Leia the Flying Horse

Leia is getting more and more fit, learning various parts of groundwork under Instructor Ryan's kind tutelage.  She is also a young horse, and now that her feet feel better, full of energy.  In fact, she can almost fly!

Leia Lunging

Princess Leia's foot is doing very well.  She is ever so happy to be out of her foot wrap!  Now,  a new experience for her, lunging.  She is too young to ride, but not too young to start learning.  Like Luke, she is gaining experience with being saddled up and the basics of walk, trot and canter.  She has a lovely prancing quick gate.  It seems she will be a very smooth rider.  And, so long as you scratch her, a friend for life!

The little horses are getting better and better and bigger and bigger!

We have been very busy, there are millions of pictures, but none of them got on line.  Princess Leia's feet have healed.  She had about 10 abscesses on her right hind foot.  Farrier Roger trimmed down the foot, Vet Dr. Joeleen did her magic and after weeks of dressing changes, Princess Leia appears to be almost totally sound of foot now.

Luke is growing fast and cheeky.  Both of them are now very friendly, they come up to you hoping to be scratched.  That has both its good and bad sides.  They are like giant puppies, but giant is the operative word.  Plus, it is hard to get work done with them continually wanting to be scratched!

Now they both look like horses, not sticks.  No longer to they view us as monsters who want to eat them, but rather family who have food for them.  Lots of food, we might add!

Luke and Leia both can be lead around with no problems.  Luke in particular is responding to training, do lunging and the like all saddled up with a bridle and all!  Both of them are very smart and want to do well.

The Otter, that would be Ryan Hopkins, is doing a great job training them!