Hay Day!

Well today is hay day. Kathleen was at camp for a week, and when she got home she asked if we had hayed yet-when I told her we hadn't she was very excited to think she hadn't missed it...let's see if she still feels the same way at the end of today! :)

Cantering

What was I waiting for??? How many times do we ask ourselves that question when we manage to accomplish something that had scared us too much to do before? Man alive that heat, for me anyway and I'm sure a lot of others, was just about unbearable yesterday, but I took that handsome boy out anyway for some time in the outdoor arena. Its a good workout for both of us in the heat to get us better prepared for competition days. We did 40 laps (20 each way) at mostly a trot. My goals were to keep him on the rail and just keep going. Near the end, he went into a canter and off we went down one long end and around the corner for a short end and then back down into a trot. I think he was showing off for Lynn and Troy who had just recently pulled up a chair to watch our session. I remember thinking before how the thought of that canter starting out would terrify me and I would instantly do what I could to get out of the situation and then all of a sudden, after one breakthrough on Leland's Road, there we were cantering in the outdoor arena. I love my horse!!!

Paris' Perspective (3)

I can explain. Lynn took me for a trail ride and I was really good ....until that dog came out of nowhere and then I freaked. Lynn was very understanding with me and proud of herself for not falling out of the saddle (I really freaked!). But then as we were going along the highway this man "waived" his hand and I freaked again. Lynn was not so understanding this time. But she doesn't understand ...I thought he was going to throw water at me. It is the same posture and arm movement and you all know what I think of water. Plus I was all worked up from that darn dog. Give me a break I'm only a kid. No one ever waived at me before.

Paris' Perception

Well Lynn told me today that we were going to get into some serious training. Hmm I wondered what can I train Lynn to do today. Well it didn't take me long to come up with something. Lynn came out with a bucket and a sponge and then sat some hay around the bucket. Then she started to put water in the sponge and let it drip into the bucket. I stepped back to teach Lynn that when sponges are wet I will choose to stand back and meditate. As soon as she got busy talking to Carrilee and stopped making a noise with the bucket I would step forward and eat the hay. I thought it was important to teach Lynn that I like to eat when it is quiet so I worked really hard at enforcing this and some times i meditated for a long time while she was hunched over that silly bucket making a fuss with the water but I continued to walk up and eat the second it was quiet. It took quite a while but I think she's catching on.

Ginger

Ginger creates another memory!

5 Lessons from Dr Suess

Good advice for your horse life and your life in general....the two usually go hand-in-hand anway!

Mister and I Went to the Beach!!

Today Mister and I went to the beach and left Willow all by herself. It was fun we went in the water and cantered and trotted around when Daddy and Tyler were fishing. We went up a little ways and we were trotting and Mister makes this amazing lead change - I was so impressed! It was amazing! Troy said Mister could make fast changes in direction and he was right!

I just wished it was incoming tide.