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Name:
Age: 10yrs
Breed: Mustang
Color: Palomino
Gender: Gelding (1 breeding)
Markings: Star, sock, overo
Height: 14hh
Vice/Fear/Special: This guy seems to have an attitude problem ans is aggressive towards all other horses that are around his size. (small ponies and large drafts not included.)

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Claimed!

I'm gonna call him Sleeping Under the Stars "Tiff"

**If you can please refrain from posting until I say, it would be much appreciated. But I'm always open for PMs so if you have anything you would like to say PM it to me**

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Art:
On Paint
Tiff in the wild

Day One
Day Two
Day Three

Information about Me that may be useful:

My name: Talina Hunter
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Origin: A girl from England who lives with her parents she has a horse, Cloud.
Crush: Tom becomes apparent as we go along, lol

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23rd July 2015 10:15 AM

I inhaled the smell of the lush green grass, it smelt like home to me, like horses. My taxi driver was extremely friendly and was chatting to me the whole way there, I could barely contain my excitement.
"So what you doin' traveling here, from England?" He said kindly with a southern twang.
"I'm taking part in the Mustang Makeover, y'know at the CottonWood Horse Ranch.
" Ah yes I know where you are
Talking about."

23rd July 2015 11AM

Forty-five minutes had past and we were approaching the drive way. A big gate with the CWRH sign on the left hand side. We rolled up to the gate which we buzzed into. He dropped me off near the front building, "See you later little lass" The driver said just before he rolled his window up and drove off. Here I was; standing in front of the front building of Cottonwood Ranch, I exhaled to keep my cool, I nervously left my bags outside and walked into the building, it was cosy yet spacious, the woman at the desk noticed me within a second, "Hi, can I help you?" She asked me smiling from ear to ear,
"Hi. Yes, I'm here for the Mustang Makeover" I said walking to the front desk
"Are you the English Import?" She asked
"Yes, Talina Hunter" She nodded and turned around grabbed a bunch of file before spinning back round
"Here is all information on your horse, can I ask where you are staying? My name is Ruth if you need any help or anything don't be shy to give me a ring!" She introduced herself while handing the papers over to me. "I'm staying at Autumn Road"
I flicked through the files noticing the key information.

Name:
Age: 10yrs approx.
Breed: Mustang
Color: Palomino
Gender: Gelding
Markings: Star, sock, overo
Height: 14hh
Vice/Fear: This guy seems to have an attitude problem and is aggressive towards all other horses that are around his size. Strangely small ponies and large drafts are not included.

Wow. This is actually happening for real, it had just seems like a dream until now. Ruth told me what pen he was in and to leave my bags inside, and that she would call Charles the owner of Autumn Road. So I brought my bags inside and rushed off to see my horse. When I got to the pen I noticed that he was covered in mud, but that was to be expected off a wild horse. I sat down at the edge of the pen to let him get comfortable with me there and tried to think of a name. When I came up with it, the perfect name for him. His name shall be, Sleeping Under The Stars or he will be known as Tiff. It's unique different! It's just him. I let Charles who had just arrived, shelter and load Tiff, as I need to get to know him better.

23rd July 2015 16:07 PM

We got to Autumn Road and I must say Charles and his wife Sylvia were very welcoming, I had my own quarters, it was a cosy cottage, very moderated and up-to-date. I put my stuff in the doorway and walked out, locking the door. Then I went to help Charles and the stable hands unload Tiff, and it thankfully didn't take as long as I was expecting, and definitely not as long as it took to load him.
We let him loose into the round pen, it was a tall blue fenced there was no way he would be able to jump it which was good, I suppose, i didn't want to lose him. It was fun to watch him run around wildly. But I decided to let him settle in on his own, I was to return Tomorrow I helped one of the stable hands throw a bale of hale in the pen and fill the trough with water before leaving him to get accommodated to his new surroundings.

