Friday, October 31, 2008

BOO! (or Happy Horse O' Ween)!

While I totally don't get humans obsession with all things Ghoulish, I decided to to join in the fun this year for Halloween.

Tonight when Human came to bring us in to our warm, safe, comfy barn for the night, I decided to play a bit of a trick (instead of giving her a treat, hehehehe). I hid out near the pond and did not come in when Dancer and Cinder did.

Well Human called and called and I kept hiding and predictably, she came out to find me. You wanna know the best thing about being a bay horse with no white legs? you blend into the night really well (heheheh)... Human must have walked by me three times calling my name and I just stood quietly...

Then as she started to get worried something bad had happened to me and was headed back to the barn to get the 4 wheeler so she could have lights, I snuck up behind her with all of my graceful stealth and reached out and pushed her in the back with my nose!

She jumped and did that silly thing humans do when they're all wound up, she SCREAMED and whirled around and saw ME (heheheheh) and I stood there with my tail up over my back and my neck arched and did my perfect high end model pose and snorted at her and she LAUGHED at me.

Yup, can you imagine? She LAUGHED. She should have ran in fear or something when you go "BOO!" right? Humans are hard beings to second guess.

I will say it's definitely more fun to "TRICK" then to "TREAT"

Happy Halloween Humans!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

My Secret.....

I've been harboring a secret. In June I kind of managed to hurt myself and couldn't move so well. My human was really worried and gave me a lot of attention and even after I started to feel a tiny bit better, she did not work me at all. Well I decided I wanted the summer off, so I did not let on that I was feeling better.

I've been feeling good for the past several weeks but did not show Human this in any obvious way. Well.... That cat's out of the bag (what an odd saying the human language has for saying that the secret isn't secret any more).

Yesterday at the photo shoot my human took me to for her job, she had to get on me for the first time since June and I decided to give her a present and NOT limp. Yup, I let her know I was truly OK. So how does she pay me back??? She put me in the stall on wheels and took me to the barn that my boyfriend Emmerson is at. I was so excited, I thought I was finally getting reunited with Emmerson, whom I adore. Not to be, sigh... Human actually RODE me.

Human has been so worried about me and working so hard to make sure I was comfortable and on the road to recovery, I decided to go ahead and show her I am healed up 100% and we had a nice little go round the arena at Emmerson's training barn.

Human and Trainer kept acting really pleased, humans are such silly things, they actually get pleased when you stop faking injury, but it was nice to see them smile.

So my secret is out and it looks like I'm going back to work, although Human and Trainer both said I was on 'light duty' for now which I believe, means I won't have to work very hard. Not working too hard will be OK as long as I get to see my love Emmerson... It was getting to hard to keep the secret anyway.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Wednesday's Silly Pony Trick

It's my favorite day of the week again... Wednesday, the day I don't have to do anything that I don't want to do (like work at balancing the human on my back).

Because it's my day off and Human was off with Ms Prim and Proper (aka Dancer) doing some fancy schmancy photo shoot for a magazine cover (as IF I'm a SLOUCH in the looks department??? Humph!) I decided it was time for a Silly Pony Trick.

My trick of the day was so simple and yet created such a stir at the barn it is an absolute blast of a trick to play on your own humans.

While turned out in your paddock, play with the latch at the gate until you get it loose, then go for a nice little walk-a-bout!

For some odd reason humans find it highly unsettling when they can't find you where they last left you, so if you take yourself for a bit of a walk-a-bout and go visit the other dudes at your place, you'll get to here a lot of "OMG!, WHERE IS HE??????? EMMMMMMMMERRRRRSSSSOOOOOONNNNN???????" and then there is the "Here boy, come on" (like I'm going to answer to this??? I am NOT a dog!humph!)

It's best once they find you, to give them a bit of exercise by not letting them catch you immediately. Trot around with your nose up in the air and keep JUST out of reach for about 5 mins. Then give your human a break and come up to them and ask for a pet. Remember humans are fragile creatures so we need to be careful how much exercise we give them.

