In Hand Video

Extreme Mustang Makeover

It was a whirlwind of a week!!! We left California Monday and got into Fort Worth on Wednesday. The boys were very well behaved and we were very well exhausted. Tiny was amazing and exceeded my expectations. Unfortunately I forgot to pick up Tiny's feet on my in-hand course and earned myself a zero score out of nine for that element. All together I finished 11th out of 50 horses by only a couple of points. Had I not missed that piece I would have been around 5th or 6th place and in the finals. That was a ton of work to mess it up over something so silly, but some lessons come harder than others and I will not make that mistake ever again. I was thrilled with the horse I finished with and he got a great home with a Texas family. Thank you to all those who supported me and my Tiny Solider!

Flaming Hot Horse

Tonight I was thinking back to the day Tiny came into my life and the journey we have taken together. He has grown into a confident and true riding horse and the belly is shrinking a little more with every mile (: I have grown to love his heart the most and my courage to say goodbye is shrinking by the day. He is soft and willing with every step he takes and although at times he gets scared he always replies to my crazy requests with an honest try. I am keeping our freestyle plans a secret, but I do confess that a fire extinguisher would be a very good idea!!!

PS.... Evidence that Tiny has reached celebrity status with his very own slide stop

big week for tiny horse

What a difference a week makes!!!!!!!! All the hard work is paying off in a big way. It seems that Tiny has decided that fear is something to leave behind ....YAY for Tiny ......HIP HIP HOORAY for me =) Since last week he went on a trail ride and he andled it like a pro AND we finally loped. He was very calm and collected and has one heck of a slide stop. Did I mention his favorite speed is WHOA?!?


PS... We have located a saddle that actually fits "TINY" ...and it belongs to a 17 hand purebred CLYDESDALE. My 14 hand horse happliy wears a draft saddle LOL!!!

bareback bronc

So Tiny and I are both on a learning curve. I am learning all the ways that mustangs are different than domestic horses and Tiny is learning how to be a domestic horse. He did everything I asked for the first 35 days and then he decided to show me that he really was scared. Apparently he holds all his emotions inward and then BAAAABOOOOM!!! As Angi calls it he "lost his sh*t" ....and I lost mine somewhere between flying through the air and bouncing off the ground. We are working on teaching Tiny how to constructively deal with his fear and hoping that I don't get broke in the process. I have actually reverted to riding him bareback because I don't have a saddle that fits well enough to stay upright when he does loose his stuff.

PS ....I love Tiny

the not so Tiny horse

Mustangs are like potato chips, you can't have just one!
....and now I find myself doing another Mustang Makeover. But this year we are going all the way to the big show in Texas!!! My good friends from Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue are all coming along too. Three horses and three trainers and Jill as our leader :)


...and of course just like last time Kathy and Beth are a huge support too!!!

My horse is Tiny by name, but not in the literal sense. He is a little over 14 hands and about as wide as he is tall. He is a draft pony!!!!!!!!!!

Tiny gave have his heart over at the first second he discovered how nice it is to be scratched on the head :) Funny boy! Since then we have started riding and working toward driving with a cart hopefully soon. Some might say he is obese, but we prefer to call it squishy!