As most equestrians know, unless you are lucky enough to live in someplace like Florida, winter makes it more difficult to ride. In my area its not really the cold that bothers me, I actually like cold weather, it is all the rain. We get so much rain in the winter months! I wish it would get colder than at least we would have snow. We've only gotten one or two snowfalls this year. All the rain means I don't get to ride as often as I would like. But it does make me appreciate the time when I do get to ride!
Yesterday the farrier came out to the farm. Mya had thrown a shoe, and she was due for a trim. I had actually called the farrier last week but because of weather he wasn't able to come. One of the nice things about my horse is that she has really good ground manners. She always surprises me at how nicely and calmly she stands while the farrier works on her feet. The farrier even complimented her on that fact. He said she was tons easier than the last horse he did.
On our last ride I began to teach Mya a new way to lunge. I had her doing a sort of figure eight in front of me. I stood next to a fence to begin to teach her how to turn and go around the other way. I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly she caught on. After that I rode her a bit. Because this was before the farrier visit we kept to a walk. I had her walking over some poles, stopping, and backing up. She was a good pony. And as you can see we had a little bit of snow that day. :)
As most equestrians know, unless you are lucky enough to live in someplace like Florida, winter makes it more difficult to ride. In my area its not really the cold that bothers me, I actually like cold weather, it is all the rain. We get so much rain in the winter months! I wish it would get colder than at least we would have snow. We've only gotten one or two snowfalls this year. All the rain means I don't get to ride as often as I would like. But it does make me appreciate the time when I do get to ride! 
Yesterday the farrier came out to the farm. Mya had thrown a shoe, and she was due for a trim. I had actually called the farrier last week but because of weather he wasn't able to come. One of the nice things about my horse is that she has really good ground manners. She always surprises me at how nicely and calmly she stands while the farrier works on her feet. The farrier even complimented her on that fact. He said she was tons easier than the last horse he did.
On our last ride I began to teach Mya a new way to lunge. I had her doing a sort of figure eight in front of me. I stood next to a fence to begin to teach her how to turn and go around the other way. I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly she caught on. After that I rode her a bit. Because this was before the farrier visit we kept to a walk. I had her walking over some poles, stopping, and backing up. She was a good pony. And as you can see we had a little bit of snow that day. :)
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