Sunbun
I haven't been riding too much this week.. I don't know why..
On Sunday I got to ride Bud, hes adorable, such a sweet horse and really fun to ride! He's very smooth and has a great canter. He's so hard to get into a frame, it takes only your thighs.. but so much thigh it burns haha. But oh well, I got him in a frame which was good and his owner was happy that we got along since i'll be riding him while shes on vacation.
I know Monday I didn't want to be around because I didn't feel like seeing Bobbi because she annoyed me with a couple comments.. I don't know, obviously a great trainer/person/instructor, all the above, greeat person, but she looks down on people entirely too quickly. It annoys me and her comments annoy me sometimes, I just didn't feel like being there on monday. I was going to go back later that night.. but I opted to study for chemistry instead.
Tuesday... I just didn't get there... I didn't want to be there again. haha. For other reasons.. oh well, I was, again, going to go later at night.. but got distracted by studying and was supposed to go out.. but ended up not being able too.. you'd think this studying would help with my test taking? Nope. haha.
So Wed, I finally made it to the barn. I was like.. wellll.. I haven't ridden Sunny since our last horrible lesson last thursday.. So I got him out and rode him. After about 20 minutes of walk/trot/canter on a fairly long rein he was really good, he may not of been in the best frame, but his head was down and he was carrying himself. But then I got bored.. haha I don't know.. I have plenty of excersises I could of done with him, but I was just bored.. then I saw cavalettis sitting out.. so I was like.. eh what the heck.. so I got off of him and drug them to the side of the arena (there's a deep rutt so they were kinda raised, made him use his back more) We haven't done these in about a year.. I haven't jumped in about 2... so i'm sure I didn't look nice in my two point, but I hate posting over them.. ANYWAY, I think he enjoyed this, it was something different, not just serpetines or circles or smaller circles, he lifted his hooves up so much when he went over them, haha I really think he loved it.. going to the right.. he actually jumped the last one.. It was nice.. I wish I could jump him, I think he'd love it, it'd be a change of pace for both him and me. I really don't think he likes dressage, hes not good at it.. not because he doesn't want to be.. hes so long its hard for him to get into a frame.. and Bobbi keeps telling me shorten the rein shorten the rein and it drives him CRAZY thats why our lessons are so bad. He gets pissed and extremely obstinent and balligerent when we're in lessons.. she says I use too much hands.. but its him yanking my hands every which direction trying to get rid of the hold.. I don't know.. I think he should be ridden in something he'd actually excell at, I think he'd be much happier. I think he'd love hunters and jumping. But not my horse to decide.
Then I went to the barn near my house that has the 4 TWH. We were getting on Glory, the mare, who also hasn't been ridden in three years. She was good, soooooo stubborn though. We'd stop and she'd start dancing around, so I'd circle her and halt again and she was fine. But then when I'd ask her to walk she'd either try to spin the other way or back up real fast, so when she backed up real fast I boxed her so hard and she went forward when she spun, I spun her back in the direction I wanted her to go. By the time I was done riding her she was doing better, hardly putting up a fit, her trot is much more bouncy then boss's.. I like Boss in general a lot more. haha. So the other girl got on her.. and was walking her.. and halted her.. and could not get her to walk forward for the life of her, she was boxing her.. she could not get her to budge, I guess she knew she couldn't make her.. lol But she got better as she did more of halt-walk excersises.
So when they were ok I went up and groomed Ace, my favorite there, I got some of his dreadlocks out and gave him a nice hair cut.. APPARENTLY hes allergic to flies?! haha..so hes on anti-histamines twice a day and they make him itchy.. so he has bald spots on his chest, side and the top of his tail is bare from itching... I feel bad.. I've never heard of a horse being allergic to flies before, thats gotta suck.. thats like being allergic to the sun. haha. But the owner has tried everything and if anyone has any ideas, hes willing to try just about anything.
Then I groomed Rex, hes adorable too, so sweet, a little more pushy though. I got most of his dreadlocks out and groomed him real nice. They all have shiny, soft coats. Rex is a little chubby though. hah. All the mean time Boss was screaming from his stall.
So finally I went to Boss and was grooming him and the owner goes "Since the last time you guys rode him his personality has completely changed, he used to be stand offish but now hes always begging for attention, he must of loved being worked/grooming, ect" Haha, hes so cute and sweet!
Thursday I avoided the farm again. 1) Had Chem test.. no clue how I did.. better than all my Chem I tests, I think, I hope! haha.. 2) I had a dentist appointment, I don't know if my dental hygenist was new or not but she was jabbing my gums so hard they were bleeding and the dentist was like "Well your gums are a little puffy" I was like maybe if she wasn't scraping them every second with the pic! ah I was sore all night, so I really didn't want to go. So No lesson, honestly kind of nice.
