Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Moos & Horses On The Loose




When I was on the way to the stable this morning to feed the horses their breakfast I met a moose :))!!
Mooses are not that common down here in Skåne, or at least not around where we live. I guess the hunting season has started and now they are on the moove. He came very close to the car and trotted a few meters next to me and then turned in the opposite direction. I sure hope he is gonna make it!
Next adventure occured when I arrived at the stable and saw one horsehead peeking out the stabledoor, looking quite satisfied with himself and munching hay.
I usually arrive at the stable between 6.30 and 6.45 and the stableowner doesn´t come out before 7.30 to feed their horses. I knocked on the door to see if anyone was up yet but no one answered. Back I went to catch the loose horse and had to find out that a second one escaped his box as well.
The whole stable was upside down of course and poop, blankets and halters everywhere.
When I finally went over to our turnout stable I found Milva and Tinka laying down and sleeping in the straw and Paulina and Annabelle where guarding them. It would have been such a nice picture but unfortunately I forgot my phone at home.
The mares seem to get along really well and they looked very harmonic and calm together.
Orkan had to spend the night in the equine hospital cause he got a bad wound. Poor him.

Monday, September 26, 2011

New Member Of The Herd



Annabelle joined the herd yesterday - after spending one day in a little pasture in our pasture. One day is too little in my eyes but what can you do. Annabelle seems to be a real sweetheart though. She is a 17 year old Haflingermare who was working as a trailhorse for ridingtours before.
Her owner a 16 year old girl called Frieda seems to be really nice as well. She already asked if I could show her some Parelli stuff and seemed to be genuine interested in it.
When I fed the horses this morning Annabelle was allowed to eat with our herd for a little while but then Orkan chased her away again.
Anita took some wonderful pictures yesterday. In case anyone wonders why there aren´t any of Tinka - the friesian, well, Tinka was more interested in the gras and didn´t move 1 m while the other ones were running.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Motivated Pony


After having a delicious pancake breakfast I went to the stable to take Milva grazing. When we passed the sandpaddock she started to offer all kind of things - like sideways, yoyo, lay down she even went on herself on a circle and started troting. I didn´t encourage her to anything but instead waited what she offered. It was hilarious. In those moments I really think she likes playing with me even though her dragon side comes out once in a while.
A new pony is coming to our herd tomorrow - a little Haflinger. Janine!! So now we are gonna have a Haflinger and a Friesian in our herd :).
I owned a Haflinger when I was little, his name was Bongo and he was a true lbi. Just I didn´t know it back then. He was a super kid pony though. Super calm in all situations - unless you tried to ride with and umbrella, he didn´t like that one. But for everything else he was up to.
I soo wanna have a Haflinger again - a little sister for Milva ;). Unfortunatelly I won´t be able to affort two horses were we board now. 2700sek (414usd)by two is just too much - plus insurances, ferrier, vet, ....
Still wanna have one though.
Btw, Parelli came out with some dvd´s and books. Check it out!

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Munsches



I took Milva grazing for 3 hours this afternoon and that´s all we did today. She was all lovy dubby today and wanted to be scratched all over and licked me all the time. Too cute.
Spending the morning with the kittens cuddling and watching some more liberty dvds.

More Play


I´m kind of counting on re-doing my level 3 online audition. We started to play with using a way longer rope. Also we started to play at liberty some more. Yesterday I managed to watch the level 3 liberty dvd from the Level 3 pack. I hope to squeeze some time in today as well to watch some more liberty dvds.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Early Mornings


Yesterday I played at liberty, figure 8´s, weave patterns and circling game - which was not existing. Milva simply did not understand me and got reallly frustrated with me. I will give it another try tomorrow.
Today I took her out grazing for 60min up the dirtroad.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Wind Of Change


I don´t like changes. I love my routines.
I do think it´s time for a little change though. I´m very much against moving horses around alot. They do like their routines, their well known surroundings, their friends,...
It´s nothing that´s going to happen today or tomorrow but it will be a good thing to keep our eyes open - cause all we want is the best for our little herd. It wouldn´t only be Milva, there are more that would like to breathe some fresh air, some positive air that´s not clouded with hormone filled menopause air.
Not everything should be about money and a little thank you from time to time wouldn´t hurt.
Wish and you will receive...
We wish for a perfect turn out stable, with a big enough stable so all horses can spend the night inside and lay down. The bedding will be clean and soft and no one will complain about how much straw we take. A big pasture with trees - an adventure pasture so they will never be bored. A ridinghouse so light and natural that it will be a pleasure to be inside.
An outside ridingpaddock with lots of different obstacles to play with. The stable will be surrounded by perfect ridingtrails through the forest with some hills to climb on. We will be surrounded by positive, progressive people who will put always the welfare of the horse first and never hit or scream a horse. The people there will be friendly, honest and helpful. Only the best forage will be fed to our horses - hay, not haylage.
So come on Universe bring it on!

