I am starting to fall behind in my writing. Lets hope I remember all the details!
Sidetrack:
I had forgot to mention, how on Saturday, my big furry beast was a mess of sweat. Hes already so hairy, its as thick as my half Persian cat. I dread the thought of having to clip him, he didn't take too kindly to the idea of clippers last year. Hes a different horse than a year ago, but I am still worried it may never happen since still by the end of summer, his hatred for wet sponges had not yet disappeared. I can imagine clippers will be 10x worse. So I have a plan for this, I'm bringing my old electric toothbrush to the barn. I'm going to get him used to the buzzing and vibration without any blades or investment in a clipper. We will see how that works, because hes going to need it!
So with this in mind, I wanted to put more weight on the start of our ride, and keep it casual toward the end to try and dry him off more. We started in the ring. After the excitement the day before, I thought it necessary to give him a good schooling to get his head where I wanted it, and then go out and have fun in the fields.
We didn't try anything new, just worked on circles, serpentines and leg yielding in walk and trot. As usual, he was stiffer going clockwise (right bend) so we worked more on it. We didn't get it to be completely even, but enough improvement that I was happy with it. We immediately tried getting the right lead canter, and after a few tries and excited head to the left and nose to the sky jigging, I brought him back to walk. I could tell that I was putting barely any weight in my left stirrup. Not just when I was asking, but all the time. From that point on, I consciously tried to over exaggerate the weight in my left foot and kept tighter reins. After one more failed attempt, I exaggerated a bit more, and there we had it, right lead canter! This is going to take a lot of retraining for me! We went around the ring a few times, adding in some circles with me practicing my left stirrup weight.
Since we got that, we did an easy canter in the left lead, also doing a few nice circles, working on keeping him up straight, not leaning into the turn.
We came back to the walk and left the ring, just in time to meet Laura riding Fancy. Together we walked around the fields for a good half an hour, chatting and enjoying the day. Fancy was coming off an injury and couldn't do more than that. Just before she went to go in the barn, we came across Tara, the landlords daughter on her horse Charlotte. The two of us decided to pick up the pace a little and have some fun before I had to go back to work.
I asked "Are we allowed to jump the xc fences when not in a lesson" she said "oh ya!" and we were immediately off over a little log. Bentley bounded to it happily and over it like a superstar, Tara followed. We took turns choosing jumps to go over and who led. We even did 3 in a row that were about 8 strides apart, but around a curve and up gradual hill. The middle one was large (for us) but Bentley was happy to do it, just looking for the next one in a happy gallop. We also did the steps up and bank down, which was just another day on the job for him!
Our last jump, Tara picked was a tire jump. It was very inviting, had big wings on the side, but it was a little unexpected. We had just been walking for a while and she picked up the trot without word only a few metres out and popped over it. I was right beside her and hadn't expected it, so I did a small trot circle to warm up a bit and approached it. Well, I should have done a much larger circle and got a lot more impulsion because Bentley hesitated to look at the jump.
In all our experience together, if he hesitates, he wont jump and wants a reapproach. So in that fraction of a moment, I sat back, expecting the stop. Instead, he leaped over it like a deer. Boing!!! I went straight up toward the sky, a foot above my saddle, my feet staying in the stirrups, but instead at the top of my stirrups. He landed on all fours, and I came straight back down into the saddle. No falling, but ouch, the concussion of landing bothered my bad knee! It was a hard land. Bentley didn't even seem to notice it was a bad jump "Hey mum, look we got over!" No harm done, but I have learned my lesson: strong approach! In a way, it does make me happy too because he tried even though he wasn't sure (me too!) which must mean his confidence is really coming along.
I learned another thing too. Communicate with your riding buddies! Perhaps if I had set a precedent before of calling out my intentions, it would have been reciprocated and I would have had better notice of the jump. After all, I was the one who instigated the "lets tear across the xc field" thing.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
First Ride at Myrddin
Despite the exciting news, I was still at Myrddin for a ride. I was able to connect with Barb before her lesson (She had been in my class wayyy back in the winter when I started doing lessons through the groupon promotion) and we played around in the field.
