Today we had our annual Christmas/Farrier potluck at the barn. Brian and I baked scones and arrived a bit on the late side. Steen was really excited to see me, pacing along the fence-line as we approached. Bear was less proactive about being caught, but came with amiably enough once once Brian had the halter on. We… Read more »
Duke-Day
R and R
Bear and I just had 8 days off of riding. I was in Arizona celebrating Jessie and Susie’s wedding, and Bear was just in the pasture. The day before we left we had the chiropractor look at him. Yes, it does sound a little crazy, but she was very good. She confirmed that Bear was… Read more »
Bear Foot
Saturday was Duke-Day at the barn. And it was a good thing too, because Bear had been wearing shoes for quite a few weeks. For reasons out of our control, we got to the barn a little later than we hoped. That meant we were a little ways down on the list. So I spent… Read more »
Steen the Teacher
Yesterday was our first Duke Day with Bear. It was also scheduled to be a bit of a potluck. We hung out with the other barn people and ate home-made cornbread and chili and enjoyed the beautiful day. I also hauled along our SLR instead of our usual point-and-shoot. Trims were uneventful. Steen was his… Read more »
Chilled Out
I had a particularly wonderful Friday this week. I didn’t have to go to the gallery, so I went to the barn. Steen and I had the place to ourselves. I kept up with the smiles and he was very relaxed through the whole grooming and tacking process. I also bought a clip-able bungee for… Read more »
Catching Up
I’ve fallen a bit behind on the horse blogging lately. I started with my trip home for Thanksgiving. Although I did go on one nice long solo ride on my sister’s horse, Jak, it was a largely horse-free week. We returned to Iowa and I was quite Steen-sick. We went to the barn the day… Read more »
Barn Weekend
Last week we got a lot of rain. I went out for a solo ride on Tuesday, during which I was having a hard time getting Steen to walk away from the barn. Then it rained and rained and rained for the rest of the week. On Saturday the farrier came, so I held Steen… Read more »
Six Days Later
Today was the first Duke-Day inside the new structure. Granted, we have stalls on only one side and a lot of other unfinished elements, but I am sure Duke appreciated not being in the sun all day. Steen got his feet trimmed, and afterwards we celebrated his progress down the path of healing by putting… Read more »
A Break
After my last ride on Steen I guess I was feeling a little unmotivated to get back out there and deal with all his new-found energy. He’s been back-sliding a bit this spring, and I know it’s because I’ve been lazy with the ground-work all winter and we’ve gotten to be quite buddy-buddy. Which is… Read more »
Thrush and Broadening Horizons
It was a lovely weekend of sunshine and warm temperatures. Saturday was Duke day. Steen got his feet trimmed, and I had Duke take a look at the frog on his right-front, which recently shed out in a way that worried me a little – too deep in the back. Duke agreed it looks like… Read more »