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Weekend


I taped my audition yesterday. Not sure yet if it will do but I decided to send it in anyway. As a goldmember you don´t have to pay an extra audition fee so I figured it won´t hurt to get some feedback.
Our time for the audition is 7min40sek. I could have done some more circling game but oh well,...
We taped a second time just for fun and of course everything was going so much better - no pressure ey. Unfortunatelly the memory card of the camera was full after 5minuts. Bummer!
I also watched Cornelia play with her horses for a while which was real fun.
This morning I fed the horses and mucked out the stable. I´m gonna meet Patricia and Anita for lunch and we are going to have a swedish "fika" - coffe and cake.
I´m planing to play at liberty this afternoon and filming with my new tripod :). Fun fun!
Oh and another remarkable thing happened yesterday. There is one lady in the stable who is very very traditional and actually mentioned that she does not like NH and is very much against it. She usually never talks to me or even greats me. Neverless I had to go and talk to her yesterday cause she arrived just when we were about to film. I asked her very carefully and nicely what her plans were and if it would be ok if can use the ridinghouse for 15min by our own so we can film. No timepressure, ey ;).
She agreed to it and I told her I would come to her stable when we are done. As soon as we were done I sprinted with Milva in the tow down to her stable and told her we were done. She then started to ask questions about what we filmed. I explained quickly to her what it was about, short explaination about Parelli and their official auditions, what Parelli is about and Horsenalities!!!
Horsenalities sure sparked her interest. That´s the key people, I´ll tell ya. You cannot spark traditional people´s interest with the 7 games. You have to come up with something more complex like Horsenalities. It worked each time for me so far.
People that have been competing almost whole their life are not very impressed by the 7 games but Horsenalites seem to always work.
So I think I got her ;).
Now she wants to hear more about Horsenalities and she wants to see the offical auditon version.
I think I´m gonna tape something else for her though cause the audition one is not the best one after all.

Friday, September 16, 2011

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. - Ralph Waldo Emmerson


We went to the stable early this morning to feed them breakfast and then we went out for breakfast ourselves. I love having breakfast out.
We had a beautiful indian summer day here today. I´m so greatful I didn´t have to work today! I spent all afternoon in the stable (5 hours) horseying around.
We started with grazing up the dirtroad for an hour and then we went to the big sandpaddock. Casually we played through all the audition tasks and of course everything was going smooth like butter. I concentrated on my ropehandling and using a longer rope.
I also figured out why it is so complicated to back Milva up from z5 on the rope - because - of course, pretty obvious, she is yielding from the rope -dahhhh. I tried to put the rope on the ground today and then backed her up from z 5 with just my hands moving and tataaa it worked - of course. Sometimes I´m really a dumbass.
Milva was a bit uncertain about backing up at first cause usually rope on the ground means don´t move you are ground tied but I assured her it was ok.
Just before I was on my way home Anita showed up and asked me if I want to trailerload. She is simply the best ;)!
We trailerloaded a few times and Milva almost troted in - no problems at all.
I got a tripod today and can´t wait to use it this weekend :). Such a smart idea of you guys.
Janine hand another good point - if you are not done under 10 minutes with your audition tasks you are simply not ready for it. Smart thinking and so true!

Thursday, September 15, 2011

‘After work the horse must return to the stable in as happy a frame of mind as when he left it’.


Shawn and the broodmares & Mandrake

2,5 hours of grazing with Milva this afternoon. I think we are friends again. Good thing horses are so forgiving!

