Post by Exceller Fund on Oct 9, 2006 23:08:42 GMT -5
Hi everybody! I'm all settled in back home now and rested up, and just have to write ya'll about my latest adventure. I'm not sure what I did, but it was sure interesting anyway!
I can always tell when something is happening: The big moving stall thing shows up in front of the barn and the humans start putting things in it and doing all sorts of things. And when I start getting bathed and having the buzzers ran over me and sprayed with stuff and brushed and fluffed and my mane pulled I know I'm getting ready to head out! We left 6 dinners ago, right after breakfast.
I thought I was real clear in my earlier letter when I requested West Virginia be moved out of my way when I travel, but apparently that is just asking too much? After all, I'm just the world's most popular pony, star of stage and screen and a Good Boy, so I can understand when the simple things I ask are just too much work. Don't go beating yourselves up over it.
As its the time when the grass starts growing, I thought I was heading back to the Dallas Horse Park. The trip lasted about the same time, but boy was I surprised when the moving stall stopped and I walked out! There were horses everywhere - little tiny horses that weren't any bigger than a dog. Horses so huge I bet I could have walked under them! Horses walking and being ridden and pulling wagons and stuff. Horses dressed up in costumes. I thought I knew a thing or two about horses, but saw stuff I never dreamed of!
And HUMANS! Humans walking and riding horses and buzzing around in little carts. Humans everywhere! And moving stalls and big growlers that move them and this HUGE long noisy thing above my head that came and went and made the ground shake. The humans called it a "train". Anywhere else this "train" would have caused some serious concern, but here it was just part of the scenery.
The humans got me all situated and comfy in a stall in the biggest barn I've seen. There were about 1100 stalls in it they said! My room was nice and I felt OK about it. I had my dinner bucket from home and my food, so the important things were in place!
My neighbor was named "Nevada Joe" by his humans and he had lived a real interesting life. He was born in the desert (thats a place with no grass and its hot) and he lived there with other horses and no humans! He said he almost never saw a human. He could run forever and there were no fences or barns and they ate whatever they could find. I could tell he liked that, but I was thinking "No dinners?" "No cookies??". Then one day he was caught by humans and he was real scared and mad but they were nice to him and now he does all kinds of things and travels alot in his moving stall. I like Joe.
Joe's humans and my humans seemed to get along really good and laughed alot. Joe also had a couple dogs he hung out with, and for some reason these dogs thought it was cute to take my lead rope and walk me around. Since they were Joe's dogs I went along with it.
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- Nevada Joe's dog takes Dallas for a walk.
My days there were sorta boring I guess. Every morning after breakfast I walked with my humans to another barn that was full of all kinds of stuff and I had a stall next to Joe. My humans were next to my stall and all day long humans came to see me and talk to me and take my pictures and stuff. I got lots of cookies and took naps and was a Good Boy.
(Dallas takes a nap!)
Every day my humans would take me for walks around the place. Walks were adventures, as I never knew what I would see. I walked right through crowds of humans and horses and little carts buzzing around and never really paid much attention to it all.
The first day during my walk I noticed this little building where humans would walk up and get treats handed to them! I just had to check that out, so I walked up to the human in the building and she gave me this white thing that was real cold. They called it Ice Cream. I tried it, but didn't get a chance to eat the whole thing. The Ice Cream Human must have really liked me because she kept showing up to talk to me and give me pieces of apple.
- Dallas looks at the menue
- Dallas gets ice cream
(Dallas says "What are YOU lookin' at?)
- The Ice Cream lady comes back!
One day I was surprised to see my human from the Dallas Horse Park! She had come from there just to see me. I really like her and was happy to see her again. We talked and went for a walk together before she had to leave, and I hope she visits me again.
- Dallas and Jenna
- 3 of the Celebrity Horses - Rich In Dallas, Nevada Joe, and Gallo Blue Chip
After 4 dinners there I was starting to think I would be there forever or something, but then we left and drove back home. That was a real long day and it was sooooo late when I got here, but I knew Lexi would be up. I was so happy to finally get out where I could run and be with her! She fussed at me at first and smelled me all over to see if she could smell any fillies but Thank Goodness I passed inspection.
So all is back to normal now, except one thing - Where the HECK is my NEW halter??? I had just gotten a brand new halter with a shiny "Rich In Dallas as Seabiscuit" thingie on it and was wearing it, and then my humans took it off and gave it to another human for some reason. He ran off with it and I haven't seen it since! Like its gonna fit his round pumpkin human head. I've never had so much trouble keeping a halter in my life!
