take a letter, Maria...
Went on a three hour trail ride with Sara today. It was really nice; early enough in the day that Hunter wasn't pissy over missing his dinner and they went out without argument. I had him decked to the nines, four performance boots, his trail halter & lead, the bridle itself, German martingale.. all of his gear. It seems excessive, but really, as clutzy as both of us can be - it's a necessity.
We headed out around the golf course, down toward the Bonita Vons, and around to pace Briarwood in both directions. Talk about a blast. Down by the lake, two ducklings had gotten separated from Mama Duck, so I bailed off of Hunter to try and catch them (failed miserably) - he stood like a champ when I hopped back on him, finding the whole situation rather boring. Beyond that, we passed/went through three intersections and had to wait at the crosswalks, walking past whizzing cars and the like without a twitch. We passed Rohr Park, and had kids flock to the fence to see the horses - both of which were intrigued by the attention but not overly enthusiastic to return the notion. There were a ton of birthday parties going on; kites, balloons, flags and bounce houses - and Hunter ignored all of them. Talk about a champ.
We didn't even realize we'd been out that long until they horses started trying to jog all the way home and mack on everything edible looking on the trail. All in all, a brilliant day. And we're doing it again tomorrow! Success.
We headed out around the golf course, down toward the Bonita Vons, and around to pace Briarwood in both directions. Talk about a blast. Down by the lake, two ducklings had gotten separated from Mama Duck, so I bailed off of Hunter to try and catch them (failed miserably) - he stood like a champ when I hopped back on him, finding the whole situation rather boring. Beyond that, we passed/went through three intersections and had to wait at the crosswalks, walking past whizzing cars and the like without a twitch. We passed Rohr Park, and had kids flock to the fence to see the horses - both of which were intrigued by the attention but not overly enthusiastic to return the notion. There were a ton of birthday parties going on; kites, balloons, flags and bounce houses - and Hunter ignored all of them. Talk about a champ.
We didn't even realize we'd been out that long until they horses started trying to jog all the way home and mack on everything edible looking on the trail. All in all, a brilliant day. And we're doing it again tomorrow! Success.