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Post by destery on Dec 5, 2010 20:53:20 GMT -5
Destery ShultzI walk into the training arena with my new horse, Dock. He's a pretty one. He is brown with a dark brown main and tail, and his ears perk up at even the littlest sound. He is very jumpy, and I can tell that he wants to run. I clip the lunge line onto his halter and wave the whip. Dock goes into a trot, and I walk in place in the circle as Dock trots around me. But soon enough, he takes off into a canter and bucks. I pull the line. "Easy, Dock," I say. Dock slows a bit, but then speeds up. He bucks and whinnies. I have to admit, it's kind of funny, but soon turns out to be annoying. "Dock, easy!" I yell. Dock walks and turns into me. I walk towards him and laugh and start petting him. Dock nudges me, and I give him the small horse treat that is in my pocket. He chews loudly, then looks up at me. I go back out and click my tongue and move the whip on the ground a bit. He goes off into a canter and after a few minutes, I stop him for a break. Dock goes over for some water. While he drinks, I sneak over to grab the saddle and blanket. I throw the blanket on him, and Dock looks at me like "What are you doing?!" I quickly put the saddle on, and then Dock rears, flinging the saddle off, and breaking the halter off, too. He runs into the center of the arena and rears again. I run over and throw my hands up in the air. "Whoa, Dock, whoa!" Dock calms down and I grab a new halter and lead him back to the barn. This training is going to take a long time.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 6, 2010 17:16:54 GMT -5
I walked down to the training arena with Gunny following along like always, and then I stopped 'crap someones already here' I thought, I hated trying to train Gunny with other horses around, he didn't like them he was a loner and only liked being around one person at a time, I watched the horse he seemed very spooky and when she put the saddle on him he reared, I frowned when she yelled at him, with the trouble Gunny caused I never yelled at him unless it was for a lead change, when the horse broke the halter I looked to all the gates to make sure that they were closed thankfully they were, as she left the arena, I thought I may as well introduced my self, I walked slowly up to the girl, "hello, I'm Kayla and this is Gunpowder," I said pointing over my shoulder to Gunny who had his ears pined aghast his head, he hated company, I took to the arena and let him loose for a while he would be OK just running around loose while I waited to see what the girl was gonna say, and then I noticed something about the horse, "whats your horses name?" I asked her, and leaned on the gate while I waited for a reply. (when ur charrie answers say his full name and then wat she calls him for short)
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Post by destery on Dec 6, 2010 18:33:32 GMT -5
Destery
Kayla stands there, waiting for my reply. Her horse runs wild around the arena. I think she said his name is Gunny. "This is Mr. James Dean, but I call him Dock for short," I answer. "And I'm Destery." Kayla takes a good look at Dock, then at me. Dock looks back at Gunny, who still runs wild. Dock spins a circle around me and I sigh. Whenever he sees another horse running, he wants to join them. "Mr. James Dean?" Kayla asks. I nod. It's a unique name, but that's the name I bought him with. It's a mouthful though, so that's why I just call him Dock. "This is the horse I sold," Kayla says. I look up at Dock, then Kayla. I think back to who I bought the horse from. Was the seller's name Kayla? My memory isn't too good. Dock spins another circle around me, and Kayla giggles. "He's a handful, isn't he?" Kayla asks. I laugh a little bit, but Dock doesn't think it's funny. He whinnies loudly and I cover my ears a little bit. "Shush," I say. "So, Mr. James Dean is your old horse?"
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 6, 2010 19:36:44 GMT -5
I glanced at Gunny he was running around and acting wild, 'um he never does that' I thought to myself it must because he doesn't like his company, "Gunny whoa," I said and he stopped and waited for me to entire the arena witch I wasn't ready to do yet, "nice to meet you," I said in a light tone, Gunny pinned his ears as Dock neighed, "Gunny get get" I said and he started cantering around the ring, his silver muscles rippling in the light, today was clear and cold, it was most likely going to snow soon, "well no I have only ever owned one horse and that's my Arab Marya," I say "Gunny is just a horse from the stable training program that I decided to take on as my charge," I say watching my dapple colt canter around the arena, "I helped a friend of mine sell him, she bred him, she owns the mother a Lipizzaner and the dad was a stud, and she didn't want to take on training him cause she got a stable and didn't need the extra stress of training him," I say "she owns Whispering Wolves Academy, a few miles away," I said, stroking Dock, "easy boy, you know no one here is gonna hurt you," I cooed to him "you might want to try gaining his trust before training starts, he's a sedative horse and has trust issues," I say remembering when Barbie thought me and Trish how to handle him. (and by the way u don't make the other players charrie say stuff they didn't if u have an idea for the next post you do this talk in OOC: and tell the other player and they work it out how to put the next post in, and by the way not being rude, that is just how RPing is )
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Post by destery on Dec 6, 2010 20:50:33 GMT -5
Destery
Gunny still runs around the arena. He seems like he has calmed down a little now. "Wow, it must be hard training a horse as wild as Gunny," I say. Dock continues to walk circles around me and I roll my eyes. Kayla's beautiful grey horse has it's ears laid back, signaling that he doesn't like Dock too much. "I have another horse named Majesty. He is a black and white paint. He is small too," I say. I stroke Dock's face, getting him to calm down just a little. It has gotten colder outside, and most of the horses start to get their blankets put on. Dock, who towers over me, nudges me, wanting more treats. "No more treats. Sorry, buddy." But Dock doesn't care. He continues to search my pockets. "How old is Gunny?"
