Pony is a coward. The times he's gone off the property he has been fearful, and scared. When he was out at training, his trainer would purposely take him for walks around the barn, where he would spook at the same things he saw everyday in his daily life, the sawdust pile, the hay bales, the dog, de[...]
Berry's birthday was yesterday. She is now 7 years old. Pony was a bit disgruntled, possibly because I completely forgot about his birthday. His birthday was exactly one week ago. He just turned 5. Sorry Pony. I'll do something for you at a later time. Not that he would appreciate it, of c[...]
The above picture cracks me up. It just looks so casual, like I'm not even moving, just relaxing - "Oh hey guys, what you are up to? I'm just sitting on this horse here, I'll probably be finished about noon." I feel like I'll never shut up about these dang lead changes. I still don't have confir[...]
I went to another show! Yet another reason I'm so glad I have my trailer back. To make this show especially great, it was located about 15 minutes from my house. No more hour and a half trips for me (for now)! It was cold. Way colder than it should be in May. Berry had also been in the last 16 ho[...]
Let's start with a follow up to my whining post about being covered in mud, because I got to have more fun, covered in mud. I may have made a gross, muddy mess of the edge of my arena, but the important thing is now there's a nice ditch around my arena. Hopefully this will be enough to divert[...]
Say Florida Sandy, I've found, almost always throws a big dark bay. Good moving horses. Usually very born broke types. That probably has to do with Private Account, who seems to shine through even generations later. Source I was casually reading the forums today, when this peaked my interest. Sa[...]
I've had a fun few weeks with Berry. Springtime meant she had to go into season. But, before that happened, I was happily having a lesson on her and discovered my trailer ramp handles were broken. The trailer had to be fixed, so that meant I couldn't go anywhere for a while. While that stunk, I did[...]
I don't normally round pen. In fact, I can say that I have never round penned any horse ever. I've watched round penning, and I've had friends who round penned, but I have never touched a round pen. (I'm feeling like an anti-drug campaign... don't give into peer pressure and round pen, kids.) Exc[...]
It was time for another try at getting Berry's lead changes. Super skilled rider hopped on her again for another attempt. I warmed up Berry and we started the lesson, working on lengthening the trot and the canter. Since lengthening the canter sometimes felt like galloping, this was quite fun! It[...]
There have been a few times where I've felt doubt that I picked the right horse. I picked all my horses without a professional's help, except for Berry. I did get some assistance when I bought Berry - she came from Pony Man's current trainer. I went to see a different horse, and I told her what I w[...]