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I still have some serious catch-up to do with my bookkeeping, but I made a little headway today.
I left the house at 8am to head up to AJ for the two Gypsies and didn't get back home until after 1:30.
I've started having Rob work with his two now since they seem to be at a spot where they understand what I expect and he can start building hs rapport with them.
Ballad the Welsh was again tiny and adorable if having a little attitude as his donkey friend and the goats got a snack and he had to work. Once caught he was fine. He was much softer today and moved all four quarters readily. I had Monique work with him too and got some nice results as we tweaked her position and timing.
Keeping with the theme we tried the 4 1/2" bit on Ballad. I actually held it up to his Liverpool and that appears to be a 4" so that'll work out great because there are a lot more options in the 4 1/2" size. I recommend she get a a couple different mouthpiece styles in the half cheek (or half spoon as thry are also called) so we can find one that he likes and works well in before investing in a Liverpool as his "finished" bit.
I had a little bit of a break, filled the jeep, had lunch, and worked on aforementioned bookkeeping before heading out for lessons. Keara slept through working Cinnamon apparently so I got the herd out up, fed, and then started on mucking the arena until my working student got there to help. The boys also appeared and "helped" muck for a bit before my 4pm lesson showed up.
Tomorrow I have the private school classes and only have two more weeks of it after that. I plan on doing the horsemanship classes in the spring (starting in February instead of January), but I'll take the semester off of the art classes. Rob with the Gypsies has one more session before he will be out of town for the holidays and we'll pick back up in February, except he'll haul out here instead of me going there (baby breastfeeding timer dictates max 3 hour seperation the first six months and preferably less than two and a half).
Tru-D's new bridle came today. Her first piece of tack that will really be just hers. The breastcollar was acquired for general training, but the bridle is just hers.
I did a slightly thicker strapping and stainless hardware so I can easily tell it from the smaller blue one.
She was loose with the herd when I went to put it on and was a slight goober about being "caught." It didn't help that Kash kept sneaking up and trying to lick me and Ruby thought that she needed all of the love for herself. Once I got it on, however she was glued to me and I had a hard time taking pictures. This was the best one I could manage. She looks good in blue.
Four weeks until the Nudge is allowed to exit and eight until we consider eviction. The end is nigh!
I left the house at 8am to head up to AJ for the two Gypsies and didn't get back home until after 1:30.
I've started having Rob work with his two now since they seem to be at a spot where they understand what I expect and he can start building hs rapport with them.
Ballad the Welsh was again tiny and adorable if having a little attitude as his donkey friend and the goats got a snack and he had to work. Once caught he was fine. He was much softer today and moved all four quarters readily. I had Monique work with him too and got some nice results as we tweaked her position and timing.
Keeping with the theme we tried the 4 1/2" bit on Ballad. I actually held it up to his Liverpool and that appears to be a 4" so that'll work out great because there are a lot more options in the 4 1/2" size. I recommend she get a a couple different mouthpiece styles in the half cheek (or half spoon as thry are also called) so we can find one that he likes and works well in before investing in a Liverpool as his "finished" bit.
I had a little bit of a break, filled the jeep, had lunch, and worked on aforementioned bookkeeping before heading out for lessons. Keara slept through working Cinnamon apparently so I got the herd out up, fed, and then started on mucking the arena until my working student got there to help. The boys also appeared and "helped" muck for a bit before my 4pm lesson showed up.
Tomorrow I have the private school classes and only have two more weeks of it after that. I plan on doing the horsemanship classes in the spring (starting in February instead of January), but I'll take the semester off of the art classes. Rob with the Gypsies has one more session before he will be out of town for the holidays and we'll pick back up in February, except he'll haul out here instead of me going there (baby breastfeeding timer dictates max 3 hour seperation the first six months and preferably less than two and a half).
Tru-D's new bridle came today. Her first piece of tack that will really be just hers. The breastcollar was acquired for general training, but the bridle is just hers.
I did a slightly thicker strapping and stainless hardware so I can easily tell it from the smaller blue one.
She was loose with the herd when I went to put it on and was a slight goober about being "caught." It didn't help that Kash kept sneaking up and trying to lick me and Ruby thought that she needed all of the love for herself. Once I got it on, however she was glued to me and I had a hard time taking pictures. This was the best one I could manage. She looks good in blue.
Four weeks until the Nudge is allowed to exit and eight until we consider eviction. The end is nigh!