I won’t go into too many details, as I’m sure Robin will cover all of those, but Robin had a great time with Laredo today. He was easy to catch, great with grooming, and very relaxed under saddle. Since we just got him trimmed we decided to get the stick out and measure him. He… Read more »
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Back with Steen
Today it was Brian’s day to work with Laredo, but we headed out thinking it might take both of us to catch him again. However, the catching process was a lot shorter today and I didn’t really have to help at all, so that was great. We took Steen and Laredo to the hitching post… Read more »
The Change Up
With three horses under our care now, there is a good chance we will be changing things up a lot. Today was the first real day with Laredo, and we decided Robin would spend most of it working with him. So in order to give Bear a little more rest, I opted to ride Steen.… Read more »
Circles and Lead Changes
We got more rain in the night, and we headed for the barn in the cool temps of morning. The herd was frisky. Every now and then we head out into the pasture and they use our presence as an excuse to gallop off somewhere else. That happened today, but they always run to the… Read more »
You Run Away From Me, You’re Gonna Get Coned
When we walked out into the pasture this morning the guys were in the same far, low corner they were in Friday when they came up to us. But when we got close to them today they moved off. Well, not they, it was clearly Bear who moved the others over the creek drainage and… Read more »
Loose Rein Loping
Friday we rode inside again. It was another one of those blustery and chilly days that would have been fine to ride outside, but when you’ve got the empty indoor arena right there, why not? And it was a fun ride. Bear was super soft from the beginning. He had these wonderfully collected backs and… Read more »
Warning: Horse Will Make You Ride
I couldn’t think of a title for this post, so I found an online generator to do the job. It was a little damp and chilly today and we were tired. It’s so easy not to go to the barn after a long week at work. But we rallied and headed out. We tromped out… Read more »
Hackamore Confidence
We went to the barn on Sunday hoping for a quiet ride outdoors in the second pasture, but our plans were foiled. There were still some visitors from Saturday mini-show and they were riding when we arrived. It was a super windy, blustery day. We had hoped the rain was done for a while, but… Read more »
A Weekend Indoors
We’ve had a lot of storms these past few days, though I suppose we are lucky that we only had to deal with strong winds and some mild thunderstorms. It was never storming actively when we got out to the barn the past three days, but things were usually cold and damp so we elected… 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 »