We seem to be having our first truly warm day of the year. Brian and I woke up, saw that it was already in the 50’s, and headed for the barn. The plan was for Brian to ride Steen again and me to ride Bear bareback. Steen saw us arrive and made a b-line for… Read more »
Horse Thoughts
Back on Steen
Wednesday we went out to the barn early in the afternoon in hopes of a repeat of last Friday’s great ride. Bear was sluggish in the beginning, and even not all that excited to leave the bale and follow me. But once we started groundwork he came around. He continues to get better at responding… Read more »
Loping in the Bear Trap
Friday was a busy day, so we postponed Brian’s lesson. And since we’ve decided to leave Bear alone for a few days, this morning Brian had his lesson on Steen. Steen left the bale to meet us. He’s been so good about coming lately. I’ll be curious to see if it lasts once the herd… Read more »
No Miracles
Brian and I were both looking forward to seeing how Bear went in the new saddle again, so on Wednesday we went out for another ride. We brought both the boys in and I hopped on Steen bareback. Meanwhile Brian tacked up and did groundwork. Bear was great and we still had high hopes for… Read more »
Good and Bad
That is how the barn day felt today. Things were probably mostly good, but there was some bad in there, too. Here’s the break down. Good: The saddle was great. Yesterday Robin and I treated it with oil to supple up the fenders and various other parts and then dumped a bunch of baby powder… Read more »
Weekend Report
Yesterday morning found Brian and I sitting on the floor by the coffee table. His new saddle sat on top of an old sheet draped over an old comforter, upside down. Armed with saddle sponges, neatsfoot oil and baby powder, we set out to make his new ride a little more comfortable. It was a… Read more »
Continuing to Trot
The pasture horses got some nice, dry bales of hay. When I went out to get Bear he was standing with his side up against a bale, and he was covered in hay. I wish I took a picture of it. When he saw me coming he took a half-hearted bite out of the bale… Read more »
Best Lesson Yet
I was definitely curious to see Brian ride in the bear trap again and Friday is lesson day, so even though I was battling the yawns this afternoon, I rallied and we headed out. Bear was in a funny mood to start. They’d put out new bales yesterday and Bear had clearly been gorging himself… Read more »
New Saddle!
I was out of town the last two days for work, and it was a little tiring. After I got home I lounged in the recliner wondering what I should do with my afternoon when the UPS guy came up to the door with a huge box in his arms. My new Bear Trap Rancher… Read more »
Four Short Rides
Ok, well, the title of this post might be a bit of an exaggeration. But only a bit. In the last two days I’ve been to the barn twice and I’ve ridden both of our horses both times. I’m not sure I’ve ever actually done that before. Yesterday my mission was to spend a while… Read more »