After the lesson we hosed Kash off, student holding him and I was spraying him down. I got to his chest and he wanted his muzzle sprayed so I did and then he goes and gets the nozzle SHOVED UP HIS NOSTRIL. He didnit on purpose. Three times. The water is going full bore and it wants it spraying directly in his left nostril ( Read more... )

Chris and I put the arena together Sunday after church. A good family activity, unfortunately Tristan had fallen asleep at Farfar's by the time we were ready for him to help.

Special thanks to suraineko for giving me the initial thought to build my own ( Read more... )

Yesterday started late. I hung out with the boys until about 9:30 when I loaded up the trailer and headed off to get Bud. I also loaded up Appy because she was past due to go to the groomers. I had trimmed her a little between and also gave her a bath Sunday, but they have the good stuff that really cleans up the eye goopies and do a good job of ( Read more... )

Tuesday I took Kash to training. For only getting out once a year for the last four years he did very well. We had a couple little goobers here and there, but he settled in nicely. We worked all gaits and did some trot poles. No jumping as he was still wanting to rush the poles until the very end and at that point we didn't want to open up a ( Read more... )

There were so many things that Zetahra and I were going to do both in the short and long term that everything I had planned has had to be reshuffled ( Read more... )

So apparently some bloggershave issued a challenge in October. It has been a thing for a couple years I and I have just been too much of a hermit to notice. Basically you get your baseline then check in each week and have a final at the end. There are prizes for most improved and longest time, but on my side it is for the personal challenge ( Read more... )

Some places got over six inches of rain from the storm Monday over the course of 12 hours. I think we managed between four and five judging by the amount in buckets that were empty to start ( Read more... )

The week before last Michelle and I hitched Kitt to the forecart for the first time. For not being driven in five years she did quite well. Last week didn't happen for obvious reasons so I doubled up this week doing Tuesday and Thursday (today). Tuesday we tried a littlw trotting and the forecart vibrated terribly. Kitt did OK, but was a little ( Read more... )

Today started out hot. I had a lesson and rode Panda during it. She doesn't care about the stirrup leathers snapping any more and I tormented her a bit by riding poorly and being a little noisy in my seat and legs as well as flailing my arms around. Kaylen has come a ways in the last year with Kash. I actually had to boot her off of him for a ( Read more... )

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