winter time
With the time change this weekend, we started bringing the horses in at night. It was tempting to leave it a bit longer, as the weather has been quite mild - but then we weight taped Red, and he is starting to drop weight. We can't check what hay and so on he is getting when they all eat en mass (he gets his breakfast and dinner to himself). Once he is in, we can "trickle" food to him so he is not over-faced, but gets emough food to maintain his weight and condition through the summer.
Saturday night was the first night - they were all waiting for their tea and milling about a bit. We took Fi and Dudley up with a leader each - which was a good thing as apparently the barrel someone had been burning rubbish in, which was a good 500m or more away, was *really* scary :rolleyes:
In the meantime Rosie was squealing away - we had both "forgotten" her AND taken her pals away. Red put himself in the shelter (where he has his tea in the summer). But they were both fine to catch and bring up.
One change was that Fi and Dudley have swapped stables. Fi was really struggling in the smaller stable last year. Dudley is now right next to Rosie and they already seem to have worked out that they can scritch over the door :) Althought Rosie will get less "borrowed" hay (Fi used to drop it over the door), she was always a little wary of getting too close to bossy madam. Fi can see Red through the grill in the wall between their stables, but can't actually get to him. So they will be fine as well.
As it happened, Saturday night was rain with high winds - so it was a good call after all for them to come in. (ditto for Sunday)
Mum's leg is still sore after her fall last week, so I rode all 3 both days. I got mum to "lunge" me in Rosie so I had additional back up when she thought about stopping. It was more of a mental work out than physically tiring - but she seemed to find it quite hard to have to focus that long. She was more bolshie on Sunday.
Duds is one of those ponies that retains an impression, a feel, of the person who last rode him. I got on him on Saturday and he felt great - together, round, engaged. I have to let the person that rode him know :)
The over night winds had blown things about - and on Sunday Duds took serious exception to one of the compost bins having blown over on the next door veggie patch. He proceeded to leap about like he was ten years younger (I was lunging him to warm up before I rode). As he had already given himself an impressive work-out, I just worked a little in walk and trot.
Riding Fi beforehand, the compost bin and some rattly plants had made Fi spook slightly - but it was like it was on 50% power compared to how she has spooked before. So despite being in the english saddle - I sat it and she stopped :D I hope that is a sign of how things now are...
Saturday night was the first night - they were all waiting for their tea and milling about a bit. We took Fi and Dudley up with a leader each - which was a good thing as apparently the barrel someone had been burning rubbish in, which was a good 500m or more away, was *really* scary :rolleyes:
In the meantime Rosie was squealing away - we had both "forgotten" her AND taken her pals away. Red put himself in the shelter (where he has his tea in the summer). But they were both fine to catch and bring up.
One change was that Fi and Dudley have swapped stables. Fi was really struggling in the smaller stable last year. Dudley is now right next to Rosie and they already seem to have worked out that they can scritch over the door :) Althought Rosie will get less "borrowed" hay (Fi used to drop it over the door), she was always a little wary of getting too close to bossy madam. Fi can see Red through the grill in the wall between their stables, but can't actually get to him. So they will be fine as well.
As it happened, Saturday night was rain with high winds - so it was a good call after all for them to come in. (ditto for Sunday)
Mum's leg is still sore after her fall last week, so I rode all 3 both days. I got mum to "lunge" me in Rosie so I had additional back up when she thought about stopping. It was more of a mental work out than physically tiring - but she seemed to find it quite hard to have to focus that long. She was more bolshie on Sunday.
Duds is one of those ponies that retains an impression, a feel, of the person who last rode him. I got on him on Saturday and he felt great - together, round, engaged. I have to let the person that rode him know :)
The over night winds had blown things about - and on Sunday Duds took serious exception to one of the compost bins having blown over on the next door veggie patch. He proceeded to leap about like he was ten years younger (I was lunging him to warm up before I rode). As he had already given himself an impressive work-out, I just worked a little in walk and trot.
Riding Fi beforehand, the compost bin and some rattly plants had made Fi spook slightly - but it was like it was on 50% power compared to how she has spooked before. So despite being in the english saddle - I sat it and she stopped :D I hope that is a sign of how things now are...
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