The Horse Life

Hey Readers,

So I got this training horse in and his name was David. I was told he was trained but he really wasn't. I found this out after I did my emergency dismount on him and fractured my wrist. Well when I went back to the doctors to get more X-rays done they found out that I had also broken my finger and my knuckle had moved up. So now I have to wear a finger cast for 2 months. Also on top of all of this we  had another horse hurt. We found this one in the field, they had busted the fence done and the mare had impaled herself with a stick. She had a huge hole in her chest that was ten inches deep. I ended up being out at the barn with the vet until one in the morning. So as I'm sure you guys have already started to understand the horse life is never dull. We always have something going on I literally have not slept for 4 days straight because of all of these horse incidents! So word to the wise do not get into horses unless you are completely crazy about them and absolutely love the living crap out of them.

Lessons Beyond Measure

Yesterday night at 7:30 PM I yet again lost another horse to cancer. Her name is Hailey and I had had her for 17 years. She taught me a lot and I value those moments with her. When I got the phone call yet again from my mom telling me she had died I just lost it. I literally thought about dropping out of school. The reason why is because I have not been here one semester yet without having something close to me pass away. My 1st semester of my 1st year my horse Diesel died, my 2nd semester of my 1st year my dog Molly died, my 1st semester of my 2nd year my dog Missy died, My 2nd semester of my 2nd year my grandma died, and now my 1st semester of my 3rd year my horse Hailey has joined them. But I told myself that that's not what I truly wanted and moved on took my exam this morning even though I was in no shape to take an exam. In reality horses teach you a lot they teach you to listen, to be calm, to be patience, to always be thinking about the next move, they teach you about teamwork, all in all horses teach you almost everything that you need to know. You always take something different from each horse you ever own or ride. Everytime you get on them you are training them and they are teaching you.