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24th July 2015 07:38 AM

I had woken up to the horrid sound of my alarm, wondering why I had set it in the Summer Holidays, then I remembered familiarizing my self with my new room, that I was taking part in the Mustang Makeover, and that I was more than a thousand miles away from my home and family. I had got dressed and put a small amount of make-up on before having breakfast. I unpacked my stuff last night with loads of spare time so I went and got to know everyone and the horses here. I went out to see my own horse, "Talina, there you are, Tiff was very feisty last night so we moved him to the far end paddock, so he has more room to run, Hope that's okay!" One of the stablehands, Tom, said to me as I passed by him, mucking his own pony's stall.
"Thats fine, thanks for telling me Tom!" I smiled at him, he was very attractive and when he smiled back it felt like my heart did a somersault. I had to go back to the cottage to get the halter I had brought for Tiff, so I ran back and grabbed it before jogging to the far end paddock where my Wild horse was waiting for me. Before I got there I stopped jogging, as I approached the paddock Tiff stood there staring at me, his eyes were wide and ears where facing me. He nickered, and pawed the floor nervously. I didn't want to risk Tiff getting loose; so instead I climbed over the fence and sat there patiently, none of us did anything for awhile, but after about an hour Tiff was becoming more comfortable with me being on the fence. He started to display common wild features, calling for other horses galloping around the field rearing and bucking and random times.
24th July 2015 09:55 AM
By now Tiff was completely fine with me sitting on the fence so I decided to slide down off the fence so I was standing inside the paddock. At first Tiff didn't realize, he was to busy rolling in the mud, and even when he stood up he didn't notice me standing. But when he did he became more alert and started to show dominant behaviour. I stood there for about fourty-five, then I walked a bit closer to Tiff.
24th July 2015 14:04 PM
It had taken roughly four hours to get this close to Tidd, I was within a few meters, I could touch him but I wasn't going to I was going to get him used to me being in his space so I sat down.
24th July 2015 17:40 PM
Wow just wow. Tiff had laid down about two meters away from me. He must of been fully comfortable with me in there, so I laid down too. Tomorrow I shall try to touch Tiff.

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25th July 2015 7:31 AM
There was no forgetting where I was today I woke up straight away ate breakfast and got changed and grabbed the halter and lead rope again you never know if I might need it, I also grabbed my bag of peppermints. I left my warm, cosy cottage to start walking up to the far end field in the bitter temperature. As I locked the door I was get by Tom "Hey! Care to walk down to the field with me?" He asked gesturing to the field my Mustang was in. "Of course;" I said giggling like a young girl, I was making a fool of myself. When we got there he said that he needed to go to the mare field and that he needed to go. Tiff snorted and I snapped out of a wierd trance I seemed to be in. "Hey, Tiff, heya boy" I whispered in a more high pitched voice than my normal one. I clambered over the fence again and began walking toward him, he was no different than yesterday he seem fine with me being a couple of metered so I decided to try and go a little closer, he was nervous but so was I, it took overall about an hour of me whispering to him and walking closer to him when I eventually got so close I was about a centimetre away from his nose. I fumbled in my pocket and brought a treat and held it in my hand out for him, he sniffed it before gently eating it, his head bombed up and down so I guessed he liked it, I gave him another and slipped my hand up to his nose he flinched but didn't move, I moved my hand up to his cheek. He was nervous so I was whispering to him the whole time which calmed him down. I kissed him on his star, and he snorted gently. I'd done it, I had touched Tiff. I saw Tom walking past and saw he had his grooming kit I had left mine in the cottage, "Hey Tom, could I borrow your kit?" He nodded and passed the kit to me "thanks!" I opened it and got out a curry comb I let Tiff smell it, he was nervous when I started grooming him with the curry comb but after I had finished with it I could tell he loved it. I then used the soft and hard brush, then I followed up with a mane and tail brush. He looked much better now he didn't have mud all over him, I didn't use the brushes particularly hard. I gave him another peppermint. And I rubbed his face, he defiantly wasn't headshy!

