This is Simba. He is 14 years old and is very fun to ride. Older kids like him the most because he often prances, instead of just walking, making for a very bouncy ride. He is a very handsome pony. But he is often called "the Brat" because he likes to tease Buckaroo Bob and the other ponies by nipping them when they are not looking. He can run very fast and likes to kick up his rear legs when he runs. He thinks he is really something special. Also he is very curious. For example, when Buckaroo Bob is working on the barn, Simba tries to figure out what is going on by putting his nose between the hammer and the nail. One way or another, he seems to always be in the way.
Princess is a Miniature Horse. She is 16 years old. She is very sweet. She doesn't really like being called a Pony, as she doesn't think Ponies are as nice or as smart as Mini Horses. She would much prefer to be called a Mini. But since she loves food, if we say "Time for dinner, Ponies!" she comes running. But she would like us to say "Time for dinner, Minis and Ponies". Princess bosses Simba around, even though Simba is quite a bit bigger than her. The Ponies (and Minis) like to run around together. They also like eating apples and carrots. They love eating grass, especially clover, and like to be brushed, but only if it doesn't get in the way of their eating. In winter they get very hairy, especially Princess.
Annie is 16, brownish-red with a black mane and tail, and is about the same size as Simba. Dakota is a very handsome golden brown 10 year old, and is our biggest pony. He joined us early in 2001 and became the boss of all the other ponies right away.
Rosie is a shy and friendly mini, 8 years old and a light beige/cream color with darker spots. The other ponies and even (I hate to say it) Princess think Rosie is a wimp and they all boss her around if she seems to be in the way, like at dinner time.
Then there is Aladdin, 11 years old, golden with a white mane and tail, and halfway in size between Princess (who he is in love with) and Dakota, making him a Mini, but he thinks he is a Pony.
Our most recent additions are trained at absolutely nothing but are too cute for words: two miniature donkeys named Belle & Bianca, both 7 years old and very cuddly. We also have several minis who stay at the farm and don't come out to give rides: Rocky, who is a very handsome black and white 12 year old with a beautiful mane, and Jasmine, 11 years old, very pretty, about the same size as Aladdin, but red-brown, with a light-colored mane and tail.
These bad boys are our barn geese. Their job is to protect the barn from bad things. They make a loud honking sound when strangers or anything they don't like comes around. The trouble is, they only like Buckaroo Bob. They try to chase anyone else who comes around, even friends of Buckaroo Bob. They try to chase the Ponies, too. They aren't dangerous but they can look pretty scary. They don't give rides. They are funny to watch. They think they run the whole barn. If they bother anyone, Buckaroo Bob opens up a big red umbrella. The geese think the umbrella must be a VERY BIG BIRD with huge wings and they run away very fast.
Buckaroo Bob, sometimes also known as Faxon Bowen, is the Founder, Owner, Photographer, Pony Wrangler, Chief Trailer Driver, and Head Cowboy of Li'l Buckaroos.