Riding Lesson #2

So I guess its official! My new lesson barn that is. I went back for my second lesson a week ago and loved it as well. (I know shame on me for not posting sooner) Once again I rode Desi. I'm enjoying this sweet gelding. He is a little older but still has lots of spunk. I think he will be a great teacher for English riding! I think even though its only been two lessons that my posture and posting have already improved tons. I felt far better balanced this time when trying to post. (this is pretty different for someone who learned to ride on gaited Tennessee walking horses!) But I am really enjoying it. I have another lesson tomorrow. We will be working on my 2-point position tons I bet. I have to master 2point before I start jumping if I want to jump well.

For some odd reason I wanted to jump over this log. :D

 

warming up

 

cute Desi

 

And a video of my posting trot skills. lol

 

 

     You may or may not know but for like months I've been trying to find a decent place to take riding lessons. I'm really wanting to learn to jump and ride english "properly" so I've been searching for a lesson barn. The first or second one I went to the teacher was nice but then I saw the horses and was like whoa. No. They were ill cared for and super skinny. Needless to say I didn't go back to that place. I also visited this other barn that had this huge Frisian horse. Absolutely gorgeous. But they mainly did saddle seat and no jumping. So didn't go back there. So I almost gave up but then my mom was like "Come on, lets try one more". (the 5th to be exact) So last Friday me and a friend went to visit this stable I'd found on the internet. When we got there the first thing I noticed (besides having a nice driveway) was the horses were all really well taken care of. So to make a long story short I liked it. And I went back for my first lesson, it was sort of an evaluation lesson. I liked the teacher and I think I'm going to continue taking lessons there.  First english lesson I've ever had. Pictures!

 

 

 

 

And no blog post would be complete without a picture of my mare. Mya has an abscess in her front foot several weeks ago. So she hasn't been ridden recently, but its cleared up now. If the weather holds I'll be riding her tomorrow. I made a short video of her. Mainly to see if she's still footsore.

 

 

 

 

Video: How to Groom Your Horse

I made this video yesterday with Mya. Just for fun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMjWmzQdhho

Fun with Mya

youtube video: Fun with Mya! (click here)

 

 

So today was just a fun day. I pretty much just hung out with Mya and gave her a bath. 'Course made this little video as well. And if you notice Henry followed us everywhere. lol. Cute goat.

     Planning on getting the farrier over sometime soon. Mya needs shoes. You might be able to tell in the video but she's been a little foot sore lately....                                                                                    

 

Bath Time!

 



One of the nice things about having to get up early in the morning is that I'm there when the sun comes up. It makes for fun picture opportunities when I go out to feed my critters. This morning Mya and Henry were my camera targets. The whole time I was snapping pictures Henry was telling me to hurry up and feed him. Mya agreed of course. The two of them get along quite nicely.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally I have a decent saddle! My last western saddle was mostly dry-rotted. One of my friends had the luck of finding that out when the stirrup broke while she was riding. (that was not a fun day) So happily I now have a new saddle. Its not super fancy, but its comfy and all the leather is good. Hoping to get lots of trail riding out of this saddle!

Trail Ridn' the Rockies

Your mission (should you choose to accept it) is to conquer the Rocky Mountains on horseback. "epic music playing in the background"...
Okay okay it might not have been a week long trek into the wilderness, but (on a recent trip to Colorado) I did get to go on a trail ride up this mountain. The scenery was gorgeous and the horse a rode was a real sweetheart. I wanted to bring him home with me! Funny his name was Gnome.

 

 

And in other news... Henry the goat and Mya are getting along just fine. And we are enjoying the last bits of summer!                                                                                                                                      

 

Wanted to post this to show you just how far Mya health has come. I mean wow. Look at those dapples! The pic on the right was taken (I think) the end of May. And the one on the left the day I brought her home. I think its amazing just how far she has come.
In other news Mya now has a new friend. Meet Henry the 8th our new goat!

(better pictures to come soon)

 

And I bought a new western saddle. Super excited about it. The stirrups are short enough for younger kids to reach so I'll be able to have more kids over to ride. yay! I'll post a pic some time soon.