There are 3 medium sized fields filled with cross country jumps and the sand ring on the south side of the property, and there is one large field on the north side - that's where we started riding. Bentley and Bee hit it off (well they ARE stall neighbors now) and were particularly frisky. Lots of big trot with a few excited canters in there (although not always asked for!)
Barb then went for her lesson and I decided to explore the xc (cross country) fields. We had some more nice gallops, but Bentley typically had other plans and needed more convincing than usual when I tried to bring him back. My theory is he thought it was an OCTRA ride... trailer, sleep, then run through the forest!
I may have been a little hard on him, I don't mind if he wants to run, but when we do it, I like to practice lots of short runs to ingrain the idea of me being in charge. I wasn't too pleased after it took a few too many woahs and a harder sit and pull than usual. I kind of dwelled on this after our ride and complained a bit to Barb, who said I shouldn't be mad because hes a young fresh thing on a beautiful day, but still, I don't like when he challenges my decisions (by galloping down a steep albeit well footed hill). Both right, time to move on!
His punishment for this was ring work. We went into the ring and did some figures. By then, he figured it wasn't a race and settled into what I was asking of him although he was still hyper as anything. Barb finished her lesson and joined us for some more trotting and walking around the fields before it was time to head back.
Bentley still had a ton of energy, but nothing I could do about that! After all, we still don't exactly know his limit. Even after 2 Oktoberfest 12s he seemed to bounce back enough in a few hours that he was contemplating escape and didn't want to go home. Now that hes getting good food and spending nights in his stall, I may have to ride much more than before to keep him out of trouble. Good I guess, if only I had a time control device!
Oh and I didn't even mention about how happy he was when I went to fetch him from the paddocks for our ride. He had his own paddock with his OWN round bale. Hes not going to be skinny much longer!
There are 3 medium sized fields filled with cross country jumps and the sand ring on the south side of the property, and there is one large field on the north side - that's where we started riding. Bentley and Bee hit it off (well they ARE stall neighbors now) and were particularly frisky. Lots of big trot with a few excited canters in there (although not always asked for!)
Barb then went for her lesson and I decided to explore the xc (cross country) fields. We had some more nice gallops, but Bentley typically had other plans and needed more convincing than usual when I tried to bring him back. My theory is he thought it was an OCTRA ride... trailer, sleep, then run through the forest!
I may have been a little hard on him, I don't mind if he wants to run, but when we do it, I like to practice lots of short runs to ingrain the idea of me being in charge. I wasn't too pleased after it took a few too many woahs and a harder sit and pull than usual. I kind of dwelled on this after our ride and complained a bit to Barb, who said I shouldn't be mad because hes a young fresh thing on a beautiful day, but still, I don't like when he challenges my decisions (by galloping down a steep albeit well footed hill). Both right, time to move on!
His punishment for this was ring work. We went into the ring and did some figures. By then, he figured it wasn't a race and settled into what I was asking of him although he was still hyper as anything. Barb finished her lesson and joined us for some more trotting and walking around the fields before it was time to head back.
Bentley still had a ton of energy, but nothing I could do about that! After all, we still don't exactly know his limit. Even after 2 Oktoberfest 12s he seemed to bounce back enough in a few hours that he was contemplating escape and didn't want to go home. Now that hes getting good food and spending nights in his stall, I may have to ride much more than before to keep him out of trouble. Good I guess, if only I had a time control device!
Oh and I didn't even mention about how happy he was when I went to fetch him from the paddocks for our ride. He had his own paddock with his OWN round bale. Hes not going to be skinny much longer!
Monday, November 19, 2012
The (second) big move!
As I am sure you are curious from my previous title, I should explain.
But where to start? I suppose I should start by saying that the owner was away for the weekend, and I didn't have to stick around work all day. Saturday, I finished up in the morning as I usually do, went home for some lunch, and casually drove up to Myrddin to ride on what was truly a gorgeous day!
I will get to my ride in another post.
No word of a lie... the moment I went to put on Bentley's bridle, my phone rings. I fumble to find my phone, and see its Linda. Ok, I will answer that!
