I’ve re-written this two or three times now. This is not the same post it was originally; this is not the same post it was two months ago. Taking the winter off was not ideal for Confetti. It wasn’t ideal … Continue reading →
Before I went off to college and started riding ponies, I rode at a intro-type hunter barn. Not super competitive, but a great barn to learn at with a lot of well-trained lesson horses. I’ve been saying for a while … Continue reading →
On Saturday, Confetti turned twenty. We had a delightful mediocre ride in the woods during which she needed to pee but adamantly refused to do so. She was behind my leg for the majority of the ride. It wasn’t terrible, … Continue reading →
In a final, last-ditch effort to throw all the things at the pony, I scheduled her first chiropractor visit. We’ve done massage and craniosacral, but somehow never pulled the trigger on a chiropractor. I will admit I wasn’t sure it … Continue reading →
A couple times a year it dawns on me that I have a lovely, well-trained horse who ought to be able to do moderately advanced things if I only ask her correctly. Last month, I tried riding bareback and “bridleless” … Continue reading →
This weekend, I rode 18 miles! Only the first six of those count as real conditioning miles, but we were out and riding for another twelve, and that counts for something at least. I make it to the barn four … Continue reading →
I’m so far behind that if I don’t make some notes now, I’ll never get current again. I’m still working on Fetti’s hooves. I have no idea if I blogged about that or not. Thrush got ugly in January, NoThrush … Continue reading →
One loop in the back woods, solo, bareback. We’ve done pretty much no work back here this year, and no solo work since December. It’s maybe a third of a mile total? She went out without a fight (just a … Continue reading →
The dam went up at the beginning of January. Trees came down across our trail, too, so it almost didn’t matter. Not even our small trail ponies would fit through this. We burned out on around-barn rides faster than usual … Continue reading →
Last year, I set monthly goals in an attempt to focus on little things. Some of them got done, a lot of them didn’t – at least, not at the time. Here’s the updated version for 2016. Off-side mounting. This … Continue reading →