Yup, this is a favorite silly pony trick of mine handed down over the generations. Have fun dudes!

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Photo Shoot!!!!!!

Oh man I got soooooo excited... for about 20 seconds .... My human came out this evening and mentioned that it was time to get the clippers out as there is going to be a MAGAZINE COVER PHOTO SHOOT TOMORROW!

Well I immediately trotted into the stall to get ready for my new 'do' and some whisker removal and ... you will NOT be able to believe this.... She told ME to get OUT and ushered my MOTHER in... MY MOTHER is going to the photo shoot NOT ME... FABULOUS BY DESIGN aka Elle, named after the outstanding supermodel Elle McPherson!

Can you BELIEVE this???? I mean JUST because I'm not yet old enough for Human to sit on my back, she says mom is going. I am just mortified. There is absolutely NO WAY my mother is as beautiful as ME, I mean, she's not bad for an older mare, but uh, hello? Everyone who is anyone KNOWS who the fairest in the land is... it is ME!

Well I hope they get rained on tomorrow since mom is not at all fond of rain, THAT would be a payback to Human, HUMPH!!!!!

**In case you're in doubt to me stunning looks, just look to the top of my blog, Human thinks I'm so lovely she chose ME to be our Blog Cover model!**

Monday, October 27, 2008

He Talks to Horses!

Our human is a female human. She's a pretty decent human as humans go. She feeds us on time (although not always as much as I think she should) she gives us yummy treats like carrots and apples and she knows all the good spots to scratch.

Of course sometimes she does things like make us work and that's not always to my liking, but all in all, she's pretty decent.

The best part of our human is her male human partner. Now that one is a super nice human. He buys us horse feed, fixes up our stalls, cleans our water tanks, puts up more fencing so we have a larger place to play and feeds us yummy treats, talks to us and I don't mean just in human-speak, he really understands what we tell him in horse-speak! He then translates these important bits of information on to Human so she can do the things we need her to do.

As long as Human keeps her male partner I think I'll keep her. He's pretty cool.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Silly Pony Trick #3....

This trick is best done when your human is the only human to be seen and on a day you think you don't want to work to hard.

Silly Pony Trick #3:

Lie down in your stall and groan several times when you don't normally grown. Do this JUST as you hear your human approaching the barn (either you hear their car pull up or you hear them walking up).

Your human will rush in and start to worry that perhaps you've got the dreaded 'colic' (tummy ache human, just say tummy ache). They will then drag you up and make you walk circles for a few minutes, but that's ok because you get out of your stall. They will then listen to your heart, your breathing rate, take your temperature and listen for gut sounds.

Since you're not truly colicing, they'll then stand and look very confused that everthing is 'normal' and that you're standing there with out a care in the world.

They will then make a few phone calls to Trainer and decide that instead of practicing balancing the human on your back, all you'll have to do is be turned loose in the arena for an hour of human watching you.

Then after a nice roll in the dirt and a good leg stretch, Human will call Trainer again and they'll decide you can probably have a light lunge and then back to 'bed' for you. Voila, you get to get your human's heart rate going (Which I have read is a very good thing to do to humans) and you get a ton of attention and very little work.

This is a VERY fun Silly Pony Trick and I suggest you try it out soon!

Saturday, October 25, 2008

FREEDOM!

I... want... my... FREEDOM....grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... I thought I could come and go as I pleased but HUMAN has put in a new gate in our barn paddock area and she SHUTS it at night... SHUTS it, grrrrrrrrr, and won't let me come and go as I please...

This is just wrong. I am boss filly around here, NOT Human, so why does SHE think she gets to dictate when I can come and go and where I can come and go? It's just not fair... Wonder if I can get a lawyer to sue Human for my freedom? Hmmmmm how much is a lawyer anyway? Do they take payments in hay?

At least Human jailed the other two horses too, so I'm not alone, now being locked up in Solitaire would be terrible!