Here was our conversation
L "Hey are you at your barn?"
S "Yes I am at the barn, whats up?"
L "Where are you?"
S "Im at Myrddin"
L "Im at your barn"
S "You are at Myrddin?"
L"No your work barn"
S "Oh I am at Myrddin, why are you at my work?"
L "I'm going to move"
Yes it carried on in that confusing matter but the result was Linda decided to move to Hunter Green (at Halton Place!)
We agreed to meet at 4 when I came back to bring in the horses, and she showed up with Sable in the trailer! Yes, she works fast!
I am so very happy for them. Happy for me too! I was very disappointed that Linda was moving all the way to Caledon, this means that I will still get to see her and Sable every weekend. Hm. Maybe I should move here too? Nah, I made the right decision for me.
But still, very very happy for Linda. Lynne and Vicki have been awesome, the facilities were great and I know Linda will be happy there. Sable must think shes in horsey heaven (but that would have been a terrible title for this blog haha) I had to rub it in a little bit since I had been bugging her to check out the place since she first told me she was considering moving. I knew it was a good match!
Rick came in the following day to see it too, and was clearly impressed with the place (and the fact that I was dusting) He wasn't always a fan of Linda's plan to move, but I am sure the gorgeous place and happy horses were enough to convince him.
If you want to see what it looks like: http://www.huntergreenec.com/facilities.shtml
But where to start? I suppose I should start by saying that the owner was away for the weekend, and I didn't have to stick around work all day. Saturday, I finished up in the morning as I usually do, went home for some lunch, and casually drove up to Myrddin to ride on what was truly a gorgeous day!
I will get to my ride in another post.
No word of a lie... the moment I went to put on Bentley's bridle, my phone rings. I fumble to find my phone, and see its Linda. Ok, I will answer that!
Here was our conversation
L "Hey are you at your barn?"
S "Yes I am at the barn, whats up?"
L "Where are you?"
S "Im at Myrddin"
L "Im at your barn"
S "You are at Myrddin?"
L"No your work barn"
S "Oh I am at Myrddin, why are you at my work?"
L "I'm going to move"
Yes it carried on in that confusing matter but the result was Linda decided to move to Hunter Green (at Halton Place!)
We agreed to meet at 4 when I came back to bring in the horses, and she showed up with Sable in the trailer! Yes, she works fast!
I am so very happy for them. Happy for me too! I was very disappointed that Linda was moving all the way to Caledon, this means that I will still get to see her and Sable every weekend. Hm. Maybe I should move here too? Nah, I made the right decision for me.
But still, very very happy for Linda. Lynne and Vicki have been awesome, the facilities were great and I know Linda will be happy there. Sable must think shes in horsey heaven (but that would have been a terrible title for this blog haha) I had to rub it in a little bit since I had been bugging her to check out the place since she first told me she was considering moving. I knew it was a good match!
Rick came in the following day to see it too, and was clearly impressed with the place (and the fact that I was dusting) He wasn't always a fan of Linda's plan to move, but I am sure the gorgeous place and happy horses were enough to convince him.
If you want to see what it looks like: http://www.huntergreenec.com/facilities.shtml
The (first) big move!
I was able to get out of work a little early on Friday, explaining that trailers have the potential to turn into horse eating monsters after dark. So I rushed to the barn where Linda was waiting, her and Lee hooked up the trailer, while I gave Bentley a quick brush and slapped on his protective gear.
Led him out to the trailer, and wouldn't you know it... he walked right on! Ok... halfway on. Just stood with his front feet on the trailer and back feet on the ground a while, thinking "Hmmm, everyones looking at me and cheering for me!" So he invented the game, 2 feet on, then go back off. He stepped up and down many times, and seemed to enjoy the game. Eventually, we had enough of it and put the lead rope behind him. He popped right up and was ready to go.
Along the drive, Linda told me how happy she was for me, and how she had decided she will be moving too. She had settled on a place in Caledon, close to the Caledon trailways and was waiting on info as to whether a stall was available (as some horses were going to Florida etc). Sad she is going to go in the opposite direction :( wont be seeing her as much!
