I checked Bear’s temp first thing and it was below 100. Very nice, considering he was just dozing in the sun on another warm afternoon. And then I proceeded to catch Zoey. She is not a fan of me, or possibly not a big fan of men. It can be hard to tell as Robin… Read more »
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Long Weekend
Robin has some better summaries here and here. I don’t really feel up to writing about all of it. We are pretty excited to have our new horse, but that first day was really packed. I was excited Robin had a great ride on her. Unfortunately, Bear was not doing so great for our ride. … Read more »
A Good Start to a Long, Long Day
We had quite the barn Sunday. It panned out in three segments: Ride One, Ride Two, and Unplanned Vet Call. And I’m afraid this post is going to end up rather long. Ride One We were excited to get out to the barn today and see how our new girl is taking to her new environment.… Read more »
Windy Arrival
We had crazy winds today. Usually we are pretty resilient when it comes to wind, so we didn’t think a whole lot of it, heading out. Our new girl was slated to arrive at 3:00, so we got to the barn early to ride a couple of our guys beforehand. I rode Steen, Brian rode… Read more »
Saturday Swap
It rained all day Friday, so we didn’t ride. We were supposed to get more rain today, but it was dry in the morning. We decided to head to the barn before things could get worse. The bales are a little low, and we found the herd rather chilly and unhappy. I planned to bring… Read more »
Taking it Easy
We had another big, cold rain storm come through. Robin was nice enough to run out to the barn Thursday night to blanket the guys and let me get a workout in. Things were still wet on Friday, and we didn’t have much end of the week motivation. But today we got up in the… Read more »
More Solo Barn Time
Robin is still not well, so again I headed off to the barn alone. I had a good time hanging out with Steen yesterday, and I thought I’d grab him first so we could ride. He was happy to come to me and get ready for the ride. It was still wet and cold and… Read more »
A Smooth Ride
We found the herd all wound up today. Laredo came walking right up to us initially but then got swept off with a group of passing horses, after which he decided not to come back. We haven’t had to reinforce the idea that Laredo should come to us when we look at him for close… Read more »
Epiphanies
We got out to the barn nice and early this morning. It was still wet, soggy, and cold, but the wind was blowing hard and it was supposed to warm up. In the mucky lot, Bear came up to me right away. Again, Laredo was not too keen on hanging out with us. He started… Read more »
A Friday at the Barn
We almost didn’t make it out to the barn today. We had some good mid-week rides, and I’m often tired at the end of the week. Plus it was cold and wet. Again. But we rallied, and like always, I was happy we did. I was even happy to be out when Laredo ran away… Read more »