Post Show

Well we came back from the Sea Island Horse Show yesterday. I was too tired to write yesterday so I am doin it today. Thursday Erin and I were out at Rose Court at 0730 to body clip Sebastian. She and I both had to leave that day to go to work. She got off of work at 2100 hrs and I got off at 2330 hrs. Then it was back up and at the barn Friday at 0800 hours to bathe Sebastian and get everythin loaded into the trailer. Holly met us at about 1000 hrs and we started haulin. Erin rode with me and we followed Holly. We travelled from Rose Court to Whistle Stop to pick up Jessie and Pickles (Kelly brought Riley later). Once we got everythin and everyone loaded at Whistle Stop it was time to head to Mullet Hall where we unloaded everythin and everyone and got everythin set up. Erin did some schoolin on Sebastian with Holly havin to get on a few times cause he was bein a pain. Once Erin was done she and I decided to leave cause we had other things to do so we headed home. Saturday mornin I was up at 0400 hours. I left my house and went to pick up my friend Mary so she could spend the day with us. We headed to Mullet Hall and got there literally at 0545. Erin and her mom showed up at 0600. No one was even awake. It then occured to me that I was not the one ridin or competein so what the hell was I up so early for? So Mary and I layed down in my truck and went back to sleep until about 0730 then got up and started the day. Erin competed on Sebastian in the Pre-Green Hunter division and took a second and two thirds and the reserve champion for the division! Congrats Erin and Sebastian! After the show day was over we loaded everythin back up and headed on our way. Holly had to go meet her husband for church so Mary and I were on our own on findin Whistle Stop to take Jessie home. Once Jessie and everythin was unloaded there we headed for Rose Court to take Sebastian home. Once that was all said and done Mary and I had to turn around and take the trailer back to Whistle Stop just to turn around and head home. Lots of drivin, very early, very late, and VERY hot weekend. I'm kinda glad its over. Everyone did amazin though and they were all real troopers! People and horses!!!

Pre Show Day!!!

Well Erin and I got the last little bit loaded into the trailer this mornin then bathed Sebastian for the show this weekend! I hauled a horse trailer for the second time today, yesterday bein the first in a lesson. Erin rode with me and I followed Holly to her farm where we loaded Jessie and Pickles on with Sebastian. We then travelled out to Mullet Hall and got everythin settled and worked Sebastian which was interestin to say the least. LOL! It is up at 0400 hours tomorrow mornin. LOL!

Finally!!!!!! Thank You!!!!

Oh thank God! I think we are done with all the bad stuff! Erin is competin on Sebastian in either walk/trot or walk/trot/canter flat only this Saturday. I am takin him mainly to get used to all the chaos of the show grounds. But Erin (E3) put Sebastian in the arena with her horse Emily today and when she took his halter off he started rearin with his legs stretched out completly and cantered/galloped around for a little. LOL! So I guess he is feelin much better which takes a HUGE weight off my shoulders! I can finally breathe again. Breathin is such a nice feelin. LOL! ;)

Almost Done

Holly met me at the barn this mornin and helped me put a diaper wrap on Sebastian's hoof. It looks like the abcess busted we just did the wrap to be on the safe side. We found out though that Sebastian has thrush so I now have to take cate of that. Thats not difficult though. But Sebastian looked completely sound today so looks like we are finally back on track! Thanks everyone for helpin me out!

SSDD

Sebastian is progessively gettin more and more lame on his front left foot. The one that has the abcess. So I am assumin that means its gettin closer to comin to head. I don't know what was up with Sebastian earlier today either. I put him in his stall because the pastures were wet and the vet said to put him in his stall if that happens. When I put him in his stall he reared a couple of times for no reason. Non that I could see anyway. I guess he was just feelin good.

