UnfilteredCowgirl
Active Member
Hi y'all!
I just joined and I'm so excited to get to know all of you! In June, I got 3 of my own little mini donkeys, and I love them so much! I had to sell my little male, Tim, in Dec. last year, but I still have my two girls, Ruby and Lilly. We are working together, and we are all learning a lot together! They are a mother daughter, bonded pair. 8 and 5 years old. When I got them, they were super skittish and standoffish, but we are working on it, and they are getting much better!
Yesterday was the first time Ruby let me lift, and pick out her hooves! That was amazing for her! I'm so proud of the girls, and for how far they've come!
I love horses, and always have, and they are my first love, but I love my donkeys too, and I was unable to get a horse right now, so instead I settled with my little miniatures.
I do get to spend some time around horses though which is awesome! I volunteer at my local animal rescue, and I get to work with the horses there. She even lets me ride them! I ride almost every week on one of the horses. Sometimes they are hers, and other times they are rescues. They aren't really lessons though, just us riding about, around through the fields, and trails. She is a certified instructor though and does give me some tips, and I love that. I hope to be able to get lessons with her once a week over the summer once the snow is gone. I love all the horses so much though, and I love being at the rescue! The horses there have done so much for me! I love horses!
I also got about 10 riding lessons in the fall of 2019, and that was the best fall of my life so far! The horses, and the instructor were so awesome! I learned so much from all of them! I went from riding once on a beach in Mexico, to having 10 lessons behind me, and knowing how to tack up, untack, walk/lope figure eights, stop square, back up, ride double, lunge, and ride out on a trail.
After those lessons, I began volunteering at the rescue, and there I learned how to do up the cinch all the way so it was actually tight, how to lead unwilling/spooky horses, how to ride out a buck/spook, how to post the trot, how to ride with one hand and neck rein, and I am working on learning how to sit the trot, and tips would be great!
So I don't know too too much about horses, and I don't have very much experience, but I have a deep love and passion for them, and I live and breather for horses. Hopefully this summer I will be able to get lessons with the rescue owner, and hopefully adopt my own horse from her! I can't wait to see how this year turns out!
Here are some pictures of my chubby girls...
I just joined and I'm so excited to get to know all of you! In June, I got 3 of my own little mini donkeys, and I love them so much! I had to sell my little male, Tim, in Dec. last year, but I still have my two girls, Ruby and Lilly. We are working together, and we are all learning a lot together! They are a mother daughter, bonded pair. 8 and 5 years old. When I got them, they were super skittish and standoffish, but we are working on it, and they are getting much better!
Yesterday was the first time Ruby let me lift, and pick out her hooves! That was amazing for her! I'm so proud of the girls, and for how far they've come!
I love horses, and always have, and they are my first love, but I love my donkeys too, and I was unable to get a horse right now, so instead I settled with my little miniatures.
I do get to spend some time around horses though which is awesome! I volunteer at my local animal rescue, and I get to work with the horses there. She even lets me ride them! I ride almost every week on one of the horses. Sometimes they are hers, and other times they are rescues. They aren't really lessons though, just us riding about, around through the fields, and trails. She is a certified instructor though and does give me some tips, and I love that. I hope to be able to get lessons with her once a week over the summer once the snow is gone. I love all the horses so much though, and I love being at the rescue! The horses there have done so much for me! I love horses!
I also got about 10 riding lessons in the fall of 2019, and that was the best fall of my life so far! The horses, and the instructor were so awesome! I learned so much from all of them! I went from riding once on a beach in Mexico, to having 10 lessons behind me, and knowing how to tack up, untack, walk/lope figure eights, stop square, back up, ride double, lunge, and ride out on a trail.
After those lessons, I began volunteering at the rescue, and there I learned how to do up the cinch all the way so it was actually tight, how to lead unwilling/spooky horses, how to ride out a buck/spook, how to post the trot, how to ride with one hand and neck rein, and I am working on learning how to sit the trot, and tips would be great!
So I don't know too too much about horses, and I don't have very much experience, but I have a deep love and passion for them, and I live and breather for horses. Hopefully this summer I will be able to get lessons with the rescue owner, and hopefully adopt my own horse from her! I can't wait to see how this year turns out!
Here are some pictures of my chubby girls...
They are some wonky donkeys!
