Horses

Our horses are very special to both of us.  On our move from Texas we brought 4 of them with us, 2 mares (Arwin and Misty), 1 filly (BeBop) and a gelding (Wizard).  All the horses except Misty were raised from foals by us.  The youngest, BeBop, was a bottle baby as her mom died when she was only 2 months old.  She has made up for a slow start by growing up to be the herd boss with an attitude to match!  Since our arrival to Tennessee we have added to our herd with an 8 year old Tennessee Walking Horse mare, Sweetie Pie (Sandy's Secret Charm), and her foal, Reba (Pusher's Secret Charm).  The mare didn't have any milk so the foal was bottle raised by the good people at Party Animals, Inc.   Without their patient, gentle care Reba would have died and possibly Sweetie Pie would have too. They were able to use Reba in their petting zoo until she was 5 months old when she became to old for use in the zoo.  We are so very fortunate to have them both.  Our oldest mare, Misty is 31 years old and is enjoying her retirement along with Wizard who is only 26!

This fall we have added another wonderful Walking Horse mare who was rescued by the Coffee County Humane Society.  Her previous owners realized that they couldn't care for her or her colt so they gave them up to the Humane Society.  I am very sure that this was one of the hardest decisions they ever had to make but they didn't want their horses to suffer.  I thank them every day even though they don't even know it.
    
As we live in the heart of Tennessee Walking Horse country, we are hoping that this summer we will be able to show Reba in halter class.  Of course that depends on her manners and how her training goes.  Watch my blog for updates.

Arwin		BeBop
Misty		Wizard
Reba		Sweetie Pie