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Sweet old Dot
My sweet Toby
That ***** Gracie!
She almost kicked my head in today. I was bringing Toby back into the paddock after a ride and Gracie was crowding the gate. I told her "back" and she backed up a step. I told her to back up again and she backed up another step. It still wasn't enough so I raised my hand and put it on her chest to make her back up.
The next thing I hear is a mare squeal and she turned and I saw her heels coming towards me. I dropped Toby's lead and turned my back. I remember thinking it was better to get kicked in the back than in the front. I put my hands over my head and ducked down. This all happened within seconds and I waited to feel the kick.
Poor Toby banged into the gate trying to get out of Gracie's way. I thought for sure he'd be headed to the next county, but he stopped close by and started grazing.
I have no idea how she missed me. All I can think of is it was divine intervention.
Once I got out of the paddock, I shut the gate, grabbed Toby's lead and stomped back to the round pen to grab a whip. Poor Toby thought I was going after him with it and started acting up. I'm sure he felt how pissed I was and thought it was him that was going to get the "come to Jesus meeting."
I poked Gracie in the chest with the butt end of the whip and told her to bring it on. She backed way off and I was able to turn Toby loose. He took off for the horse house. Dot was already in there and poked her head out and then disappeared inside again.
I drove Gracie all over that paddock with the whip until she finally relented and dropped her head and submitted. I never once touched her with the whip though I wanted nothing more than to beat the living crap out of her with it.
She and I have an appointment tomorrow in the round pen. I'm not sure if she's in season and she thought it was Toby touching her or what. No excuse regardless. Her ass is going to be mine. I've never come so close to being kicked before in my life.

My sweet Toby

That ***** Gracie!

She almost kicked my head in today. I was bringing Toby back into the paddock after a ride and Gracie was crowding the gate. I told her "back" and she backed up a step. I told her to back up again and she backed up another step. It still wasn't enough so I raised my hand and put it on her chest to make her back up.
The next thing I hear is a mare squeal and she turned and I saw her heels coming towards me. I dropped Toby's lead and turned my back. I remember thinking it was better to get kicked in the back than in the front. I put my hands over my head and ducked down. This all happened within seconds and I waited to feel the kick.
Poor Toby banged into the gate trying to get out of Gracie's way. I thought for sure he'd be headed to the next county, but he stopped close by and started grazing.
I have no idea how she missed me. All I can think of is it was divine intervention.
Once I got out of the paddock, I shut the gate, grabbed Toby's lead and stomped back to the round pen to grab a whip. Poor Toby thought I was going after him with it and started acting up. I'm sure he felt how pissed I was and thought it was him that was going to get the "come to Jesus meeting."
I poked Gracie in the chest with the butt end of the whip and told her to bring it on. She backed way off and I was able to turn Toby loose. He took off for the horse house. Dot was already in there and poked her head out and then disappeared inside again.
I drove Gracie all over that paddock with the whip until she finally relented and dropped her head and submitted. I never once touched her with the whip though I wanted nothing more than to beat the living crap out of her with it.
She and I have an appointment tomorrow in the round pen. I'm not sure if she's in season and she thought it was Toby touching her or what. No excuse regardless. Her ass is going to be mine. I've never come so close to being kicked before in my life.