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Busy weekend here, with my guys out of town on a short backpacking trip. Rode Lance briefly Friday evening; it took more time to clean him up than I spent on his back! He was so dusty I was suspicious that dirty little elves had dumped bags of fine, red flour all over him and then kept him from shaking. I transferred a good portion of it to me while grooming him, so as soon as I was done, I went to the house and took a shower. Rode him again this morning and he was worse, if possible; we got a brief shower yesterday afternoon so some of the dust (on him, not the ground) had turned to mud. Ugh. I would have bathed him if I thought he wouldn't stop, drop and roll at the first opportunity.
With the State Fair coming up in 2 1/2 weeks, I've been adding some new things to our schooling sessions. I'd still like to get over to the facility with the trail obstacles, but our camper is still on the pick-up waiting for an opening at the RV center to fix the refrigerator, and I'd rather not haul with the camper. (Won't be going to the beach tomorrow, either; the friend who was going to haul can't go.) So for now I'm working on making Lance more maneuverable, moving his hindquarters, moving his front end, side-passing, backing. I need to find an old tarp to see if he'll walk on it, and put down some poles for things like a keyhole.
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Hehe, the dust elves have been busy here too--and I think River's in league with them!
I am going to be setting up some trail obstacles also. The teeter bridge and mailbox are 2 I'd like to work on. Woodrow is hopeless at trail-he is a point and go horse and gets tense when asked for small maneuvers. Now...Nick may love this stuff, and I am looking for ways to reward his work. Have you read The Bombproof Horse?
Briana, the dust is even worse than shedding hair! Wish we had year-round green pastures....
Mary, I haven't heard of that book (not much time for personal reading when you're a homeschooling mom who would rather ride, spin or knit in her 'free' time!). And I never even CONSIDERED a teeter bridge; yikes! Yesterday I did drag out a blue tarp; didn't even spread it out nice and flat. Lance walked on it without a glance. I get the mail on horseback often, and we do gates as a matter of course. Backing around two barrels in a figure-8 and such things are likely to be our biggest challenge....
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