La Da Di Da

Last night I helped Erin (E3) finish feedin a little before I soaked Sebastian's foot. Erin (E3) had put Sebastian in the arena with her mare Emily after they were done eatin. That was before I got there. She said that they were cute together trottin beside each other and once they settled down they grazed together. Thats how they were when I showed up at the barn. Rob got a new lab puppy so while I was meetin Autumn I looked at Sebastian and saw that he was chasin a cat. The poor thing! The cat I mean. LOL! I hollared at Sebastian to leave the cat alone. Like he listened to me! LOL! It was cute though! The new puppy is adorable and Molly (the older dog that has been there forever) doesn't like the new puppy. She tries to stay as far away as possible. All the animals out there are too cute! Anway thats all I got for now. I was postin anyway mainly cause I'm bored. Later!

Good Day Today! Finally!

I went out to the barn today to take care of Sebastian. He was actually really cute and entertainin today! I get the feelin that things are finally gonna start lookin up for us. I just feel more optimistic! I soaked his foot this mornin and it looks like there is a little bit of a difference so hopefully it will come to head soon! Sebastian did really good just standin in the wash stall with his foot in a bucket of water and epsom salt with his lead rope thrown over his back. He stood there and gave me no problems while I groomed him like that for half an hour! I was really surprised actually! He normally gives me a hard time! I mixed some water and red gatorade together for him, just for the hell of it, and he was soooo funny. He would drink and he liked it so much he would put his muzzle in it so far some of it would go up his nose and he'd jerk his head up and stick his lips in the air! It was too cute! Here are some pics I took of Bastian and me to pass the last ten minutes we had to soak his foot.

Vet Visit

Dr. Miller came out today to do Sebastian's hock injections. He also checked his front left hoof and he thinks that it is an abcess. So I am supposed to soak Sebastian's foot twice a day for thirty minutes until the abcess comes to head and heals. Dr. Miller said that this should take three to five days so hopefully my horse will be back to normal by a weeks time but with my luck here lately I'm not gettin my hopes up. Poor Sebastian was so doped up on sedation that his head practically touched the ground, his bottom lip was droopin, and I had his foot soakin and he didn't even fuss about it. It was very entertainin actually. It made things alot easier havin him on sedatation though I have to admit! Here is a pic of my goofy boy from today!

Not Again!!!

Are you kiddin me?! Sebastian is now lame on his front left leg. It might be an abcess. You know I am really gettin sick and tired of everythin goin wrong. Can I not have a break? I mean what the bloody hell! I'm really beginnin to wonder if all this is worth it...unfortunatly I'm too stubborn to give up. My emotions and mentality can't take much more of this. Atleast the vet comes out tomorrow for Sebastian's hock injections anyways and he will look at his front leg then.

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Back to Ridin

Bastian and I are now back to ridin after havin about two weeks off. We are only allowed to walk and trot but we still found stuff to work on. Today he and I worked on a nice sittin trot pace. I also worked on no stirrup work to strengthen my legs up. He kept actin strange though and I'm gonna just assume its from him bein in a slight amount of pain cause of his hocks. He tried boltin and buckin a few times but I was able to keep him under control. I rode in a dressage saddle for the first time today and OMG it was weird! Holly said it will help my equitation alot though so I will hang in there for a while. It'll just take a little while to get used to.

So I am now the person with a million jobs. Here is what I have to do...
Feed horses out at Entropy Farms-Monday, Wednesday, Friday and alternate between Thursday and Saturday.
Drag pastures out at Rose Court every three to four days.
Work for the Pinto Horse Association Horse Shows one weekend a month.
Full time worker at Whirlin Waters Monday through Friday.
Part time worker at Wild Wings of North Charleston three nights a week.
Full time student takin online courses over the summer.
Ridin lesson once a week.
Compete in as many shows as I can.
Ride Sebastian four days minimum a week.
Clean my parents house as well as cook occasionally.
Not to mention try to find time for a social life and sleepin.
This is my life now. It is gonna suck but I gotta do what I have to inorder to provide for my horse, pay my mom back the money I owe her, and work on movin out of my parents house. LOL! Wish me luck!

