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Congratulations on your retirement...what a milestone and your picture on your horse...you look sooooo happy:yahoo:All the best to you Bea.
 
Love the picture of you on Cody. Well done on retiring! Just in time to enjoy that new hip!
 
LOVE THE PICTURE!!!!!!!!!!!! You are riding, you are riding!!!!!

What a great report of your progress. You are doing so well! I'm glad the right hip is doing pretty well too--you can get in some fun stuff this season, especially since you are now retired. Terrific!!

Question about Cody--did you adopt him as a wild horse off the range? I'd be interested in hearing his story. I think mustangs are so cool, and it amazes me how people can get them trained so quickly. I watched a mustang auction on RFD TV last weekend and it was hard for me to imagine most of them being calm enough to ride in a short period of time--these are some that will be eligible for the Extreme Mustang competition in September.

Did you also know that a formerly wild mustang was the winner of the America's Favorite Trail Horse competition? Cool!

Great work Bea!

Dorothy
 
Dorothy, Yes I adopted him when he was only five months old. Due to my work I was living in southern Idaho for five years from 1997 to 2002. While living down there, I used to ride my arab, Silver, in the Owyhee desert a lot on weekends. I also did lots of hiking in that desert. It has many canyons and hills and has it's own beauty. Anyway, I used to see often the wild horses there.
So, when they had an adoption in Boise in 2000 I went and got Cody. He was so scared having lost his mother and also they are pretty rough when they catch the horses. Cody lost a top front tooth then. They were in pretty poor shape as the rains had been low for a couple of years. I adopted him in early December and Cody's coat was like from a sheep. Several inches thick. He had trouble eating hay as he was used to dig for roots etc. He looked so cute when he ate as his right front hoof was in the air trying to dig but did not need to.
I was able to get him as I had a five foot wooden fence. For an adult mustang one had to have a six foot fence otherwise they just climb over.

I did happen to work close by at the time, so I used to come home at lunch and sit in his pen and just talk in a low voice to him. Eventually I could touch him. I did not train him myself though. The frist time he saw me on my arab he was very upset. Since horses are prey animals and cougars etc jump on top of the backs to kill them it really upset him me being on top of his friend.

I will try to attach pictures from a couple of months after I got him and then in the Spring when his legs got longer and longer. He is 16 hands now, very tall for a mustang. They are such honest horses. I do belong to a mustang club in Washington, and yes I have heard that a mustang won the trail competition. The Border patrol uses also mustangs. I think that is great.
Bea
I am having problems getting the pictures to stick will keep trying.
 
OK, I finally got them. Changed them over to jpeg and all is well.

Bea
 

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What a cutie!!!! No wonder you fell in love...
 
What a cute baby and a great story! I'm so glad Cody found his way to you and a happy home. Life is rough for a horse in the desert type areas. Poor thing, having to dig for roots to survive ...

Dorothy
 
Congratulations on retirement Bea... and you look so content on your horse.. Right back in the saddle now for some fun... I am so thrilled for you... Well done, time to live a little now and take that vacation :)
 
Came over to say "hi". The pictures are just great. Now you are retired you will have more time with those horses. Great. I have been gone for a while and so have you been able to ride yet? Please be careful and have so much with them. :doggieshmooze:Tashia:friends:
 
Hi Bea, just dropping by to say congratulations on your retirement. I bet it's a good feeling, especially when you have your lovely Cody to share it with. I just love that picture of you on him taken last week. You look so happy. I wonder whether Western-style riding is easier for hippies than English-style? I think it might be. I tried it when I was over in Colorado many years ago and thought it was a much more comfortable way to ride a horse if you're going to be in the saddle all day. I was about to say that it's not done much here in the UK, but I've just googled it and apparently it's getting quite popular, so I might check it out. Would love to get back in the saddle again, and all you horsey people on this website are beginning to inspire me...

Is your Bloomsday race anything to do with the James Joyce Bloomsday, which is 16 June? Is there any connnection? How long is the race? I'm very impressed that you're planning on doing something like that, even walking, only 5 months after your surgery. And the Alaskan trip sounds very exciting! What a lot you have to look forward to.
 
Thanks everyone for the posts Jamie, Dorothy, Smja, Haldox, Jacey and Welshjane, Dianemarie, Jen and Tashia.
Welshjane, to your question. The Bloomsday Race is in Spokane, state of Washington. I think the name comes form the flowers from Rododendrons blooming in the Spring, I think. They have lots going on during Bloomsday, parades etc. and the race.
It is a 12 kilometer race but pretty easy, only a couple of hills. It is always on the first Sunday in May. There are usually around 50 to 60,000 people running or walking it. In the front there are the professionals who are in it for money. We, the regular people follow, from runners to at the end, people with strollers and the rest of the slower crowd.
I know I won't be having my fastest time this year, but I just want to finish it. A friend of mine is going to walk with me, which is very nice of her.
This will be my 29th time to enter it. It is the only race I go to every year.

