Work: day off, for no particular reason. Report: My plan to put everything off until spring includes not fussing – or at least attempting not to fuss – if I don’t get to the barn 3 hours a day, every day [3 sessions @ ~1 hour per, excluding feeding]. I must learn to stop puttingContinue reading “I’m Ready For My Close-up”
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A Thing of Beauty
Work: PM1 heat therapy/PM2 company walk. Report: The gentlemen joined the ladies for the first part of the mare walk. I would have said that Rodney was pulling on the halter more than circumstances required. Greg saw it as a 17+h Thoroughbred having trouble gearing his long legs down to strolling speed for a 15+hContinue reading “A Thing of Beauty”
Scheduling
Work: PM heat therapy. Report & Ramblings: Our second session in which we did groundwork has already slid off the agenda due to short days & my inability to get my act together in the morning. Now it looks as if the walks are disappearing as well. I originally started walking him after his therapyContinue reading “Scheduling”
Daddy Dearest
Work: PM heat therapy/EVE groom. Report: walked mare immediately after heat session. Rodney went into the barn for 1/2 a lap, came out, ate hay, went back in, & when we were done went back out to graze with her. I have no idea what, if anything, all of this means. Ramblings: Yesterday, Sara Light-WallerContinue reading “Daddy Dearest”
What A Stinker
Work: day off. Over the last many months, I have been working to loosen an old scar on Rodney’s back. Forty-five minutes of heat results in less than a millimeter of progress. As I work on his back, he gives the usual happy horse signs of yawning and farting. On days when I have madeContinue reading “What A Stinker”
Hay Is For Horses. But Why?
Work: as yesterday, with 30-minute lunch break between Rodney’s heating session and Mathilda’s walk. Report: Caught mare. Rodney eating hay. Rodney comes over to survey the carrot situation. As we pass the barn, he saunters in. After our first lap, he emerges, gives an abandoned foal scream, and goes back to the hay. Will continueContinue reading “Hay Is For Horses. But Why?”
Order, Order
Work: PM1 heat/PM2 groom. Report: Need to complete experiment before evaluating hypothesis. Ramblings: Tried a new plan. Usually, Rodney gets his heat therapy and walk and then Mathilda and I go for our pasture perambulation. Today, I wanted to try walking Mathilda in between. Rodney could relax over the break and I could prepare withContinue reading “Order, Order”
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