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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!

Sunday, June 29, 2008


Week one: Overview


Well, what an exciting & eventful week this has been.
Here’s a small list of some things from this week:

-The float ride home, nerve wrecking.
-Facing up to me after she ran off the float, WONDERFUL!
-Confidently approaching me, yay.
-Leading around a bit, FANTASTIC.
-Running away, therefore getting the rope/s caught in all sorts of places, not so good…
-Getting eaten alive by Beau, not too good.
-Just being fantastic? Haha, lots of brownie points.
-PATTING ALL DOWN HER NECK! That felt so wonderful! Never did achieve that again though…
-Just standing there, no feed, just in a complete calm state, patting her head.
-How good it feels when she starts chewing from relaxation.
-And lots of other things!!

Really, it’s been fantastic and the biggest learning curve for me! And she’s getting so used to be already, she’s learning so fast. Imagine what she’ll be like at the end of…week 3? Who knows!

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Unknown said...

She sounds like an amazing horse. It seems as if you have made great progress with her. Won't it be fun when you can groom & lounge, and even play with her or have her comftorable around other humans?

I wish you the best of luck! I'll be sure to check for updates :D

June 30, 2008 at 10:43 AM

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