Yesterday Brian and I headed for the barn again and pulled out boys from the pasture. Bear was his usual mellow self about being caught and brought indoors. We tied up in the aisle and had just a little bit of drama when he sniffed noses with a precocious filly. She ‘winked’ and squealed and… Read more »
Horse Thoughts
And Three Makes a Habit
I’ve had three rides on Bear, all including a little outdoors and indoors, and each one was quite good. And as the saying goes with horses, three is habit. So I have no doubt we will continue to have wonderful rides for quite some time. But they won’t be without their hiccups and challenges, and… Read more »
The First Rides
After work on Friday, I rushed home, made a cup of tea, ate a snack, and headed out to the barn with Robin. It was day two of Bear’s stay in his new home, and we wanted to check on him. If things looked good, we were hoping for a short ride, too. And things… Read more »
Two for Two
We’ve had absolutely beautiful weather the last few days. This morning was no exception – cool, sunny, breezy. A perfect morning for a ride. Brian and I woke up and attended to the puppy we’re looking after for the weekend, then headed for the barn. We found Steen and Bear grazing happily (as usual) and… Read more »
Duo
Yesterday Brian and I headed to the barn in the afternoon. We arrived optimistically, with a bridle set up for Bear “just in case.” From up by the barn we can’t see the whole pasture, so we grabbed our two halters and headed out. We found Steen near the creek in the low part of… Read more »
Take Two
I’ve had a number of rather dramatic days in a row (the details or which really aren’t worth blogging about) but the most exciting element of the upheaval is we have finally managed to find a replacement for Sham: This is Bear. Yes, he’s another bay quarterhorse gelding. But he’s quite different. He is… Read more »
Meet the Bear
About four months ago I had to send my first horse, Sham, back to the guys we bought him from. He wasn’t working out, mostly from a behavioral standpoint. He had a bit of a dangerous side. I was grateful that the guys took him back. They said they could find a horse that would… Read more »
Two New Gaits
After I spent last week house/puppy-sitting and thus not getting to the barn, Steen and I had another good ride today. We did the same route again, and he was a little better behaved the whole way around. We walked for most of the ride, and I loped him again for two sections of the… Read more »
The One?
Today I finally went to the barn again. Steen’s feet were trimmed on Saturday, but we were out of town half of Friday and all weekend, and the insanity of a few rush jobs coinciding with our trip kept me chained to the computer all week. However, this morning I woke up to see a… Read more »
Uncharted Territory
A week ago Monday I decided one of my biggest problems with Steen is that he and I still don’t have a “ride.” With all my previous horses I had access to miles and miles and miles of trails, but there was still just one ride I did most of the time. It varied slightly… Read more »