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26th July 2015 08:13 AM
I overslept this morning by a whole hour, I rushed to get changed out of my pyjamas, and then grabbed my stuff and put it in a rucksack, altogether I packed halter, leadrope, treats, my grooming kit, and a blanket.
It was even colder than yesterday, so I grabbed a thicker jacket. It seemed like forever walking to the far end field but when I got there I was greeted by a very muddy Tiff, "oh Tiff," I sighed this time I opened the gate only enough for me to walkthrough and as soon as I was in the paddock I shut it against boy I said reaching up to the front of his face, I still had treats in my pocket so i fished one out and he ate it straight away. I kissed him on the nose gently. I took my bag off, Tiff sniffed it, and started biting the zipper. I hung the bag on one of the posts unzipped it (which was rather hard to stop Tiff stop biting it) got out an Apple and gave it to Tiff. I then got out the head collar and threw it on the floor. Once tiff had finished the Apple he went nervously over to the headcollar and started nudging it around. I went and picked the headcollar up and called Tiff back over as he went galloping around the field like a young foal who had just stood up, he trotted over his head held high proudly. As I held it in my hand I let him sniff it again then I quickly slipped it on much to his despise. After I finished clipping it together I let Tiff run around, he thrust his head up wildly at random moments, I stood in the middle of the field laughing at him. He did calm down eventually; when he realised that it wouldn't hurt him. I called his name and held out a apple. As soon as he saw the Apple galloped over here, I grabbed the leadrope out of my bag clipped it to his headcollar, I the untied it and I tied the opposite end to the fence in a quick slip knot while I put on my helmet. I was going to take him past the other horses. I had bits of chopped up carrots in a bag in my other pocket. There was nothing valuable in my bag so I decided to leave it there. Before I took tiff out of the paddock I untied the knot, and making sure I was on the left hand side of Tiff the I walked around with him, he was wary of the rope but I kept giving him pieces of carrot and he soon realized that nothing would hurt him.

26th July 2015 12:19 PMI had lead Tiff around the field about five times and he was now fully comfortable with the leadrope and headcollar. I tethered him up to the fence once again and got my grooming kit out and I got all the dirt and dust off his coat, once he had all the mud and dirt off I opened the gate, Tiff's ears made their way to the direction of the gate and when I come and untied him he was clearly hoping to be released. "Nuh uhh, your staying right here with me!" I said to him as I lead him out. Tom just so happened to be walking past, luckily with no horses. "Hey do you want me to shut that?" He asked me with smirk that so handsomely fitted his face. "Yes please" I said flitting my eyelashes, as you do. He shut the gate after us, "can I touch him?" He asked me, his green eyes were glittering now, look away now! Before you make a fool of yourself! I thought to myself "uh yeah if he lets you," Tom walked around to the front of Tiff held his hand out and reached for his cheek and surprisingly he was fine he flinched a little but overall he was good. "Wow, you've made so much progress already" Tom brought his hand down and his brushed mine "uh uh thanks" Is all I managed to say, we started into each other's eyes for the longest minute ever until I looked away. "Uh I have to take Tiff around Autumn Road" I told Tom avoiding his eyes and instead looking at my mustang. "Can I come?" Tom asked me, god he could not take a hint! I nodded I wasn't the type of person that would say no. As we walked around Autumn Road, me and Tom talked as if we were best friends and had known each other since we were tiny.
26th July 2015 15:04 PM Tiff had a major aggressive spout, and he ended up kicking me in the waist. It hurt to move but it was made better by Tom helping me walking and him holding Tiff. We walked all the way to the far end field. Where Tom put all my stuff in my bag which he put on his bag, or have to admit he is very kind. I was sat on the fence and I removed Tiff from his head collar and kissed him gently on his forehead. He then ran off. Tom helped me down and helped me walk to Sylvia who called the doctor to look at me, and he said that I had to rest for the next few days.

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28th July 2015 7:08 AM
[I] I had not moved at all yesterday I wasn't even allowed to see Tiff, today up was much better I had a hoof shaped bruise on my waist were Tiff had freaked. I grabbed my bag I hadn't taken anything out since. So I walked to the far end field where my gorgeous palamino mustang was standing at the fence, he whinned when he saw me and began snorting and throwing his head up. "Heya Tiff, how are you boy? Miss me?" I talked to my Mustang calmly he was muddier than the day before yesterday so I got my grooming kit out of my bag. And started grooming Tiff.