A few nights ago we watched Richard Caldwell’s Jaquima a Freno (part II). It was a really great video. So many of the exercises we have seen before, but it is always nice to hear how another great horseman lays everything out there. And like so many others, Caldwell rides like he grew right out… Read more »
Bear
Just the Two of Us
As I said in the previous post, I felt a little bad with how I rode Bear. I had to get out to the barn to get him the last of his meds and the first of his new supplement, so I figured I would make it up to him and have a nice, easy… Read more »
Back on Bear
After a week of recovering from the fever I decided to grab Bear and see how and easy ride would go for him. His fever has been down for many days now. We did get his bloodwork back and found he is rather anemic, though. So that could explain some of his lethargy these past… Read more »
A Name and a Ride
I think we have decided on a name for the new girl. At the moment we’re leaning towards calling her Zoey. We tried it out today and it seemed pretty natural. So for the moment, Zoey it is. We got the barn and attended to our sick ponies first. We gave Bear his meds and… Read more »
Effort
Robin had a great ride on Laredo Sunday. After her energetic and surprisingly good ride on Zoey, she found Laredo decidedly lacking in the try department. She had already decided to try him in the snaffle again, and she was happy she did. It allowed her to correct and encourage him in a way that… Read more »
Long Weekend
Robin has some better summaries here and here. I don’t really feel up to writing about all of it. We are pretty excited to have our new horse, but that first day was really packed. I was excited Robin had a great ride on her. Unfortunately, Bear was not doing so great for our ride. … Read more »
Out and About
I thought we’d be getting out there on the trails more regularly this spring, but we really haven’t. Even today it almost didn’t work out. We didn’t want to ride inside again, and we figured the surrounding areas would be too wet for our normal working rides, so we planned on an easy trail ride. … Read more »
Saturday Swap
It rained all day Friday, so we didn’t ride. We were supposed to get more rain today, but it was dry in the morning. We decided to head to the barn before things could get worse. The bales are a little low, and we found the herd rather chilly and unhappy. I planned to bring… Read more »
Taking it Easy
We had another big, cold rain storm come through. Robin was nice enough to run out to the barn Thursday night to blanket the guys and let me get a workout in. Things were still wet on Friday, and we didn’t have much end of the week motivation. But today we got up in the… Read more »
Checking Things Out
Today would be my day to ride Laredo, but most of the day I kept thinking I owed Bear a soft, easy ride to see if we could find what was bothering him. Robin suggested I just do both. So I did. I groomed them both up, tacked Bear and put Laredo in the big… Read more »