I spoke with Staci from Allegheny Mountain Trail Saddles today about Falcon's returned saddle.
She said that she was embarrassed and appalled that I had gotten a crooked saddle and they did indeed find that it was 1/8th of an inch off...which caused it to be an 1/8th of an inch off elsewhere-or something. She did explain some of the making of the saddle, which I wasn't exactly clear on.
Some of which gave the appearance that the saddle was crooked.
Regardless:
1. They are correcting the problem (promptly)
2. She offered me my choice of something else for free (like a breast collar or bridle) since I received a defective saddle.
3. The saddle looked like it had good workmanship otherwise when it originally arrived. I am looking forward to receiving my corrected saddle and trying it out for the long haul.
4. AMTS has had excellent communication and good service..at this point in time, I would recommend them and would use them again.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Skeeters are Biting!
71 degrees when I arrived at the field!
AND
THE SKEETERS WERE BITING!!~!
The wild plum trees are blooming and as I walked through the trees with Falcon
Their delicious scent wafted in the breeze
Nevel and Freeman had been apart for a WHOLE HOUR and were so happy to see each other
They proceeded to lovingly groom each other under the blossoms.
Strange little flowers are blooming...what might these be?
Does anyone know what the below are?
According to my "Flowers of the Pacific Northwest"
They most closely resemble "MANROOT"
Apparently the Indians used the plant to treat kidney problems and skin sores, but interestingly enough
other information I discovered said that it is irritating to the skin...
Sunday, February 24, 2013
back in the day
Falcon and Jay the farrier having a "good-bye" moment in Virginia
I wish that Falcon could tell the stories of his life between 2009-2012
I guess I will never know
But he is safe now
Happy : )
Lame : (
Friday, February 22, 2013
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Near Miss
Lately I have found that when I am around the horses my brain starts to become so relaxed that it goes off in to some la-la land and I am not even really paying attention to anything at all...which might not be such a good idea sometimes when moving around 1000 lb horses.
Today when I drove up I noticed that the electric wire was not across the top of the gate as usual. I was kind of glad, just one less thing to deal with.
Nevel was EVIL to Falcon- reached out and took a humongous bite out of him when I went to get him from the pasture. Falcon looked stunned and ran away from me, so I ran Nevel off. Bad behavior does NOT get rewarded with getting supper!
Nevel stood there with a "I didn't do NUTHIN" look on his face. All of the horses were kind of nipping at each other and flattening their ears-BAD MOOD DAY I guess.
As I was leading Nevel out I saw the sun glint on a piece of wire on the ground AND the wire was moving!
"OH CRUD!!!" I thought it was attached to him, but it wasn't. He always yanks on me to get to his food, but not before I saw the wire move again and noticed that it was attached to Ziggy! Ziggy is an endurance horse.
TUG TUG....aghhha NEVEL!!! STOP IT!
I grabbed his food pan and tied him to a tree and immediately called the barn owner about the problem. The pasture is a good way down the lane from the barn. ALAS she was out of town and asked me to see if I could get the wire off.
That was my plan, but I was looking for help...and didn't have B's # in my phone. To make matters worse, Ziggy did not want to be caught and was dragging the wire around...this was a LONG piece of hot wire, maybe 20 feet or more. I don't know, but my brain certainly wasn't in a relaxed state anymore.
After a few minutes I caught Ziggy and held him still pondering what to do next since every time I went towards his back foot he would pick it up and kick out somewhat. Just then C came walking down the lane. He had just received a text from T about the problem, but he had just been coming to get Ziggy for a hoof trimming...and didn't realize at first there was a potential emergency.
I held Ziggy while C easily got the wire off. It was only wrapped around partially once, but looked tighter. I did have wire cutters in my car had that not been the case.
It was indeed a near miss and could have been a much bigger problem for Ziggy and the other horses.
The gate wire was hooked over to the side fence, so we did not know where the wire had come from. C went off for a walk around the pasture to look while Falcon and Nevel got their "grass walk."
Today when I drove up I noticed that the electric wire was not across the top of the gate as usual. I was kind of glad, just one less thing to deal with.
Nevel was EVIL to Falcon- reached out and took a humongous bite out of him when I went to get him from the pasture. Falcon looked stunned and ran away from me, so I ran Nevel off. Bad behavior does NOT get rewarded with getting supper!
Nevel stood there with a "I didn't do NUTHIN" look on his face. All of the horses were kind of nipping at each other and flattening their ears-BAD MOOD DAY I guess.
As I was leading Nevel out I saw the sun glint on a piece of wire on the ground AND the wire was moving!
"OH CRUD!!!" I thought it was attached to him, but it wasn't. He always yanks on me to get to his food, but not before I saw the wire move again and noticed that it was attached to Ziggy! Ziggy is an endurance horse.
TUG TUG....aghhha NEVEL!!! STOP IT!
That was my plan, but I was looking for help...and didn't have B's # in my phone. To make matters worse, Ziggy did not want to be caught and was dragging the wire around...this was a LONG piece of hot wire, maybe 20 feet or more. I don't know, but my brain certainly wasn't in a relaxed state anymore.
After a few minutes I caught Ziggy and held him still pondering what to do next since every time I went towards his back foot he would pick it up and kick out somewhat. Just then C came walking down the lane. He had just received a text from T about the problem, but he had just been coming to get Ziggy for a hoof trimming...and didn't realize at first there was a potential emergency.
I held Ziggy while C easily got the wire off. It was only wrapped around partially once, but looked tighter. I did have wire cutters in my car had that not been the case.
It was indeed a near miss and could have been a much bigger problem for Ziggy and the other horses.
The gate wire was hooked over to the side fence, so we did not know where the wire had come from. C went off for a walk around the pasture to look while Falcon and Nevel got their "grass walk."
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
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