Friday, October 24, 2008

Silly Pony Trick Of the Week

We are getting close to Trick or Treat day (Human calls it Halloween) which is a week from today.

In preparation of the "TRICK" portion of the day, I decided to practice in advance, so the "Silly Pony Trick" of the week is this:

When your human sets the stall cleaning device (she calls it a stall fork or pick) against the wall for a moment to do something else, GRAB the handle in your mouth and start to swing it about... Then act as if you spooked yourself, but do NOT let go of the cleaning device, instead, run backwards, wheel about, flip your tail over your back, SNORT loudly and get the other horses nearby all riled up. Then, while still holding the device in your mouth, start running out the gate and across the field and don't drop the Fork until you're at the opposite end of the field.

Your human will thank you for the entertainment and extra exercise you have her by requiring her to walk across the field to retrieve her device!

Watch for next Friday's 'Trick' as it should be a good one in honor of that thing my human calls Halloween!

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Day Off....

Ahhhhhhhhhh today is my favorite day of all, it's 'DAY OFF" when neither my human nor trainer ask me to do anything I don't really want to do, like practice balancing them upon my back or running in circles at the end of a long rope, something they call lunging and I call boring.

Usually on my day off I just hang out in my stall or if trainer lets me, in my paddock. Sometimes I get to roll in mud or big dusty spots in the paddock, ahhhhhh that fells SOOOO wonderful.

Sometimes I just stand around and visit with the other horses in the barn.

Day off is the best day of the week. Maybe I should let human and trainer have a "Day off" once in a while? Nahhhhh they LOVE to work for me, what am I thinking, they'd be SAD if I told them they have a day off!

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Playmate of the Day!

HA! I have had a new playmate today and Human was clueless the entire time, well OK, until she came in to give us room service and fluff our stall beds for the night...

Today, one of the neighbor's goats found it's way through our fence into our field and decided to be my new friend! It was really cool, we played all kinds of fun games, including tag and goat got along well with Cinder, my Quarter Horse buddy, too.

For some reason Human did not find it so cool that Goat was visiting us. She grumbled some words about goats always managing to find their way out of their own homes and to ours... then she read the tag on Goat's collar and made a call and Goat's human came and picked Goat up.

Goat told me that she just wanted a bit of fun since she doesn't have any playmates at her house so fun we had.

I don't know if our humans will let us play again, but I hope so, it was a lot of fun playing tag.

Monday, October 20, 2008

DVD's, Books, Clinics, OH MY!

It's about (by the way Yanks, you pronounce the word A BOOT, not A Bout a Bout is a round in boxing) my turn at the bandwidth...

I'm truly concerned. Lately our human has been engaging in scary things. She's hitting the training books, DVD's and is saying she's going to watch a clinic, EEEK...

I know it's almost Halloween and it's traditional for humans to engage in scary things during Halloween, but I don't think they should be allowed to engage in cruel tactics like Training Books, DVD's and the worst, Clinics...

What this is going to mean is that well past Halloween, our human is going to be 'practicing' these new torture techniques (well she calls it training for better communication, but if that was the case, she'd get it that we do NOT want to play these silly human training games, we want to be catered with room service and maid service and pampered with massages and grooming, NOT tortured with training!).

Sometimes I hate the Fall season. It means shorter hours and usually colder weather which means more time indoors for the human to engage in reading and watching DVD's and getting 'ideas' and trying them out on us.

Usually I like my human, but right now it's time to try to blend into the back pasture hoping she'll pick one of the silly youngsters to 'work with' instead of making me work. I mean really, why do humans seem to think we horses want to move off their leg instead of kick out at it? If I pushed on HER sides with MY legs she'd not move off of me, well not voluntarily, I would probably be able to shove her aside, but she'd push back into the pressure. Why do they think we horses are any different?

I know that the name of this blog is 'silly pony tricks' but sometimes I think we need to rename it, "Crazy human tricks"...

Sunday, October 19, 2008

ABUSE!!!! HELP, ABUSE!

