Eleanor the smarty pony

Woohoo Eleanor is a brilliant little mare. I worked on (Yes, lists help me think things through..)

1. Friendly game
2. Porcupine (Backing, zone 2, zone 4)
3. Driving (zone 1, zone 2, zone 4)
4. Leading
5. Walking over a white feed sack thingy, and tying it to the end of the stick and waving it around.

She was totally okay with it! It was amazing... Tomorrow we're going to play with a saddle, some other random toys and probably some yo-yo game and some driving to stuff.

Jo was super nice today and gave me a parelli puzzles book. So I will now be completely entertained!

Well I suppose my goals for her by the end of next year is:

• At least level 2, if not into three on the ground.
• Take to a Parelli clinic (Level 3?)
• Level 1 riding?

That's all I can think of right now. All I know is that this is my chance to test my knowledge. And to have a semi SANE horse to do it on! I swear Big Boy is ADD, ADHD, and Bipolar all in one...

"Will you be my groom?"

HOLA!

Yesterday was pretty amazing. Well, rather minor comparing some of the stuff that has been happening lately. BUT Katrina loaned me an English saddle to clean, and practice in, also the girth, saddle pad, and a filthy bridle that will be taking up a lot of my time cleaning.


So yesterday I tacked Big Boy up, and he looked darling! I will take a picture when I go down again this afternoon. He looked very cute, and seemed to actually like it. It probably isin't as restricting as a Western saddle. So I trotted him around practing posting, and I rode him up to the house to show mom, and he didin't even neigh for his buddies. A budding English horse????

Yesterday, I took Phoebe to Dr. B's to get her shots for 4-H this year. It was terrible! I was soooo glad I wasn't her! He had to give her a shot in her nose, AND draw blood to test for something... It is a good thing I have a tough stomach. So next Wednesday is the first Dog mtg, so Phoebe is gonna whup them all!

Tomorrow is the first BOYH meeting (Bring your own horse) it is supposed to be groundwork which the Boy rocks at! Also, this weird perfect-horse act is still going on, and I haven't quite figured it out. But tomorrow he is going to get a bath, so I am sure his true feelings will come to show themselves :D

The farrier was here this morning, and said everybody looked good, and that Big Boy wouldn't need shoes if we start riding at BC state park. YAY! That takes like 80 bucks a trip, if he had needed them.

So today, I am off to clean Big boys stall (So when I give him a bath tomorrow, he wont go roll in the mud), find the ball for the hitch (SOMEONE LOST IT!!! grrrr) And ride the boy. AND all the other stuff mom has added to my list. So, I will probably write some more later.

Ooohhh, btw... The whole "Will you be my groom" thing, is a private joke, that I figured I would add. And I would TOTALLY explain it, but who knows who reads this blog.........

Big Boy Blog Post (Say that three times fast)

Well today I had this awesome ride with Big Boy. Like the kind that makes you pause and ask "Whats the matter with you?". Seriously, from the begining he was great! I drove my truck down to the field and carried my saddle in between the electric fence, and here he comes, neighing and doing his retarded floppy trot. I put on his bridle and saddle and he's fine.


So I started riding him around our 10 acre fenced in pasture, and he just sauntered around. Our German Shepherd was at the far end getting into some sort of trouble, and he didn't spook, run, or be just plain stupid.

I decided to totally take advantage of this, and took him out to the un-fenced hay field (About 15 acres). He walked through that field like he had been through it a hundred times before! Just plowing through, not trying to canter, not neighing in hopes of his friends reply. He was great!

This is really awesome because I hope to take him the the BC state park this summer, which will be a lot of fun if he behaves like he did today!

I decided to take Abby for a ride tonight when it is cooler. I know she's tough, but no point pressing out luck...

So now, if you're waiting for some super exciting news... Here it is!!!! Katrina recently bought and black, cutting horse, mare. Yeah, so I rode her last night, and again this morning. And it was soooo fun! We didn't do any like freakishly fast spins or anything, but she has this awesome slow trot and canter. She is starting to become a real sweetie. So my job now, is to learn how to use spurs :D

This year in 4-H I am showing Katrinas horse Shelby, born in 2003, she is a bay QH, who looks like she will excel in english. But she has also been bred for reining also. So I am TOTALLY ready to kick butt in 4-H.

So now all I need is some english boots... hmmm...

AH Summer...

Well... It is summer once again. Only for some reason this one seems to be flying by faster than most any summers I remember. For one thing... it is June... JUNE! It seems like it should still be April. But soon enough, when the August heat comes, we will all be ready for Winter. Isn't it sad how we cannot be content with what we have? When it is time for the Winter cold, we want Summer! But in the heat of the Summer, we would be happy with some of January's freezing temps.

Well at the moment I am content. FINALLY! Everything is moving along, and life is good. The schedule is a little crazy, but I would be bored without something to do.

The one thing I need to work on more, is riding my horses regularly. I have a Parelli clinic with Big boy in like two weeks! AAAAAHHHHHHHHH I am so not ready, but oh well, I can't do anything about it. The horse show in July should be okay, I need to work on Stetson with halter more too. That is his thing. He may have a jug head, but he is put together well. Big boy on the other hand... oh- uh- no comment. :)

Well I think this is good for my first post. So will write more later!