(It seems abit weird, this being #8 diary when its been 7 days...)
Sunday 29th of June 2008
Well, it’s officially been a week since I bought Actress home, I still can’t believe, I actually own a horse, I own a brumby, and I’m training it! Woaaah!
So I’ll start of with what I just did. So, went out with the evening feed, I’m going to start adding the copra meal to her diet (just for a bit of flavour?) But, now I’m thinking I won’t do that, I’ll add carrot first so when Haylee visits on July 7th Actress will hopefully be eating out of my hand.
Okay so anyway, Actress wanders over to me, as per usual. Which is great, but tonight’s a bit different, my little brother is on his motorbike, so she’s a bit distracted by the scary trail bike, yet, even when she’s run off a little because of it, she ALWAYS came back to me!! Yay!
And since she was a bit distracted and flighty because of the motorbike I decided to only work on achievable things, like approaching & following me. Which Actress is getting quite good at now.
She even follows me at the end of the session, empty bucket (she’s probably licked the bottom clean too) and I’m not too interested in her, I turn around and there she is, following me! Ha, oh well, good thing suppose.
And I managed to take the second lead off for her, she just let me grab it – good girl (: and calmly let me take it off, she didn’t even flinch, just stood their, calm look on her face, ears pricked forward! Not like yesterday, sticking her bum in my face and getting me all worried she’d hoon around all night!
Okay, so earlier on today I went out with the morning meal, my memory is really shocking, but we basically worked on just her approaching & following, nothing challenging, I didn’t try to take the lead off either.
And at around 10:30am she had her mid morning nap with Cheyenne. Basically, I just went out there to say hey, and Cheyenne trotted over too, I just stood their watching them interact with each other. I must say it’s amazing to watch, and so tender! And then Actress felt comfortable enough to go to sleep while I was around! Awwh! Not lying down of course, just standing, but still…that felt nice.
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Hello and welcome to Brumby Diaries!
My name is Melissa and I own a beautiful little Brumby named Actress. Actress was caught from the Victorian Alps as the state and federal governments have declared brumbies a "feral pest". They have declared intent to eradicate or remove ALL Brumbies from National Parks and Public Lands. Effectively, this means that the majority of these beautiful animals are slaughtered for pet food. Other methods of 'removing' the Brumbies include aerial or ground shooting. Many amazing people now however are fighting to save the Brumbies, and you can find them in the links on the right of the page.
Actress is a special little horse. Why? Because, unlike most brumbies, Actress is very traumatised from the experience of being chased & roped, and then having to adjust to domestic life. Actress was purchased by The Victorian Brumby Association, luckily for her. Colleen, the president of VBA, usually sells brumbies so they can be lead around by anyone, pick their feet up & groomed all over. However, Actress, being more traumatised than usual, was sold to me not being able to do those things. Actress when she first came home with me was able to approach me for food & yield her hindquarters.
Actress will not let me touch her anywhere else other than her forehead, but is now beginning to lead confidently and is interested in me as I go about doing things in her paddock.
Definatly, in time, Actress will become one of the most amazing horses you will ever encounter, and I am confident me and Actress will have an amazing bond that will last forever.
What I aim to achieve through this blog, is to give an insight view on Actress' progress over the coming months and years. Not only is it a personal archieve for myself, but a way for the public to experience Actress' journey.
I also hope to prove the Brumby as a strong, smart, beautiful and versatile breed, in hope that other people will also want to join in the fight to save Australia's Brumbies!
My name is Melissa and I own a beautiful little Brumby named Actress. Actress was caught from the Victorian Alps as the state and federal governments have declared brumbies a "feral pest". They have declared intent to eradicate or remove ALL Brumbies from National Parks and Public Lands. Effectively, this means that the majority of these beautiful animals are slaughtered for pet food. Other methods of 'removing' the Brumbies include aerial or ground shooting. Many amazing people now however are fighting to save the Brumbies, and you can find them in the links on the right of the page.
Actress is a special little horse. Why? Because, unlike most brumbies, Actress is very traumatised from the experience of being chased & roped, and then having to adjust to domestic life. Actress was purchased by The Victorian Brumby Association, luckily for her. Colleen, the president of VBA, usually sells brumbies so they can be lead around by anyone, pick their feet up & groomed all over. However, Actress, being more traumatised than usual, was sold to me not being able to do those things. Actress when she first came home with me was able to approach me for food & yield her hindquarters.
Actress will not let me touch her anywhere else other than her forehead, but is now beginning to lead confidently and is interested in me as I go about doing things in her paddock.
Definatly, in time, Actress will become one of the most amazing horses you will ever encounter, and I am confident me and Actress will have an amazing bond that will last forever.
What I aim to achieve through this blog, is to give an insight view on Actress' progress over the coming months and years. Not only is it a personal archieve for myself, but a way for the public to experience Actress' journey.
I also hope to prove the Brumby as a strong, smart, beautiful and versatile breed, in hope that other people will also want to join in the fight to save Australia's Brumbies!
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