it's okay to forget how many legs we have sometimes, right?
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Throwback Thursday/Happy Gotcha Day
Here is an older picture when from one of our first lessons with Dom, after Shadow came home with me.
Today is 1 year that I have had Shadow already, I feel like that went so quick.
Looking back at all the photos from when we first started working together and riding him and watching him move now, is like two different horses.
No matter what anyone thinks or has to say, we are a great team even when we are disagreeing and I wouldn't want any one but him in my corner.
Happy Gotcha Day big man, I love you!!
Monday, July 14, 2014
Catching Up
i'm probably the worst blogger on earth. Life just doesn't seem to want to slow down for five minutes for me to even think about writing, so today I'm making time.
Shadow has been doing wonderfully. Jamie was home from Texas and we did a lot of riding that week.
He has been improving weekly, and I am sure to ride him every chance i get. It is great to see how well he is actually doing.
I think we have the trot pretty much down to a science, he is finally consistent and riding on a looser rein. I don't have to hold him up as much.
The canter is still a little rough, and we can't hold it around the ring fully, but we will get there, i'm not really in a rush, I would like the trot to be a little less work still before i move onto anything else.
He is such a good boy.
New Opportunity.
Dom has moved Dancer in to live with us, to hopefully help her sell him. We have a cute little barn which is rather inviting and is a nice place to show a sale horse.
I am leasing him from her until he sells and riding him every time i get to ride shadow.
Shadow and Dancer are in fields right next to each other and they love each other! It;s nice to see Shadow getting along with another because he has been in a feild alone since I brought him home almost a year ago.
Saturday night i went out and rode both boys and they were wonderful.
I really enjoy riding Dancer, he is alot less work that shadow and i dont have to think much, I can just ride. Riding him improves all my strength and helps me ride Shadow more effectively.
This is a wonderful opportunity I have been given by Dom and I can't wait to get back into jumping with dancer, after all, jumping was always my passion.
Shadow has been doing wonderfully. Jamie was home from Texas and we did a lot of riding that week.
He has been improving weekly, and I am sure to ride him every chance i get. It is great to see how well he is actually doing.
I think we have the trot pretty much down to a science, he is finally consistent and riding on a looser rein. I don't have to hold him up as much.
The canter is still a little rough, and we can't hold it around the ring fully, but we will get there, i'm not really in a rush, I would like the trot to be a little less work still before i move onto anything else.
He is such a good boy.
New Opportunity.
Dom has moved Dancer in to live with us, to hopefully help her sell him. We have a cute little barn which is rather inviting and is a nice place to show a sale horse.
I am leasing him from her until he sells and riding him every time i get to ride shadow.
Shadow and Dancer are in fields right next to each other and they love each other! It;s nice to see Shadow getting along with another because he has been in a feild alone since I brought him home almost a year ago.
Saturday night i went out and rode both boys and they were wonderful.
I really enjoy riding Dancer, he is alot less work that shadow and i dont have to think much, I can just ride. Riding him improves all my strength and helps me ride Shadow more effectively.
This is a wonderful opportunity I have been given by Dom and I can't wait to get back into jumping with dancer, after all, jumping was always my passion.
They're twins, it's crazy!
Shadow and I will be together for one full year this week.
I can't believe how fast it has gone and how far we have come. I love that horse with my hole heart <3
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
One step closer..
Every week shadow is improving tremendously.
Saturdays have turned into quite the busy day at the barn with back to back lessons for Dom and I really enjoy the time to get away from the real world and worry about what makes me happy.
The last two Saturdays were like, my first real lessons I guess you could say. No lunging and Dom didn't ride first, just me and shadow and Dom on the ground teaching, which I'm really enjoying.
This past weekend he really felt great and he offered so really beautiful canter. Dom took some photos but we didn't get any of him cantering because we weren't ready, lol. Dom said it was a real canter there was no pace to it at all, great!
He is really improving at the walk, it's almost perfect and he is really getting the hang of the free walking. For the last two weeks I have gone home all smiles. Just the thought of how well he is doing after I though our whole game plan was out the window with how lame he was at the beginning of spring.
The regimen I have him on is working wonders and I didn't even have to put the wedges on him, which makes me even happier.
I really can't even say how proud I am, he is really coming along better than I could have expected so far.
Head shot of my handsome by Dom
Never imagined him to look this good
Top is august of last year and bottom was this past Saturday, major improvements!!
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Monday, May 5, 2014
Saturdays
I absolutely look forward to lessons every week :)
Shadow has been showing so much improvement, a little more every week.