OMG, someone, please HELP ME! That human, she, **sob** ABUSED me today....

This morning the human came out to perform maid service and open the gateway to open pasturlands. While she was performing maid service she had NOT yet opened the gate... Now this is TOTALLY unacceptable. I want to be in the pasture grazing when I *stomping my cute front hooves now* want to be out there and this morning, since there was frost on the ground and fog in the air, I wanted out NOW so I could cavort and then graze.

So first I tried standing behind human to get her attention, as usually she'll turn around and talk to me and scratch my neck for me. Well, she IGNORED me... ME...FABULOUS BY DESIGN, Hello??????? I am SHE WHO SHALL NOT BE IGNORED, for I am ELLE!

After about 2 minutes of human ignoring me AND not opening the gate while she was performing maid service to our stalls and paddock I finally had all I could take and, well I corrected her. I mean slaves, errrr, servants, deserve correction when they don't perform their duties in a timely fashion, right?

It was not a serious correction, I merely walked up behind her again and tugged on her shirt sleeve to get her attention....

SHE HIT ME! Yes, She HIT me and then chased me in circles around the paddock for a few minutes, causing me to WORK... ABUSE, PURE ABUSE! Can you believe that my impertinent human had the NERVE to HIT me???? How DARE she take her hand and slap my neck, how DARE!

I am so appalled and my feelings are just crushed. I never believed my own servants would turn against me. THEN after chasing my in circles around the paddock, she walked up to me and scratched my neck and walked off.. well I followed her for 5 minutes trying to get her to explain her behavior but she only LAUGHED at me and told me to quit sulking and to never tug on her clothing again.

The NERVE of her telling ME what to do.... Good Human help is VERY hard to find. I guess I will have to try being a bit nice to her for a few days though, because up until today, she's been a very good human slave, errrrr, servant. She usually is right on time with room service and she does do a fine job with our stalls and paddock, but if this abuse continues, I fear I shall have to replace her!

Saturday, October 18, 2008

What do I need a "Show Shirt" for?

OK, here's the deal, first, Yes I'm still hogging the bandwidth space, hey, there are TWO of the femme fetal types to my one macho gelding type!

So anyway, today my human comes into the barn in a happy mood. Now I like it when she's in a happy mood because she usually tells me I'm extra cute and doesn't make me work too hard. But today it was kind of weird... She brought in a human shirt and made ME 'wear' it by hanging it off of my saddle...

Now, first, I am a BOY, I am NOT so thrilled to have some frilly, jeweled shirt near me, let alone ON me and secondly, what does she mean when she says this is a 'show' shirt? What the heck is a show? She keeps chattering about how we're going to start 'showing' this spring... What does this mean and why does she need a shirt that looks good with me and my Western Show Saddle to do it in?

Women, no matter if they're human or equid, they're confusing to a cool dude like me.

Peace out dudes!

Friday, October 17, 2008

Rubbers, Beauty Tips??? STUD TIME!

Geesh, the past few days have been chick talk... Beauty tips, Rubber Boots... Makes a Gelding feel kind of light in the horse shoes if ya know what I mean!

So, to offset all the estrogen flowing around this joint, I'd like to request a few moment of Gelding talk!

Have you Studs and Geldings out there noticed how fickle the female gender is??? I mean the mares and fillies will flirt and toss their manes and swish their tales oh so seductively and then when you come over to make a move, BAM... they're all hooves and teeth and won't let you whisper anything in their ears.

Now why is it that they are so fickle anyway? I mean we fellas are to the point "HEY BAAAAAAAABBBBBBBYYYY, Ya Wanna, Ya Know, Snuggle????" No pointless flirting to only get the attention of the gals and then turn our feet and teeth on them... I just don't understand women I guess.

I will say that the human females seem much less fickle... They kiss you and pet you and tell you that you're just the cutest thing ever and they don't turn around and chase you away when you snuggle back. I wonder why there is such a difference between them and mares and fillies attitudes.