"When You Feel Superior, Let Me Teach You To Be Respectful"


"When You Are Self Absorbed, Let Me Teach You To Think Of Greater Things"

Milva sure thought me a lesson today about not being a direct line thinker. See, I know you shouldn´t think direct line but I still fall back into my old habbits sometime. Also, she thought me not to use pressure on a left brain introvert - which of course I know so well.
Because we currently do not own a car with a trailer hitch Shawn borrowed a car. Instead of doing another testrun I got it in my head that it´s now we film the audition and we better get everything right.
Needless to say that things started to go wrong as soon as I got up in the morning.
Milva mirrored my mood instantly when I got there.
"If you think you can be like that, then you can play by yourself. I have no idea what language you speak today and I see no reason why I should do anything for you today and now I´m going to ignore you until you start to think and feel again."
Luckily it just took a few minutes for me to get it. I immediately called it a day and said to Shawn that we can film another day - maybe in the weekend when we can borrow Anita´s car.
As soon as I changed my mindset the old Milva was back, still a bit suspicious but starting to offer things again.
Sure learned a lot today.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Here Is The "Not So Perfect Trailer" From Last Sunday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRuZHAm_aL8
Youtube won´t let me share direct links anymore but this is the upload from our test filming for our audition. Hopefully I can do another try tomorrow morning.
I played with Milva this morning and everything was going perfect - well, I guess no big surprise there. No camera on so of course everything was going smooth ;).

Monday, September 12, 2011

Monday Morning



15 min of longreining this morning with walk - stop - back up transitions. I used the 45´rope for longreining and only 1 rein. It´s still a bit confusing and she spins alot or backs up as soon as I ask her to stop. Oh well, we will get there. She could do all this before and funny enough she still can do it at liberty. Hmmmm....thinking.....

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Munschkin


When I came to the stable this afternoon Milva was grazing on the far end of the pasture. I called her and she came galloping! all the way to me - whinnying all the way. Too funny!! Wonder what she was thinking.
I noticed that she canters more in the pasture now since I started to ask her to canter online.
2 hours of grazing. I let her choose where she wanted to graze and she took me half way up the dirtroad. We watched a farmer plowing the field for a while and went home again.
Back to work tomorrow but only for two days and then I´m off again for 5 :). I´m gonna try to film again on wednesday morning with the trailer.

Morningplay & Photosession


pictures taken by Shawn

Yesterday evening we invited our neighbour Johan over to homemade polnish Pirogies - super delicious! I convinced both guys to come with me to the stable this morning to take some pictures and to do a test filming for the audition - without a trailer.
The guys were up late yesterday and tried to solve enviromental problems until 2 a.m in the morning. Neverless both came with me at 6.45 this morning. Pretty cool for a Sunday morning ;).
The filming didn´t go too well though. The camera stoped working after 7 minutes, I got dangled in the rope and so did Milva, I stumpled over the carrotstick - which I usually never do. I saw myself cherking Milva on the rope :(, and generaly have the rope too short. Milva didn´t back up from z5, instead she tried to do spins and got all confused. Shawn fed her carrots in the circling game - which was pretty funny though. Well, I guess I could go on and on about it, but, it was just a test drive anyway and now I know what to focus on which is good.
After having pancake breakfast ( blueberry and cinemon - apple) we searched for music for the official audition. The boys got all into it and came up with some really good, crazy and funny songs. One was "The Grey Old Mule", which I refuse to use and nor will I use "Too Lazy To Be Crazy", but thanks anyway.
Now they are watching airplane movies though so I´m gonna go back to the stable and do some more thinking about my Horsemanship journey.

"A Teaching From Hang Sen" by Grant Storey

Why the quick-fix approach to problem solving will leave your life in tatters. A teaching from Hang Sen - By Grant Storey



"Why do things keep going wrong?" I asked the old man in exasperation. "Why is it that as soon as I think I have the problem fixed it pops up again, it recurs and every time it is more disheartening than the last? What am I missing here?"



I had become desperate - my physical, mental and emotional health had been a disaster for the last three years and I was forever going through cycles of recuperation, healing and feeling ok, back into a ruthless recurrence of symptoms which had left an army of doctors and specialists utterly baffled as to what the dilemma was.



I had come here, to the house of my teacher and advisor, Hang Sen, once again in search of answers. And this was his reply. "So many people" he began, "are always looking only in the now for the quick-fix and for the instant solution or remedy to their suffering. Problems exist on the road of life so that we may ride over them and experience all the opportunity for growth that they afford. But people do not like to do this. They have forgotten the meaning that lies in the problems they encounter on their individual and collective paths.”



