At least for the past two days. The middle of the week was down right yucky. I ended up giving Bear three days off because of the weather, and just general tireds on my part. In fact, it was a little hard to get to the barn Friday afternoon because the week felt so long… Read more »
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Snaffle vs Hackamore
I had one of the busiest weeks with the Brown Wing Studio that I can recall. I launched my two largest projects of my entire career within 12 hours of each other. By Friday I was tired and fried and by the time Brian got home I was wandering aimlessly around the house because I… Read more »
A Little Loping
Very little loping, actually. I said a few rides ago that I wanted to get Bear moving out a little more. It is easy to come up with excuses for not doing it. Mine are that he got sore last time, and then I got a new saddle and didn’t want to push things too… Read more »
Chilly Ride
It seems to have been our year for buying saddles. Although Brian has been largely happy with the bear trap, it seems lately to be causing some problems for Bear. Being that Bear is now 16 1/2 years old and we want to keep him healthy and fit as long as possible, we decided to… Read more »
Birthday Snow
Brian loves snow, and almost every year he seems to get at least a little on his birthday. Today we had a dusting, but not enough to clog up the roads. Lately we’ve been a bit concerned that Bear’s saddle might be causing the intermittent tightness he gets in his right side, so Brian and… Read more »
Stopping from the Lope
We’ve had mucky weather and Saturday was so wet and chilly it just wasn’t worth a barn trip. I stayed home and wasted a ridiculous amount of time creating, raising and training a digital version of Steen instead of hanging out with my real horse. I guess turning 30 didn’t entirely break me of my compulsion… Read more »
Out of Shape
Since I fell off Bear almost eight weeks ago neither one of us has been in great shape. I have been able to keep my riding up pretty well, so Bear still got out for some nice walk/trot rides, but we haven’t been doing much more than that. I’ve also been feeling somewhat stale from… Read more »
Pre-Vacation Ride
We stopped at the barn on our way out of town for a “quick” ride. I knew I should probably revert back to the snaffle and give myself a chance to learn a bit more about the hackamore, but when I saw the beautiful set-up hanging in my locker, I couldn’t resist. So I put… Read more »
Winter Prep Project
Although this fall has so far been mild, I know the cold will set in any day. I want to do a better job riding through the winter this year. To that end, this weekend I finally sat down to make something I’ve been thinking about putting together for about two years. I gathered my… Read more »
Long Saturday Ride
We rode on the strip again today. It was windy and chilly and Steen was a bit restless during grooming, tacking, and even walking outside. I was initially afraid he was going to be spooky. I started out with a bit of groundwork as usual, and today he really wasn’t interested in moving off the… Read more »