Bear continues to feel a little off. He was not super interested in coming to me, and while he often lacks a little spunk, today he was lacking more than usual. I kept things very slow in the beginning. We went through all our usual things that seem to help loosen him up like walking… Read more »
hackamore
Playing Cowboy
When we were grooming the guys, the barn owner’s 9 year old daughter, Sylvia, asked if we wanted to help move the cows to the other treed lot for the winter. We were definitely down with that. We mounted in the treed lot we often ride in and rode off into the big pasture with… Read more »
Remedial Right Turns
Today I was happy to put Steen’s halter on and lead him in. As much as I had a great ride on Laredo yesterday, my comfort level with Steen at this point is like nothing I’ve ever experienced with another horse. All his movements and behaviors are so familiar, being around him feels completely natural. Out on… Read more »
Back to Second Guessing
After a week off due to heat and busy work days, we got back to the barn. I was disappointed to find that Bear was still not feeling the greatest. He was inclined to really park out during grooming and tacking, and when I hopped on he felt stiff and distracted. He also continued to… Read more »
The Triple
Robin is visiting her family in Arizona, so having nothing to do with myself in her absence I decided to spend most of the day at the barn riding all three horses. It was a breezy and cloudy day, and all the rides went quite well. Steen I decided to start with Steen. He is… Read more »
More Group Riding
Sunday we hit the trails as a foursome again. There was the possibility of it being a much bigger group, but this size felt nice. One of our friends came with us for the first time. She was on her older, gray Arabian, and they were great. We couldn’t do sections of what has become… Read more »
A Little More Life
The weather has been beautiful lately, and we’ve had several good hard rains. The pastures have recovered from the drought to an extent that surprises me, and it is has been so nice to spend the days out at the barn and not get home feeling scorched. Today we spent the morning over at Catalpa… Read more »
Working on My Roping Skills
For my birthday last December Robin got me a whole bunch of awesome horse related items. I’ve read many of the books and gotten some excellent use out of the spurs, but one item I have not played around with yet was a nice rope. I often thought about bringing it out to the barn,… Read more »
101
Today’s ride put me at 101 hours for the year. That is not a lot by many counts, but considering 100 hours was my goal last year and it took me until early December to hit it, I’m feeling pretty good with where I’m at. The saddle time has really helped me out a lot… Read more »
Musical Horses
Today we changed everything up. I rode Steen, and Robin rode Bear. She hadn’t really ridden him in forever, so she was curious to feel how he is doing in the hackamore. And after that we moved right into a second ride with Robin going back to Steen and me jumping on Laredo. Again we… Read more »