Back at it

After almost two years of inactivity, I'm bringing the blog back to life. The reason, of course, is that I've got a new mustang to make over.

Let's backtrack for a moment and review how this came about...Since the last EMM, I've moved to the Mojave Desert of California, gone back to work, and done relatively little with the two horses that I've got. We still have our 007 Mustang, now renamed "Katie Kaboom" after a cartoon character with a generally charming personality, but an unpredictably explosive temper. And of course, I still have Ranger, my original mustang. I take him for a leisurely trail ride now and then, but have had little time to do much more.

Then one day, I'm browsing the video catalog of mustangs for the new Supreme Extreme Mustang Makeover competition, and a bay gelding catches my eye. Nothing spectacular about him, but he's built like a tank - the type of horse Jace is always saying he wants if he ever gets his own horse. I show him the video, and next thing I know, I'm driving to Reno to pick up another mustang.

So the journey begins again. Here he is...

First touches

Playing with the stick

Wear the rope

Wear the halter

First leading lesson

Pretty good for the first day! He still needs a name. Jace is supposed to be naming him but so far nothing is jumping out as the clear choice. Gotta get to know him a little better, I guess.