Mushu day 43/96
Mushu day 43/96 - 1/24/2025
I hauled Mushu to work with me today! He loaded into the trailer, unloaded and walked to his stall perfect! He spent about 4 hours in his stall while all the other horses got worked, then I pulled him out and got him all saddled. Since he’s been a little weary of horses running around him, that’s what I worked a lot on this last week so today we put all that work to a test. He didn’t mind the horse loping past him at all! I’m really proud of how he did today
Jasper day 3 with back feet
Jasper day 3 with back feet. He’s doing great with his right hind and I’m able to pick it up with minimal kicking. Today is day 1 with his left hind. He did a lot better with this one with the initial introduction, but still had a some kicking. We worked through it and I was able to hold it for a bit
Mushu day 36/96 - first trim
Mushu day 36/96 - 1/17/2025
Mushu had his first trim today! Overall, he did pretty good. He had some green burro moments but worked through them quick. David found a pretty good sized abscess cavity in his left front so he’ll be in his stall for a few days to dry it out. He’s not lame at all and the abscess already blew, which is good
Mushu day 34/96 - 1/15/2025
Mushu had his second trail ride and his first solo trail ride today. This was ride 15ish give or take one or two rides. He walked up to the house, on the back patio, down in the lower pasture, by grandmas garden, down the rode, and around the blue building. He had a couple “oh no” moments but we worked through them and found an area that he needs more work in. Overall, for his second trail ride, I’m pretty darn happy with how it went!
Mushu day 32/96 - obstacle work
Mushu day 32/96 - 1/13/2025
I did some more obstacle work with Mushu tonight and worked on coming off lead pressure easier instead of sending him over obstacles like I normally do
Mushu day 32/96 - feet work
Mushu day 32/96 - 1/13/2025
Mushu is officially ready for his first trim! He lets me bang on them with the hoof pick and rasp them (very very dull rasp that doesn’t take anything off) while standing ground tied and not trying to rip his feet away from me
Indy snoring
Indy sure loves her stall! Turn your sound up to hear her snore😂
Mushu day 31/96 - first off property ride
Mushu day 31/96 - 1/12/2025
Mushu had his first off property ride today! He did absolutely fantastic and handled everything amazing! He didn’t care about Denise and her competition burro Rojo at all, didn’t care about the cars passing him, nor did he care about the group of people and their dog walk by either! He always keeps a level head in just about every situation and handles everything in stride, plus he’s a lot of fun! He also got wormed today and was fantastic with that as well!
Jasper trailer loading and you loading
Jasper learned how to load and back out of the trailer today! He was pretty willing to walk in and he backed out pretty easy as well! He has such a wonderful brain and personality!
Mushu day 29/96 intro to water
Mushu day 29/96 - 1/10/2025
I introduced hosing off Mushu’s legs today and he literally couldn’t have cared less! I expected him to throw a fit because I’ve heard burros don’t like water, but not him!
Mushu day 22/96 - 1/3/2025 - first lope
Mushu day 22/96 - 1/3/2025
Mushu had a wonderful ride 9 and had his first lope!! I didn’t have to push him into it too hard at all and he was actually pretty willing to do lope! Really proud of this burro boy
Indy getting haltered
Indy is also starting the year off by getting haltered! Haltering her was a much easier process than it was with Serenity because Indy is already pretty gentled down and loves people/scratches. The challenge for her was getting the lead rope clipped on😅
