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Poor Bear

I went ahead and made him look like a fool in the hopes that he would be more comfortable.  I’ve mentioned before that he hates flies (with a passion), and he is always stamping away with his feet.  So much that his hind ankles have been swollen for weeks.  It makes me feel bad.  Thankfully… Read more »

Holiday Visitors

Monday we had a gorgeous sunny day with bright blue skies.  The temps were warm, but not hot, and I didn’t have to work.  Robin and I went out to the barn in the middle of the day to meet a couple friends of ours who rode their bikes out.  Steve and Cody have been… Read more »

New Peeps

Today we had the day off! (Which is to say Brian had the day off and I chose not to work.) We also have some friends who have long been wanting to meet our horses, so we headed for the barn in the late morning to introduce everyone. Steen and Bear, and actually all the… Read more »

Easily Swayed

Cathi (who owns our barn) has mentioned a few times this particular type of pad that she got and loooves and highly, highly recommends. But I must admit that I am not the sort of person who has a very easy time lending much weight to other people’s opinions of things they have purchased. I… Read more »

Vacation Rides

We’ve had some hot, hot days here this past week.  It has made getting to the barn after work a little difficult.  And the guys would have hated us if we made them work hard in that weather.  So Thursday morning I took an impromptu mini-vacation from work, and Robin and I went to the… Read more »

A Nice Ride

Today Brian and I headed to the barn in the morning for a change. He was able to mush his work schedule around and I had a dentist appointment in the afternoon, and it was going to be hot, so we figured this was the only chance we would get to see our boys. We… Read more »

A Duke Day Ride

Every six weeks or so our farrier, Duke, comes to the barn to give the guys a trim.  And every six weeks or so we talk about riding since we have to be there anyways, but we’ve never done it.  There is just always a lot of commotion or we get sucked into conversations or… Read more »

Sweaty Backs

That was the goal for this morning’s ride.  Well, more the goal for Robin and Steen, Bear and I were fine getting whatever sweat pattern we happened to get.  But Robin wanted to push Steen a bit and see how the new saddle really fit him. The trick was the morning was really cool, and… Read more »