Teja's Wednesday Update

Teja is doing awesome. she has come SO far out of her shell, she is learning MANNERS now. WAY too big and put on WAY too much weight to jump UP on you. she learns VERY quickly. she went to her second horse show last saturday, and again was the belle of the ball! everyone LOVED my T-shirt I had on- I adopted My Anatolian Shepherd. with a picture of one on the front. i sent a LOT of folks to the web site. a couple for sure seemed like great candidates. she is SO happy and out going now...a completely different girl! i am going to get my best friend rubye to video tape us playing and put it up on youtube. :)
she is SO good in the barn the only time we have an issue is because she is SO quite and still....if she lifts her head when i walk a horse by, it startles the horse who hadn't seen her. LOL most of the horses are used to her now...all but Steve. he's wary of everything though. and honestly, he's the ONLY horse Teja saunters out of the barn to "watch" me ride. other wise, she waits just inside by the BIG utility fan. SMART! she doesn't come out very far, just lays under the tractor...but definitely doesn't nap. my little super girl! :)
she did make the UPS driver nearly fall over from the start she gave him with her bark when he dinged the bell. and i don't mind her startling THIS driver...he's a putz!
i will try and get pix of Teja at the show in Gainesville this weekend. :)

Wowwwww....new horse Steve REALLY pissed Teja off!

part of training and riding horses is that you ARE going to fall off from time to time. 

for whatever reason, today the new horse, Steve, decided to be a complete ASS to mount. as SOON as my butt hit the saddle and before my other foot was in the stirrup....vrrrrroooom! off he went. i got him stopped, chilled him out. but it was ALL over the stupid mounting step he bumped. so, he needed to work on that. i KNEW in my gut...ride him FIRST mary, THEN deal with the block.

but NO...1/2 german side wins again. i REALLY need to go with the 1/2 native american side more.

off i get. on i get and that sucker took off at the speed of LIGHT! no biggie, BUT i am still ONE single stirrupped which is BAD. now, at this point...you know after so long...i KNOW i'm hitting the ground. steve is 16.3 hands, so a BIG horse to fall off of. i DO have some pretty damn good talent on HOW i hit the ground. i've broken my back and had 6 concussions...so you LEARN how you want to hit the ground. the barn girl, denise, sees my spin in mid-air and touch and slide by my butt and roll in to a neat ball. steve comes to a screaming stop and was about to bounce around by my head....Teja comes out of the shade where she was on the other side of the tractor and made SUCH a snarly snapping commotion, it spooked him away from my  head.

the Teja came running in to the ring and sat down beside me facing steve who had already run off. but she kept him in her site. never growled again, but watched him.

i'm ok....but thankful for her help. i don't think he would have hurt me much more, but you never know.

i thought you all would like to hear that story. well...aside from the crash and burn.

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WHAT a brave girl she was this past Saturday! she went to her first horse show and did FANTASTIC! she was the belle of the ball and LOVED the attention! she squatted at the first few people, but by mid-afternoon she greeted everyone with a wagging, curled happy tail. :)

she took to staying in the a.c. living quarter like a trooper. she even lounged in the stall while i braided the horse i was showing. she was awesome with the dogs running willy nilly too. i was REALLY worried about the PA spooking her popping on and off over head speakers, but she just picked her head up, looked at me, then started snoozing again. :) she's gotten a little too happy about mom and dad coming and going. when the come back to the farm, she's been jumping on them. and since mom has a bad hip, we're changing that. she is SO easy. i do the cesar millan SHHHH and snap. i can be over 50' away and she stops doing w/e. she got in to going after the horses at the fence a little when the goat (inside with her) was near the fence. she was protecting Fiona, but she needs to learn the horses are not a threat even though she was doing a good job.

i absolutely adore this girl and am thankful every day when we wake up and she just talks and talks and talks. i never knew HOW vocal these guys were. its absolutely hysterical. and anyone who can make ME laugh in the morning is an ANGEL! LOL