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 6, 2010 21:05:55 GMT -5
I watch Gunny go around the arena he was prancing around now and I smiled at the sweet little colt of mine, "no not really he is usally calm, just for reason he has problems with other horses, his main problem is that he has like the worlds worst temper, but thankfully with training it seems to be subbsiding a little," I say smiling, handing Gunny a small sweet heart hose treat his fav treat, "I like black and white paints they are so pretty," I say, "Gunny whoa, and stay," I say and he stops and staying put, I looks back at my gelding colt and frown in thought, "he just turned two years old, and if I remember he is three years old," I say pointing to Dock, "have you rode him yet?" I ask, and hope into the pen with Gunny grabing a brush and start brushing him something I always did before I worked him.
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Post by destery on Dec 6, 2010 21:29:39 GMT -5
Kayla goes to work on Gunny's coat. Dust and dirt flies off of the grey coat. Kayla stands in the pen, and Dock is tied up to the fence so he doesn't cause a fight with Gunny. "No, not yet. I'm waiting until he gains my trust more," I answer. Kayla nods and continues to brush out her horse. Meanwhile, Dock is neighing and looking for something to get into. I laugh a little and reach into my backpack that lays on the ground. I pull out a treat and give it to him just to make him be quiet. "Majesty is a good horse. We have been together for a while now," I say. I pet Gunny and Gunny whinnies a little. Dock then neighs loudly and rears a little. "Ugh, sorry I better go."
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 6, 2010 21:48:54 GMT -5
I smile "yeah its better to wait to ride new horses till your convinced they aren't gonna try to hurt you on purpose, but James or Dock I guess," I say the name I always called him and the name she called him, "is really just a big baby, and he seems to like you so you should do pretty good with him," I say, it was true, "yeah well see ya around I guess, I am gonna work Gunny over some jumps, with the saddle, I jumped him a few days ago and I worked him with the saddle for a few weeks," I said and then I went and got my light training saddle slipping it onto his back and cinching it up, he whinnied and angry cry when Dock neighed, but the saddle stayed on, and then I slipped the bridle on, "good boy Gunny," I say as hook the lunge to it, and walk to the middle of the ring where I had set up a few jumps "Gunpowder trot," I say and flick the whip and he moves to a trot, "Canter" and then he is cantering, I push him farther out, "jumps now boy," I say as he go's smoothly over the three jumps I had set up close to each other not once loosing collection, I pull him to a stop and hug him "you are awesome boy!" I say to him and let him loose to play with his jolly ball.
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Post by destery on Dec 6, 2010 21:55:12 GMT -5
Gunny flies over the jumps. I stand there in amazement while Dock neighs and paws the ground. "I should be back here tomorrow to train Dock, so maybe I'll see you later!" I grab Dock and lead him to his stall. I take in what Kayla had told me. Dock does seem to like me a bit, and I'm excited to get a saddle on him. Dock prances around in his stall, and I throw a blanket on him to keep him warm. I refill his water bucket and clean out his hooves to make sure he had no rocks in there from walking on the gravel. I reach into my backpack and take out my phone. I snap a picture of Dock.
