Blackjack -- a Wild Mustang!

 

  
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It was a nice 70 degrees and Blackjack decided jumping was just fine this morning. He gets over a mere 2 feet without hesitation. He never tried any evasive maneuvers either.

Tim N.  , our new Hay-Guy, delivered some Alfalfa Hey rolls. So i couldn't pass up the chance to let a new person ride the little black Mustang. Rope only, no saddle .. I also had Blackjack demonstrate some of his kick-ball moves while carrying Tim up and down the breezeway.  Rider and Mustang were just fine. Blackjack liked Rider;  LGD's liked rider and his girl-friend. So all was OK.







Another take-off with no driving ..

As he comes down the other side ...







I needed to raise the right-side stirrup a notch.  I am also lazy. So I just hoisted the stirrup up to me, as most of you also do. I just pushed the "Take Picture" when the Burros appeared suddenly coming out of the brush, not that far away. I could feel Blackjack tense up;  his neck became stiff and his head went high. He stared at them while I put the camera away and dropped the stirrup.  Then I had to Click/Treat the guy for doing a nice Spook-in-Place.

Blackjack earns a CLICK if he does well.







Speaking of which,, Zakat follows along today and seeks the shade of Blackjack .. kinda close isn't he? I have a feeling that Zakat knows he has explained the "Personal Space" requirements vis-a-vis Zakat and is not the least bit worried they will be violated.

Here is my faithful protector, Zakat. I have been having troubles with Blackjack and excessively bad manners on the ground ... just sometimes ... Zakat noticed I reprimanded Blackjack.  The rest of the time, Zakat would make BJ mind his space.  In this foto-op, Blackjack kept insisting he was coming into the grain room. He quickly got a faceful of an angry Ovcharka who takes his Guardian chores VERY very seriously! Here we see BJ displaying courtesy to Zakat.  So I know it can be attained.







Thought I'd try to old Eventing Saddle I used on Tooka.  Been noticing that Blackjack occasionally complain bitterly about my Aussie saddle, which was crafted in Oz-Land specifically for Shaanav. Tinka griped a lot about it at a canter too. Though, this is like riding bareback. Or it feels like it.

This is Fiona ..again and again and again .. This is FIONA ... she hears a Click and she knows it must be for her.  She heard one because BJ and I were doing Canter Departs then running for a quarter .. then a healthy CLICK .. Fiona joined in ut doesn't "DO" Canter departs .. or Canter for that matter.







OK, how many untrained Wild Mustangs can I pet in a single day? A lot,  if I hang out at Art DiGrazia's place ... the BLM Utah 'Butterfield Corrals' ..  'course, I guess Art isn't there anymore.  Their loss if that's the case. Imagine managing over three hundred totally untrained Wild Mustangs as they await being transported for Adoptions // and check out how healthy these guys look.

Another view of the old saddle.










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