During Steen’s convalescence, I’ve been riding Bear a bit more. And this is good because I do think Bear and I are getting to know each other better. He’s more and more Brian’s horse as time goes on, but it’s nice to feel our last few rides that he’s capable of leaving Brian for a while… Read more »
Bear
Back in the Side Pen
On Sunday when we put Bear back in the pasture, I noticed Steen was favoring his wounded leg for the first time since the day of the injury. This didn’t make me happy, but I told myself he could have just tweaked the scab or something. In the last two days, however, things have gone… Read more »
Two Laid Up Horses
It hasn’t been the greatest little stretch with the guys. We headed out for a ride on Friday, only to discover once we got to the strip that Bear’s back was sore and Laredo was showing signs of lameness. Brian had been going to ride Laredo, and he noticed the problem during groundwork. I watched… Read more »
Bear Time
Steen Update: The sunburn is much better. The leg is making progress. Slow progress, but progress nonetheless. Today, I rode Bear. I don’t ride Bear very often. When we first got him, I only rode him when Brian was having some kind of trouble with him. Since that has stopped happening, I’ve more less stopped… Read more »
Rotating Mounts
We haven’t had a day where we’ve worked with all three horses for a while, but today it was just beautiful out, so we figured it was a good day to spend loads of time at the barn. Also in our chatting recently we’ve realized it has been AGES since I rode Bear. I’ve certainly… Read more »
More Rides with Mom
Monday and Tuesday we had two more rides in the tree lot. On Monday Mom, Brian and I all rode together again and managed to get this shot via the tried and true fencepost method. The light’s not great but it’s fun to see all our three horses with riders. During the ride Steen was… Read more »
Good Obstacles
Today we rode in the tree lot again for the shade. This was my first time on Laredo out there, and things went very well. Laredo seems to be finally accepting the bit. His rooting habit is almost gone, and he’s moving off pressure instead of leaning into it. He’s also walking out with a… Read more »
All Three
My mom is in town for a visit. Since Brian got the 4th of July off, we headed for the barn first thing in the morning with the intention of riding all three of our horses simultaneously for the first time. We rode in the tree pasture, both to take advantage of the shade and… Read more »
Indoors in the Hackamore x2
We’ve had some weather moving through Iowa, so things have been wet and we’ve been confined to riding indoors. On Friday we found the guys out in the summer pasture, happily grazing on 13 acres of new grass. The herd has seen a lot of turnover this winter, so half of its members had never been out… Read more »
Cloudy Day, Long Ride
Last week I redesigned this blog again. I liked the old design for a long time and then it slowly started to annoy me, so we’ve got a totally fresh approach now. We didn’t ride Thursday or Friday, so we were keen to get out there today. My goal for the ride was to continue… Read more »