Mila and Fiera are home!

[PasoVicki]

They left Colorado on Saturday morning (a little later than planned) and got here about noon today. They seem to have handled the trip well and are settling in.

Here's Fiera --


http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g239/SoCalPaso/FieraHome.jpg


and Mila --

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g239/SoCalPaso/MilaHome.jpg


and one of the two of them together --



http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g239/SoCalPaso/BothHome.jpg


Fiera looks like she's standing oddly on her left front in that last picture, but it must be the camera angle, or else she moved her foot just as I took the picture. She's standing and walking perfectly normally. She and Mila are so cute together; where one goes, the other follows.

[appyday]

Awww they look great....I remember Fiera I dont remember her..which on is that one? Was she Terrys?

[PasoVicki]

Mila is in the purple halter -- she came from Terry.
Fiera is in the black halter -- she came from Helene.
They spent almost a week together at Helene's before the trip, though, and they are very bonded.

[CarolU]

No, Fiera was Helene's. And no, she's not standing funny, just down hill and resting one leg.

They both look great! Sometimes 'double vision' is a GOOD thing! :D :D

[Linda Y]

Wow, they really do look like they stood the trip well. Don't look the least bit dehydrated or stressed. Good job whoever the hauler was.

[motorgypsy]

Gorgeous!!!

[jodiTowne]

Love the dapples ...and the new fence!!

[appyday]

Mila is in the purple halter -- she came from Terry.
Fiera is in the black halter -- she came from Helene.
They spent almost a week together at Helene's before the trip, though, and they are very bonded.

Gotcha.....love them both...congrats..

[Terry Wallace]

Glad to see both mares arrived in good shape! Looks Like Mila sweated up in the trailer...very typical of her...you will probably have to hose her off to get all the ruffles out of her coat!

I'll bet Mila was happy she did not arrive at a veterinarian's! Thats why she hates to be hauled..she had only gone from farm to vet and back again her whole life! Never been anywhere else... ;-)

[Pasogirlz]

Beautiful pair. Can't beat those dapple buckskins. ;-)

[appyday]

Yeah they look good..I had a mare shipped in in Feb from Salah Washington..she was over 7 days in the trailer..she was pretty sucked up but did fine..

[Barbwire]

What pretty girls they are. I'm glad they arrived safe and sound. :smile:

[Beth Worden]

THey look great!!! Beautiful mares. BTW where are you located?

[Monty]

They look good - hmmmmm ,thought crossed my mind - wouldn't they look good as a team pulling a carriage ? :D

[Pasomom]

Oh yeah, that would be beautiful! a matched team!

Well it is obvious that someone loves Buckskins!

Congrats. They are both beautiful girls!

[PasoVicki]

Looks Like Mila sweated up in the trailer...very typical of her...you will probably have to hose her off to get all the ruffles out of her coat!

Yeah, she did, but overall she seems to have tolerated the trip very well. We brushed and combed yesterday, but I thought it would be best to wait a day or two before giving her a bath, just in case she's more stressed than she appears.


Beautiful mares. BTW where are you located?

Southern California, a little east of San Diego (the city).

[DebbieS]

They are beautiful girls! Mila is so shiny!!

Yes, they would look good as a team in a parade!

[Terry Wallace]

Are they being "good girls" for you Vicky? I would bet Mila will be a bit tentative until she settles in...but I'm SURE she will like being in California...no nasty winter blizzards....
:D

[Minouri]

I wonder what they talked about on the trip over.... :roll

[PasoVicki]

Are they being "good girls" for you Vicky? I would bet Mila will be a bit tentative until she settles in...

Surprisingly enough, she's not being tentative at all, Terry. She seems right at home, and nothing has seemed to faze her a bit. She'd probably get anxious if I tried to separate her from Fiera, though. They're each other's shadow.

[Terry Wallace]

Good! Grab her up by the chin and plant a kiss on that muzzle for me... she should be "used" to that.... I've done it a hundred times...
AND...she doesn't mind baths. She doesn't much like her udder cleaned, she might grunt about it...but I do it anyway.

Now...you have lots of time to find a good mate for her...are there some likely candidates in California you are eyeballing?

You can always wait for the PFHA stallion auction if you want to AI...darn good bargains can be had there.... for a first foal...I'd natural cover though...JMO

[PasoVicki]

I agree about the benefits of natural cover. Big problem is that there aren't any Paso farms anywhere close. Natural cover means trailering her several hours away, at a minimum, and then trailering her back the same distance. So I'd guess the risk of reabsorbtion would be high, given her usual stress level when traveling. Unless I send Fiera with her, which I really don't plan on.

[Helene]

Vicki,
I think Capuchero de Calidad, a Capuchino son, is still in L.A area. He is GORGEOUS and has a very nice disposition, I've heard. I used to own a son of his and he was a very sweet and well gaited horse...was shown by my kids when he was 3 years old....If you want, I can get you in touch with Wendy, his owner. She had a special on his breedings this year I think...might extend them???
Fiera looks pretty content. She doesn't mind baths, either.

[Terry Wallace]

Capuchero de Calidad was a horse highly reccomended to me by Betsy McHugh, you might want to check him out...as Helene suggests. Is he on the PFHA stallion auction..I wonder.... :?:

[Andrea G.]

