it was so hot i didn't really want to ride...but i wanted to do something, so tacked up for lunging/longlining....
decided to lunge, and got a couple of poles out. it's a good long while since i've worked her over trotting poles, and in the past she's raced them, avoided them, anything but go over them nicely
today was a different story. she didn't protest about them at all, went over them at a steady trot as requested, didn't try and curve in away from them and generally was a good girl. that was on both reins. and she was lifting her back legs up nicely through them as well.
and this was with side reins on, as well as without
excellent piece of work!
she'd already been in for a couple of hours or so when i got there (roll on there being more mares!) and had spread her bed about with the result that the last place i wanted her to be was in the stable, the ammonia smell was horrid and there's no breeze in there (there was a breeze blowing gently up the valley, but not in her stable window, went past the front!).
so sorted it out afterwards and need to put some more down i think....
part of this is the way she's using the stable, as she stands with her head out the door, then has a walk round, then stands a bit, then walks round.... she didn't use to do this at previous yard, or not quite so much!
so more bedding on top and perhaps i might re-organise the stable ... thinking about moving the haybar to the back and have the bed at the front, perhaps. the idea of the haybar at the front under the (unglazed) window was that she could look out without having to move ...
ah well, have a couple or 3 months to decide before we're into winter again!
edited to add: the above was typed on the laptop out in the garden whilst waiting for the barbecue to get really hot.....
now guess what happened?
you're right .. i ended up barbecuing under an umbrella as it started raining! happily i'd seen the cloud coming and rescued the laptop, but had just put the food on ...
and partner insisted we eat under the tree, which, tbf, does provide some good shelter and it had in fact stopped by then....
decided to lunge, and got a couple of poles out. it's a good long while since i've worked her over trotting poles, and in the past she's raced them, avoided them, anything but go over them nicely
today was a different story. she didn't protest about them at all, went over them at a steady trot as requested, didn't try and curve in away from them and generally was a good girl. that was on both reins. and she was lifting her back legs up nicely through them as well.
and this was with side reins on, as well as without
excellent piece of work!
she'd already been in for a couple of hours or so when i got there (roll on there being more mares!) and had spread her bed about with the result that the last place i wanted her to be was in the stable, the ammonia smell was horrid and there's no breeze in there (there was a breeze blowing gently up the valley, but not in her stable window, went past the front!).
so sorted it out afterwards and need to put some more down i think....
part of this is the way she's using the stable, as she stands with her head out the door, then has a walk round, then stands a bit, then walks round.... she didn't use to do this at previous yard, or not quite so much!
so more bedding on top and perhaps i might re-organise the stable ... thinking about moving the haybar to the back and have the bed at the front, perhaps. the idea of the haybar at the front under the (unglazed) window was that she could look out without having to move ...
ah well, have a couple or 3 months to decide before we're into winter again!
edited to add: the above was typed on the laptop out in the garden whilst waiting for the barbecue to get really hot.....
now guess what happened?
you're right .. i ended up barbecuing under an umbrella as it started raining! happily i'd seen the cloud coming and rescued the laptop, but had just put the food on ...
and partner insisted we eat under the tree, which, tbf, does provide some good shelter and it had in fact stopped by then....
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rain, oh I'm so jealous. All day I've watched the sky , waiting for the 28° and rain that the meteo promised, well we got the temperature but no rain :-( oh well.
Lunging sounds like it went really well.
I lunged too and used poles...to make a little jump for some variety. Sounds as if your work went as well as mine. Great day when a good plan works out.
Sorry about the rain, again. We lucked out with beautiful weather at the barbeque picnic I attended. It was as close to perfect as summer day as you could possibly want.
Hope the food was good. Somehow it always tastes better out in the open air.
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