mama said there'd be days like this

[liminal_space]

+ there are days when you listen to that screaming voice in your head telling you to NOT get on the horse. (note: there are also days you just ignore it.) today was one of those days. i went out to ride misty and with the wind and gun shots off in the FAR distance (it's huntin' time around here soon. yay.) and temperature nonsense, she was wound tf up. 

she was jumpy and twitchy and when i was trying to clean her feet she was acting a fool. it didn't help that i blinked and bluebelle ninja walked into our personal space — which irritated misty x100 because a) chestnut mare and b) ....chestnut mare. 

so we did a pivot, as one does, and i worked with her on the ground to get her brain engaged, then we did some long line work on the flat (no poles). after she had connected with me, i added one ground pole. 

one. maybe 4 inches high if it stretched. 

instead of WALKING or TROTTING over it nicely, she became a hunter/jumper pony and sailed over it like she was in a jumping show. 

overachiever. 

hopefully tomorrow i can get some saddle time, but if not? we play on the ground again and add some target training for fun. 

i can't begin to stress how much joy having my tatertot pony so close to me every day brings. i love that girl. L O V E.

Comments

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Gotta love those crackhead days.

[kazzy-cee.livejournal.com]

I love it when horse enjoy jumping high over tiny stuff. They always looks so happy!

[one-raido.livejournal.com]

For some reason=on I had a visual while reading this of trailering your horse across country for your ove.

[one-raido.livejournal.com]

*move

[debris4spike]

Thanks for that — reminds me of my times riding ... they are such lovely characters, aren't they?