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Messages From The Heartland
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: Kelda on September 25, 2008, 05:35:53 pm ---I'm good, yeah got my big band competition on Saturday so leaving tomorrow to travel to Harrogate! Looking forward to it but also very scared!
Awww - so a low key birthday for you? I think you should ahve a BIG party!!
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Kelda, how did the band comeptition go? Did you all win? :)
Kelda:
--- Quote from: DavidInIndy on October 01, 2008, 01:08:57 am ---Kelda, how did the band comeptition go? Did you all win? :)
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No but we did pretty well - its all explained in my blog in the Brassed Off thread.
CellarDweller:
Well damn Jess!
Those commandments just made me cry here at work!
injest:
some of those are particularly true for me....and they work for all the animals in our lives.
4. Don't be angry with me for long and don't lock me up as punishment. You have your work, your friends, your entertainment, but I have only you.
this one I try to remember when CryBaby jumps up on the keyboard in the middle of a post...he has been here all day and needs me to pay attention to him...I am the source of love and play and food, I AM his mother...he can't get it by himself...
5. Talk to me. Even if I don't understand your words, I do understand your voice when speaking to me.
singing when you are around horses calms them AND you...and because they read your body language so well, your relaxation will relax them.
8. Before you scold me for being lazy or uncooperative, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I'm not getting the right food, I have been in the sun too long, or my heart might be getting old or weak.
this one I am guilty of with my ol riding horse....if we are having a bad day I think he is being stubborn or bad tempered....when it is true he is getting old and with age getting stiff and fussy...he is more sensitive now to what saddle and pad I use. or bit...
9. Please take care of me when I grow old. You too, will grow old.
This one I promise. He has a home here forever and I will always take care of him. But my heart will break when that last ride comes. I treasure every good ride we have, knowing it may be the last. I no longer ride him above a walk....we take leisure rides down by the lake. For a while he would drag and hesitate...but we have stopped using him for lessons and shows and he walks with much more pep. semi retirement I guess you would call it. He seems happy.
David In Indy:
--- Quote ---this one I try to remember when CryBaby jumps up on the keyboard in the middle of a post...he has been here all day and needs me to pay attention to him...I am the source of love and play and food, I AM his mother...he can't get it by himself...
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That's beautiful Jess. And it's very true. He depends on you completely and you are his MOMMY. :)
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