I have been very sick with shingles (ouch), so I haven't done anything with him because of the amount of pain I am so when Dom came this Saturday I warned her that he might be a little off from being out of work.
To my surprise he was wonderful! The ground was super wet, but he managed. He looks very sound and not stiff at all, he it trotting beautifully on the lunge line, with a small amount of antics on his bad side because he is fighting the pain I suppose.
While Dom was lunging, she took a split second to look at me and ssay something, and Shadow decided in the split second he was going to buck and he pulled the line right out of Dom's hand. He took off running around us like a crazy horse. (i think he was trying to run away from the evil lunge line that was following him.) lol
He was completely sound and looked so beautiful in his natural gait. He had his head up and his tail up and he was moving so freely. I wish i could have gotten some of it on video but i was too busy staring at him. He looked wonderful, although not what we wanted, he warmed himself up. lol
We worked on some side passing on the ground, which he did pretty well and some turning.
He is still struggling a little on his bad stifle, but he is looking so much better, he even offered some beautiful canter while Dom was on him, and he held it for more than 2 strides, if the ground wasn't so wet I'm sure he would have kept going.
I hope to get some photos/videos for you guys next week. He is doing so well. I don't think I am going to have to put the wedges on him after all! I am going to take another month to observe him improvements/ strength and go from there.
This saturday we are going to pull his mane too, that should be fun!
I can't even express how happy I am with his improvements and with the team Shadow, Dom and I have formed together. I have set a time frame of next summer to get him to where he needs to be and out shows at a healthy 17 years old. Lol Dom thinks it is a perfect time frame and I couldn't be more excited.
Nothing but positive vibes :)
Shadow has been showing so much improvement, a little more every week.
I have been very sick with shingles (ouch), so I haven't done anything with him because of the amount of pain I am so when Dom came this Saturday I warned her that he might be a little off from being out of work.
To my surprise he was wonderful! The ground was super wet, but he managed. He looks very sound and not stiff at all, he it trotting beautifully on the lunge line, with a small amount of antics on his bad side because he is fighting the pain I suppose.
While Dom was lunging, she took a split second to look at me and ssay something, and Shadow decided in the split second he was going to buck and he pulled the line right out of Dom's hand. He took off running around us like a crazy horse. (i think he was trying to run away from the evil lunge line that was following him.) lol
He was completely sound and looked so beautiful in his natural gait. He had his head up and his tail up and he was moving so freely. I wish i could have gotten some of it on video but i was too busy staring at him. He looked wonderful, although not what we wanted, he warmed himself up. lol
We worked on some side passing on the ground, which he did pretty well and some turning.
He is still struggling a little on his bad stifle, but he is looking so much better, he even offered some beautiful canter while Dom was on him, and he held it for more than 2 strides, if the ground wasn't so wet I'm sure he would have kept going.
I hope to get some photos/videos for you guys next week. He is doing so well. I don't think I am going to have to put the wedges on him after all! I am going to take another month to observe him improvements/ strength and go from there.
This saturday we are going to pull his mane too, that should be fun!
I can't even express how happy I am with his improvements and with the team Shadow, Dom and I have formed together. I have set a time frame of next summer to get him to where he needs to be and out shows at a healthy 17 years old. Lol Dom thinks it is a perfect time frame and I couldn't be more excited.
Nothing but positive vibes :)
Friday, April 25, 2014
Blog Hop: Appreciate What You Have
Let's take a moment to appreciate the Pros of our current ponies, whether you own them or just ride them in lessons.
Totally stole this from Dom, figured it was a good opportunity to take a break from my hectic work week.
Shadow
Happy and Handsome with his politced leg :)
He was an impulse buy, or adoption, no doubt about it.
I had been thinking about getting back into the horse world for a little while and he basically fell into my lap.
I wanted a teenager to get back into it knowing that I'm not the rider I used to be.
I haven't even had Shadow for a year yet, but I will say I have never had a bond with any other horse the way I do with him.
He keeps me humble, teaches me patience and can always put a smile on my face with him hammy antics.
So we won't be able to do any kind of jumping, but he has opened my eyes to a new discipline and I am excited to rehab him back to where we left off and start a new adventure.
He isn't everything I had hoped, but he is more caring, forgiving and full of heart that I could have ever expected. Even being hurt, he gives me his all, almost as if he understands that doing what I ask will only help him, and that I would never hurt him.
Out of all the horses I have ever owned, He will always be the one nearest to my heart. He is my boy and I wouldn't trade him or his flaws for anything in the world. I wouldn't want anyone else by my side or on my team and I think he knows he is with me forever, no matter what and that he could never let me down.
Love my boy.
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