On New Years Eve, Danielle (the girl who is leasing Kazi), Sandy (barn owner), and I went on a short trail ride through the pine woods. It was a nice little ride to end the year with.
Today Bones and I went up the big hill to the majority of the trails and spent a good solid hour and a half out there. The ground was still hard throughout most of the trails, but some places had a layer of mud on top of the frozen ground. Bones stayed nice and calm for most of the ride. He spooked at a couple of things, but he has learned to "spook in place" rather than jet off sideways and run for it! We did a good bit of trotting, cantering, and even a short spurt of galloping (our first time!). He didn't get overly excited when I let him run, and came back to a calm walk on a loose rein whenever I asked. Bones is usually very leery of simple things like logs, big rocks, water puddles, etc. But, today he took everything in stride and trusted me when I asked him to relax, investigate, and move on from the object. He even walked calmly over a few ditches that he had previously got very nervous and just leaped over.
It was a wonderful ride, and if it is any projection as to how the year is going be.. I, for one, am very excited for 2011!
Today Bones and I went up the big hill to the majority of the trails and spent a good solid hour and a half out there. The ground was still hard throughout most of the trails, but some places had a layer of mud on top of the frozen ground. Bones stayed nice and calm for most of the ride. He spooked at a couple of things, but he has learned to "spook in place" rather than jet off sideways and run for it! We did a good bit of trotting, cantering, and even a short spurt of galloping (our first time!). He didn't get overly excited when I let him run, and came back to a calm walk on a loose rein whenever I asked. Bones is usually very leery of simple things like logs, big rocks, water puddles, etc. But, today he took everything in stride and trusted me when I asked him to relax, investigate, and move on from the object. He even walked calmly over a few ditches that he had previously got very nervous and just leaped over.
It was a wonderful ride, and if it is any projection as to how the year is going be.. I, for one, am very excited for 2011!
Bones and Romeo
Butt muscle, woohoo!
Look how loose his lower lip is. Lol
Trotting off like a little brat!
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