My Dodge post made it to a favorite blog of mine!

Whippeeeee! I feel so honored! I was never even expecting that! So I guess now I'll expand a little on why and what I've done since Dodge.

As most of you probably already know, I now have another horse named Memphis. He is 5, full of zest, and has just the right touch of stubborn. I bought Memphis because something deep down inside of me could not possibly live without another horse. I'm not sure what horses do to some of us or why they seem to squirm into every single nook and cranny of some peoples lives, but they do.

After Dodge died I quit riding for a long time, almost a year. I just didn't want to be around horses since I knew that I would want one right then, so I refrained. Besides, we had bills to pay off and life to live for a bit. Then around June of last year I decided to start riding again and quickly fell back into the horse rut. I was riding stock horses again and for a minute, figured I should just buy a nicely put together QH.

After the second month of trotting it was quickly decided that gaited is what I need to be happy on a horse. (You non-gaited fans, how in the world do you do it) The quest was on! Took me about a month till I found a horse that felt like Dodge in the saddle and he was cute as a button too. (Just don't tell him he has donkey ears)

Now I have this bay Walker that is totally awesome and better than all other horses in the world. (I am slightly biased here, I am his horse mommy) I'm not the greatest rider in the world and he is not the best broke horse in the world, but we're working through it together. He has a willingness to learn when he isn't being totally impatient, which is a large majority of the time.

I'm completely content with him and very smitten ;)