Today I am planning on riding Tessa and Sunbun later, we'll see if that happens! =)
On Sunday I got to ride Bud, hes adorable, such a sweet horse and really fun to ride! He's very smooth and has a great canter. He's so hard to get into a frame, it takes only your thighs.. but so much thigh it burns haha. But oh well, I got him in a frame which was good and his owner was happy that we got along since i'll be riding him while shes on vacation.
I know Monday I didn't want to be around because I didn't feel like seeing Bobbi because she annoyed me with a couple comments.. I don't know, obviously a great trainer/person/instructor, all the above, greeat person, but she looks down on people entirely too quickly. It annoys me and her comments annoy me sometimes, I just didn't feel like being there on monday. I was going to go back later that night.. but I opted to study for chemistry instead.
Tuesday... I just didn't get there... I didn't want to be there again. haha. For other reasons.. oh well, I was, again, going to go later at night.. but got distracted by studying and was supposed to go out.. but ended up not being able too.. you'd think this studying would help with my test taking? Nope. haha.
So Wed, I finally made it to the barn. I was like.. wellll.. I haven't ridden Sunny since our last horrible lesson last thursday.. So I got him out and rode him. After about 20 minutes of walk/trot/canter on a fairly long rein he was really good, he may not of been in the best frame, but his head was down and he was carrying himself. But then I got bored.. haha I don't know.. I have plenty of excersises I could of done with him, but I was just bored.. then I saw cavalettis sitting out.. so I was like.. eh what the heck.. so I got off of him and drug them to the side of the arena (there's a deep rutt so they were kinda raised, made him use his back more) We haven't done these in about a year.. I haven't jumped in about 2... so i'm sure I didn't look nice in my two point, but I hate posting over them.. ANYWAY, I think he enjoyed this, it was something different, not just serpetines or circles or smaller circles, he lifted his hooves up so much when he went over them, haha I really think he loved it.. going to the right.. he actually jumped the last one.. It was nice.. I wish I could jump him, I think he'd love it, it'd be a change of pace for both him and me. I really don't think he likes dressage, hes not good at it.. not because he doesn't want to be.. hes so long its hard for him to get into a frame.. and Bobbi keeps telling me shorten the rein shorten the rein and it drives him CRAZY thats why our lessons are so bad. He gets pissed and extremely obstinent and balligerent when we're in lessons.. she says I use too much hands.. but its him yanking my hands every which direction trying to get rid of the hold.. I don't know.. I think he should be ridden in something he'd actually excell at, I think he'd be much happier. I think he'd love hunters and jumping. But not my horse to decide.
Then I went to the barn near my house that has the 4 TWH. We were getting on Glory, the mare, who also hasn't been ridden in three years. She was good, soooooo stubborn though. We'd stop and she'd start dancing around, so I'd circle her and halt again and she was fine. But then when I'd ask her to walk she'd either try to spin the other way or back up real fast, so when she backed up real fast I boxed her so hard and she went forward when she spun, I spun her back in the direction I wanted her to go. By the time I was done riding her she was doing better, hardly putting up a fit, her trot is much more bouncy then boss's.. I like Boss in general a lot more. haha. So the other girl got on her.. and was walking her.. and halted her.. and could not get her to walk forward for the life of her, she was boxing her.. she could not get her to budge, I guess she knew she couldn't make her.. lol But she got better as she did more of halt-walk excersises.
So when they were ok I went up and groomed Ace, my favorite there, I got some of his dreadlocks out and gave him a nice hair cut.. APPARENTLY hes allergic to flies?! haha..so hes on anti-histamines twice a day and they make him itchy.. so he has bald spots on his chest, side and the top of his tail is bare from itching... I feel bad.. I've never heard of a horse being allergic to flies before, thats gotta suck.. thats like being allergic to the sun. haha. But the owner has tried everything and if anyone has any ideas, hes willing to try just about anything.
Then I groomed Rex, hes adorable too, so sweet, a little more pushy though. I got most of his dreadlocks out and groomed him real nice. They all have shiny, soft coats. Rex is a little chubby though. hah. All the mean time Boss was screaming from his stall.
So finally I went to Boss and was grooming him and the owner goes "Since the last time you guys rode him his personality has completely changed, he used to be stand offish but now hes always begging for attention, he must of loved being worked/grooming, ect" Haha, hes so cute and sweet!
Thursday I avoided the farm again. 1) Had Chem test.. no clue how I did.. better than all my Chem I tests, I think, I hope! haha.. 2) I had a dentist appointment, I don't know if my dental hygenist was new or not but she was jabbing my gums so hard they were bleeding and the dentist was like "Well your gums are a little puffy" I was like maybe if she wasn't scraping them every second with the pic! ah I was sore all night, so I really didn't want to go. So No lesson, honestly kind of nice.
Today I am planning on riding Tessa and Sunbun later, we'll see if that happens! =)