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Post by destery on Dec 14, 2010 22:53:57 GMT -5
Destery ShultzTuesday I wake up at 5 AM and walk out to the stable. Dock stands there, prancing in his stall. I grab some feed and put it in his bucket and give him some water. He munches quietly and waits for me to return from the tack room. I only have a halter and a saddle pad, and I wait for Dock to finish breakfast. I pet his head as he eats and smile. I remember when I was a little girl, and I wanted to be a horse so badly. Ha, but now I realize how silly that is. Dock finishes and I snap his halter on and walk him outside, grabbing a lunge line that lays on the ground, and my brushes. It's not too cold out, but I zip up my sweatshirt and trot Dock to the arena. I snap the lunge line on his halter and walk him to the center of the arena. "Get up boy," I say. He picks up a trot automatically and trots a neat trot. He whinnies a little and bucks, but I yank the lunge line a little and he stops bucking. After a couple of minutes of trotting, I have him go the other way. Again, he whinnies and bucks, but he stops right away. After a little bit of that, I pull him in and give him a treat. I brush out his coat a little and comb through his mane. "Want you looking sharp for everyone," I say, laughing a little. I pat his neck and bring him back out and have him canter. He does good, each leg hitting the ground so gracefully. I pat him when he goes back into the center of the circle and give him treats. Now it's 6 AM, and I bring him over to the fence. "You'll like this, boy." I show the saddle blanket and lightly rub it on his back. He doesn't do anything, so I lay it on his back. Dock accepts it, nudging me too. I laugh and he keeps nudging me, clearly trying to itch his face. I grab a step stool and place my leg over him a little bit. He throws his head up, clearly not wanting me on him yet. I sigh, wondering when Dock will trust me. "Do you want to burn some energy?" I ask Dock. I take off his halter and let him run. He rears and bucks and runs and fast as the wind. I breath in deeply, letting the smell of horse and dust fill my nose. I take out my phone and snap a picture of Dock. (This is the picture Destery snaps of Dock).
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 21, 2010 1:54:15 GMT -5
(hey cool pic)
Mack walked down to the training arena he didn't own a horse or have a horse with him but he just wanted to look at everything at Starry Skys so he would know his way around, as he got closer he thought he saw a red horse running around the ring, and then he saw a girl standing by the rail watching him, he walks up behind her, "hey I'm Mack, and what is the name of beautiful young women I have the plasure of meeting today?" he asked in his smooth voice, he ran his figures threw his hair to get the bangs out of the way, his hair having a naturle curl to it.
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Post by destery on Dec 21, 2010 10:01:59 GMT -5
Destery turned towards Mack. His smile was soft, and Destery couldn't help but give a smile back. "Um, I'm Destery. And that wild horse over there is Dock." Destery moved her hair off to the side and softened her smile. "Do you ride here?"
(Haha, thanks!)
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 21, 2010 17:27:19 GMT -5
He smiled decideding she was pretty, "cool he looks like a lot to handle" he said watching as the horse made a dust storm, "nice to meet, yeah I ride here I don't have a horse thow," he smiling, he didn't care if he had a horse or not as long as he could jump them, "so is he your only horse?" he asked leaning on the rail to watch the horse.
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Post by destery on Dec 21, 2010 17:49:52 GMT -5
Destery's eyes glistened in the sun, and her hair was lifted off her shoulders by the wind. "No, I have another horse named Majesty. He's a paint horse." Destery leaned against the rail too, Dock still was kicking up sand and making it fly everywhere. He ran towards the fence, kicking up sand and dust, which got all over Destery and some of Mack. "Great," Destery sighed.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 21, 2010 18:32:36 GMT -5
Mack laughed at the horse, it reminded him a lot of his dads race horses, "that's cool my sister has a Standeredbred he is black and white," he said, he didn't want to talk about his sister but he did like Patch, "its just dust" he said laughing at what the horse did, "he seems like he likes to have fun" he said smiling the horse sure was pretty, "does he have clevland bay in him?" he asked, the horse looked a lot like one.
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Post by destery on Dec 21, 2010 18:38:09 GMT -5
Destery laughed a little, brushing off the dust and dirt. "Yeah, he has a little bit of a Cleveland Bay in him. But he is a Lipizzan and Paso Fino." Destery looked over by Dock again, who was rolling in the mud. "Who is your sister?"
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 21, 2010 18:43:36 GMT -5
He laughed "that's an odd cross" he said thinking about what she said his cross was, "Mackenzie James" he said she proble hadn't met his sister yet since thay had just got here.
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Post by destery on Dec 21, 2010 18:54:25 GMT -5
"Ha, yes, it is." Destery tried to think if she has seen her around, but probably not. "Do you ride your sister's horse?"
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 21, 2010 19:41:47 GMT -5
He laughed "no I can't ride him, if anyone but Mackenzie trys he will throw a huge fit and buck like crazy," he said shacking his head, "but she's had him since he was a year old so maybe he just trusts her more" he said, his sister was a snob but she had a real way with horses, she didn't care is people liked her as long as horses liked her, "she has a real way with horses she can charm any horse" he said smiling, "but she doesn't really like riding any horse but Patch she saw him at a halter show fell in love and she got him," he said his sister always got her way no matter what it was.
