Diamond M

Well it has been a while since my last post, but I wanted to catch up on the adventures with Camile.  I was able to catch her, saddle her and ride her down the road without any hitches. Well... she did want to lay down when I was cinching her up...but I rember Little doing the same thing.  Hmmm...princess pony syndrome:) Anyway, she went down the road well, through the forrest, across logs and puddles....she did wonderful.  We dicided it would be best for her to give her a little more time to mature. She is still very young and being out with  a few of her brothers in the pasture would help her physically and mental mature more naturally.  Out of all of Gyps babies she has the most tender feet, so pounding the rocks as a youngster will hopefully help. 

So we headed out to grain later that evening and decided to take her on out an release her.  I was going to walk her...but I like to say...why walk a horse when you can ride it.  So I hoped on bareback and followed the truck up the hill.  She did great.  My boney behind didn't seem to phase her and she flew up that hill.  Some long trotting and a lot of loping.  Man o'man... riding bareback can sure be a workout. I was pretty sore from holding on with my rarely used upper inside thigh:) But what a blessing to cross another milestone on her before releasing her into the wild:)

She actually didn't want to stay (she probably missed her buddy Bella) but a few encounters with the hot wire changed her direction.  After a few days she is just one of the horses in the herd and I think she looks better then when I stuck her out there:)