Females are a confusing lot. If you Studs and Geldings out there have any suggestions on how to deal with the fickle nature of the fillies and mares, please send me a letter!

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Dancer wants Rubbers

OK, OK, get your mind out of the gutter (hmmmmmmmm now that you mention gutter, it reminds me I want a new gutter too!)...

When I say I want Rubbers, I am referring the the quaint way English people refer to Rubber boots as Rubbers... They also call them Wellies which is short for Wellington boots, a rather expensive brand of Rubbers or Rubber boots as you Yanks enjoy calling them.

The Pacific NW Rainy season is upon us. Coming from the colder, but drier realm of Saskatoon, SK Canada, I am not particularly fond of getting my feet wet and muddy day in and day out.

My human wears Rubbers in the barn this time of the year, why can't I have a set custom made for me? Heck even her canine companions have a set that they can wear (she says something about it keeping her floors in her home cleaner when they're mucking about in the weather if they wear them, why canines need to enter, let alone reside, inside the human domicile is still a mystery to me!)

I think I shall consider starting my own company "Dancer Rubbers" with color co-ordinated horse sized Rubbers... Perhaps then I could retire to a life of warm desert pastures during the rainy season and migrate back to the PNW for summer.

I know this for certain, I am not overly fond of the Rainy Season!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Elle's Beauty Tip of the Week:

MUD, MUD ahhhhhhh Glorious Mud!

One of the ways to keep a beautiful complexion and maintain a healthy pedicure is to immerse yourself in mud daily.

Find the muddiest spot in the field and roll and roll until you're coated from head to toe. The mud will dry and your human will use a rubber curry to get it all off your coat and out of your mane and tail and then they will use a nice soft brush and this process brings out the lovely oils in your coat and causes a delightful shine (Not to mention takes care of those hard to reach itchy spots!).

You're human will moan and groan and complain at the amount of mud you pack onto yourself but your skin and coat will thank you and in the end your human needs to exercises her arms and hands brushing you out briskly anyway!

Tuesday, October 14, 2008





Happy Birthday to my human... For her birthday today, I promise to keep her work load to a minimum by not messing up my stall! (Love Dancer!)



"Happy birthday dear human, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday dear human, and I promise to not dump you off my back when you come ride today!" (Love Emmerson)



Hmmmmmm.... NO one's birthday needs to be celebrated by MINE, I mean HELLO, the world revolves around ELLE... NOT that silly Cajun dog who had recognition yesterday and not my human who is getting the attention today... Hello???? It is ELLE's time to shine, silly, silly world. (Well OK human, Happy Birthday to you anyway, Luv ya! Elle)

Monday, October 13, 2008




Happy 11th Birthday to our GOOD canine buddy, Group Winning/Multi BOB/Am/Can Champion Arlequin Cajun BlackFyre,SD,TT,HIC! We love you big guy!
**Cajun is on the left of this photo with his first born son, 'Wyld' at the 2008 American Belgian Tervuren Club's National Specialty in May and our human holding their leashes, a special thank you to wonderful photographer, Karen P. Johnson, for taking such fabulous shots of 'da boyz'!**

