Another great day working Sierra. She lunges well at a walk. We are working on a trot. She does a whoa really good. She walks over the poles and around the barrels. We are still working on backing the L well. She yields her hind quarters and steps over quite nicely for 3/4 steps. We got 2 steps each way turning on the haunches. All things to hone. I did spray her with fly spray and she just stood there. Pepper still goes ballistic when he even sees the spray bottle and to see her stand there is a really good thing. I am going to dig around in our blankets on Sunday and see if we have a light weight sheet to practice wearing. I don't know if we do. Am trying to remember what I put on Rosie when I was showing her. I know the winter blanket but its MUCH too warm for that. We have a bunch of blankets/sheets.
Last night I was in the yard holding Sierra while she munched on grass talking to our neighbor Shannon and we heard a noise. I looked up and the horse we have here in training, Paddy, was opening and closing the mailbox that is part of our trail set up in the arena. He is shut into the arena. He was so funny. He opened and closed it several times. He is the horse that bucked Bob off the first week of June.
I am leaving in the morning again to work a horse show in Milton Freewater, Oregon. Its only a one day show though and I will be home Saturday evening.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Another good day
I am so grateful for the nice weather we are having. I gave Sierra another rinse off bath and she did not mind it today. In fact she kept drinking from the hose. She does the trail things just fine too. I was so proud of her backing a figure eight around the big blue barrels. We worked some more on lunging too. She did that well also. We need to work on trotting now on the lunge line and trotting along with me on the lead rope. We made a 5 panel pen on good grass and put her out there for 3/4 hrs. this afternoon. She thought she was in heaven.
Bob is looking at another horse. He should have brought her home from Pasco. She is a 3 year old dun filly. I am wondering what he will decide to do. He thinks she is a 3 strikes horse and Tracey thinks she is not. If she isn't I know he will wait. Tracey asked me if she was a 3 strikes so I am assuming she thinks not. Anyway I e mailed Ramona and asked for sure.
Bob is looking at another horse. He should have brought her home from Pasco. She is a 3 year old dun filly. I am wondering what he will decide to do. He thinks she is a 3 strikes horse and Tracey thinks she is not. If she isn't I know he will wait. Tracey asked me if she was a 3 strikes so I am assuming she thinks not. Anyway I e mailed Ramona and asked for sure.
Home
After a very stressful working weekend I am home again. I was thinking I was charging too much but considering I had to break up a fist fight between 2 guys who weren't even competitors, just a husband of one and a boyfriend of another who thought their respective competitors had caused a problem in the arena. Among other things I told them I did not need their help.
Spent time today messing with Sierra. Was too tired to do a lot but I did give her a bath. She was not especially thrilled but not too bad all things considered. She lunged well at a walk and a short trot and stopped when I said whoa. Then I let her eat grass. Tomorrow my goal is another bath and setting up the trail things in the round pen. I want to work in the arena but it needs working and I will get the trail stuff out so Bob can do that. I don't think she will have any trouble with the things. I backed her all the way around the round pen to help build muscle in her rear end on Tracey's advice.
I have to work next weekend in Milton Freewater, Oregon so I probably will not get to ride this week. Maybe next week. Bob is going to pony Sierra from Pepper one day this week. His back is much better. What a relief. I am off to bed, its been a long weekend.
Spent time today messing with Sierra. Was too tired to do a lot but I did give her a bath. She was not especially thrilled but not too bad all things considered. She lunged well at a walk and a short trot and stopped when I said whoa. Then I let her eat grass. Tomorrow my goal is another bath and setting up the trail things in the round pen. I want to work in the arena but it needs working and I will get the trail stuff out so Bob can do that. I don't think she will have any trouble with the things. I backed her all the way around the round pen to help build muscle in her rear end on Tracey's advice.
I have to work next weekend in Milton Freewater, Oregon so I probably will not get to ride this week. Maybe next week. Bob is going to pony Sierra from Pepper one day this week. His back is much better. What a relief. I am off to bed, its been a long weekend.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
WooHooooooooo Real Progress today
I put Sierra out into the round pen thinking she would run and buck around but she didn't. Just ambled around. I cleaned her stall, re bedded it and went out. She did not think she wanted me to catch her but I told her whoa and she let me walk up and take the rope just below the halter. That was the first great thing she did. I worked a little in the round pen and then took her out and thought, well this is the day for loading in the trailer again. The last time took forever and she never liked it much. Today she just walked in and stood there. I petted her all over and told her she was a wonderful girl. Then we went to investigate a big poplar tree that blew down in a lulu of a storm we had last night. She just walked thru the branches and out the other side. Let her eat grass and we took a walk all around the front of the place and out by the barn where Bob has been demolishing a camper. She just walked around it as if it wasn't there. Then I let her eat some more grass and then back in the trailer. Altogether we did that 5 times.
In the stall I picked up all four feet and rubbed her all over. Am so very proud of her. I will be gone 3 days working at a horse show in Goldendale. So it will be Monday before I get to do it again but I know she will do just as well.
I also worked with Nellie and Nick the last time. I can pick up all four of Nellie's feet, brush her all over and she leads well and loads easily. Nick is just now catching up with her. He leads and loads well too. I am praying they get adopted in Pasco this weekend. Both of them will be wonderful horses for someone. It makes me sad to tell them good bye. I hope we get an opportunity to do this again with another yearling..
I promise that next week I will get serious about getting pictures on here. Tracey told me how but I just don't have time to study this thru. It can't be too hard can it?
In the stall I picked up all four feet and rubbed her all over. Am so very proud of her. I will be gone 3 days working at a horse show in Goldendale. So it will be Monday before I get to do it again but I know she will do just as well.
