I Caught The Impersonator!

At 14.3 hands tall and 935 lbs, my paint mare has her way of making things known. Honey is strongheaded and proud. She knows what she wants to do and most of the time she will find a way to do it. But sweetness can be seen in her pretty blue eyes. She loves attention and is described as a major pig. Show her something to eat....she won't wait to taste it, she just dives right in. Honey is very powerful too. Yesterday she moved her head too quickly, knocking me to the ground and making me go blank for a second. I looked up to see her staring down at me all wide eyed. She knew she did something wrong. Quickly she licked my face and waited for a response from me. I rubbed her head and sat up. She stood over me very protectively until I got up. She isn't a mustang. She is a paint. But tell her and she will look at you for a second before turning away and snorting at your ignorance. She is a very good mustang impersonator. She even makes me forget that she isn't a mustang. I caught the impersonator and I am very pleased to have made such a great catch.

She is pictured above. In one picture she is of course....EATING! :) In the other one I took the food away from her so she rudely stuck her tongue out at me!

Don't Let Me Die....

Another beautiful Corolla Stallion, one of the many vital peices to this breeds survival, was taken at the hands of another careless person. Their ignorance.....or probably knowledge of what they were doing has resulted in the loss of Spec.

He is pictured above with his little family. After being run down by ATV's his hind leg was snapped in two after it was hit. He took himself over the dunes, a long ways away from where he was hit, with a broken leg.

He wasn't killed by the ATV's. He had to be put down. Spec didn't deserve this. He was just a horse, trying to live in the ever changing world around him, making little to no disturbance in the humans world. The horses don't mess with us. They get that it is our world. Why can't people get that this is their beach and they should leave them alone. Whoever did this wouldn't just leave him alone. They wouldn't just leave him with his family, on the beach, to live his life like he deserved.

Hateful, malicious, ignorant, and undeserving of forgivness are the only words for the people who did this. The breed can't stand on their own four feet for their rights to live on this beach, especially when someone is breaking them.

The Corollas are so magnificent and serene. Just the picture of a little Corolla foal brightens my day. I know that it is hard to understand that they mean so much, and especially to people who have zero interest in them. But I can promise you these horses are more than worthy of being saved. This is THEIR beach, NOT OURS. We can share it, they will very willingly share it PEACEFULLY, there is NO NEED TO INJURE OR KILL THE COROLLAS!!!!!!! JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!

Ask yourself this. Would you like to be lieing on the beach, after you were hit or shot, or a number of other cruel acts, thinking to yourself, don't let me die........?

It's My Life

Wanted to take a second to give a little info about me. I'm Katelyn, aka, Kat to my friends. I love my friends to death. I make friends with just about anybody and am known to be really funny but quick to fight if someone is being mean. This year, breaking up a fight between my friend and some guy that was being stupid caused me to get punched twice. Lucky me right! :)

If you haven't noticed I love horses and own two. Honey or Ace as I call her, is an 8 year old paint mare. Our eyes match at a brilliant shade of blue and our tempers are about the same length....short. She is a bit mean at times but anyone who gets to know this brilliant horse will realize that she is so smart and sweet. She loves running with her tail held like an Arabians. ANY time she hears or sees me she lets me know she wants me with that loud ear splitting neigh.

Animals make up my life. Living back in the country in North Carolina has made animals a dominate role in my life. I am one of the schools top writers but I hate that I am. Photography is a major thing for me. All of the pictures on the blog I have taken except for the ones of Swimmer and Adam and the mustang in the field.

My 2 year old Corolla makes everyone fall in love with her. Matoaka or Peanut is like Honey alot. Her sweet, gentle, and loving nature is a mask. She is deceptive and very quick on using you. But she has learned that love doesn't stop me from seeing that she is mischevious in every way and now she doesn't try to cross me. Since she was 7 months old she has been the attention getter. When I am not paying attention to her she paws my back, plays with my hair, and licks my face. She follows me like a puppy and she did druel on me once!

I own two dogs, J.C. and Comet. J.C. is a yellow lab who is so sweet and like a big polar bear. Comet is my basset hound. Although he was the little runt and is much smaller than a full grown basset.

I have three turtles who just hatched about 3 weeks ago, Santiago, Fredrico, and Durango(all Spanish cities).

I own 8 goats who I am currently trying to sell. Anyone want some?......please? They are sweet, pigmy goats but have currently switched alfa roles and are beating up on my horses and I am afraid the Honey and her short temper are going to cause an issue in the end for them.

Well thats just about all I can write right now so peace out.

(Isn't that an awesome picture.)

She is Matoaka

Standing at 12.2 hands and weighing 440 pounds is my little Corolla who is 2. She is a striking bayish sorrel color and her mane is black with red and yellow sifting through it. She has four black socks and sound and solid hooves. She carries the curly gene like most Corollas making her very fuzzy. Her tail touches the ground when she moves. Her stride is long and easy making her look weightless as she runs. One thing that stands out is her determined and concentrated nature. She has a tendency to act up and be a little silly but when I ask her to do something she focuses on what she does and aces it. She is very proud of her self and shows it. She is very sweet and calm most of the time but she loves to run. She is always on the move and won't stop for anything. Like a livewire but focused on the tasks at hand she does everything 110%. I couldn't ask for a better horse. Yep, she is Matoaka.

Check out the pics! :) 1. is of that curly gene on her neck. 2. is her saddled up. 3 and 4 are that concentrated stare I was talking about. Dont let that fool you though, she is a total camera hog!!!

The Greatest Variety

Pintos, Duns, Roans, Bays, Blacks, Appaloosas, Webbed, Dappled, Laced, Barred, Bucksins, Sorrels, Whites, Champeignes. These are just a few of our colors and color patterns in the mustang world. Our horses stand out. They are amazing in the rarest of ways. Sometimes there are colors that really don't have a classification. We love those just the same.

Go to a show barn. Mostly you just see Bays. Don't get me wrong color has nothing to do with my opinion on a horse. I am just saying that our horses haven't been forged to one color because of close breeding for that right shade of brown or black. Our pastures are painted like an Indian War Horse.