A Horse’s View
Horse choosing which ball to play with: Presto’s hard choice…
Presto, the foal I adopted from Last Chance Corral, loves to play with the Weaver Activity balls. He is pretty low in the herd pecking order and the balls do exactly what he says, lol! In the end…I’m not sure which he likes best. I thought it was funny how he kept switching back and…
Read MoreThank You for Loving Me…Video of nurse mare foals
This visit to Last Chance Corral planted a seed. The seed that it planted grew into me adopting Presto in 2016. I’m so happy I did and I look forward to giving you even more updates! Update: Presto is now two and a half years old. Below, in the comments, Marcia mentioned her teenaged nurse mare…
Read MorePresto: Getting ‘cast’ and eating grass
It’s me again. Blogging is hard work. I always thought when mom sat in the barn on her computer that she was playing a game. I guess talking with you is kinda like a game. I need to think about that. Aurora, My spots are NOT like chicken pox. They are more like bird poop.…
Read MorePresto’s blog & video: A long time ago
Its me again. I remembered that I forgot to tell you my ‘real’ name last week. It is ‘Press on Regardless”. My first mom…no second…or was it third? Anyway, she gave me that name. It is hard to remember that far back. They all fed me milk though… I like my shorter name better. …
Read MoreMy name is Presto ‘the horse who lived’
Hello, My name is Presto and my mom says I need a job. She’s not my real mom but thats not what I’m supposed to write about today. I’m supposed to write about who I am. My name is Presto and I like to call myself ‘the horse who lived.’ Mom has an audio book…
Read MoreA Horse's View: Newt meets his first elk
Dear Diary, As you know we have been moving a lot. We have been in our current location in Flag-staff for three days. It is nice here. I have a stall with shavings and I can still go outside and play games with Hope. The stuff up here isn’t as poke-y to taste test as it…
Read MoreAsking my horse, Newt, to lie down while I'm riding him.
Here is another video where you get to watch Newt think. It should remind you of watching Newt learn how to stand on the box. The more things I teach a horse the more I can learn about how they think and process what I am doing. Can you see the consistency in Newt’s thought…
Read More#Horsie : take a selfie style photo with your horse
As soon as I read the email I knew I was going to open the attachment: “I remembered one of Stacy’s blogs that talked about “terrible horse pictures” especially when you take those “head on shots”. Well this is certainly one of those!” I LOVE IT! You can tell that Gus is clearly enjoying his…
Read MoreA Horse's View: Is the long-eared guy a 'mule'?
Dear Diary, I can’t decide if I was more surprised yesterday or today. Yesterday we went for a ride. It was fun…until we got near these GIANTS. At least that is what I thought they were at first. But then I figured out it was just a huge wall. I think it was a can-yin…
Read MoreMy horse, Newt, learning to balance on a box.
This is a video of Newt, my horse, trying to find his balance standing on a wooden box. Newt had previously been trained to cross over a wooden bridge, so when he first saw this box…he walked straight over it. For each of the seven days prior to this I spent a few minutes a…
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