Bentley unloaded like a charm. Stepped right off like he had been doing it all the time. Brilliant! He had a good look around with that excited strength he gets, not dragging me or anything, but is much more difficult to convince. As soon as we entered into the barn, he was met with lots of "awww's" and "hes so cute!"
He immediately chilled as we put him in the crossties to figure out where he was going. Eventually, we determined he was to go in the stall labelled "Sally" - quick wipe off the whiteboard there! He was home! Immediately the nose was in the hay. Typical! Margie was in lessons, so we left him to settle in while we went home to make dinner and grab more stuff.
On our return, we filled in all the legal forms and set up a feeding plan with Margie. She commented on how skinny he was and that he looks wormy (it wasnt an insult, I had been thinking the same thing). Vet will be taking a sample and treating them all sometime soon. So that's good! Also found some rain rot (scabby skin infection from mud) on his hindquarters, but she seemed confident that it will disappear with better pasture/stall conditions and good food. We decided that since I was unsure how much hay he was actually getting at GEC (he isn't much of a fighter, and I was seeing signs before we left that he wasn't getting much or maybe even anything when it was being fed) and because I will be away next week, to just stick with good hay and see how much he bounces back before adding any grain. We will work him up as we determine he needs it. He IS however getting some roughage chunks so he doesn't feel left out when everyone else gets grain. Also, something to put his supplements and flax in. Flax was another recommendation from Margie to get his coat shining again.
Led him out to the trailer, and wouldn't you know it... he walked right on! Ok... halfway on. Just stood with his front feet on the trailer and back feet on the ground a while, thinking "Hmmm, everyones looking at me and cheering for me!" So he invented the game, 2 feet on, then go back off. He stepped up and down many times, and seemed to enjoy the game. Eventually, we had enough of it and put the lead rope behind him. He popped right up and was ready to go.
Along the drive, Linda told me how happy she was for me, and how she had decided she will be moving too. She had settled on a place in Caledon, close to the Caledon trailways and was waiting on info as to whether a stall was available (as some horses were going to Florida etc). Sad she is going to go in the opposite direction :( wont be seeing her as much!
Bentley unloaded like a charm. Stepped right off like he had been doing it all the time. Brilliant! He had a good look around with that excited strength he gets, not dragging me or anything, but is much more difficult to convince. As soon as we entered into the barn, he was met with lots of "awww's" and "hes so cute!"
He immediately chilled as we put him in the crossties to figure out where he was going. Eventually, we determined he was to go in the stall labelled "Sally" - quick wipe off the whiteboard there! He was home! Immediately the nose was in the hay. Typical! Margie was in lessons, so we left him to settle in while we went home to make dinner and grab more stuff.
On our return, we filled in all the legal forms and set up a feeding plan with Margie. She commented on how skinny he was and that he looks wormy (it wasnt an insult, I had been thinking the same thing). Vet will be taking a sample and treating them all sometime soon. So that's good! Also found some rain rot (scabby skin infection from mud) on his hindquarters, but she seemed confident that it will disappear with better pasture/stall conditions and good food. We decided that since I was unsure how much hay he was actually getting at GEC (he isn't much of a fighter, and I was seeing signs before we left that he wasn't getting much or maybe even anything when it was being fed) and because I will be away next week, to just stick with good hay and see how much he bounces back before adding any grain. We will work him up as we determine he needs it. He IS however getting some roughage chunks so he doesn't feel left out when everyone else gets grain. Also, something to put his supplements and flax in. Flax was another recommendation from Margie to get his coat shining again.
I couldn't get a good picture of him the night he moved in, it was too dark and he kept on coming to visit me.
The day after, he was poking his head out of his stall. Corner unit also with a view outside, hes going to see all the action!
Friday, November 16, 2012
Great Jumping!
I hadn't had a chance to post about my last ride at GEC yet. It was back on Tuesday with Heather, and we had a blast.
It started with looking at a jump with some poles on either side, one of which was near a set of standards. Heather asked "Is that a distance you can jump?" I did a quick measure, and confirmed it was a bounce. Sure, lets work on bounces today, great idea! Heather and Rurik had never done this before, but it was worth a try.
