Water Crossing Part Deux

Last night the weather was beautiful, TX, Hubby, Son and I all took a horse down to the creek to play in the water. Hubby walked Big Sugar for some exercise, I walked Baby Diamond for some experience, TX walked Acacia for the experience, and Son rode Mama Spurty to use as our pony horse. We walked down the big hill, past the llama’s, barking dogs, a rummage sale, and across a very busy road. There was only a moment of confusion when Baby Diamond and I were behind TX and Acacia, she didn’t like that too much so we switched places and all was right with Acacia’s world again. Her and Diamond bonded quickly and became fast friends and buddies. All the horses went right over the rail road tracks with no problem, and as we got into the woods, we stopped and ate some dinner and let the horses relax and munch some grass. After dinner, we continued on to the creek where Hubby walked Baby Diamond into the water and let her splash around for a minute, and then he switched her out for Acacia who also hopped right in the water and began playing around. Boy this was not expected at all. Acacia was having so much fun she decided she wanted to walk up and down the river and wasn’t ready to get out yet! After we finally convinced her to scoot out and let someone else have some fun, hubby used Mama Spurty to pony Baby Diamond across the creek. It gets pretty deep in the middle, but Diamond didn’t mind one bit! She followed right behind Spurty and took it like a little champ!

Acacia also got her turn being ponied across and did fantastic as well! All the horses had a fun and very positive experience with the water, and I have no doubts that when we cross the creek under saddle, there will be no hesitation in any of them