Horse Thoughts

Robin Rides!

I won’t go into too many details, as I’m sure Robin will cover all of those, but Robin had a great time with Laredo today.  He was easy to catch, great with grooming, and very relaxed under saddle.  Since we just got him trimmed we decided to get the stick out and measure him.  He… Read more »

My Turn

Robin worked with Laredo for most of yesterday, so today it was my turn.  We found him in a low section of the big pasture, grazing with the Icelandics.  I went over to give Bleika some pets.  Laredo got curious, and for a second I thought he would come right up to us. But no. … Read more »

Back with Steen

Today it was Brian’s day to work with Laredo, but we headed out thinking it might take both of us to catch him again. However, the catching process was a lot shorter today and I didn’t really have to help at all, so that was great. We took Steen and Laredo to the hitching post… Read more »

The Change Up

With three horses under our care now, there is a good chance we will be changing things up a lot.  Today was the first real day with Laredo, and we decided Robin would spend most of it working with him.  So in order to give Bear a little more rest, I opted to ride Steen.… Read more »

The First Day

We found Laredo seeming pretty settled in this afternoon, but not keen on letting us close to him. We were expecting this and had a plan. He was out in the big lot, so we pushed him into the winter lot and closed the gate. Brian then used himself and the windblock to break the lot… Read more »

He Finally Arrives

I know we only had to wait a few days once we made an offer, but it really felt like much longer before Laredo finally arrived.  Waiting just never gets easier, so we went out to the barn early and just decided to ride. Last week, during one of my many sessions of poking around… Read more »

Laredo Arrives

Since we were out of town all weekend, we had to wait until Monday for our horse delivery. We’ve decided to call him Laredo. We headed out to the barn right after work, mostly to distract ourselves from the excitement. We rode on the strip. Brian read an article about using a cut-out pad backwards… Read more »

Hot and Buggy

After driving back into town Sunday afternoon, we went out to the barn for a relaxing ride.  Well, we were hoping it would be a relaxing ride, but I don’t think it was for any of us.  Robin and I were just plain tired, and Bear was extremely bothered by the bugs.  It was hot… Read more »