I lowered the initial jump to a crossrail, keeping the far groundpole down where the bounce would be, this was to give the horses a hint of what was coming, without making things too complicated at first. Both horses trotted over the crossrail without putting any effort and not picking up the canter stride after. Of course -_- So I took Bentley over at a canter, and he was lovely.
Put the second jump up to a 2' vertical with a nice groundpole in front. Trotted Bentley in, he didn't pick up the canter again which made for an awkward jump. Heather's turn to try it on Rurik. Not enough impulsion resulting in a stop at the second fence, I think they knocked it down too, standards and all. Second time through, pushed Bentley more and had a stride or 2 of canter before the combination, did the exercise well. Went through a few more times at canter, nailing the distance every time. My only complaint was that because we were still having trouble picking up that right lead, he was cutting in at the corner too early and we didn't have the nice straight long hunter approach I was looking for.
Heathers turn again, a few more stops and an awkward lurch. Problem was Rurik was trotting immediately after the first fence, and didn't understand the whole, jump-land-jump thing. Here's where I said to Heather "Why don't you try it on Bentley so you know how it feels, and I will work on getting Rurik through" Last thing I wanted was to see Heather fall resulting from an awkward jump (she is just over her ankle fracture). It made sense.
Well, the exercise half worked. A few times through and Rurik had it figured out, just needed that push for extra impulsion and to try it a few times. I had him cantering a bit in both directions which helped a lot, and halfway through I found a whip on the ground I could use, which perked him right up! We even did the line, rollback to a 2'3" vertical. He is cantering and jumping so well these days, what a difference in the past year or so since I was last on him! His attitude has really changed too!
The other half of the plan, didn't work so well. Heather came in too slow with Bentley, and they didn't have enough impulsion to get over the 2nd jump. He seemed a bit confused, and half-tried to jump it, half tried to cavaletti it, and ended up tripping over it, down on both knees. Heather was so good about staying on, it was slow motion and she just stayed off his face and let him recover himself. Awesome recovery! They were both fine after a quick check, and certainly learned the impulsion lesson.
The second time through, he picked up the canter a few strides out, and the speed surprised Heather. The look on her face was pretty funny and "woah woah" escaped, but Bentley was just kind of thinking "See look, this is how we gotta do it! I will show you, just hang on" He has a big canter when he is jumping or on the trail (anything fun really!) and going from a standardbred to him is a big speed difference (trust me, I know, it took me a while to get used to his stride! For the longest time I thought he was trying to run off with me, when he was really just being him) They got through it beautifully, but Heather decided that was enough excitement on him, they did try cantering again, and she WILL be getting on Bentley lots more to practise cantering on a horse that does canter :) Swapping horses is our new girl night.
We went back to our original horses, and Heather and Rurik went through the line and rollback several times wonderfully. The crop certainly helped with the impulsion factor!
Bentley was great for me, just loving the playtime. Again, nailing the correct spots. We made a mini course of bounce, rollback, bounce backward, rollback again. He ticked the jump on the backwards bounce, but I cant complain because the groundpole was well far behind (optical illusion making the jump look smaller) and its weird going big jump to small jump in the bounce. So I was happy with that. He also ticked the larger vertical once because he came around the one corner a little flat, so we redid it with some halfhalts and he was wonderful.
While we walked them to cool out, I decided to try standing on Bentley again (although we were in endurance saddle) I let him walk as I stood.... kind of. I didn't get all the way up, my knees were still bent and my back was tipped forward still, but I was close! He decided to stop, and I couldn't get him going again, so that's partially to blame. Perhaps I need to invest in a nice long dressage whip.
Heather also started to try, putting her feet up behind the saddle and lifting almost to her knees. She opted not to go fully as her boots might damage her new saddle. Good choice! Save your tack :) She still wants to sometime, on another one of our horse swap dates, we will make this happen.
