Lately I have been getting some long rides in, but this Tuesday Bear and I had a fun, short ride, and I kind of liked the idea of having a few of those just to mix things up. On Thursday we more or less repeated Tuesday’s ride, but we were back out on the strip,… Read more »
groundwork
Just the Two of Us
It seems like it has been a while, but I did go out with Robin on Friday. I just got lazy and didn’t blog about it. I was worried about Bear’s swollen ankles and decided to have a relatively easy day of groundwork. I thought it would also help with his somewhat increasingly bad behavior… Read more »
Swollen Ankles
While I was grooming Bear at the hitching post he was very fidgety. It was a warm day and I have no doubt the bugs were the culprit. But there could have been more. While going over his legs I noticed that the area just above his hind ankles was rather swollen. They did not… Read more »
Making Use of the Mecate
Saturday morning was cooler than Friday afternoon, so we decided to get an early start and head out to the barn. The guys were hanging out together right near the gate. They also seemed very relaxed and happy to see us. As the hay is still drying on the strip we again rode in the… Read more »
Stop Bugging Me
Today was hot, muggy, and buggy. And Bear was not happy about it at all. Thankfully he was happy to see me, and he came up to me in the pasture again. He was probably hoping I would be able to get rid of the bugs, and when I couldn’t really do that, he didn’t… Read more »
Not the Most Relaxing Friday at the Barn
The good news was that Bear was moving in a very smooth and relaxed manner under saddle. Both directions. There was not a hint of tightness in either side, and if anything, he was turning better to the right today than he was to the left. The bad was pretty much everything else. There was… 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 »
Lessons and an Anniversary
Friday we continued our little tradition of going out to the barn and having Robin give me a lesson. This time things were a bit crowded, though. Ruby, a 13 year old girl who’s been at the barn quite a few years, was also getting a lesson from another border. Ruby is definitely a better… Read more »