Two New Blessings

After multiple delays and a very long day, DS2 and I arrived home from Oklahoma with two new blessings at 4:50 am for our homestead. We like to introduce you all to Tini and Izzy. They are 3 year old Palomino Quarter Horses, who happen to also be half sisters.

First is a picture of Tini. She has several large with patches and appears as if a painter accidentally spilled a can of paint on her. At this point she also is the more out going of the girls and enjoys coming to her name and getting her head rubbed.
And then there is Izzy. She is a little more shy, but has a gorgeous white diamond on her pink nose.


DS4 had fun today as he was lead around the pasture multiple times on Izzy. DS4 definitely was enjoying himself and seems to have a nature ability to ride with the horses gait.



Not to be out done by his youngest brother, DS1 took multiple loops around the pasture on Tini. As you can see even I can handle the idea of leading two horses at once and Cibola enjoyed her new friends.


After the girls had been lead around numerous times by different humans inhabitant, they were bridled and had some learning time with bareback riders. Izzy, who feels fairly comfortable with the bridle and how it works, spent time with DS2 riding her around the pasture. At times she was uncertain about what was happening and decided it was time to practice backing up with DS2 really was trying to turn her, but over all she did well for her first time exposure here. However, Tini is still learning about bridle etiquette and especially that humans are truly suppose to be on you and not only nest to you. Hence, DS1 worked on having Tini feel the appropriate rein directions, while I listened to his directions and used the lead rope to ensure she listened to his directions.

Both Tini and Izzy will spend numerous more hours learning appropriate responses to their human leaders over the next year, but it was a good end to a long journey for today.

-Myrtle