It was as we were untacking that Heather said "This was our last ride together" and I was really sad. I hadn't thought of that. As we left, I was shocked to see it was 9:30pm. It really didn't feel like that late, and I wished we had been able to stay longer.
I decided not to ride last night, Heather and my ride had been so special, I thought that was the best way to end it. Not end entirely, just end of us together at GEC. We each have a new place we will be going, and just have to try a little harder is all!
It started with looking at a jump with some poles on either side, one of which was near a set of standards. Heather asked "Is that a distance you can jump?" I did a quick measure, and confirmed it was a bounce. Sure, lets work on bounces today, great idea! Heather and Rurik had never done this before, but it was worth a try.
I lowered the initial jump to a crossrail, keeping the far groundpole down where the bounce would be, this was to give the horses a hint of what was coming, without making things too complicated at first. Both horses trotted over the crossrail without putting any effort and not picking up the canter stride after. Of course -_- So I took Bentley over at a canter, and he was lovely.
Put the second jump up to a 2' vertical with a nice groundpole in front. Trotted Bentley in, he didn't pick up the canter again which made for an awkward jump. Heather's turn to try it on Rurik. Not enough impulsion resulting in a stop at the second fence, I think they knocked it down too, standards and all. Second time through, pushed Bentley more and had a stride or 2 of canter before the combination, did the exercise well. Went through a few more times at canter, nailing the distance every time. My only complaint was that because we were still having trouble picking up that right lead, he was cutting in at the corner too early and we didn't have the nice straight long hunter approach I was looking for.
Heathers turn again, a few more stops and an awkward lurch. Problem was Rurik was trotting immediately after the first fence, and didn't understand the whole, jump-land-jump thing. Here's where I said to Heather "Why don't you try it on Bentley so you know how it feels, and I will work on getting Rurik through" Last thing I wanted was to see Heather fall resulting from an awkward jump (she is just over her ankle fracture). It made sense.
Well, the exercise half worked. A few times through and Rurik had it figured out, just needed that push for extra impulsion and to try it a few times. I had him cantering a bit in both directions which helped a lot, and halfway through I found a whip on the ground I could use, which perked him right up! We even did the line, rollback to a 2'3" vertical. He is cantering and jumping so well these days, what a difference in the past year or so since I was last on him! His attitude has really changed too!
The other half of the plan, didn't work so well. Heather came in too slow with Bentley, and they didn't have enough impulsion to get over the 2nd jump. He seemed a bit confused, and half-tried to jump it, half tried to cavaletti it, and ended up tripping over it, down on both knees. Heather was so good about staying on, it was slow motion and she just stayed off his face and let him recover himself. Awesome recovery! They were both fine after a quick check, and certainly learned the impulsion lesson.
The second time through, he picked up the canter a few strides out, and the speed surprised Heather. The look on her face was pretty funny and "woah woah" escaped, but Bentley was just kind of thinking "See look, this is how we gotta do it! I will show you, just hang on" He has a big canter when he is jumping or on the trail (anything fun really!) and going from a standardbred to him is a big speed difference (trust me, I know, it took me a while to get used to his stride! For the longest time I thought he was trying to run off with me, when he was really just being him) They got through it beautifully, but Heather decided that was enough excitement on him, they did try cantering again, and she WILL be getting on Bentley lots more to practise cantering on a horse that does canter :) Swapping horses is our new girl night.
We went back to our original horses, and Heather and Rurik went through the line and rollback several times wonderfully. The crop certainly helped with the impulsion factor!
Bentley was great for me, just loving the playtime. Again, nailing the correct spots. We made a mini course of bounce, rollback, bounce backward, rollback again. He ticked the jump on the backwards bounce, but I cant complain because the groundpole was well far behind (optical illusion making the jump look smaller) and its weird going big jump to small jump in the bounce. So I was happy with that. He also ticked the larger vertical once because he came around the one corner a little flat, so we redid it with some halfhalts and he was wonderful.
While we walked them to cool out, I decided to try standing on Bentley again (although we were in endurance saddle) I let him walk as I stood.... kind of. I didn't get all the way up, my knees were still bent and my back was tipped forward still, but I was close! He decided to stop, and I couldn't get him going again, so that's partially to blame. Perhaps I need to invest in a nice long dressage whip.
