TGIF and turkey day

Well, I'm glad it is Friday. I had a bit of a long week. It is also a long weekend for us folks here in Canada - our Thanksgiving is on Monday. We don't have much planned, so except for a family dinner on Sunday, it should be fairly quiet and relaxing. I do plan to get out and ride Rusty on Monday, so I'm hoping that the fabulous weather we have been having holds out for a few more days.

I've been nursing a very sore throat the past couple of days - so far it is just my throat that hurts, so maybe I'll get off easy and not get sick! I was really sick in August with tonsilitis, so I'm not really looking forward to another bout of illness. I'm going to keep up the vitamin C and hope it helps a bit.


I have been out riding Rusty a fair bit and he is doing really well - the appy-tude seems to be fading away quite nicely. His attitude really isn't that big of a deal, now that I know what to look for - he just isn't a bad horse, so when he tries to be bad it is pretty half-hearted. lol We are starting to get used to each other and each ride is more enjoyable. I have been working on my leg position and balance and not worrying about contact too much or trying to get him to frame up in any way. His headset is naturally pretty low, so that helps.

Rusty gets moved to his new barn next Friday, so I'm looking forward to that. The new place should be good. I'm using this move as an opportunity to clean and organize my tack before the winter. I need to dig out my gloves and warmer coat...yikes!

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After reading BECG's post about trying to buy mares with good bloodlines to save them, I was really wishing for a nice little place of my own so I could get a couple. I would really like to take in a few nice horses and give them good homes. Maybe someday... I know that slaughter is stilll legal here and I don't like that at all - but as a result, we just don't see/hear about all of the horses that are getting dumped... I know a horse dealer a few hours south of here and he gets all of his horses from the US. He and some partners drive a few hours down to Ohio and buy up APHA and AQHA horses at auctions/sales and bring them back. I think he does quite well for himself by doing that. While I'm not a big fan of horse dealers, at least they are saving a few from slaughter - or so I hope...

What a terrible issue this is becoming - all of those bloodlines and nice horses just getting dumped for nothing. *sigh* - I find it all very overwhelming.

I can't do much to help the quarter horses and the like that BECG mentioned... but I think to feel like I am contributing in some way, I'm going to make a donation to a OTTB rescue here in Ontario, called Long Run. I may not be able to take any horses in, but I can at least help those that do. Anyone have any other good ideas of organizations to make some donations to???

Hope everyone has a nice weekend - I might be AWOL for a few days. I could use a break from staring at the computer 24/7.