More about today

I'm still reeling a bit
from today's events

It was slightly surreal
ya know?
This is the Mighty Quinn

I took no pictures today
when the 4 officers came out

I know
I'm sorry

but I was trying to show the horse
and I don't think you can just put police officers
up without permission
and I wasn't about to say
"Can I blog about you?"

I was saying
"He's UTD on his shots and wormer
and he'll have fresh shoes"

but I can share with you what they did!

They came out in a dually w/lights (cool)
I had Quinn out and brushed
and noticed he had a ding on his leg
but nothing big
just a little swelling... ugh
but it was ok, really

they looked him over
we talked, etc

they took him in hand
and brought out a goodie box

out came the string of cans
with caution tape waving
he had a good snort at that
but then he figured out what it was
and tried to eat them

that's my boy

then came the cap pistol
and I thought
"This is gonna be real interesting"

he dry fired it multiple times
Quinn was still looking for a carrot
and then apparently there were caps in there
cause it fired less than 2 ft from Quinn's cheek
and I swear to you
I jumped
and Quinn just looked at it
he never. even. flinched.

ok
even I didn't expect that

and they all were impressed with that

they walked around him
firing caps
and Quinn just stood there
like it was perfectly normal

me - eyebrow raised

and of course Monte came over
and hung his head over the fence like
"Whatcha all shooting at?"

they noticed that too
but I said I wasn't parting with him

then they tacked Quinn up
in an Aussie police saddle
the total real deal with the badge
on the breastcollar as I said earlier
and I swear
it choked me up
I will forever have that image burned in my brain
it was like
"This is actually happening, right now"

then they asked me to hop on
and I did
and that was a thrill too
and I trotted him up and down the road
stopped, backed, etc

came back
both women got on
one rode him into the big black garbage can
quite successfully

again
wow

then the biggest guy stood tall and waved arms
and the woman ran him over with Quinn

that was interesting too

see why I didn't take pictures?
I was standing there with my mouth hung open

then the shorter woman did the waving arms
and making weird noises
and Quinn was more hesitant about
running her over

I said
"Little women are way scarier"
and one of the guys said
"Ain't that the truth"

they did a flex test
and agreed he would do well
they will be back within a week for him

and I will miss him very much

but dang
I can't think of a better thing for a horse
and
there is an agreement
that I will get him back
if he gets hurt or washes out
or just plain retires

I'm still just simply stunned by all this
I mean, it's a 30 day trial
but still
I'm pretty amazed

that cap gun thing
who knew ??

One of the women turned and asked me
"Do you hunt off him?"
I said "No, never"

totally crazy...