Heather also started to try, putting her feet up behind the saddle and lifting almost to her knees. She opted not to go fully as her boots might damage her new saddle. Good choice! Save your tack :) She still wants to sometime, on another one of our horse swap dates, we will make this happen.
It was as we were untacking that Heather said "This was our last ride together" and I was really sad. I hadn't thought of that. As we left, I was shocked to see it was 9:30pm. It really didn't feel like that late, and I wished we had been able to stay longer.
I decided not to ride last night, Heather and my ride had been so special, I thought that was the best way to end it. Not end entirely, just end of us together at GEC. We each have a new place we will be going, and just have to try a little harder is all!
Thursday, November 15, 2012
An Afternoon Surprise!
Randall, a coworker of mine always asks me lots of horsey questions and wants to learn how to ride someday.
Today he brought me a surprise he found on the way home from work.
It has found a new home amongst my other office toys.
Bentley and Sarah... Wingwakers... in the jungle? So much awesome.
Today he brought me a surprise he found on the way home from work.
It has found a new home amongst my other office toys.
Bentley and Sarah... Wingwakers... in the jungle? So much awesome.
This day feels positive to me!
I am in a great mood today for a few reasons.
1) Bentley is moving tomorrow. While this is sad (I'm not sure how many people know yet, I did make the earlier blog post, but while I can see numbers, I cant see who is reading!) its also very happy. I am looking forward to a fresh start for us, including what I hope will be a healthier happier horse. On that same note, I spent last night post-groceries putting together the single-serve supplement packs for Bentley which he will start when he moves in. B1 vitamin, Vitamin E and Selenium, and the big addition this month is Wheatgrass to help him bounce back from the lack of pasture and lack of nutrients in the soil. Lee told me last night it looked like I was making drugs:
2) That led me to an "Ah Ha!" moment, and immediately contacted Theresa at Neachai (Go like them on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Neachai-Equine-Ayurveda/356800097671367?fref=ts) to see if she wanted to write an article for the pulse about using herbs as alternatives. She will! I am excited to see the article that comes out of it, and hopefully get more in the meantime.
3) Continuing on with the theme of The Pulse, I had received emails in the last day from Deanna, Phyllis and Carol all with ideas for articles or a ready article, asking about deadlines and whatnot. So glad to get these! I think this might be the most article-heavy pulse yet! I also had some brainstorms for more ideas to solicit, just need to find out who can do them. I will post my full list of "wants" once I am done... I don't think my list is ready quite yet!
4) I got the big things at work done early. Nothing like getting the hard things off your plate to reveal a great afternoon!
1) Bentley is moving tomorrow. While this is sad (I'm not sure how many people know yet, I did make the earlier blog post, but while I can see numbers, I cant see who is reading!) its also very happy. I am looking forward to a fresh start for us, including what I hope will be a healthier happier horse. On that same note, I spent last night post-groceries putting together the single-serve supplement packs for Bentley which he will start when he moves in. B1 vitamin, Vitamin E and Selenium, and the big addition this month is Wheatgrass to help him bounce back from the lack of pasture and lack of nutrients in the soil. Lee told me last night it looked like I was making drugs:
2) That led me to an "Ah Ha!" moment, and immediately contacted Theresa at Neachai (Go like them on facebook! http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Neachai-Equine-Ayurveda/356800097671367?fref=ts) to see if she wanted to write an article for the pulse about using herbs as alternatives. She will! I am excited to see the article that comes out of it, and hopefully get more in the meantime.
3) Continuing on with the theme of The Pulse, I had received emails in the last day from Deanna, Phyllis and Carol all with ideas for articles or a ready article, asking about deadlines and whatnot. So glad to get these! I think this might be the most article-heavy pulse yet! I also had some brainstorms for more ideas to solicit, just need to find out who can do them. I will post my full list of "wants" once I am done... I don't think my list is ready quite yet!
4) I got the big things at work done early. Nothing like getting the hard things off your plate to reveal a great afternoon!
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