Meals on Wheels....

I make his beet pulp at home when he is not showing, so I drive to the farm every day he is home. Morgan gets to make it when he is. I'm doing his Bend laundry trying to get organized for Evergreen. Since I will be going up to the show every day I will be making his soup at home. One less thing for Morgan to worry about.

Thunderbird lost his entries so I had to fax those to them this evening. Mine were sent with Morgan's stall count. They can't find them. Lovely. The ones I faxed had no signature for Morgan.

We pack and go again this coming Monday. Then another week at home and off to British Columbia for Thunderbird.

He's HOME!

The "bus" got in at 11pm, I got the phone call at 10:27pm. They made great time. Got him all undressed and he was drinking water and eating hay, his soup was in his feed tub. I don't think he realized it. He was more interested in the hay.

My crazy carrot is home.

On the road again...

Got the call at about 5:30pm that they were headed home. It is a 6 hour drive on a good day. The truck sometimes needs to rest part way up to the pass. I guess they will be rolling in around 11 or 11:30pm. Morgan will call so I can meet them at the farm to help unload. I just like to do that and know that my little Pumpkin is home safe and sound. I also have his Sunday beet pulp soaking. He shares some with his neighbor Jete' or she throws a fit. I've made her up a little bucket too, she hasn't had any in two weeks. I'm sure she thinks she is starving.

Morgan said Pip dragged him to the trailer, trotted on and smooshed him in the corner. Morgan yelled at him and Pip was like, "What?"

I can't wait to see him!! Seven days until they ship to the Evergreen Classic! I'm really looking forward to that show. There is an International Hunter Derby, should be very exciting!!

The results will be here.

Bend II

This is a random picture of the horse show location, near one of the 3 jumper rings.

Added the Young Hunters, and no schooling in the sand ring. He schooled on the grass, someone moved a fence out to the grass.

He went around!! YAHOO!!! Got prizes in nearly all his classes. Won the Young Hunter under saddle. His last Baby Green class he was 2nd, he went brilliantly. The light bulb went on and he figured it out and let Morgan HELP him. Morgan came out of his last two classes grinning. No wiggling, no lead swappage in the lines, no other interesting stuff. He WAITED to the jumps instead of attacking.

I stayed another day because I was not driving home on Thursday with basically no sleep and hauling the golf cart. The other two dogs were very happy to be sprung from jail, Kobe so much so that he scratched me - trying to jump up in my arms or something. At 84 pounds that is a little much. Pippi, the old lady Corgi survived her second horse show in two weeks. She is such a good girl.

We have a week off from showing, kennels and driving! Then on to the Evergreen Classic in Carnation Washington. It will be nice not to stay in a hotel, have the dogs all at home and not pay for the world's longest ship for the horse.

Results from Bend II

Pip at Bend without Mom

Pip eating and being happy. Of course he is becoming Morgan's mode of transport.

Pip's still at Bend

Bend was interesting. The drive was... um, long. I was hauling the golf cart. Got stuck in Tacoma traffic and went to light a ciggy, NO FREAKING LIGHTER! GAH!! Then I remembered one was in the golf cart glove box, perfect excuse to stop at the first rest stop and let Ms. Pippi out for a walk about.

It was hot. It was long. It was beautiful. I'd never been to the east side of the mountains in Washington or Oregon. The high desert is an interesting place.

I don't have pictures from this week, I'm going back next week for two days.

He was a Cheeky Monkey in the over fences on show day. He had schooled, brilliantly on Tuesday, the show rings are grass. Schooling ring is sand. He jumped in the schooling area well, went to the ring and STOPPED. This horse never stops. He kept doing it. He was awful. We made him jump 2 more classes besides the Baby Green. He finally went around, though it wasn't pretty.

Then he won the hack - it was big there were 18 horses in it. He kept his wits about him and just marched around one of the longest hacks ever.

Second show day for him was nearly as bad. He stopped, he wiggled, he was not playing. I left ringside and sat on the golf cart far away. He went around for his last class but it was not pretty.

I have to think about what is going on in his little pea brain. We have added a martingale and a metal bit (he normally goes in a rubber snaffle) that helped a little. I think he might be not so keen on the grass. In the schooling area he is brilliant - gets in the ring and canters to the first jump and just says "no".

No rest for the wicked, he probably won't get any days off this week, and he shows again next week at the second Bend show. Oy.

Results from Bend I

Pip at Bend

The flotilla made it to Bend. Pip dragged Morgan to the trailer and trotted on. I guess he likes to go. As long as he is happy and healthy. Today is schooling day and I will be heading out shortly. He shows Wednesday and Thursday, I hope to be able to stay long enough to see him go on Thursday. It should be interesting, I've never been to Bend and am not looking forward to the drive, with the golf cart in tow. Doesn't sound like fun. I will know soon.

Here he is - in jail....