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Post by destery on Dec 21, 2010 20:22:57 GMT -5
"Oh, Majesty can get that way sometimes, but rarely," Destery said. Dock walked over to Destery and nudged her. Destery patted his head and hugged him. "Really, once he likes you a bit more, he is a big teddy bear."
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 21, 2010 21:09:26 GMT -5
He smiled "yeah a lot of horses do that they pick one person they want to ride them and then no one else can" he said with a chuckle and looked the horse over when it came up the rail "he has a really nice build, could stand for some mucsile in his back legs," he said looking the horse over agian, "but he is really nice looking," he said, and then lightly stroking the horses face.
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Post by destery on Dec 21, 2010 22:49:15 GMT -5
"If only he would let me ride him," Destery sighed. She longed to ride the beautiful horse, but he didn't seem to want her on his back. "So, what horse do you ride then?" Destery tugged at her hair, which seemed to not stay in place. The wind blew it all over her face, and now she didn't bother to place it back behind her ears.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 21, 2010 22:54:11 GMT -5
He smiled watching the wind blow her hair in her face, "I don't ride any horse at the moment I will try to talk to Gena soon about getting a lesion horse," he said "but soon I hope to buy a good show jumper" he said, he was very good at show jumping and injoyed it very much.
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Post by destery on Dec 21, 2010 23:04:52 GMT -5
Destery nodded and watched Dock. Now he was wilder and kept rearing. "It looks like something is upsetting him," She said. She jumped over the fence and walked near Dock. "What's wrong boy?" Dock reared slightly and ran towards the fence, which he quickly jumped over. "Dock!" Destery yelled. But she knew she wouldn't be able to catch up with him at the speed he was going. Instead, she slumped down onto the ground, not knowing what to do.
(By the way, that part was inspired by this horse that me and my friend were watching and he decided to jump the fence, so we had to get our horses and go look for him. Haha!)
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 21, 2010 23:16:22 GMT -5
(hehe, my cousins horse gets out all the time but she doesn't jump the fence she plows threw it!)
Mack watched speachless about what Dock did, the first that had run threw his mind was to try to catch the horse put then he stopped and thought for a minuite, then jumping the fence and jogging over to Destery "hey are you OK?" he asked concerned, "here let me help you" he said offering her a hand, " and then we can go see if we can find him, I saw him run towards the barn" he said standing there waiting for her to take his hand.
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Post by destery on Dec 22, 2010 11:30:01 GMT -5
Destery grabbed his hand and he pulled her up. She had never seen a horse do that. Before she came here, Majesty and his pasture buddies never tried to escape. "Thanks, I'm okay." Destery brushed off her pants and hands. "Okay, let's go see if we can find him."
(Bahaha!)
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 22, 2010 13:01:54 GMT -5
Mack helped her up and ran back over and jumped the fence looking around and then haering some dogs bark "it sounds like they are at the stable yard!" he called heading that way and stopping to see the gelding grazing in the main yard, "here he is!" he yelled over his shoulder and then calling the dog that was barking, over to him, "Ace come here boy" and the german shepherd came running over to him, he gave the dog a patt good boy" he said to his sisters dog, "do want me to go get him?" he asked Destery, he didn't know if it would be a good idea for him try and get the horse.
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Post by destery on Dec 22, 2010 13:06:46 GMT -5
"Oh, thank you!" Destery exclaimed. She grabbed Dock and pulled him away from the grass. "I don't get why he did that." Destery led him back to his stall and took his halter off. "You have such a cute dog!" Destery said.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 22, 2010 13:26:54 GMT -5
He smiled "no problem" he said walking into the barn with her as she let her horse into the stall, "oh that's Ace my sisters dog my dog Allegra is here some where she is a bloodhound" he said, "I don't have an answer why he would have done that, I have only seen a few TBs try it out on my dads ranch" he said, and then looking at Dock "you have a real talented jumper here" he said he liked jumpers the best, and then he saw his dog and giving a small whistle she came running over to him, "hey girl" he said patting her ribs. (Allegra)
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Post by destery on Dec 22, 2010 13:33:08 GMT -5
"Yeah, I really want to get riding him for jumping competitions." Destery patted Allegra, always having a soft spot for dogs. "She's beautiful." Destery kept petting the dog, then saw Majesty peek his head out of his stall. "Wanna meet Majesty?"
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