tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post1947781149448495755..comments2023-09-02T03:03:26.994-07:00Comments on Vet On The Edge: Timber WolvesAKDDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10533003137934379516noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-62950431551731580892009-09-08T20:13:28.607-07:002009-09-08T20:13:28.607-07:00this gave me goose-bumps...thanks!this gave me goose-bumps...thanks!Teri and her Stylish Adventure Cats https://www.blogger.com/profile/00995773243323674858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-89392623672608943482009-09-08T07:48:43.840-07:002009-09-08T07:48:43.840-07:00Wow. Another wonder-ful ride.
Thank you.
You ...Wow. Another wonder-ful ride.<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br /><br /><br />You know you can book these up and sell them, right?<br /><br />I'm in line for one, just tell me where.I need orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16819543886910857718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-92107423618804092132009-09-06T17:20:11.594-07:002009-09-06T17:20:11.594-07:00"how did that horse still love - LOVE - to ju..."how did that horse still love - LOVE - to jump?"<br /><br />because they are good at it, because there is an adrenalin rush for them too. Think about the bull riders who can't quit, and the jockeys who ride again after incredible injuries. <br /><br />I am a .firm. believer that animals know when they are good at something just like people do. It's not just the breeding or the training....there also has to be a personal wellspring that makes them want to do this.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685436243608973979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-2257738639412407152009-09-06T10:00:13.287-07:002009-09-06T10:00:13.287-07:00MM, true on the Zen thing. It's thinking witho...MM, true on the Zen thing. It's thinking without thought, in a way... complete integration of all your faculties without thinking about it; being fully aware you're doing it without watching yourself at it. Or something like that.<br /><br />Holly, true - on another horse that might have been fun, but not THAT kind of fun. Not the Enchanted Forest Ride. Just another ride, maybe. And you're probably right about why Sam didn't want to retire. He was just that kind of a horse: bold, full of heart, and that heart full of grace and courage and trust. I've wondered, from time to time: After that time where he crashed into the jump and lacerated himself - and I've seen (and sutured) injuries like that in person, cut inches deep into the muscle, huge gaping, bleeding wounds, and the horse trembling from pain and shock - after an injury like that, how did that horse still love - LOVE - to jump? To run cross-country through hill and dale, over and under and between obstacles, and trust a rider enough to go over whatever he was pointed at? I only wish I had courage and grace like that.<br /><br />Dragon, I know you've done some of your riding on steel horses and some on real horses.... but either way, you have the heart of a horseman. Glad you could come along on this one, if only in the telling of it.<br /><br />Della - I think "uncaptureable" is a fine word. According to my spell-checker, I make up words all the time, so have at it, I say! <br /><br />38 years is a long, long time to have the kind of relationship you have with a good horse - and it must have been very hard to lose that. I feel for your uncle. It'd have broken my heart, too.AKDDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533003137934379516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-68107853555651057152009-09-05T23:49:42.149-07:002009-09-05T23:49:42.149-07:00You do quite a job of capturing the uncaptureable....You do quite a job of capturing the uncaptureable. Apparently uncaptureable is not a real word, but I like it anyway. I love the splashing part. Thor loves doing that and it always makes me laugh the entire time and not want to leave the water. It tends to be entirely desirable to get soaked riding in the summer in SC.<br /><br />My uncle had a mare (fastest horse in the valley) who lived and continued to be ridden to a ripe old age. She never seemed to want to quit. When she finally couldn't get up again at 38yrs, I think it half broke my stoic old uncle's heart.Dellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17603123973631131775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-65178040688371484392009-09-05T22:22:36.938-07:002009-09-05T22:22:36.938-07:00MaskedMan said it all for me.
You painted a wonde...MaskedMan said it all for me.<br /><br />You painted a wonderful picture of your special moment.Dragon43https://www.blogger.com/profile/10300731439715496511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-82464439028732781272009-09-05T19:34:20.703-07:002009-09-05T19:34:20.703-07:00This would have been a different ride on a lesser ...This would have been a different ride on a lesser horse. I also would bet that this is .why. Sam never wanted to retire. Who would want to miss this? It was probably as much of a rush for him as for you. <br /><br />Timber Wolf indeed.Hollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17685436243608973979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6589783647802842771.post-67542504296235210262009-09-05T17:00:18.157-07:002009-09-05T17:00:18.157-07:00It's a Zen kind of thing; Being fully in the m...It's a Zen kind of thing; Being fully in the moement, at the leading edge of your skills, but not quite pushing into that scary place where you're no longer fully in charge. There is something about finding your self in that place - fully alert to the possibilities, responding more by instinct than plan, fully integrated with your environment... It's a kind of magic that happens all too rarely, and leaves indelible marks on your soul. <br /><br />And yeah, it can be described, but never understood until you've experienced it for you self - without the frame of reference, you can believe in it, but never understand it. Once you've the frame of reference, you never need it explained again.MaskedManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847118110075039840noreply@blogger.com