Dallas
I can always tell when something is happening: The big moving stall thing shows up in front of the barn and the humans start putting things in it and doing all sorts of things. And when I start getting bathed and having the buzzers ran over me and sprayed with stuff and brushed and fluffed and my mane pulled I know I'm getting ready to head out! We left 6 dinners ago, right after breakfast.
I thought I was real clear in my earlier letter when I requested West Virginia be moved out of my way when I travel, but apparently that is just asking too much? After all, I'm just the world's most popular pony, star of stage and screen and a Good Boy, so I can understand when the simple things I ask are just too much work. Don't go beating yourselves up over it.
As its the time when the grass starts growing, I thought I was heading back to the Dallas Horse Park. The trip lasted about the same time, but boy was I surprised when the moving stall stopped and I walked out! There were horses everywhere - little tiny horses that weren't any bigger than a dog. Horses so huge I bet I could have walked under them! Horses walking and being ridden and pulling wagons and stuff. Horses dressed up in costumes. I thought I knew a thing or two about horses, but saw stuff I never dreamed of!
And HUMANS! Humans walking and riding horses and buzzing around in little carts. Humans everywhere! And moving stalls and big growlers that move them and this HUGE long noisy thing above my head that came and went and made the ground shake. The humans called it a "train". Anywhere else this "train" would have caused some serious concern, but here it was just part of the scenery.
The humans got me all situated and comfy in a stall in the biggest barn I've seen. There were about 1100 stalls in it they said! My room was nice and I felt OK about it. I had my dinner bucket from home and my food, so the important things were in place!
My neighbor was named "Nevada Joe" by his humans and he had lived a real interesting life. He was born in the desert (thats a place with no grass and its hot) and he lived there with other horses and no humans! He said he almost never saw a human. He could run forever and there were no fences or barns and they ate whatever they could find. I could tell he liked that, but I was thinking "No dinners?" "No cookies??". Then one day he was caught by humans and he was real scared and mad but they were nice to him and now he does all kinds of things and travels alot in his moving stall. I like Joe.
Joe's humans and my humans seemed to get along really good and laughed alot. Joe also had a couple dogs he hung out with, and for some reason these dogs thought it was cute to take my lead rope and walk me around. Since they were Joe's dogs I went along with it.
s4.photobucket.com/albums/y123/Exceller/Rich%20In%20Dallas/?action=view¤t=DallasandtheDog.flv
- Nevada Joe's dog takes Dallas for a walk.
My days there were sorta boring I guess. Every morning after breakfast I walked with my humans to another barn that was full of all kinds of stuff and I had a stall next to Joe. My humans were next to my stall and all day long humans came to see me and talk to me and take my pictures and stuff. I got lots of cookies and took naps and was a Good Boy.
(Dallas takes a nap!)
Every day my humans would take me for walks around the place. Walks were adventures, as I never knew what I would see. I walked right through crowds of humans and horses and little carts buzzing around and never really paid much attention to it all.
The first day during my walk I noticed this little building where humans would walk up and get treats handed to them! I just had to check that out, so I walked up to the human in the building and she gave me this white thing that was real cold. They called it Ice Cream. I tried it, but didn't get a chance to eat the whole thing. The Ice Cream Human must have really liked me because she kept showing up to talk to me and give me pieces of apple.
- Dallas looks at the menue
- Dallas gets ice cream
(Dallas says "What are YOU lookin' at?)
- The Ice Cream lady comes back!
One day I was surprised to see my human from the Dallas Horse Park! She had come from there just to see me. I really like her and was happy to see her again. We talked and went for a walk together before she had to leave, and I hope she visits me again.
- Dallas and Jenna
- 3 of the Celebrity Horses - Rich In Dallas, Nevada Joe, and Gallo Blue Chip
After 4 dinners there I was starting to think I would be there forever or something, but then we left and drove back home. That was a real long day and it was sooooo late when I got here, but I knew Lexi would be up. I was so happy to finally get out where I could run and be with her! She fussed at me at first and smelled me all over to see if she could smell any fillies but Thank Goodness I passed inspection.
So all is back to normal now, except one thing - Where the HECK is my NEW halter??? I had just gotten a brand new halter with a shiny "Rich In Dallas as Seabiscuit" thingie on it and was wearing it, and then my humans took it off and gave it to another human for some reason. He ran off with it and I haven't seen it since! Like its gonna fit his round pumpkin human head. I've never had so much trouble keeping a halter in my life!
Dallas