But at the same time very happy! It's a nice size for a horse in my eyes.
Yesterday I saw that they had a messuring stick in the stable and I've been wondering for a while if Flame has grown any over the last year. I was told she was 162cm when I bought her so I was hoping she didn't grow more :-) I was very surprised to find out that she is only 159cm tall, or 15,6 hands.
But at the same time very happy! It's a nice size for a horse in my eyes.
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Just checking in to inform everybody that all is good. Not much going on right now. We do 2 days of dressage, 2 days of rest and 3 days of fun a week. Can't wait for my trainer to come back from vaccation. We're struggling with dressage. Flame is young and I haven't had a horse in 29 years.. You can say I'm rusty to say the least. It's not so damn easy. :-) Excuses, excuses, I know! That's what I keep telling myself, work harder, don't be lazy! Today Trasan's owners son asked if he could make a braid in Flame's bang. I said of course if she lets you. And with a little help from me he managed to do it. Came out pretty cute so I had to have a small photo shoot with her. Enjoy! Time for dressage again, but today I tried to make it more fun! I made a small obstacle course. Flame did pretty good I must say. Slalom around the chairs, lifting her legs nicely over the cavaletti. Then an Icelandic pony came trotting down the road and Flame freaked out. Probably just so she wouldn't have to work any more. So I took her out for a walk in the woods. All good in the end. Lots of love for my Flame!
Yesterday I had in mind to do some dressage but since there was a tractor parked in the middle of the pen I went out to a pasture 10 min walk away. We started to do some training and Flame did really good. She has a problem doing right gallop but when we were doing left gallop in a left circle she switched to right gallop twice. Witch should be pretty hard for her..confusing :-) But she's moving sideways and seem to be getting what I want so it's fun right now! In 2 weeks time our trainer will be back from vacation and we wanna show her we learned something while she was away..
Finally got my new closet delivered to the stable by a friend from work. It was a gift to me and it has been sitting at work forever waiting to be delivered. I love it! It's big and roomy and you can organize things neatly. I can't believe how much stuff we´ve collected during this first year as horse owners! When we took Flame in on Monday we noticed that she'd been kicked by her best friend Trasan..You could see 2 perfect horse shoe marks on her butt. It looked like out of a cartoon magazine. The photo is taken one day later when it was way better but you can still see a little..
Yesterday we took a 45 min riding lesson with our teacher Åsa. Flame did very good and I was happy after. I also got my new closet delivered by a friend from work. It's a big nice closet and it's great to be able to organize all things that are starting to pile up. I never thought I would have so much horse gear after just one year :-) Flame after having her daily shower Another hot summer day! Got up at 5.15am and went to the stable for some morning duty..Thank god Mike came with me to help :-) I don't exactly love taking Lillen to his pasture 'cus he's 183cm!! After the duty we went home to sleep some more, back at the stable around 1.30pm, took Flame for a short spin. She was very sweet, did all I asked her for. Later the same evening, around 8.30pm we went back to the stable again! This time with some freshly picked carrots from our garden. If that's not a spoiled horse I don't know any. ;-) Love you Flame! And you too Mike :-) Yesterday was one of those really hot days! I put the saddle on Flame but I felt bad for her so we just walked for 30 min. After I gave her a nice shower before letting her out again in the pasture. I went back at 7.15pm to bring her in since I had evening duty. It was a nice evening and I love being at the stable at night. It's so calm and nice. After you fed the horses all you can hear is them chewing. :-) |
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June 2012
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