Where are you spring?

Today's weather is absolutely NASTY. It has been raining and sleeting all day and is beyond cold. I am so ready for spring. It seems like I am the most motivated in spring. I guess the warmer weather and bright sunny days really help me.

On the brighter side of things...Summer's new owners came and picked her up today. I hope they will be happy with her. I know she will have an excellent home, especially since they are Scooter's owners too.

I guess by now you can tell that I didn't play with Jewel today. The next two days are supposed to be worse than today. Such fun.

Time To Be Creative

I got to play with Jewel again before we fed the horses tonight. I played the games for a little while and then preceded to hop on bareback again. She was determined that I wasn't getting on and everytime I went to get on, she swung her hindquarters away. She's been doing this for the past few months but tonight I decided to get creative. So I walked her away from the mounting block and played the games a bit more and then I walked her back. Instead of trying to get on, I walked to her other side and asked her to pick up her feet. This brought on some licking and chewing. After I massaged her legs for a bit, I walked to the side that the mounting block is on and asked her to pick up those feet. When I was done massaging her legs, I scratched on her head and asked her to lower it. She did so willingly even though I could see the wheels in her head turning. Hehe. With all this done, I walked to her hindquarters and started scratching her. I kept at that for about 5 mins and then stepped up onto the mounting block and continued to scratch her. After my hands starting hurting and I had enough dirt on my hands to fill a hole, I stopped. I think I really startled my left brain introvert tonight. I didn't do the ordinary stuff that I have been doing.

Good Session

I ended up being able to play with Jewel for a little bit tonight. We played at liberty for about 10 minutes and then I hopped on bareback. I used my rope halter and 12' line fashioned into reins. She was a bit cranky because she wanted her dinner but otherwise things went well. I only rode her for about 15 minutes around the paddock. If I get enough of my college schoolwork done tonight, I will have even more time to play with her tomorrow.

It's Always Something

Things at the barn have been crazy lately. Our whole schedule is messed up because we have men changing the power lines and poles which of course go right through our main pasture. So we have to divide all the horses' time up for the smaller pasture. Plus with our new arrival, Summer, we have to do three rotations daily. Summer is going to her new home on Saturday, so things should start going back to normal, which will be nice. I know her new owners are going to love her. She is such a sweet horse.

I haven't had a chance to play with Jewel yet today. Hopefully I will be able to play with her before we feed tonight. Thankfully I was able to play with her yesterday. We have definitely become rusty on quite a few things such as our figure 8. Jewel also has stick to me syndrome. We're working on everything though.

The Beginning Of Something New

I decided today that I would create my own blog so I can track my success in everything that I do.