I am going to teach Stormy every trick in this book!
I’ll start from the beginning of the book and work our way through. I’ll update our progress as we learn new tricks. I am in no hurry and I have no time frame on him mastering a trick. It will take as long as it takes. I started teaching him his very first trick yesterday and he absolutely loved it! Stay tuned!! Exciting things are happening with my little ponies!!
What a beautiful morning at Candleridge Park! Breezy and I got a walk in before it gets up to 105 degrees! This park is located in Fort Worth. I am not sure if horses are allowed at this park but I did see a sign that had park rules on it. One of the rules was: no riding, no tethering, and no pasturing animals. Since I wasn’t riding I figured I was good. No one told me otherwise and everyone loved my little pony!
I only took Breezy with me today, I thought he was needing a little one on one time. Plus I wanted to see how he would do out all by himself and he did awesome! He really wasn’t nervous or scared one bit. He is such a great little guy and a joy to be around.
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| Breezy |
Dave has the walls of the barn completely framed out. He also got the plumbing in. Each stall now has its own water, woohoo!! He used PEX line for the plumbing and insulated the line just in case of hard freezes. He truly is a Jack of all trades!
Dave left me a love note on the wall inside of the barn!
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| Built 2021 for my Bride I love u!! |
I still ride horses!!! LOL! I’m only 5’ 1”!!! See??! Horses come in ALL different sizes for any & everyone!! If you have ever wanted a pony, I say go get yourself a mini horse, they are the best!
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| Kelly & Thunder |
Dave finished up the awning and trim today. He also got the columns painted black and boy does it look sharp!
The stalls are starting to look really good too!!
Oak Valley Trail is in Burleson, TX, only 15 minutes from my house. I am not sure if horses are allowed or not, so away we went to test our luck. I couldn’t find any info about horses on their website, luckily no one said anything to me. I am guessing horses must be allowed, why else would they have a hitching post along the trail???!!! Ok, maybe it is a fence… but whatever LOL.
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| Stormy & Breezy |
Dave got the tack room sectioned off with jail bars and it looks fantastic!
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Left: 12x24 tack/groom, Middle: aisle/12x24 mini stall, Right: 2 - 12x12stalls |
Dave is adding awnings to the front and rear of the barn. He has the columns/frame in and is now installing the braces and the metal top.
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Front view of barn |
We went to Rocky Creek Park in Crowley but it was closed due to flooding, so we ended up at Forest Park. Shadow and Thunder were still a little nervous about bikers, but at least there weren’t that many out on the trail today.
This one man said to me, “horses, wow, you don’t see that everyday!” And of course my reply was “YES I DO!”
Another man asked me, “Are you taking them to a birthday party?” As if a GROWN woman wasn’t allowed to have ponies! I said, “No, I just LOVE ponies, don’t you?” Of course he replied yes.
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| Thunder & Shadow |
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| Shadow & Thunder |
Ellis is a small park in the Trinity River Trail System. It is located in an older neighborhood and doesn’t have very many trails. It is a pretty little park that I probably won’t be going back to. You have to walk down a street and cross the street at a red light to continue on the Trinity River Trail, so I wasn’t exactly a fan of that. The trail did take me to Forest Park which was absolutely amazing! I loved this park and will definitely be going back there! Lots of trees, streams, people, shade, bridges, it was really BEAUTIFUL!!!
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| Breezy & Stormy enjoying the view at Forest Park! |
My new barn is coming together beautifully!! Dave got the Double Dutch Doors on the front of the barn.
And YES, Stormy & Breezy we’re there to help ALL along the way!
He also got the tack room door on and it looks GREAT!!
I took all 4 little ponies on a 1.3 mile walk through the neighborhood. Everyone behaved really good except…. Stormy… but that is just Stormy. Stormy likes to walk slow…. really slow… and Shadow likes to walk fast. So Stormy would get mad that Shadow was walking so fast and nip at him, then Shadow being the dominant pony would get mad at Stormy and nip him back, then me being the MOST dominant I would get mad at Stormy and whack him with the lead rope. Stormy is gonna have to learn to walk faster, no one else complained at all. Breezy and Thunder were perfect little ponies!!
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| Starting on the far back left: Stormy, Shadow, Breezy, Thunder |
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| Shadow, Stormy, Breezy, & Thunder |
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| Shadow & Thunder napping |
Dave is keeping himself busy today installing the window and the Dutch doors in the rear of the barn. Stormy and Breezy have apparently been trying to help out as much as the can. They kept him company and have entertained him thats for sure. Hubby got all of his screws and tools together in a pile and ready to go. Breezy was watching him do this so he went and got a big mouth FULL of water… you see where this is going?!…. Yep, Breezy proceeded over to where the tools and screws had been gathered and helped hubby out by opening his mouth and letting the water flow all over everything!! I guess Breezy thought they were a little dusty? IDK. Such a sweetheart though for helping out!!
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| Double Dutch Doors - rear of barn |
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| Window - rear of barn |
I was thinking about getting a chicken and I got one!! His name is Shadow!!!! And boy was he a big ole chicken today! He just about knocked me off my feet when he saw his very first bicycle flying down the trail headed straight to eat him!! I wish I could say that he calmed down towards the end of the 3 miles but I really can’t LOL!! And guess what else he did today, that little brat!… he peed in my Pony Express van… not cool!!
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| Thunder & Shadow |
Thunder loves getting out and he totally insisted on going with me to Russell Feed store in Crowley. Everyone there was so kind and absolutely loved my little pony!! And not to brag or anything, ok… maybe a little bragging …. everyone commented on how well behaved he was, WOOHOO!!
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| Thunder came nose to nose with a cute little elephant. |
Fort Worth has miles and miles of trails that runs along the Trinity River and through downtown. Horses are allowed on all of these trails!! They have a very cool app that you can download to find all the trailheads. Some of the trailheads are really close to our new house, only 10-15 minutes away.
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| A picture of just some of the Trinity River Trails. |
Today I took Stormy and Breezy to the Clearfork Trailhead. We walked 3 miles, the last mile or so my little ponies were getting so tired, poor babies.
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| Stormy & Breezy |
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| Breezy |
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| Stormy |
