I've had a few updates from Mac's new owner. His girl loves him and has done some mounted games on him. The mom decided to try out his driving skills the other week with her cart and this week hooked him up to her wagon.


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Friday I did a lesson in Dave and Marty's turnout. It has a good length to it (over 200'), but it isn't super wide (and it varies, wider in some spots than others) and has a large wash running through it plus trees. We used it to practice hills and also to work on a little novelty. My students were on Mac and Chewy, who appeared half alseep most ( Read more... )

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I was running around today doing all the lessons and the boys helped me sprinkle and drag the arena. I didn't make time to ice Tru-D's foot ( Read more... )

Mac was going to be dropped off today and have eye surgery tomorrow to take care of the (most likely cancerous) growths on his left third eyelid and right cornea. We did some bloodwork and results came back Friday. The vet called me and left a message. The only reason I didn't answer was it was a "restricted" number. I called the office right ( Read more... )

If this is a little disjointed and rambly I blame lack of time to write in one sitting and also baby-induced sleep depribation ( Read more... )

Work is back in full swing. I have private school classes starting again tomorrow. The classes are pretty small this semester, just five students total I think, but that's okay. I can use the slightly lighter semester to my advantage ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had one lesson and since Susanne is quite indpendent I grabbed Mac and rode him while she was on Kash ( Read more... )

I had eleven lessons scheduled between Thursday and Friday. I managed to do one ( Read more... )

So we're taking a slight gamble, but hoping it plays out well ( Read more... )