The winter weather has really gotten us down lately. Snow, ice, rain, and then a foot of mud. Consequently I have had almost zero opportunities to work with my horses. The situation has just been nasty in general.
But I do believe things are starting to look up.
The last few days have actually been nice and decently warm, so the mud isn't quite so bad.
I was going through a bad case of riding withdrawal, so I decided that I would ride whatever the circumstances.
So I decided I would just throw Lady's halter on her and go for a bareback ride.
I've kind of made it my personal goal lately to learn to ride bareback. I mean I've ridden bareback before here and there. But I really want to learn to ride it confidently and at more than just a walk.
(Perhaps I've just watched too many old western tv shows, but those guys are seriously way cool.)
Anyways, so I've ridden Lady a couple of times recently with just a halter. Walk is easy. I'd done that before and had it down. I really wanted to perfect my trot. I had felt pretty insecure and like I was going to be jolted right off. So that is really what I worked on. A few strides here and a few strides there. I'm quite happy to say that I think I've gotten pretty good at it! I've discovered that I actually really like riding bareback, and I'm happy to say that I'm not bad at trotting like that now. So that what we've been doing lately when there hasn't been a foot of mud or snow or ice etc etc etc.
I don't have an pics of the whole bareback thing, but I did go out today and just take some pics of them in general.
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| Mya pretends to be a hound on a scent and Lady is "thrilled" that I am taking her picture. :D |
And my dog is super cute. I mean how can you resist that face?
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| *Yawn* |
I hope you all are braving winter successfully, hopefully spring is almost here! I do believe I am starting to see some green grass outside...
