My latest riding lesson

At my latest riding lesson I was walking to the tack room to find Star's tack when this women was leading this horse"Carmelto" out of his stall when he suddenly bolted right past her and was now running loose. Everyone was thinking that he was trying to run away. Well they were sorta right. Carmelto was running away, to his true love in a separate pasture. Carmelto and his love ( I don't remember her name) have separation issues so they have to stay in different locations. They are the only Mountain horses there so they have a lot in common. They got Carmelto back into his pasture just fine after that.

Today Lucy couldn't teach me because she was celebrating Christmas in England with her family,so this substitute teacher Betsy taught me. Betsy had taught me a couple times before because Lucy had broken her leg. So Betsy walked into the barn with this horse (I also can't remember his name) if he got spooked he would do a back flip and land on top of you. Well sometimes. Betsy said she really liked this horse because his gaits were nice and smooth.

While I was riding Betsy told me about this person who was riding and had never jumped before. A couple days ago her horse had jumped a 3ft oxer BACKWARDS. I mean it's bad enough that she had jumped that thing in the first place but seriously it had to be backwards!  Wow. I feel really bad for her. If that had happened to me I would be so scared!

And that was my latest riding lesson

~Lauren

I am thankful for horses

As a lot of you know , I love horses. Horses are a HUGE part of my life. Friendly and caring ,they almost always know what to do. They can even save your life sometimes.

I am thankful for a lot of things. I am most grateful for horses though. Some other things I am grateful for are : friends, family, food, water, and shelter. Again, I am still most thankful for horses.

Horses will take you on trail rides through beautiful meadows, or dirt covered roads. They will enjoy it just as much as you do.Horses can make great companions. It is almost like they can feel just as you do. Sometimes if you are nervous while riding, your horse will be too. Strange huh? Horses can be extremely silly sometimes. For example: A couple minutes  after I fell off Chamber, he tried to make me feel better by bobbing his head and sticking his tongue out. Again weird right? They are like friends a lot.
Great examples of horses saving peoples lives are in the book Horse Miracles.

At my second cousin's house they have the sweetest horses ever. Their names are Bubba and Baby. Bubba, will follow me anywhere I go. Literally he even followed me on the road! All you have to do is whistle and Bubba will canter over to you. He will rub against you a lot. He is so cute! Bubba is a dark bay thoughobred.

Horses love and care for us.

We should too.

~ Lauren

Horse Slaughter legal?

      OK so I write that blog. I spent so much time on it and this is my karma? I was looking for pictures of horses online and it said: News for Horses.The headline says: Horse Slaughter becoming legal in U.S. maybe even in Florida. Again. This is my karma? Well it shouldn't be. Horse slaughter should be illegal forever. Like every hour or so some more information will be posted online. Really? I can't believe some people actually approve of this. Horse Slaughter is so cruel. And to think that someday French Fry or Star could be there, it's just too sad to think about.

    There was a 5 year ban on horse slaughter staring in 2006. But since it ended my question is "Why didn't you just make another ban?"Maybe because too many people wanted to eat horses. I don't know.

    What I am trying to say is horse slaughter is cruel.

    Stop the slaughter. End the abuse. Horses are our friends.

~Lauren