“They have forgotten to see the problems littered on the road to success for what they really are" he paused, gazing at me with those black eyes sparkling with intensity, his voice dripping with wisdom. "Jewels of opportunity that contain within them the seeds of greatness. Instead you, and millions of others just like you, have bought into the delusion that the jewel is a mere shard of glass that is causing you an unnecessary and perhaps even painful delay on the road to your success."



"So" he continued, "people are much like a bicycle tire that is forever going around and around on the road of life, hitting a thorn or loose shard of glass now and again and going through the experience of getting a puncture. What happens then is at times amusing and at others it is tragic. In most cases, the person immediately sets about fixing the puncture as quickly as possible, pumping up the tire and moving on again until of course the tire rides over another problem, and another puncture results, to which the same remedy is applied, and the puncture is fixed and then off they go again, until they hit another problem and get another puncture and so on it goes."



He was smiling broadly now, clearly amused with this particular analogy. “The funny thing is” he said, letting out a little chuckle, “is that more often than not it is the same piece of glass in the road that the person is actually riding over. All this moving off and getting punctures and patching up and then moving off again at a frantic pace is in fact an act of delusion in that the tire is unaware that it is going nowhere, but rather riding in place like a hamster wheel, continuously moving over the same puncture again and again.”



“It is the programmed nature of people to want to move off and onward all the time. People do not like to be stopped in their tracks. People do not like to stop full stop. And so this process continues and the punctures keep on occurring. More and more patches are placed on the tire until the tire becomes so tattered and patched up that its total integrity is completely compromised paving the way for a huge disaster to occur.”



"Again, this comes down to the perception of the puncture", Hang Sen smiled, "because whenever ones perceives a puncture as merely an irritating and perhaps even debilitating shard of glass, and seeks only to patch themselves up as superficially as possible in order to get moving again, they are rendering themselves ignorant to the true meaning of their predicament. They are in fact blinding themselves to the opportunity that the problem is affording them - which is of course to grow.”



“They are mistaking a precious jewel for a shard of broken glass and in so doing they are failing to grow past the so called 'problem' and when that happens", Hang Sen said drumming his finger into the palm of his hand, "they are merely setting themselves up to ride over the same 'shard of glass' time and again until they learn to see it for what it truly is.”



“Until you learn to see your problems as jewels of opportunity which are there to enable you to grow beyond your limited self of yesterday, you will never step into the understanding of your true potential which lies waiting for you today!"

Saturday, September 10, 2011


Yesterday: online in the morning, trailerloading in the evening (thanks to Anita) + 2 hours of grazing
today: online this morning - so far. I´m gonig out there again after I´m finished with laundry. Milva still showed a bit weakness when I ask her to trot on a circle. Left back. I asked Malin to have a look, after all she worked with Equine Rehabilitation before. She said that it looks like her back knees are weak because Milva never had to do any serious work before and doesn´t have the strength so now when I ask her to canter it takes strength and balance of course. She doesn´t show any sign of lameness and is not swollen or warm. It´s just this kind of double step she is doing when I ask her to trot. Not much but still.
I´m gonna work on building up her strength and balance now with lots of transitions and hill therapy and walks.
My first thought was to let her rest again but that won´t build up any strength of course.
I´m still gonna take it very easy and be smart and savvy about it. I don´t wanna overdo it nor do too little so it won´t show any improvement. Lots too think about all the time....

Friday, September 9, 2011

Let Me Teach You

picture taken sept.2008

Let Me Teach You

When you are tense, let me teach you to relax.
When you are short tempered, let me teach you to be patient.
When you are short sighted, let me teach you to see.
When you are quick to react, let me teach you to be thoughtful.
When you are angry, let me teach you to be serene.
When you feel superior, let me teach you to be respectful.
When you are self absorbed, let me teach you to think of greater things.
When you are arrogant, let me teach you humility.
When you are lonely, let me be your companion.
When you are tired, let me carry the load.
When you need to learn, let me teach you.
After all, I'm your horse.

W. Lamm 1997

Your Horse Is Your Gift

25th of december 2008

Your Horse is Your Gift

To have a horse in your life is a gift. In the matter
of a few short years, a horse can teach a young girl
courage, if she chooses to grab mane and hang on
for dear life. Even the smallest of ponies is
mightier than the tallest of girls. To conquer the
fear of falling off, having one's toes crushed, or
being publicly humiliated at a horse show is
an admirable feat for any child. For that, we can be
grateful.