Sunday, October 12, 2008




It's EMMERTIME! (not to be confused with Hammertime). The above photos are, well ME, hehehehe.
Today my human showed up at temporary barn and put the saddle on that is reserved for going on these outdoor rides she calls trail rides. This was the 3rd time in my life I've been on this Trail Ride thingy and I have to admit, while it is a bit of work, it's not hard work and you get to see a lot of interesting stuff and meet new horses and their humans too.
We went with our friend and neighbor, Wings and his human. This was the second time we've gone on a trail ride together and we're starting to make a pretty good team. Both our humans say we were 'good boys' and let us have treats when we were done and back at the horse trailer getting our saddles and bridles removed.
One thing I really like about this trail riding stuff is we get to meet new humans who ooh and ahhh over how handsome I am.. Well they say pretty, but boys aren't pretty, they're handsome, so I'm sure they mean to say I'm handsome. I like hearing I'm good looking. I mean my dad is one handsome dude and my mom is beautiful, so it was expected that I would end up beautiful. but I do so enjoy hearing it from people because, well I am a wee bit vain.
Anyway, Wings and I had an enjoyable time walking through the woods and seeing the chipmunks and squirrels and birds and other horses and humans. We also enjoyed occasionally keeping our humans on their toes by gently jumping sideways in what the human called a 'silly spook'. The humans seemed to wake up and get a bit more animated when we did that, so we threw that in about 3 or 4 times during the outing.
Humans are funny creatures. They're easily pleased. Apparently walking calmly over a piece of wood that goes over a stream (they call them bridges) is something that makes humans really happy because mine kept telling me what a GOOOOOD boy I was ... When she says GOOOOD BOY EMMERSON, I know that I did something extra good. It's her happy voice and I LIKE her happy voice because it means I'll get extra treats later on.
All in all it was not a bad day working on training my human how to stay balanced up on my back and Wings and his human were pretty nice to spend the day with too.
Peace Out Dudes!

Saturday, October 11, 2008

To Early!

What is it with our humans? Why do they think we need to work, sleep, even sometimes eat according to THEIR schedule???

What makes them even begin to think that it can be a little bit about what THEY want versus what WE want?

This morning I was sleeping perfectly peacefully in the sunbeams, enjoying the lack of rain and abundance of sunshine when the next thing I know, my darling daughter Elle and our 'visitor' Cinder (who honestly I am not overly fond of but do tolerate) come bolting over to my nap spot and start complaining loudly that human has made them go OUTSIDE and stay out of their stalls.

I was not impressed that human caused my nap to be cut short and when she came out to pet me, I let her know I was not impressed by turning my head away from her and started pooping.

She isn't a very well trained human as she laughed and told me I'm not a "morning horse" and then kicked me ALL the way OUT into the field.... Sheesh, I just want to nap in the sun human, leave me be!

She did at least manage to get maid service to our stalls completed but I think I'll make an extra large mess tonight so she'll get the point that I don't enjoy having my beauty rest interrupted!

Friday, October 10, 2008

Silly Pony Trick of the Day....

Elle's Silly Pony Trick of the day:

When your human is filling your water tank on a morning where there is frost on the ground (like this morning for a perfect example!) it is a GREAT time to 'prank' your human.

First wait until the human has the hose situated in the tank. Then as your human is standing around waiting for the tank to fill up, walk over to say 'hello' to your human and ask for attention. Once you have them lulled into a false sense of relaxation from petting you, quietly walk over to the tank as if to take a drink. They'll stand and watch you. GRAB the hose in your mouth and fling it around, never dropping it!

This will surely spray your human with the nice cold water and they'll appreciate your silliness AND the fact that they'll not have to shower once they go inside their human stall.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Guy Time....

It's GUY time around here. Darn mare and filly always hogging the bandwidth, sheesh!

Today my human came to work on my skills balancing her up on my back, something she calls riding and I call darned hard w.o.r.k. which is definitely a four letter word *snorts with disgust*

Being the great gelding I am, I prefer to avoid w.o.r.k. whenever possible but silly human decided that it might be one of the last days we get to practice this 'riding' stuff outside in the outdoor arena due to the rains kicking in for the rest of the year, so outside we went to practice today.

Well I like new things. It makes W.O.R.K. less boring and I get to snort and blow and perk my ears up at things like leaves blowing around in the wind and deer running across the field. It was particularly brisk outside with just a touch of rain falling and wind blowing and temperatures about 42 degrees so I decided it was a good time to work on my human's balancing skills and do a few extra snorts and jumps sideways...

I must be getting pretty good at keeping her balanced up there because she managed to stay with me through all of my playing and antics and even laughed at me and told me I was a 'doof'...

Now what the heck is a 'doof' anyway? Last time I looked in a mirror, I saw a VERY handsome Arabian Horse looking back at me and my human told me it WAS me, so I don't know what a 'doof' is but I'm pretty sure she's wrong about that one.