I also worked with Nellie and Nick the last time. I can pick up all four of Nellie's feet, brush her all over and she leads well and loads easily. Nick is just now catching up with her. He leads and loads well too. I am praying they get adopted in Pasco this weekend. Both of them will be wonderful horses for someone. It makes me sad to tell them good bye. I hope we get an opportunity to do this again with another yearling..
I promise that next week I will get serious about getting pictures on here. Tracey told me how but I just don't have time to study this thru. It can't be too hard can it?
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Some progress
The weather was better today. A lot of rain during the day and thunder storm warnings for tonight. Oh Ick. I don't like them.
Sierra still is not too happy in the stall but better. I went in and cleaned her stall today and messed with her. She didn't do as well the first time in the stall but later when I went she got better and when I went down the last time she did wonderful. For the first time I could rub her clear to her tail on both sides and she just stood there quietly. I wanted to shout whoopee but thought that might undo all I had done. AND I picked up both of her front feet without a hassle. She just stood there and let me. My goals this week was to pick them both up easily. We will have tomorrow to work on it. Then Friday I have to leave until Sunday to go to Goldendale to work a horse show. So unless Bob works with her she will have 3 days off again.
This weekend is the adoption in Pasco and Nick and Nellie will be leaving. We did not do as much with them as I had hoped. Nellie is outstanding and Nick is coming along. I pray they get adopted. Would hate for them to go back to the corrals.
Tomorrow it is supposed to be 70 so all the horses should get worked in the round pen. The ones that need to be I should say.
Sierra still is not too happy in the stall but better. I went in and cleaned her stall today and messed with her. She didn't do as well the first time in the stall but later when I went she got better and when I went down the last time she did wonderful. For the first time I could rub her clear to her tail on both sides and she just stood there quietly. I wanted to shout whoopee but thought that might undo all I had done. AND I picked up both of her front feet without a hassle. She just stood there and let me. My goals this week was to pick them both up easily. We will have tomorrow to work on it. Then Friday I have to leave until Sunday to go to Goldendale to work a horse show. So unless Bob works with her she will have 3 days off again.
This weekend is the adoption in Pasco and Nick and Nellie will be leaving. We did not do as much with them as I had hoped. Nellie is outstanding and Nick is coming along. I pray they get adopted. Would hate for them to go back to the corrals.
Tomorrow it is supposed to be 70 so all the horses should get worked in the round pen. The ones that need to be I should say.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Another ugly day
Boy, we need to win the lottery and get an indoor arena. This is awful. It snowed all around us today but we just got ugly and rain.
I cleaned a stall in the barn and bedded it and put Sierra in there. She is not too happy but lets me touch her face without holding on to a rope. We took the long one off her and just put a regular lead rope on her. I think I will take it off tomorrow. I should have done this several weeks ago I think. As soon as I could lead her outside the pen anyway. Have not done anything else with her today. Just gone down every hour or so and talked to her and petted her.
The other mustangs are fine and glad to be home. Pepper would not let me catch him tonight. I guess he thought he was going back to the arena. Dixie just snuggled up to me so she didn't seem to mind going to town.
I cleaned a stall in the barn and bedded it and put Sierra in there. She is not too happy but lets me touch her face without holding on to a rope. We took the long one off her and just put a regular lead rope on her. I think I will take it off tomorrow. I should have done this several weeks ago I think. As soon as I could lead her outside the pen anyway. Have not done anything else with her today. Just gone down every hour or so and talked to her and petted her.
The other mustangs are fine and glad to be home. Pepper would not let me catch him tonight. I guess he thought he was going back to the arena. Dixie just snuggled up to me so she didn't seem to mind going to town.
Monday, June 9, 2008
I am back -
I have been trying to figure out how to get back here to add to my blog. My daughter Nikki figured it out for me.
I got my 007 Mustang Yearling horse 3 weeks ago in Reno where it was 96 degrees. Stopped in Burns to rest the night at Andi and Toms and then came home. Sierra Nevada is a good sized filly, bay, and very pretty. She is not really keen on being a challenge yearling. She would rather be running free. If you do Parelli stuff she is a left brain introvert. Slowish to catch on to things and not too interested but once she has it she has it.
She leads very well. Stops when I do right beside me. I can take her out of her pen or round pen and let her eat grass. She does not challenge the lead rope at all. I have led her over poles. She backs well and yields her haunches well. I am going to start stalling her at night so she is isolated with no horses around her like she is outside in her pen. I can still not walk up to her in her pen. She will stand for me to pick up the lead rope however then I can go to her head. I can touch her all over on the left, not so much on the right.
The hard part is it has been pouring down rain for 4 days and I do not have an indoor arena. So have not been able to work with her. Darn. Tomorrow rain or shine. It is not supposed to be thundering and lightening tomorrow. So that is where I am.
I got my 007 Mustang Yearling horse 3 weeks ago in Reno where it was 96 degrees. Stopped in Burns to rest the night at Andi and Toms and then came home. Sierra Nevada is a good sized filly, bay, and very pretty. She is not really keen on being a challenge yearling. She would rather be running free. If you do Parelli stuff she is a left brain introvert. Slowish to catch on to things and not too interested but once she has it she has it.
She leads very well. Stops when I do right beside me. I can take her out of her pen or round pen and let her eat grass. She does not challenge the lead rope at all. I have led her over poles. She backs well and yields her haunches well. I am going to start stalling her at night so she is isolated with no horses around her like she is outside in her pen. I can still not walk up to her in her pen. She will stand for me to pick up the lead rope however then I can go to her head. I can touch her all over on the left, not so much on the right.
The hard part is it has been pouring down rain for 4 days and I do not have an indoor arena. So have not been able to work with her. Darn. Tomorrow rain or shine. It is not supposed to be thundering and lightening tomorrow. So that is where I am.
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