About the western saddle, I have never sat in an English saddle. My daughter owned one once, but I never tried it. Ilike that horn to hang on to. :biggrin:
I have been thinking of getting an Aussie saddle for Cody as they are lighter. I have a hard time putting his western saddle on him. It is 31 pounds and he is tall. My arab, Silver, has a western saddle with an arab tree. It is a lot lighter.

Tashia, yes I have tried to get on my mustang. You can see a picture I posted earlier this week. I think it's a couple of pages ago.
Thanks and take care everyone.
Happy Easter :ccheers: (Couldn't find a better icon for Easter )
Bea
 
Bea,

Congrats on retirement! WHOOOOOO-HOOOOO
:hapydancsmil::happy dance::hapydancsmil:

That is wonderful and I hope you enjoy every minute!

Yay for you,

Z
 
Horsey Girl, You are doing a run. :wow2:You are doing great. Have a good run or walk but please be careful. I don't want you to ever do it like I did this week. We both don't need to be sore. But do have a blast. You are starting your retirement out with a bang. Tell us all about when you get back. Happy Easter. :doggieshmooze:Tashia:friends:
 
Congratulations on your retirement Bea!

I loved the photo with you riding, you really are an inspiration full of energy, eventhough your retired I have a feeling you will be even more active now with your new hip!

Lots of love,

xxooxx
 
Horsey Girl Tell us about your weekend. Hope all went well.:doggieshmooze:Tashia:friends:
 
All is going well with me. Ok, most of it. Still have some problems with my thigh muscles. I hiked last week without the cane for a few miles and was ok that evening. The next day I hiked here at home in the hills and my thigh started to cramp up on me after I got home. A hot water bottle helps.
So, I started to do longer hikes every other day. I would really like to get up to five miles now, but not yet so far. Maybe I will try tomorrow. I only have 3.5 weeks left for my 12k race. Hope I will make it.

I am having my arab, Silver who is 29 years old, checked by the vet next week to make sure his arthritis has not increased to much this winter. If all is ok will start to ride him then. He is getting shoes on tomorrow.
Take care everyone.
Bea
 
Horsey Girl, You doing great. Remember don't push too hard. Thats how I got into trouble. Silver is so lucky to have someone who loves her. I hope he likes his new shoes. Having animals are great but they are just like children, they need shoes, and lots of love. I hope the weather is great. We really had some bad weather today. I really rained. No dought it had something to do with me hurting. Since Silver is 29, how old is that in human years? Do have a good day and stay safe. I see you are line, so "Hi" :doggieshmooze:Tashia:friends:
 
Hi Tashia
29 years is very old for a horse. Silver is in excellent shape except his arthritis in his knees. I may also have a blood test done when he has his check up next week. Just to be sure that he is ok. I have had him for over 27 years now. He is short, so he is easy to get on.
Yes, I am taking it easy with my hiking. If I am not able to make the race I won't. I am having a friend walk with me. Well, will see.

Yes, rain is coming here too. You have it already. I talked to my daughter this afternoon and she said it was really raining hard at her house. She lives in southern Idaho close to Oregon. It started to sprinkle early this evening here at my house. Guess it's coming.
I will try to get some sleep now. some days I sleep and others it's not working and I watch TV.
Take care Bea
 
Hello Bea, it's great to read about your recovery, and to meet a fellow hippy who's also a keen walker (hiker). I'm trying to work out when you had your THR. 1-2-12 means 1st Feb to us in the UK, but I'm guessing it's 2nd Jan to you. That means you are just over 3 months out. So 5 miles, or nearly 5 miles, is pretty respectable. I think I was doing those sort of distances before my 2nd THR, but I never measure distance, just time, so I've no idea, but I was doing 2-3 hr walks in the hills, which I'd guess is about the distances you are talking about. You should be able to do your 12k, but I'd have a back up vehicle (or horse, in your case!) in case you just don't feel up to finishing it, if I were you. The trouble with those events is that the momentum of being with lots and lots of other people, and the whole atmosphere, tends to spur you on maybe beyond your capacity if you're not careful. It's one thing if you're fit and healthy to be pushed just beyond your limit, but no joke when you're not that long after major surgery.

I love the idea of a mustang club! That sounds so romantic and 'wild West' to me. The nearest I can get to that is the local Beekeepers Association (of which I'm secretary), which doesn't have quite the same ring to it. What do you do at the mustang club? Go for long rides on your mustangs, I guess.

Good luck with your preparation for the race, but please don't overdo it.

Love, Jane
 
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