I must have done this 'riding' thing pretty well today because when we were all done she gave me a really tasty molasses and oatmeal cookie treat and scratched me in all my favorite spots. If we can keep having this kind of fun when we do this riding thing, I might grow to like it and perhaps not all kinds of w.o.r.k. are bad after all?

Peace Out Dudes!

Elle's Fan Mail....

I see my cyberfans, errrr, friends, are already starting to send me mail!

Yesterday I was asked the following question:

Ponigirl said...
Thank you, Elle, for the advice. I've been wondering what the appropriate tip is for such maid service. Is an extra "road apple" in the barn's walkway enough? Or should I leave a generous offering of slobber on the maid's shirt, too?
October 8, 2008 10:48 PM


Hi Ponigirl! Your question is a very good one as tipping for maid service is kind of a fine line. Leave too little and the maid won't come back in a timely fashion the next day. Leave too much and the maids appear to go out and party on it and not come back in a timely fashion the next day either, so here's my standard 'tip' scale.

If it's summer time and I'm not spending as much time in my stall, slobbering the maid's shirt after you take a big drink of water is the PERFECT amount. Not too much, not too little.

Now winter months where we spend more time indoors and tend to muck things up more, require a better tip, so normally I find that a well placed pile of road apples left immediately after stall cleaning and bed fluffing is done, seems to do the trick.

Thanks for the note and keep those letters coming!

Wednesday, October 8, 2008




Hello everyone,

I decided it's aboot time to properly introduce myself, eh?



I am Dancer, my human's dream of over 25 yrs that finally came true!

I was born in Canada and used to live in Saskatoon, SK before I moved all the way here to Bellingham.
The place I lived at before was a lovely place called Wunderbar Arabians http://www.wunderbararabians.com/.
It was a great place to live but VERRRRY cold in the winter and there were no lovely views of Mt.Baker like I have here right outside my stall door. The picture to your left is me when I was 4 yrs old right before I moved from Canada to here.
I am now 7 yrs old and have lived in the States for just over 3 years and in that time I've learned to carry my human on my back both as a Western Pleasure horse, a Hunter Under Saddle Horse and we have been working on reining and reined cow horse until I hurt myself this past summer and have had to take a few months off (really, I just pretended to be hurt so I could have a nice vacation!). I have also learned to take my owner for long rides she calls trail rides and am looking forward to doing more of those, although I hope we don't fall off any more tall cliffs like I did LAST summer (a story for another day!).
Being from the cold lands of Canada where it often was in the 20's below zero (Celsius of course!) I find myself amused that my daughter Elle who was born here, is already complaining that it's getting cold outside at night when it's still 48 degrees Fahrenheit. I mean sheesh that's down right warm! Kids today...
I hope to make many new cyberpals and look forward to sharing my stories from A to Zed!


Tip of the day....

It's Fabulous Elle here. I just wanted to share a tip to all of my fans , errr, friends, out in the cyber-pasture!

When your human comes in to the barn in the morning to provide room service and maid service and open the doors to the lovely pasture, they LOVE it when you refuse to go out into the pasture and instead hang out with them while they're doing their cleaning duty.

First, it is really helpful to walk through the stall floors several times while they're trying to clean, this helps them see all the muck they've not yet cleaned up! Then, once they have the stall muck cleaned up and move on to paddock cleaning, they really appreciate your help in dumping the wheelbarrow over!

They will throw their hands in the air and yell and holler all excited like, it's a LOT of fun to watch them get so happy and animated and it makes their morning so much more entertaining, well at least for ME *snicker*.

SO Tip of the day to all you Silly Cyber Ponies? HELP your humans with their maid service duties! They really appreciate it although they do show it in an odd way by then locking you out completely, I guess they don't want to feel like we did all the work!

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

The Weather Outside is.....

Emmerson here and since I'm currently an hour's drive in the horse trailer from home combined with the fact that I'm male, therefore obsessed with weather conditions, I found a cool widget to add to the blog!

