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When we first got Leia, we spent the day helping her settle in and get comfortable in her new home. We haltered her and worked a little on introducing fly spray that evening. The next day, we took her out into the yard to do some light groundwork and let her explore. Over the next few days, I gave her time to get used to my other horse. One issue we noticed early on was that Leia became buddy sour whenever my other horse wasn’t nearby. A few days later, we had a trainer come take a look at her to see what we could do. He suggested separating her to help with the buddy sourness, so we set up her own pen inside the larger one but far enough away from my other horse. When we started training, Leia was still pretty buddy sour and anxious in the round…

For this month I was told to write about three goals I have for Leia and I in this whole journey. First, I want to talk about my long term goal. Leia has been through a rough time at such a young age. I want her to be able to trust people and be comfortable in all environments. The short term goal, I have for her is to be able to start riding in the next thirty days. Things started off with her being very anxious and that consumed a lot of our time. We started weighing her food and giving her a supplement to balance her hormones and calm her down. Now she is already like a whole new horse. We can saddle her and lunge her. She is still a little sketchy about it but she is making great progress. I have full confidence that I can ride…

Starting this month, a financial recap prompt will be posted on the 1st of every month. Your response is due by October 31st at 11:59 PM.

Each recap should be a simple bulleted “receipt” listing your expenses (feed, vet, farrier, supplies, boarding, tack, etc.) along with a monthly total at the very end of your post. This exercise is meant to help you track the true costs of horse ownership and build budgeting skills. I recomend you keep a running physical journal or doc/excel document of all your expenses so you can find later on when you have to submit a mid-year & final totals.

At the beginning of each month, a social media assignment will be posted. You must create a post on Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube and submit a screenshot of your post in this post's comments by October 31st at 11:59 PM.

Your post should promote your horse’s journey, highlight Homes for Horses, or educate others about “at-risk horses.” If you do not have social media, you may send your photo and caption to Londyn to be posted on the official Homes for Horses Instagram, or you may have a parent post it on their profile on your behalf.