Erk, it's really getting cold here! -18c yesterday is the coldest I've ever experienced not in a ski resort! The three wooly girls, Amber, Mae and Gracie were fine, but Lilly, who hasn't grown as thick a coat was a bit shivery. Fortunately, the sun came out and was actually warm.
What I love about the cold (so far!) is that usually, the sun is out, the sky is a stunning azure blue and I find it hard to be down, even with my winter blues, when it's sunny. Working in an office in the UK with its grey, wet winters, or its snow that brings everything to a standstill was genuinely depressing. Today was grey and cold, but I was working with the horses, not having time to sit and think, so the crappy days go by quickly.
Baby Bond is leaving us on the 28th December to head to his new home. He's back in work with me for the last few weeks, consolidating what he knows, reinforcing the fact that when you ride with your legs hanging loosely by his side, that does not mean GO! I was going on starting a session with him with my legs off, walking patterns until he quit trying to gait, and then putting leg on, but that made it worse, so today I just got on him, legs straight on and got him to quit fussing all the way through 20 minutes, until I asked for a walk to canter transition. He thinks canter is just THE most exciting thing he can do and he wants to do it all the time, so keeping him relaxed and not breaking into it whenever he wants is quite a challenge!
I will miss his quirky horsenality, and his amazing, powerful way of going. His canter just has so much impulsion and power that he feels like a well schooled warmblood. But he's only 14.3! Cute boy.
Mae is still on trails, I really don't want to push her but after she's had her feet trimmed tomorrow, I think I will be ready to start doing more in the school with her.
The stallion is going well. he's 11, so very set in his ways, but he's doing some nice work, learning how to carry himself and bend and flex like a nice boy. He loves him a fight, but he settles nicely once he's had his say.
Now, some of the things outside of work I've been busy with include shipping gifts overseas to my Mum and a few select friends. I may also have purchased one or two things for myself...like when I saw the papercut art by Niamh of Hoofbeats for Heartbeats on the Jumping Percheron blog, I may well have thought 'Oh wow. I want one' and gone ahead and had one for myself and one for my Mum commissioned :) The finished Frankie is pictured below. I love it! The photo I wanted it cut from was awful quality, but it captures him so well. What a poser :) And it's on black and green, which were my cross country colours when we used to do hunter trials.
What I love about the cold (so far!) is that usually, the sun is out, the sky is a stunning azure blue and I find it hard to be down, even with my winter blues, when it's sunny. Working in an office in the UK with its grey, wet winters, or its snow that brings everything to a standstill was genuinely depressing. Today was grey and cold, but I was working with the horses, not having time to sit and think, so the crappy days go by quickly.
Baby Bond is leaving us on the 28th December to head to his new home. He's back in work with me for the last few weeks, consolidating what he knows, reinforcing the fact that when you ride with your legs hanging loosely by his side, that does not mean GO! I was going on starting a session with him with my legs off, walking patterns until he quit trying to gait, and then putting leg on, but that made it worse, so today I just got on him, legs straight on and got him to quit fussing all the way through 20 minutes, until I asked for a walk to canter transition. He thinks canter is just THE most exciting thing he can do and he wants to do it all the time, so keeping him relaxed and not breaking into it whenever he wants is quite a challenge!
I will miss his quirky horsenality, and his amazing, powerful way of going. His canter just has so much impulsion and power that he feels like a well schooled warmblood. But he's only 14.3! Cute boy.
Mae is still on trails, I really don't want to push her but after she's had her feet trimmed tomorrow, I think I will be ready to start doing more in the school with her.
The stallion is going well. he's 11, so very set in his ways, but he's doing some nice work, learning how to carry himself and bend and flex like a nice boy. He loves him a fight, but he settles nicely once he's had his say.
Now, some of the things outside of work I've been busy with include shipping gifts overseas to my Mum and a few select friends. I may also have purchased one or two things for myself...like when I saw the papercut art by Niamh of Hoofbeats for Heartbeats on the Jumping Percheron blog, I may well have thought 'Oh wow. I want one' and gone ahead and had one for myself and one for my Mum commissioned :) The finished Frankie is pictured below. I love it! The photo I wanted it cut from was awful quality, but it captures him so well. What a poser :) And it's on black and green, which were my cross country colours when we used to do hunter trials.
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