Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Turkey Pardons?
I'm not even going to comment. Draw your own judgments. They're TURKEYS for crying out loud!!! OK, sticking with the no comment from me, cause I think I could write a whole editorial.
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Riding
I went riding today with my neighbour and one of her friend's who trailered her horse over here. After much encouragement and positive talk from both Andrew and my neighbour through out the week, I decided to ride Dakota.
I haven't ridden Dakota in over a year. The last time I came off him I got back on and rode him home and haven't been on him since. My confidence was completely shot. This coming from the person that used to ride pretty much anything. For the past year I have been riding Bullet, steady-plod-along-snort-when-he-"spooks" Bullet. He's slowly helped me get some of my confidence back.
I also want it to be known that both Andrew and neighbour had ulterior motives. Andrew's being that he wants his horse back (Bullet is his horse) and neighbour wants someone that will trailer with her and go trail riding elsewhere besides our property and the surrounding trails (Bullet doesn't trailer, Dakota does).
I saddled Dakota up with no problems, he was a little antsy, but nothing out of the ordinary for being forced to leave the pasture and his buddies on a beautiful morning when he could have been taking a nap in the sun.
Before we left Andrew said, "Just trust him". And I did. We took off across the field, through the woods, into another field, up and down hills, bushwhacked through some other woods to get back to another trail, moseying through the countryside. He did great, we walked, trotted, and cantered. Andrew has gotten him to neck-rein beautifully. He response perfectly to the slightest touch or shift in weight and voice commands. It was one of the best rides I've had in a long, long time. I'd forgotten how much I loved him. This has really inspired me to try show him again next summer. I even went to the tack shop and got a few suggestions on trainers to take a couple lessons and brush up on ring stuff. My neighbour and her friend want me to go horse camping with them next spring, we just might do that too.
He's standing on a downhill slope, he's really not that front heavy or low withers/high rump.
I haven't ridden Dakota in over a year. The last time I came off him I got back on and rode him home and haven't been on him since. My confidence was completely shot. This coming from the person that used to ride pretty much anything. For the past year I have been riding Bullet, steady-plod-along-snort-when-he-"spooks" Bullet. He's slowly helped me get some of my confidence back.
I also want it to be known that both Andrew and neighbour had ulterior motives. Andrew's being that he wants his horse back (Bullet is his horse) and neighbour wants someone that will trailer with her and go trail riding elsewhere besides our property and the surrounding trails (Bullet doesn't trailer, Dakota does).
I saddled Dakota up with no problems, he was a little antsy, but nothing out of the ordinary for being forced to leave the pasture and his buddies on a beautiful morning when he could have been taking a nap in the sun.
Before we left Andrew said, "Just trust him". And I did. We took off across the field, through the woods, into another field, up and down hills, bushwhacked through some other woods to get back to another trail, moseying through the countryside. He did great, we walked, trotted, and cantered. Andrew has gotten him to neck-rein beautifully. He response perfectly to the slightest touch or shift in weight and voice commands. It was one of the best rides I've had in a long, long time. I'd forgotten how much I loved him. This has really inspired me to try show him again next summer. I even went to the tack shop and got a few suggestions on trainers to take a couple lessons and brush up on ring stuff. My neighbour and her friend want me to go horse camping with them next spring, we just might do that too.
He's standing on a downhill slope, he's really not that front heavy or low withers/high rump.
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