Horses teach us responsibility. Unlike a bicycle or a
computer, a horse needs regular care and most of it
requires that you get dirty and smelly and up off the
couch. Choosing to leave your cozy kitchen to break
the crust of ice off the water buckets is to choose
responsibility. When our horses dip their noses and
drink heartily; we know we've made the right choice.
Learning to care for a horse is both an art and a
science. Some are easy keepers, requiring little more
than regular turn-out, a flake of hay, and a trough of
clean water. Others will test you - you'll struggle to
keep them from being too fat or too thin. You'll have
their feet shod regularly only to find shoes gone
missing. Some are so accident-prone you'll
swear they're intentionally finding new ways to
injure themselves.

If you weren't raised with horses, you can't know
that they have unique personalities. You'd expect
this from dogs, but horses? Indeed, there are clever
horses, grumpy horses, and even horses with a
sense of humor. Those prone to humor will test you by
finding new ways to escape from the barn when you
least expect it.

Horses can be timid or brave, lazy or athletic,
obstinate or willing. You will hit it off with some horses and
others will elude you altogether. There are as many "types" of
horses as there are people - which makes the whole
partnership thing all the more interesting.
If you've never ridden a horse, you probably assume
it's a simple thing you can learn in a weekend.
You can, in fact, learn the basics on a Sunday, but
to truly ride well takes a lifetime. Working with a
living being is far more complex than turning a key in
the ignition and putting the car or tractor in "drive."
In addition to listening to your instructor, your
horse will have a few things to say to you as well. On a
good day, he'll be happy to go along with the program
and tolerate your mistakes; on a bad day, you'll swear
he's trying to kill you. Perhaps he's naughty or perhaps
he's fed up with how slowly you're learning his language.
Regardless, the horse will have an opinion. He may choose to
challenge you (which can ultimately make you a better rider)
or he may carefully carry you over fences - if it suits him. It all
depends on the partnership - and partnership is what it's all
about.

If you face your fears, swallow your pride, and are willing to
work at it, you'll learn lessons in courage, commitment,
and compassion in addition to basic survival skills. You'll
discover just how hard you're willing to work toward a goal,
how little you know, and how much you have to learn.
And, while some people think the horse "does all the
work", you'll be challenged physically as well as mentally.
Your horse may humble you completely. Or, you may find that
sitting on his back is the closest you'll get to heaven.
You can choose to intimidate your horse, but do you
really want to? The results may come more quickly, but will
your work ever be as graceful as that gained through trust?
The best partners choose to listen, as well as to tell. When
it works, we experience a sweet sense of accomplishment
brought about by smarts, hard work, and mutual understanding
between horse and rider. These are the days when you know with
absolute certainty that your horse is enjoying his work.

If we make it to adulthood with horses still in our
lives, most of us have to squeeze riding into our
over saturated schedules; balancing our need for
things equine with those of our households and
employers. There is never enough time to ride, or to
ride as well as we'd like. Hours in the barn are stolen
pleasures.

If it is in your blood to love horses, you share your life
with them. Our horses know our secrets; we braid our
tears into their manes and whisper our hopes into their
ears. A barn is a sanctuary in an unsettled world, a sheltered
place where life's true priorities are clear: a warm place to sleep,
someone who loves us, and the luxury of regular meals. Some
of us need these reminders.

When you step back, it's not just about horses - it's about love, life,
and learning. On any given day, a friend is celebrating the birth of a
foal, a blue ribbon, or recovery from an illness. That same day, there
is also loss: a broken limb, a case of colic, a decision to sustain a
life or end it gently. As horse people, we share the accelerated life
cycle of horses: the hurried rush of life, love, loss, and death that
caring for these animals brings us. When our partners pass, it is
more than a moment of sorrow.

We mark our loss with words of gratitude for the ways
our lives have been blessed. Our memories are of joy,
awe, and wonder. Absolute union. We honor our horses for their
brave hearts, courage, and willingness to give.

To those outside our circle, it must seem strange. To
see us in our muddy boots, who would guess such poetry
lives in our hearts? We celebrate our companions with praise
worthy of heroes. Indeed, horses have the hearts of warriors
and often carry us into and out of fields of battle.
Listen to stories of that once-in-a-lifetime horse; of
journeys made and challenges met. The best of horses
rise to the challenges we set before them, asking little in
return.

Those who know them understand how fully a horse can
hold a human heart. Together, we share the pain of sudden
loss and the lingering taste of long-term illness. We shoulder
the burden of deciding when or whether to end the life of a true
companion.

