Hopefully you won't have the same problems with the others coz they haven't had as long a layoff period as Rusty had. But bringing them up gradually won't hurt anything if you have the time to do it. I'm doing good to get to ride Blade once a week so the poor little bugger just has to deal with it. I rode him yesterday for about 4 hours and he did really well. He's beginning to get his stamina built back up after having a pretty slack winter and I can tell the difference in his gait.
I'm also taking Bob(TheBiter) to have his noogies nipped this afternoon. ;o) He'll be 2 years old next monday so I figured it was about time. He pulled his little trick of jumping up on Blade's back again on Sunday when I was trying to get Blade back through the pasture gate. It's aggravating as heck when he does that. I was whipping him for all I was worth and he wouldn't get down. I wish I'd had my little video camera, but the I ran the battery down out on the trail and I didn't get any decent video anyways. Poor ol' Blade was trying to get away from him but I had him by the lead. I finally had to just let go and let him get him off by himself. He really wasn't trying to breed him coz he didn't have his "equipment" out so I'm not sure exactly what the deal is about that. Maybe it's just a dominance thing coz he only does it when Blade has been gone, like on a trail ride, and then comes back. Whatever it is, it's fixing to stop, courtesy of "Dr. Knife". ;o)
um, poor Bob!
Thunder and Adge will be "taken care of" as soon as they reach 6 months, (I think this is the age the vet said he liked to do it....) and if we still have Lightning, he will be robbed too.
I am going to clean out my Sienna van, I dont know how it gets so "crumby" inside! The kids are supposed to eat the chips, not spill them on the floor! I might just let the dogs get in there first! LOL I am thinking about trading it, so I thought i'd get it cleaned up first! It's only 2004 but I'm considering getting a crew cab truck instead.
LOL
I tried leading a gelding one time thru Rocky's run when we first got him. I never dreamed he would mount the poor guy. But he did. Rocky had only been halter bred so when he saw this horse in his run with a halter I guess he thought it was time to do his thing:)
If Belle's foal is a colt, I'll have him gelded as soon as I can.
Becky