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well the ball's starting to roll here.
a) REALLY gotta get my reports done. jesus christ i have been ACE at procrastinating this year.
b) went for a road trip to bindoon yesterday to Yates Equestrian to check out their Hill Paddock.
long story short, it's delightful & i'm going to bring Beejay up there next weekend.
he's still flexing unsound & on friday he did a sharp turn to the left (his dodgy knee side) & totally hobbled for a stride until he was straight and that's when i knew i was making the right decision. I can't face leasing him out to someone as a parelli or companion horse because he ISN'T suited as a companion - he LOVES hooning and WILL stir up trouble, and as for parelli - the middle aged parelli-ites would either get walked all over by him OR seem to prefer their station bred brumbies for playing games.
and it's wayyyyy too premature to do the other option that lots of people, surprisingly, have advised.
i'm looking forward to seeing how he enjoys being a horse. the paddock is just amazing - they have a herd of around 17 horses, ranging in ages and breeding. they're checked at least once a day & supplemented hay once a week. The paddock is 170 acres, fairly hilly, with a dam, bushland & cleared meadows. it's sweet. the whole property is family run & they grow their own hay & have cattle, but the main income comes from training & re-educating horses.
i actually know a few people who have horses there & they came highly recommended as well, which is awesome.
i really wish i could move beej to live with blitzen, but sherree doesn't have the room or the feed right now. maybe later on.
so that leads us to c)
Kym. i'm looking forward to riding again & getting my riding legs back. but a bit fearful as well because it too so long to get in sync with beejay. i don't want to be slogging away for 3 years with another horse before it becomes fun. i know this won't be the case as she is relatively sane. and hopefully teacher beejay taught me SOMETHING about leadership & taking the initiative.
anyways. i'll keep you updated.
a) REALLY gotta get my reports done. jesus christ i have been ACE at procrastinating this year.
b) went for a road trip to bindoon yesterday to Yates Equestrian to check out their Hill Paddock.
long story short, it's delightful & i'm going to bring Beejay up there next weekend.
he's still flexing unsound & on friday he did a sharp turn to the left (his dodgy knee side) & totally hobbled for a stride until he was straight and that's when i knew i was making the right decision. I can't face leasing him out to someone as a parelli or companion horse because he ISN'T suited as a companion - he LOVES hooning and WILL stir up trouble, and as for parelli - the middle aged parelli-ites would either get walked all over by him OR seem to prefer their station bred brumbies for playing games.
and it's wayyyyy too premature to do the other option that lots of people, surprisingly, have advised.
i'm looking forward to seeing how he enjoys being a horse. the paddock is just amazing - they have a herd of around 17 horses, ranging in ages and breeding. they're checked at least once a day & supplemented hay once a week. The paddock is 170 acres, fairly hilly, with a dam, bushland & cleared meadows. it's sweet. the whole property is family run & they grow their own hay & have cattle, but the main income comes from training & re-educating horses.
i actually know a few people who have horses there & they came highly recommended as well, which is awesome.
i really wish i could move beej to live with blitzen, but sherree doesn't have the room or the feed right now. maybe later on.
so that leads us to c)
Kym. i'm looking forward to riding again & getting my riding legs back. but a bit fearful as well because it too so long to get in sync with beejay. i don't want to be slogging away for 3 years with another horse before it becomes fun. i know this won't be the case as she is relatively sane. and hopefully teacher beejay taught me SOMETHING about leadership & taking the initiative.
anyways. i'll keep you updated.