In the end, we're not certain if God entrusts us
to our horses--or our horses to us. Does it matter?
We're grateful God loaned us the horse in the first place.

Author Unknown

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

pic by Anita

Another early morning in the stable. I was done with everything by 8.15 - played with Milva, mucked out the stable and the top half of the pasture, fed the horses and changed the water in the two other turn out stables.
I played the whole audition through % trailerloading. Milva was a star! She was super responsive and had a positive expression for most of the time.
I went to the stable again this evening, mucked out once more and spend some udt with Milva.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011


picture taken by Anita
2 hours of udt with Milva. Sold my Hyundai Santa Fe today and now I don´t have a car for the trailer to film my audition. Smart thinking -not.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Firehorse


picture taken by Anita
In the morning we played with audition preparation and focused on circling game - transitions. Milva pretented to be a dragon for a short little while and while doing her airborne acrobatic (how the hell is she getting her big belly that high up in the air I wonder each time) she must have landed somehow wrong with her left backleg. When I asked her to trot again she took an extra step in the transition but troted normaly afterwards. I checked again in the afternoon and she did it again but not that much anymore. Hmmmmm....
Afternoon we spent with trailerloading and eating hay and oats in the trailer.

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Summer Sunday



Summer came back for a short visit. +23 and warm winds this afternoon, perfect playing weather.
3,5 hours in the stable in the afternoon. 10min online play down at the big sandpaddock. Weave patterns in trot, sideways over the blue barrels and jumped the barrels and stradled the black tube sideways. The rest of the time we spend grazing and searching for thistles and herbs.
I also mucked out half of the pasture and collected branches for the horses.
Stuntshow in Helsingör yesterday with Monster Trucks. It can´t get any more Hillbilly but totally fun.
Supper now - homemade Pumpkin - ginger soup with homemade breadrolls, yummy.

Blog Problems

my blog won´t let me comment on your comments, sorry about that.... and it won´t let me comment on some of your blogs either - like Janine´s (Enzo)

Morgenarbeit

Just got home from my morning session. It sure is nice to be on vacation and have that much time to spend in the stable.
Warmed up with a bit of liberty - sideways, back up, stick to me.
Our circling game became a pattern as well. We start slow with lots of change of direction and walk - stop transitions. "You wanna go slow - me too."
Lots of breaks with scratching her. Milva chews and yawns alot through the whole session. I really try to give her lots of time to process and to take it slow - always keeping "Buffalo Bill´s blog" in mind, her blog actually helped me alot.
After doing some troting in both directions on the end of the 45´rope it´s time for another break with more scratching and lots of licking on her side - she also licks me alot all over.
When I ask her the next time to circle she starts to canter by herself - she has done that now for a few days. But always just one circle and then she comes in with her ears forwards and licks and chews alot - another break and more scratching. Then I ask her again to circle and she usually starts to canter by herself as soon as she is out on the circle and canters nice and slow, in an uphill form with her ears forwards. Today she did 3 circles before she came in - I was just about to ask her in but unfortunately she was faster. Lots of scratching again and then I asked her for a last time time to canter - this time I actually asked her and she responded on a light phase 1 BUT she had her ears back, made a snake neck and a dragon face and stomped around. It was by no means a light canter. But at least she didn´t buck or galop around like a maniac which she used to do before all the time.
When her face softened a little bit I asked her in and called it a day.
She looked pretty relaxed when we walked to the stable with her head down.
I´m going back there in the afternoon to play a bit more in the big sandpaddock.

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Canter :))


3 circles of canter, leftlead with me in neutral, one send :))
tjohooo

Friday, September 2, 2011

Afternoon Play


We played with weave patterns in trot, sideways over the blue barrels and jump!! the barrel. I was really proud that she jumped the barrels and not just walked over it, until I told Shawn and he told me that she always jumped over felled trees with him when they were out in the forest, horseying around. Even when we got her and she was still little she jumped with him in the forest. Little bugger...

Play To Win


Finally two weeks off well deserved "summer" / autumn vacation. I just realized that after those 2 weeks I still have 5 more weeks of vacation I can take.
I´m at the stable early in the morning now every day - like at 7 a.m. Take Milva out to let her eat for 1 hour and then we go and play. Today she cantered 2 circles on the 45´rope, left lead. Super cool.
Afternoons I let her graze for 1 - 2 hours and play a bit at liberty.