Shhhhhh! Be vewy, vewy quiet. I am looking at show schedules. Greg brought up an interesting suggestion. Why don’t I take Milton to a little, local, walk-trot dressage test this Spring? Hmmm. I’ve been thinking that it would be ages before I could ever show Milton: lessons, schooling, cross-rails, practice shows, on and on. ButContinue reading “Milton’s Show Schedule”
Category Archives: Horses
Rodney as Word Processing Software
Milton is LibreOffice, or Microsoft Word, or any commercially available text program. You want the word “Hello”. You open a file. You type. You get five letters at the top of a page: black, serif, 12 point font, probably Times Roman. Straightforward. Useful for a wide range of activities. Not what you would use toContinue reading “Rodney as Word Processing Software”
In or Out? On or Off? Questions of Horse Management
When the recent cold snap was looming on the horizon, many of my neighbors chose to blanket &/or put up their horses. We chose to do neither. Human behavior toward horses often reflects our values as a species rather than the way the horses see the world [How I Learned to Think Like a Horse].Continue reading “In or Out? On or Off? Questions of Horse Management”
Foto Friday: Snow Day Photo Essay
Thank you for reading, Katherine Walcott
Milton Doesn’t Do It All At Once
Driving Thursday Horses can ride and drive on the same day. Saddlebreds do so all the time. We are not currently asking Milton to multi-task. We tried it over the holidays. It did not go well. It was the day Milton walked about with me leaning on one stirrup [I Ride]. He was aContinue reading “Milton Doesn’t Do It All At Once”
I Do It All, But Not as Well As Milton Does
Saddle Seat Wednesday I did not show last weekend. I did not feel ready. Between rain, the holidays, the cold snap, and riding (yay!) and driving Milton, I’ve only had two saddle seat lessons since the last show [Show Report]. This was not enough to give me confidence that Whiskey and I were ready toContinue reading “I Do It All, But Not as Well As Milton Does”
Milton Does It All
I am reversing my position [I know I wrote a post about this. Can’t find it. My search-fu is failing me]. I think sharing Milton will be a good thing rather than a thing that needs to be dealt with. First, fitness. If Milton is to get in shape for a CDE, someone willContinue reading “Milton Does It All”
Virtual Brush Box 