Look Around

Holly and I went to Tack & Tow today to look for new saddles for Sebastian. We didn't find one that fits so she is lettin me use her dressage saddle for now. The saddle I have doesn't fit Sebastian anymore now that he has gained so much weight and muscle and it has cause his withers to become sore. So if anyone knows of anyone sellin a 16 inch, brown (preferably), narrow tree, close contact, with high withers saddle please send them my way! I am in desperate need of a saddle. But try to keep it at a reasonable price! With everythin goin on I can't afford it. I can't even afford all of June's board. But please keep and ear and eye out for me! Thanks!

Vet Trip

Well Holly and I took Sebastian to the vet today. It's his hocks. So now I have to do hock injections and everythin. I can start workin Bastian at a walk and trot only for awhile. He is also allowed off stall rest and can now go back in his pasture which I know he will love! I am still goin to take Sebastian to the horse show at the end of the month just to get some mileage on him. We are not goin to compete which will probably be for the best. I am goin to try to take him to as many shows as possible without competin before the Charleston Classic in July. That way I can get him used to the atmosphere and hopefully we will do really good when we compete in the Classic. Anyway thats all I have to report today. Later!

Just a Joke I Got From A Friend

Your ridin a horse, there is a giraffe beside you, and a lion is chasin you.
What do you do?
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Get your drunk ass off of the Merry-Go-Round!!!

Videos of Sebastian Bein an Idiot

This Is Gettin Old

Tommorow Holly and I will be takin Sebastian and Riley to the vet. I don't know what all the vet will do or say so I'm kinda nervous. Wish us luck though. I just can't help but wonder if a horse can only be lame at the trot. Cause he isn't at the walk and when I let him into the arena to graze he canters/gallops off and continues until he is tired. He even adds in some bucks and everythin. He is gettin so rude also. I'm doin my best at keepin his manners in check but how do you do that when you can't make them work if need be? All I gotta say if Murphey needs to leave me alone! This has been lastin for almost a week now and I'm tired of everythin goin wrong. I hope I have the strength to get through all of this without havin some kind of break down.

Pictures of Holly and Me Fightin With the Lugnuts

OMFG!

Can we say...the worst day ever? Yes I can! Cause I had it today! Holly and Me both! We had to go through today together and I swear we were both about to just curl up in little balls and suck our thumbs! It started with I was supposed to have a ridin lesson today early early early cause she need my help gettin Mary's horses to the vet. Well we get Bastian out of the pasture and he and I are walkin in front of Holly and she decides that we should put him in the round pen cause he still looks off. Sure enough he is still lame. So much for things lookin up. So Holly calls Shambley Equine for me while I'm gettin his stall ready for him to go on stall rest again. They said I could bring him in today. So we went and got Mary's horses and got on the interstate and blew the tread on a tire on the trailer. Great! Perfect! So we cruise down the interstate at a whoppin 20mph until we get to the exit for my barn. Then gettin everythin done inorder to change the damn tire took half the damn day. Needless to say Sebastian now has to wait to go to the vet on Monday. Holly got all the tires replaced and Mary's horses taken care of so we should not have any problems on Monday. Hopefully. I can't beleive this. You know I'm beginnin to wonder why I do all this. Its all so aggravatin and things very rarely go right or smooth. Why do I bother? *sigh* I'm sure my horse will remind me soon why I love this crazy world we call horses. He always does but honestly I don't know how much more I can take. I need a break. It seems like its never goin to end. I don't have the finances to support all of this all of a sudden either. Just wish me luck for Monday. Hopefully its nothin too bad. Looks like I'm not gonna have a sound horse for awhile though. If anyone has any ideas, advice, words of wisdom, or anythin?

Things Are Startin To Look Up

I think we are almost done with the healin process with Sebastian's cuts. Two of the three are completely healed and the third one is almost healed. As far as I can tell he is not lame any more either. His manners however are startin to get slack so we are workin on those again. I also walked him along the road with cars goin by today and he did perfect! He paid absolutley no attention to them. So each day we will start walkin further and further up the road and get close to the road as opposed to stayin on the opposite side of the ditch. Then eventually we will do it in tack then under saddle.

Barn Jobs?

I am goin to be lookin for a full time barn job around the month of September so if I could put on you guys to start gettin my name out there to barns and everythin I would highly appreciate it.

