Work: as yesterday, with 2 sets of weave cones. Report: some binky (leadrope) chewing but overall pulled his socks up and went to work. Ramblings for the Day: I had planned to complain. Even though we are making progress this spring, it is so far from what I had hoped to be doing that progressContinue reading “Somewhat Happy Kid With a Kinda Happy Pony”
Category Archives: Horse Behavior
More Tiny Rays of Hope?
Work: day off. Rain. Ramblings for the Day: Three new exercises introduced this week. Obstacle Course On Saturday, hubby suggested that we break up the laps of our walk with the weave cones or the reverse poles as we passed them. This went so well that on Sunday we created a second set of exercisesContinue reading “More Tiny Rays of Hope?”
Lowercase v for Small Victories
Work: PM Began work on jogging in hand. Report: Low grade fireworks, despite using a very short stretch, very close to the barn. Uncalled-for but not unexpected. Still, he did not depart in haste once I removed the halter, as he has done before [Advisory]. Ramblings for the Day: I’ll take victories where I canContinue reading “Lowercase v for Small Victories”
The Grass Was Greener
Work: PM1 hose in lieu of grooming/PM2 groom. Report: An “easy” day after the “challenge” of yesterday. Ridiculous, I agree, but the student gets to set the terms of what is easy and what is hard. Ramblings for the Day: This weekend, we cut the grass near pasture gate and along the outside of theContinue reading “The Grass Was Greener”
Zeno’s Massage
Work: PM heat therapy/PM groom & exercise [rp, wv, cx]. Report: After separating the cones to make his maneuvering easier, he did so well that he got ahead of me. Ramblings for the Day: History reports that at the beginning of the month, the adhesion between underlying scar tissue and the skin on Rodney’s backContinue reading “Zeno’s Massage”
Cause for Cautious Optimism?
Work: AM heat/PM groom & all 6 exercises, including walking into the ring for the 360o turn-around box. Report: Still unhappy going to the ring but seemed relieved when he realized we were doing the box. Improvement over last time [Joining] & how the plan is intended to work [Blow, Boredom]. Ramblings for the Day:Continue reading “Cause for Cautious Optimism?”
Olfaction
[Olfaction is the sense of smell. For your Goggle tidbit today, “The Sense of Smell Institute is the research and education division of The Fragrance Foundation, the non-profit, educational arm of the global fragrance industry.” You’re welcome] Work: AM heat therapy/PM groom & walk. Report: group walk around 7/8 of the pasture, 90% relaxed. RamblingsContinue reading “Olfaction”
Virtual Brush Box 