i'm a slacker, don't shoot me!

Sorry I didn't do my normal blogging last night! I went out to my grandma's to visit Wesley and Carlton and see how they have faired through the snow(yes i said SNOW..in california) and rain that she has been having. They were fine, fresh, but fine. :)

-anyway- on you why you are really here:

Ruger made it through an entire session last night without trembling or sweating! she was even relaxed enough to let me talk(i'm loud..just so you know) and move around without her classic "snort", you know the one.. drama. I worked on "petting" her neck with my buggy whip and enforcing the "good girl" pat on her shoulder. I also fed her some horsie crack..thats sweet feed for all of out out of my loop..and it was hilarious watching her try and figure out how to eat it out of a persons hand. First she tired the "move my nose around" method which resulted in all the sweet feed on the ground and a quite puzzled look from her, then she tried the "open my mouth really wide and try to bite it out of her hand" which bothered me a little since I like my hands attatched to my arms quite a bit, then we ended with the "oh if i lick it, i get more of it in my mouth..sweet" method which i must say i enjoy as well since it doesn't involve me losing limbs.
I ended with that case to me, damn it, thats progress for Ruger. :)

My moms mare, who isn't really named, but who i fondly call BLAZE!(thats how i say it to, loud and with an exclamation) is coming along great. She broke her leadrope the other day so me and my rad roping skills...hah. not...finally got the loop around her neck so my mom could work with her that way. she's getting pretty damn close to touching her, so we will make it our goal to touch her by 5pm on sunday. Should be a fun time!

We are also pursuing sponsors for feed and such so if you know of anyone who would like to help, let me know. Oh, and being the crazy artist I am, i'm going to be doing some pencil and paper artwork of Ruger and BLAZE! and selling prints for $5. I'll let you know when this is ready to go ad i'll post it here. See some of my penicl and paper arwork at www.stickponydesign.com/pencildrawings.html

over and out!
-Jenn