Saxby's great escape

After a fabulous Memorial day trail ride, we woke up Tuesday morning and Saxby was missing!  It was completely my fault, I didn't link up the second chain on the gate and she has figured out how to open up the top latch.

Her forelock is a little mussed 

Lisa and Jessica dropped everything to Cowgirl up and staff the search. Turns out Saxby was glad to be rescued from the back pasture and once all the horses were put up and Jessica and Chester (my hero!) eased her into the dry lot... She walked into her pen, nice as you please. And seemed sort of relieved to be there by the time I got there. 

Once we got finished putting medicine on her scrapes, I discovered she has a big ol' bite mark on her right shoulder. Poor baby.

A closer view, she was angling for more treats!

So, everything turned out really well considering how badly it could have turned out. Many, many, many thanks to Lisa, Jessica, and Chester! The wonder horse!

More dinner with Saxby

Scary predator with fanged mouth by jugular?
No problem!

My super friend and amazing horse trainer got some pictures of dinner with Saxby last weekend.

As you can see, Lisa is standing at Saxby's shoulder-which for a life long domestic horse isn't that big a deal. It's huge for Saxby! We got her to face up and follow quite easily but standing any where past about eyeball location took a lot of time and gentle persuasion. Lisa really is amazing, that's not just hyperbole. 

Keeping my ear on you...

I love how Saxby's left ear is always pointed at Lisa no matter what is going on.












And the very best one yet, Saxby's shoulder scratch face. I can not express how amusing she is when you find the scratchy spot. Her expression is a lot different than any of my other horses or even Lisa's other mustangs. Maybe because it's so foreign to her and the domestic horses are blasé about it now? She arches her neck and curls her lips and, I promise!, sticks her tongue out. It's especially itchy under her mane on her right shoulder.

Curled lip and visible tongue marks the spot