Scroll to the bottom of this page and you'll find a Doppler Radar widget you can set for your own area OR you can set it for some other zip code (like MINE!) to view what the current conditions are like....

Now if that bratty little sister of mine, Elle, tries to tell me she's 'drowning' from the rain, I can check up to see if she's telling me the truth or just playing her usual drama queen roll! I give it two hooves up!

Silly Pony Tricks In Action

Welcome to Silly Pony Tricks. Home to the musings of 3 purebred Arabian Horses, *CC Autumn Dancer, *Emmerson Echo, and Fabulous By Design. These three make up BlackFyre Farms along with 5 purebred Belgian Tervuren Canine buddies.

With no further ado, I'll let each horse introduce themselves.

I am *CC Autumn Dancer, a 7 yr old Polish line Purebred Arabian Mare. My passion is to run miles through the field with my 2 yr old daughter Elle and flirting endlessly with our resident hunky gelding, Emmerson.

Currently I'm on layup after 'injuring' myself back in June. **Shhhhhhhh my human doesn't realize that I've actually been FAKING the whole thing so I could take the summer off and laze about the pasture!!!** Recently I've been 'feeling' better (in other words, becoming bored doing nothing worthwhile) and the human has decided I will start back in training in a few weeks. Because we're heading into winter and nasty weather, I welcome the work, it gets me inside the arena out of the rain!

Hey, Dancer, quit hogging the bandwidth! Hi!!!!!!!!!! I am *Emmerson Echo, I am a 4 yr old Polish line Purebred Arabian Gelding who holds court over one lovely mare and 3 FINE Fillies! Dancer who you just met, and my paternal sister Elle, plus two Quarter Horses who hang out around here from time to time.

It ROCKS being sole man of the barn with a harem! Even my human is female. Although when I get bored for male companionship, I just toss a nicker and my mane and my human's male counterpoint comes out to scratch my neck and feed me treats, he's an alright dude!

Currently I'm on 'location' at a training barn learning how to become what my human says is a Western Pleasure horse... not sure what the heck that is, but in the past two months I've been learning the 'ropes' of how to keep a human on your back (well most of the time, on occassion, I do forget how hard it is to keep them balanced up there when you spook or bolt, sigh, and OFF she goes, tsk, tsk) and we spend a lot of time inside the arena, although if I give her enough of a big eyed look, she'll take me out to the woods with buddies for something she calls trail riding.

I guess I'm going to be a show horse this coming Spring... Not sure what that is, but if it involves food and attention and fillies I'm all for it!

Oh Emmerson, MOVE IT... Baby Sis coming through!!!!! I am FABULOUS... well OK, I am BF Fabulous By Design aka Elle. Named after Elle MacPhearson the super model. I am a 2 yr old Polish line purebred Arabian Filly and if I say so myself (which I of course DO) I am HOT... I mean, ALL the studs and geldings far and wide want my number... I LOVE to flirt with them but in the end my heart belongs to my human and her male counterpart. They always give me what I want, accolades on being so beautiful and they play fun games with me and feed me great treats (but not so much I loose my super fit figure!).

I love hanging with my mom and I hate to admit it, but kind of miss my older bro right now while he's visiting that other barn. I am not as fond of our Quarter Horse visitors as he is, but I guess even ugly girls deserve some attention, but I don't really know why.

My favorite things are myself, (of course!) my mom, my bro, my human and then chasing Cajun one of the human's show dogs.. He and I have a lot of fun bouncing about the field together, especially when I grab the tip of his tail! He LOVES that, (well ok, he loves to give me evil glares for that!). Life is great for me, my human says my only job right now is to be a baby and play and have fun and grow up beautiful ... Well I am already a super model, so that part is EASY... silly human.

Watch for this crews tales of Silly Pony Tricks on a weekly basis. Tell us what you think and share your own Silly Pony Tricks... Most of all, Spend time at the barn, Ride and be happy!