On the ground, she and I get along so well, and it's little things like that that make my heart constrict at the thought of selling her.
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Lookin' pretty |
But, then I ride her, and I am reminded that she and I do not get along that well under saddle. I am very assertive, and some horses don't like that so much. I am always asking her to collect and give me her head and control her movements, and she gets so fed up sometimes that we have a full-out brawl. She can't handle when I get after her, and it wears me out trying to keep her going sometimes. Not every rider gets along with every horse, and vice versa. It's a sad thing to find out your own horse and you do not get along, but fortunately I've always been planning to sell her. So, while I will probably cry on the day it happens, as long as I can find a good person to be her new owner, I will be content with the time I got to spend with her.
Rosa has been a completely different personality. For the first few months that I owned her, I'd be lying if I said that I didn't regret my decision to get her. She ran from me and made me chase her for hours to catch her, she always regarded me with suspicion, and she was just very frustrating to deal with in general. However, for whatever reason, I get along with horses like her so much better than horses that are friendly from the get-go like Sienna. Flash was the same way as Rosa, and it took a while to get her to trust me. But, once she did, we got along superbly.
Rosa now comes up to me voluntarily when I walk into the pasture. She doesn't flinch anymore when I go to put the halter on her. I can walk around her without her tensing up, and I can reach out and pat her (most of the time) without her jumping. It is SO amazing to see how far she has come. And I can't wait to see her once she has shed out her luxurious winter coat.
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Just checking to see what you're up to, Mom! |
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Sweet girl |
In non-horse related news, the flowers are BEAUTIFUL in central Texas right now. Mike, these pictures are for you!
That is part of the pasture across the street from my house--their land is just blanketed in bluebonnets. We have more of the Indian Paintbrushes on my side, which are also gorgeous, but we do not have the sheer numbers of flowers they have. Time to break out my camera and get all my animals cleaned up for some fun in the fields!
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