Definately Feelin Full of Himself!!!

Well at least Sebastian is feelin better! LOL!

Definately Need Help

Oh boy oh boy oh boy. I'm in trouble. Why does money have to be so hard to come by? ugh! Ok...so I was supposed to work the Pinto Horse Show on the ninth. Well that mornin I woke up at 0400 hours and got sick so I couldn't go. So I lost a hundred dollars that I had put in my budget. Not only that but I had to pay a butt load of money to get tags and registration for my truck I bought as well as pay the property taxes on it. That was one hundred and forty five dollars total. Then mother's day stuff. Not to mention to unexpected strangels vaccination and Sebastian throwin his shoes, comin up lame, and slicin himself up I had to buy all kinds of stuff for that. So many un-planned things has happened this month that it has really put me in a hole big time. As it is I am goin to be one hundred dollars short for June's board and I have the vet comin out to give Sebastian his fall vaccinations. I've had to cancel takin Bastian to the beach already cause I can't afford that on top of everythin. I'm screwed to say the least. Any one have any ideas? :(

Here We Go Again

Well I was supposed to have a lesson today. Fifteen minutes into it we had to stop becuase Sebastian all of a sudden came up lame. There was no heat and no swellin so we don't know what is goin on. So he is on stall rest for a few days which he is gonna hate but it needs to be done. This is gettin to be ridiculous. In three weeks he has thrown a shoe and sliced himself up, thrown his other shoe, and gone lame. I don't know whats goin on but its startin to drive me crazy! People always say that bad things happen in three's so hopefully my three with him are done...at least for awhile.

On a lighter note...looks like Sebastian and I are doin the May 30th Sea Islan Horse Show. Erin will be competin on him also so wish us luck! We are also hopin to take him to Seabrook to do some trainin with him on the beach. I am only goin with plans to do ground work but if he get on and ride I wont complain either! Don't worry when one of us is not workin with him then the other will play photographer! So expect pictures! Wish us luck with everything!

Farrier time...Oh boy.

It was time for Ken Moody again today! Good timin too cause obviously Sebastian threw the opposite shoe from last time sometime yesterday or this mornin. I swear this horse is either gonna be the death of me or of my wallet...one of the two! Lol! We cannot figure out why or how he keeps pullin off his shoes. There is no logical way. Ken, Rob, and I tried to figure it out but no luck. Oh well guess we will figure it out eventually if he keeps throwin them which I hope he don't. Ken wants me to buy Sebastian a hoof supplement now cause his hooves are gettin brittle. I also need to get Black-as-Night for his coat. Oh boy...I need a better job. Ugh! HELP! LOL!

Pictures!!!

Erin came out and rode today and lunged Sebastian in side reins. He actually did really good! She also took him out on the trails today. He has only been hand walked on them once before. I walked along as a ground reinforcement. She made him go threw puddles and everything! He did really good today! I had to do very little reinforcement on the trails! But here are a few pics!

Lesson Time!!!

Yesterday Sebastian and I had a lesson. Since we still didn't want to push him becuase of his injuries we only did flat work. Holly worked on me trustin him more and actually made me canter around without any reins and my hands above my head! It was actually really fun! But we need better leg steering power! LOL! We were all over the arena! Sebastian also thinks that Holly is break spot! LOL! While I still didn't quite have my reins he went to her and stop from the canter suddenly. It was kinda funny. Gotta work on that I think. LOL! Holly got on after my lesson to do some trainin on him in flyin lead changes. He didn't get it even once this time. I don't know if he was bein stubborn or if he forgot in one week what a flyin change is. Oh well...I have homework to work on this week to try to get him ready for flyin changes so maybe the next lesson when Holly does a trainin session again!

YAY!!!

Today was the first day of Erin's lease! CONGRATS ERIN!!! She rode him today for a while and worked mostly on supplin him up and she also cleaned his wounds out for me today! Thanks! I also started him on a weight gain supplement so hopefully we should be seein the last of his ribs disappear soon! We are also tryin to figure out plans for the Sea Island Horse Show on May 30th so all of us have a lot of work to do before then!