Congratulations Vicki! They are beautiful mares - lucky you!!!
Yes, Wendy is extending her breeding special and Capuchero is quite nice - I checked him out and watched him gait...in case I want to breed next year ;-) I was very impressed with him!
Wendy is also very nice and accommodating and she is in Orange County which is alot closer than Los Angeles.
Her email is lovetogait@earthlink.net

[lovetogait]

I think Capuchero would be thrilled to meet either or both of your girls. He is a sweetie and very gentle and polite with the mares he breeds. I have a beautiful palomino filly from him who was born this Spring and am waiting for my other two to foal in about three weeks - one buckskin who looks a lot like yours and one buckskin dun who used to be owned by Helene. I can hardly wait to see what those babies look like.

Capuchero's babies are good sized, naturally very well gaited and have nice, easy to train dispositions. He has just turned 19 years old and he is still getting those girls in foal first time, every time. Last year we bred him to a 17 year old maiden mare - a pinto - and my vet told me she wasn't in foal, so I sold her to a friend (who happens to be the lady who originally bred her.) Well, this Spring, that mare had a beautiful bay filly - after just ONE breeding on a maiden mare!

I am in Orange County, about an hour North of San Diego (don't know where you are in San Diego) so the journey wouldn't be too far if she came up. And yes, I am still running my "incentive program" on Capo. Since he is getting older, I think it is best to breed him as much as we can while he still is doing the job! Since he was in the stallion auction last year, any baby born from a breeding this year would automatically be sweepstakes nominated. And I am putting him back in the stallion auction at Nationals again as well.

Congratulations on your cute girls!

Wendy

[PasoVicki]

Hi, Wendy! ':hello'

Capuchero sounds great. Disposition is very important to me! How tall is he? Mila is a daintly little thing -- only about 13.1 -- so I can't breed her to a large stallion.

[lovetogait]

Hi Lori - why don't you email me at lovetogait@earthlink.net and I will give you all the specifics about Capuchero....and send you a picture as well.

[Brigitte]

Beautiful girls!Congrats

[Terry Wallace]

Ah..C'mon Wendy....post him HERE...we all want to see...last photo I saw of him was a black & white one..I wanna see his chestnuty coat!!

[Helene]

Terry, great idea! Please, Wendy...I would love to see a picture of Shadow's and Gitana's granddad!!!

[Linda Y]

We sure do! Come on and share!! :lol:

[lovetogait]

If someone will help me to do it, I will try and post pix -

[Barbwire]

http://www.jammerbabe.com/flotilla/images/smiles/groupsmile.gif

[Andrea G.]

Glad to see you made your way here Wendy!!
Enjoyed all the info on Capuchero ;-)

[Moniece Dickerson]

CONGRADS!!They are both just BEAUTIFUL!!So glad they made it home safely,you'll enjoy them to no end :D !!Your friend,Moniece

[lovetogait]

Here is the handsome lad....

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n241/lovetogait/WC-Capuchero.jpg

Wendy

[PasoVicki]

I sent you an email on Tuesday, Wendy. I hope you got it.

[lovetogait]

Vicki - I never got your email..... :cry:

Can you try again? lovetogait@earthlink.net

Thanks,

Wendy

[Fino1]

Wendy!

Your boy is STUNNING!

Please post more of him........please.....

Judy and Chloe the Bengal who is in her cat tree sunning herself, wishing she was outside............

PS.........welcome to the BB! And sure enjoyed seeing you again in Vegas!

[PasoVicki]

Okay, I'll do it again right now. Hope it goes through this time.

[lovetogait]

How can I contact you?

[PasoVicki]

Hmmm. I did send another email -- maybe it got caught up in one of earthlink's filters. That happens sometimes. I'll send you a p.m. through the BB. Give me a couple of minutes and then check your private messages.

[Andrea G.]

Wendy - he is beautiful! What a great picture of him! Love all that mane!
Gotta love a man with a lot of hair :D

[Terry Wallace]

C'mon Wendy...post us a full body shot of him in his prime... doesn't he have some body ticking...on his chestnutty coat?

I remember a shot of him in PFH World once...can you post that one?

THANKS!

[lovetogait]

He doesn't have any body ticking....he's a dark red chestnut with the metallic glimmer, and his mane and tail are a little bit flaxen. In his prime, he had no white on him at all. Now he has a few "gray hairs" on his face....it happens to all of us! I will find a picture of him under saddle....just figured this all out....be patient!

Wendy

[Helene]

Glad to see you got a picture on the BB. Capuchero looks majestic. Beautiful picture of a beautiful horse. I still have the photos of him you took years ago, but I can't get them scanned into the computer.

[lovetogait]

Hopefully this will work....

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n241/lovetogait/cap_edited.jpg

This was taken at a show in Pomona about two years ago....right before I bought him.

Wendy

[Helene]

Thank you, Wendy. This is the first time I've seen a picture of him under saddle. He is GORGEOUS....

[Terry Wallace]

Thanks for the info Wendy..I think it was that black & white photo..that made it appear he was really flaxen and might have had ticking...
Anyways...he IS gorgeous....!!

[Pasogirlz]

He sure is stunning. Thanks for posting the pix, and welcome to the bb! It was good to meet you at Vegas, as brief as it may have been. ;-)