Work: great hopes for today, nothing realized so far. Report: getting this out early in case the weather poodles are right about the oncoming storm. [Of course that was deliberate. I would have thought the LEGO posts would have given away the geek thing.] Ramblings: The plan is to move Rodney’s exercises out of theContinue reading “Blow, Wind, and Crack Your Cheeks!”
Category Archives: Horse Behavior
Spring Fever Starting?
Work: PM heat therapy/EVE groom. Report: today was Rodney’s day to gallop. He came zipping up when it was time for heating pads. I tried not to get all My Friend Flicka about it, but how can you not love your horse running toward you? Then, when Mathilda and I where halfway through the firstContinue reading “Spring Fever Starting?”
Casting a Shadow from Beyond
Work: rain. My post yesterday proves that I don’t let go of trauma any better than I let go of anything else. Previous Horse was the most stubborn being I have ever met. When he said No, he meant, No, that is not physically possible, no horse has ever done it, I will not evenContinue reading “Casting a Shadow from Beyond”
I’m Ready For My Close-up
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”
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”
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”
Virtual Brush Box 