Shiann Crowe
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Post by Shiann Crowe on Sept 2, 2012 14:58:34 GMT -5
"Yep," She said, smiling. "This is Spot," she said, handing the appaloosa gelding's lead to Jenny. "Sadly, he's another abandonment case. Golden was brought here as a filly," She said, lifting the Palimino's rope. "She'd been wild, but got caught in a barb-wire fence that had busted. It was horrible," She said, gently touching the scars on the palimino's chest. "And they took forever to heal. When they finally healed we realized she was very smart, but blind in one eye. She wasn't spooky or anything, but no one was willing to adopt her. She made such a good riding horse, though, that we decided she would be good for a kid horse. She would have never been able to return to the wild anyway," she added, though she couldn't say she was honestly sorry about that. The wild herd in Dry Gulch was huge. "And I already told the story of Pants, didn't I?" she asked doubtfully.
((I don't want to cause any inconsistencies.. Also, I may be a bit behind in the story, I kept having to stop writing stuff and do other stuff >_<))
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Post by Nirvana Stout on Sept 2, 2012 16:06:04 GMT -5
Nirvana listened to the story of the horses, and smiled. "We had a deaf horse, he was my boyfriends. He was completely wild before his dad caught, and tamed him. Before we lost him to his old age, he was almost blind as well. But one of the best damn rodeo horses we had in our barn!"She said softly looking at Palomino.
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Post by Shiann Crowe on Sept 2, 2012 16:19:36 GMT -5
She smiled, imagining the horse. She'd seen lots of good horses with things like that- Blindness, or deafness. She'd found in some cases the calmest ones were the ones that didn't see and hear as much, because they had less to freak out over. Then again some horses freak out more about every little thing. All horses are different, she reminded herself. She patted Golden's head. "Luckily she's got her hearing," She said, smiling. "I don't know that she'd do well in the rodeo," She joked, "But she does well with the kids and that's all I ask." She said, though she couldn't help but imagine herself in a rodeo. She cleared the thought and offered Golden's lead to Nirvana. "Do you want to take her?" She asked, smiling.
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Post by Nirvana Stout on Sept 2, 2012 16:22:58 GMT -5
Nirvana nodded, and lightly grabbed the lead. "I never been around a Paly before."She said softly, going to rub the mare's neck. "They are very very beautiful though!" Nirvana clicked her tongue a little bit, getting Golden to look at her, "Yes, very very beautiful!"She would smile at her. "Can I give her a mint?"She asked looking at the other woman.
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Post by Shiann Crowe on Sept 2, 2012 16:33:14 GMT -5
"Sure, she would probably love that," She said, patting Golden's shoulder. "I agree, she's spectacular." She said, smiling. She looked back at Pants. "I guess that leaves me with you," She said, patting his nose lightly. He yawned in her face, making her cringe away. "Eew, horse breath," She said, waving a hand in front of her face. He put his head up and lifted his nose up, "Smiling", his signature trick and part of what landed him in favor of the therapy children. She knew he was really just fishing for treats, since that was why he'd started 'smiling' in the first place, but she felt like he was laughing at her, so she just rubbed his neck, laughing quietly. "No treats for you," She said to him.
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Post by Nirvana Stout on Sept 2, 2012 18:19:13 GMT -5
She pulled a peppermint from her pocket, slowly opening the wrapper. "Here you go girl."She smiled laying her hand flat. The mare seemed to rush to eat it from her hand as Nirvana looked over at Pants. "Does he want one as well?"She asked as she pulled another mint from her pocket, which was a blueberry one. "I keep handfuls of them in my pockets." She giggle.
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Post by Shiann Crowe on Sept 2, 2012 18:27:07 GMT -5
Pants leaned forward, trying to sniff at Nirvana's hand. "He apparently would love one, though he definitely doesn't deserve it. He does, however, kind of need a mint." She giggled, wrinkling her nose. Pants "Smiled" at Nirvana, being one of keen nose and adorable tricks and sensing that it might win him a treat.
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Post by Nirvana Stout on Sept 2, 2012 18:32:55 GMT -5
Nirvana giggled as she opened the package up, and held it out flat to him. "Enjoy it!"She smile. "So how we gonna work them out? Lunging, or what?"
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Post by Shiann Crowe on Sept 2, 2012 18:43:02 GMT -5
She studied the horses intently for a few seconds. "Well it's not like they're greenbroke, so I think just some lunging will be good for them." She said, smiling and starting toward the arena on the other side of the office.
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Post by Nirvana Stout on Sept 2, 2012 18:53:45 GMT -5
She nodded as she followed behind her. "I would really love to go riding. But that is a huge no."She chuckled as she led Golden along. "Well. Thats unless I ride a horse that goes slower then a normal walk."She giggled.
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Post by Shiann Crowe on Sept 2, 2012 19:08:28 GMT -5
She smiled back at Nirvana. "Well, I'm sure you'll be riding again before you know it." She said as she opened up the gate to the arena. It wasn't a round pen like she would have liked, but then again these guys had been lunged enough they would be fine.
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Post by Nirvana Stout on Sept 2, 2012 19:44:09 GMT -5
Nirvana followed her in, "This is a nice arena"She nodded, "Mine is a very small turn out paddock."She stuck her tongue out looking at Golden.
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Post by Shiann Crowe on Sept 2, 2012 20:24:49 GMT -5
She grinned, stepping away from Pants and pointing. He, having done this same thing thousands of times, knew exactly what she wanted, and started and easy trot in the direction she'd pointed. She clicked her tongue to speed him up, then looked over at Nirvana. "We had to have a place for the kids to ride," She explained, grinning. "It's better than the one at home too. But at home we can take the horses out and trail ride- Not here. Most of the kids are here to heal, or get over an incident with a horse, so letting them loose isn't the greatest idea. Although we frequently have the daredevil of a child try it," She said, thinking of one kid, Benjamin, who she worked with every Tuesday that had a muscle disorder and usually rode Pants. He'd often look over his shoulder at her to make sure she wasn't looking- Then take off like a bullet toward the gate. When she'd confront him, he'd smile innocently and say, "But Miss Crowe! It was a muscle spasm, I swear. Might I add you look lovely today?" She laughed out loud at the thought. "You should meet Benjamin someday. Heck, everyone should meet Benjamin some day." She said to Nirvana.
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Post by Isabella Rose on Sept 3, 2012 8:58:46 GMT -5
Izzy stepped out of her truck rubbing her temples. That Sadie... "Who's Benjamin?" Izzy asked when she found the others. "Sorry, one of my hands, Sadie, was freaking out at one of our mare's birth."
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Post by Jenny Maywood on Sept 3, 2012 9:13:42 GMT -5
Jenny watched with surprise as the roan pony she was lunging circled around her obediently at a perfect trot. "What do you feed them?" Jenny laughed with surprise "I'm lucky if I can get my horses to walk on the lunge line, let alone do it voluntarily!" She looked up as Izzy walked into the arena "Was everything ok with the mare?"
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