It is days like this when I can not imagine living anywhere else! That is a huge things for me to say, For the past 6 1/2 years I was waiting for my ticket out of here. But being in this world of horses, and riding outside in God's country makes me love this place so much.
I gave Renata 3 days off, I think that will be a pretty normal schedule for us. She is learning to be more relaxed when it is just us and no other horses. She was still fairly spooky today. I don't trust her at more than a trot for fear of her spooking sideways and me coming off. I do let her canter up hills sometimes. She still gets pretty sweated up and only in the beginning phases of conditioning, so we still do much walking and trotting only. In some areas of Alpine, that is all we can do anyways because there are so many deep puddles that cover the trails, we have to walk through those. This time of year is good for us, it forces us not to move too quick too fast. As it dries up, we move faster and she becomes more brave and doesn't bat an eye at puddles or water crossings. Stumps and rocks are still in question and might eat her. She is pretty sure.
Sydney is turning out to be a great little trail dog. He has learned very quickly that he has to stay behind me on our little stretch of road riding and he is never to dart ahead and run straight into traffic. Shock collars are good for that. I only had to use it one time last week and today he behaved perfectly. He is a very smart boy. He is so tired when we get back, he doesn't want to help me do my chores, but would rather hop into the back of the truck and nap on the horse blanket in the back.
All in all, it was a good day. We rode about 8 1/2 miles today.
We took a trail we had never done before and found someone's deer stand...
She goes through water like a champ...here is a video of us crossing the deep creek/river on our way home. Sorry it's bouncy. Have you ever tried to video and control your horse at the same time? Lots
to do at one time!
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