Monday, Tuesday, and Friday's Rides!!

Monday: I rode Shasta over to the stables in the morning :) She is back to normal again..I have no clue what was wrong with her foot for the longest time but as long as the time off took care of it and it doesn't come back I am happy. I then had chorus practice in the evening so I didn't go ride.

Tuesday: I did work with both girls this evening. I first lunged Daisy in the main ring and she did awesome...I got her to walk and trot with just voice commands and kissing sounds....no lunge line and only had the lung whip as a reenforcement of my cues if she didn't respond the way she should but I didn't really need the lunge whip..I was pleased. I then got the snaffle bit and hopped on her. I rode her around the main ring just a bit and then I got her to stand nicely by the dutch doors so I could open them. It took a few tries till she finally really did what I wanted :) Funny girl. Once we were thru the doors of course we needed to close them and she did better with standing nicely and all that closing them than she did with opening them ;) Well since the last time I had ridden her in a snaffle would have been right after I got her (and that didn't go well at ALL) I knew we have a lot of work ahead of us before she will be ready to go on a trail ride. At first we just walked around the house on the circular driveway and she was responding well with turning. So I added in stopping and standing still until told to go forward. There we had a problem. The stopping she knew what to do and did well with that but the standing still part was hard for her. So what we did was if she stopped and didn't stay stopped till I told her to go she had to back up as many steps as she had walked forward. Now Daisy isn't a big fan of backing up. She can and does well but she doesn't really like it. She soon figured out though that if she stands still life will go better for her..hehe. Once she had that figured out I thought why don't we work on trotting and stopping instead of just going from a walk to a stop. Well that didn't work out so well. For one I was bareback and another Daisy got a little bullheaded. She didn't like turning the one way so when we were trotting I asked her to turn and she pulled away and I slid right off of her. I got up and we went over to my truck which I used as a mounting block. She didn't want to stand nicely so we worked thru that. Then when I did get on her she figured she could walk off without me telling her to so we of course had to back up ;) We did end on a good note though..she stood so nicely then that I got off and praised her. She can be such a silly girl sometimes. Her reward was a nice good grooming!!!
I then got Shasta out and lunged her. No attempeted to lunge her..she refused to lunge. I got her to go around me a little bit but she just wanted to follow me. I got her to lunge then I allowed her to follow me till her hearts content!! I stopped and praised her then I (without holding her) was flinging the whip all around her and she could have cared less. I was so impressed. At one point she would have been so spooked by that but she didn't care one bit. She got praised for that then I groomed her really good too :) Both girls did awesome!!

Friday: I did ride Shasta this evening on a nice trail ride :) She did really really good!! I am looking forward to this next week because it looks like I will (hopefully anyway) be getting a nice amount of riding in!

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday's Rides!!

Monday: I did ride Monday morning on Daisy to the stables...she did really well ;) She had a swollen eye...looked like she wacked her head on something...crazy horse...I put some stuff on it and it is ok now!!

Tuesday: I rode Shasta then Tuesday...she did really good too. Sorry I don't have much to write about but I didn't do much with my horses this week as I would have liked!!

Then Wednesday I rode Curly to the stables and up to Woodcrest too...I had so much fun riding him too :) I was going to work with my girls on groundwork on Friday but then instead I got new tires on my truck and I said hi to my girls...I stayed at my cousin's house overnight so I could go to another cousin's wedding this morning. We had a nice amount of pretty snow and we are getting more now :)

Monday, Tuesday, and Friday's Rides!

Monday: Shasta was still favoring her leg so I decided to give her the week off and not ride her. So I rode Daisy instead ;) I don't really like riding her over to the stables but she wasn't to bad. Some days she is worse than others. She enjoyed working though! I had chorus again in the evening so I didn't ride anyone then.
Tuesday: This evening we had an appointment at the farriers...Shasta had gone the week before and Daisy needed to be done yet. She did the best she ever did for the farrier!! I was happy. We walked home and Daisy did well for me!! I loved on Shasta a bit then as well!

Thursday: I did write about today already..didn't ride but loved on my girls a bit before going to put Navajo down.

Friday: I got off from work early so I got to Sharon around 3:30 in the afternoon. I lunged Shasta first thing and she was sound. I first lunged her with the line and then without the line. I was so impressed. I could get her to stop and face me then I was able to send her off into the next direction. I was so pleased with her. She walked and trotted as I told her to. She does the best with lunging than any other horse I ever lunged or worked with. Since it was such a warm day I gave her a bath...she seemed to enjoy it and she looked SO PRETTY!!! 

 after Shasta's bath!

Then I lunged her again after her bath to see if she was still sound (the last time I had done something similar and she was lame again so we thought it might be an abcess but her hoof isn't warm anymore and I don't know what was up but she is sound now ;) and she was. I hopped on her a bit and rode her down the road and she enjoyed that ;) When we got back I brushed out her mane and tail and braided a small piece of her mane with some purple ribbon. I had put Silverodo (like show sheen) in her mane and tail and all over her body so hopefully she stays a bit cleaner..hehe!

I then ate some supper and chatted with Sharon for a while. Before going home then I lunged Daisy. I just used the lunge line and my walk and trot commands and she did great. The best I think than she ever did before! I was so pleased with her. I braided her mane with one braid and a blue ribbon...I didn't get to give her a bath but if it gets warm again I will :) I brushed her and loved on her then headed home. Overall it was an awesome evening with my horses!!

Navajo!!

Just thought you all would like to know that Navajo was put down today!! Him being older and all they decided it was time. I am thankful I got to own him for the time I did and I am glad someone else got to enjoy him as well!! It is bittersweet but I know that he will always be my first horse. I am thankful for all he taught me and all the wonderful memories I have of him!!