It's a Horse Life: Time to Visit the Cousins

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Time to Visit the Cousins

This is GunDiva. The daughter.

(500 Allenspark Lodge points if you know where that intro's from. (1000 Once Upon A Miracle points if you know where the points came from.))

For several years now, the "Allenspark Cousins" have been wintering with the "Wild Ones" down at our place. While the Bionic Cowgirl and I both prefer to turn the horses out on winter pasture where they can just be wild, we are no longer are able to send them away for winter camp, so instead they move down to our place until after the last snowstorm in May.

Last weekend was our annual Baking Weekend, which coincided with horse moving day. Jessica, who has trained all of the horses, with the exception of Washoe, came up to move them from the lodge down to my place.

Alloy *hates* Mom's trailer. Hates it. Last year, we spent two days trying to get him to load to go down the hill before calling Jessica to come get him. He loaded like a champ into her trailer, of course.

Jerk.

Anyway ...

Jessica was kind enough to come up and play horse uber again.

Patiently awaiting their uber

Mom spent some time grooming and loving on them while they waited. The pictures make it look a lot colder out than it actually was. She was all bundled up for the wind, not so much the cold.

Once the uber arrived, she lead them across the street to their ride down.

They really are good horses,
even if they both make me
crazy once in a while.

Big Al had minor opinions about getting on the trailer, but it took only a few times of in and out for him to stay in. Mom and Jessica found out last time she hauled Al, that he prefers to ride backward, so once he got on the trailer and stayed, she backed him the rest of the way in and closed the gate. Easy peasy.