All equines on this front are doing great. The mare mares have given me some really nice rides in the past month. Ollie is reeeally growing on me, and I'm excited to see where I can take this mare. Ginger is growing on me as well. With weight gain, Ginger's "4 year old Thoroughbred" is coming out and we have had some "up beat" trail rides. =P
Ollie has such a ...dramatic?.. personality, that she is one that you just can't get in her face about stuff. You really have to stay rational and relatively calm with her, or she will just blow up. This is actually really good for me because I tend to be pretty assertive with horses, so it's nice to have to approach training from a different angle. When Ollie came back to me, she had an issue standing to be tacked up. She must of either gotten away with moving around or had a bad experience(s) with it. Nonetheless, we have been working at it and have made a lot of progress. She likes to be able to sniff everything that approaches her, then she is typically fine with it going anywhere on her. Once again, not something I usually condone when training.. but it works for her.
Ollie is such a special mare, I really think she could go in any direction. I would love to see her do Foxhunting or 3-day eventing. But she is cow bred, so she could do rodeo stuff, barrels, or even endurance. She is SO SMART and highly trainable. I made and ad for her to lease last night. I already have 3 responses, not too bad in less than 12 hours! Click here to see the ad. Let me know if you think it needs tweaking!
I've been riding Bones more in the past couple of weeks. We've had 3 fantastic rides- and 1 not so great ride. Mai has been focusing on keeping him on the bit, keeping him forward, and working on some lateral movements. I tried to mimic that, but more so on keeping him forward and relaxed. I've found that he really benefits from a long warm up, and is much more obliged to giving to the bit if I give him plenty of time to trot on the rail, on a loose rein. I've also found that extra warm up time helps him straighten out his nose, as opposed to nosing out.
I have always been a fan of barefoot trimming, and have never shod a horse. Ginger is actually the only horse that has had shoes on, and I had them pulled within a week of having her. But, I have had trouble finding the right farrier. My vet highly recommended a guy and said he is the only person she could think of that she would trust. He is coming on Sunday to trim the mares. I'm excited to see what he has to say about both of their hooves. My vet loaned me Pete Ramey's book, I'm just fascinated. I love studying the equine hoof and I may like to be a farrier. Barefoot trimmer to be exact. I think it's a realistic profession in the horse world and I'm very interested in it. Sooo, we'll see! =)
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