WOW, its been a year already!

Well its been a year since I saw Zippity add on ksl. Where does the time go? As I have read and looked back on the past year, I'm amazed at how much Zippity and I have grown. Zippity whinny no longer sounds like a baby horse, she is almost as tall as Ginger. She is reminds me of what it was like growing up going to my grandpa house and going down to the horse corrals.

My grandfather horses were always so friendly and trusting. I could go into any of the corrals and pet and groom his horses. They loved being around people. Zippity is very friendly and trusting. She lets me do anything to her. I can put a saddle on her a tarp, throw rope around her head and around her legs. I can lunge her, pick up her feet and she almost lets me deworm her.

My grandpa was amazing with horses. I really wished I would have taken a summer and lived with him and learned all I could about working with a horse. I did learn some things but not much. I also wished that my grandpa would have been able to come with me to help me pick out my first horse, tho I think he would have liked Zippity. One thing about my grandpas horses that I have always loved was the fact they all loved him and would follow my grandpa around anywhere. They were like big puppy dogs. There was this one horse named Posie, he would do anything to be with my grandpa. He would escape out of the corral go behind my grandpa and take his gloves out of his back pocket and run. I recall my grandpa telling me how when he was camping Posie untied himself and tried to climb into the tent with my grandpa. He was a great horse for my grandpa for everyone else he would tolerated them. I have always wanted this kind of relationship with a horse. I feel like I am getting what I wished for so far. When ever I work in the corral Zippity is always right next to me. She follows me around and has to have her nose into whatever I'm doing.

This is Posie with my brother in law on him, as you can see Posie is sleeping. This is just example of how he only tolerated other people ridding him

I am looking forward to this next coming year with Zippity to see where things will go. I am thinking I will send her to a trainer when she is 3, I will continue to work with her on the ground and work on getting a cinch around her belly and don't forget getting a bit in her mouth. She is a big part of the family, my kids just love her. My youngest always tells me that Zippity is her horse and maybe one day she will be.

This is a picture of my grandpa when he was younger moving cattle