Category: Mustang rescue project

• Hay Thief Caught In The Act! Or maybe just a lonely horsey?

  Cheryl heard some bumping around in the barn and looked over her loft edge to see what was going on.  Honey and BaeBee were where they belonged in their stalls, but Cheryl couldn’t see Mairsiedotes anywhere. Upon further investigation, this is what Cheryl saw: Mairsiedotes had managed to lay down with her head under the…

  micheleballantyne

  February 26, 2017

  Mustang rescue project, My Horses

  horse, horse antics, horse escapes, horse safety, horses, horses getting stuck

• Horsey emergency at 3am!

  Cheryl came into my room at 3am this morning saying something was wrong with Mairsiedotes.  She was stuck under the stall wall between her stall and Honey’s and couldn’t get out. I knew there was a gap there of about a foot high but I didn’t think any of the horses would get stuck there…

  micheleballantyne

  February 10, 2017

  Mustang rescue project, My Horses

  horse, horse getting stuck under stall wall, horse rescue, horse safety, horse stuck, horses, horses getting stuck, pulling horse out

• For Cheryl

  Cheryl loving Mairsiedotes. Posting these two photos for Cheryl.  They are almost identical.  Can you tell the difference?

  micheleballantyne

  October 28, 2016

  Mustang rescue project, My Horses

• Studying With The Horses

  On sunny days like today we often hang out with the horses. Here I find Cheryl studying for her classes right next to the horses. They like to stand as close as they can to us when we are out side with them as these photos show.  Of course, they’re probably hoping for a handout…

  micheleballantyne

  October 28, 2016

  Mustang rescue project, My Horses

• Mairsiedotes Gets Some Much Needed Rest

  When we brought Honey and Bae home, we kept them separate from Mairsiedotes because we were not sure how well they would get along, and Mairsiedotes, being only a year old, is much smaller than the older horses.  So we alternated which horses stayed in the corral and which stayed in the pasture.  This allowed…

  micheleballantyne

  October 15, 2016

  Mustang rescue project, My Horses

  barn, barn building, building a barn, building a barn and corral, horse, horse feet, horse rescue, horse turn out, horses, stalls, thrush, women building, Women Building Awesome Stuff!, women building things

• Our Mustang Rescue Project : First Little Pasture Finished

  We finally got the little pasture ready for Mairsiedotes and let her into it today.  She began grazing immediately, and was peacefully making her way though the tall grass, when suddenly she started bucking and snorting and running around.  Mairsiedotes went a little crazy like that several times.  I wondered if she got stung by…

  micheleballantyne

  August 15, 2016

  Mustang rescue project

  Building, building a barn and corral, building a lean to, mustang adoption, mustang horses, Mustangs, pasture

• Our Mustang Rescue Project : Part 9 – She is So Smart!

  This morning, Cheryl went out to check on Princess Mairsiedotes, and found her in the gated stall, the stall she is not supposed to go into.  The stall that holds all the hay, grain in a closed barrel, tack, etc.  She looked up from munching on the open bale of hay as if to say,…

  micheleballantyne

  August 13, 2016

  Mustang rescue project

  horse rescue, mairsiedotes, mustang adoption, mustang horses, Mustangs, princess mairsiedotes, smart horses, smart mustangs

• Our Mustang Rescue Project : Run In With "The Law"

  Everything was going well until “The Man” sashayed into our back yard, clipboard in hand, taking us by surprise.  I knew immediately he was some kind of “inspector” coming to check on some neighbor’s complaint. “Is this thing under 200 square feet?” He bellowed. “It’s 12 x 24 feet,” my sister Cheryl answered defensively. “You…

  August 12, 2016

  Mustang rescue project

  building a lean to, construction, exemptions, lean to, mustang adoption, mustang horses, Mustangs, permits, structures

• Our Mustang Rescue Project : Run In With “The Law”

  Everything was going well until “The Man” sashayed into our back yard, clipboard in hand, taking us by surprise.  I knew immediately he was some kind of “inspector” coming to check on some neighbor’s complaint. “Is this thing under 200 square feet?” He bellowed. “It’s 12 x 24 feet,” my sister Cheryl answered defensively. “You…

  micheleballantyne

  August 12, 2016

  Mustang rescue project

  building a lean to, construction, exemptions, lean to, mustang adoption, mustang horses, Mustang rescue project, Mustangs, permits, structures